Having already been mathematically eliminated from the Women’s World Handball Championship, the Romanian national team will meet Poland in the last match of Main Group III.

• Romania vs Poland match will start at 19:00, it will be LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro and live on Digisport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Romania needs an 11-goal win over Poland and a draw between Hungary and Croatia to reach 9th place (the last one leading into the pre-Olympic tournament).

Romania’s results at the Women’s Handball World Cup are 44-19 against Chile, 37-28 against Serbia, 23-39 against Denmark, 22-24 against Germany and 32-28 against Japan.

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Main group III, standings

1. Germany 8p / 119:90

2. Denmark 6p / 122:93

3. Romania 4p / 114:119

4. Poland 4p / 93:116

5. Japan 2p / 115:121

6. Serbia 0p / 91:115.

What will the fourth board look like

1st place in GP1 vs. 2nd place in GP3

France against the Czech Republic

1st place in GP3 vs. 2nd place in GP1

Netherlands vs. Norway.

Romania’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Handball Championship

Goalkeepers: Diana Chuke (KS Rapid Bucharest), Yuliya Dumanska (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrica-Neseud), Daciana Hosu (SKM Rymniku Vilcha);

Far left: Nicoleta Dinka (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Alexandra Dindiligan (CSM Bucharest);

Inside left: Bianca Bazaliu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Cristina Nyagu (CSM Bucharest), Claudia Pascan (SCM “U” Craiova), Diana Lixendrau (CSM Slatina);

Central: Eliza Buceski (CS Rapid Bucharest), Cristina Laslo (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Andreea Popa (Brăila Danube);

Inside right: Daria Bukur (Gloria Buzeu), Alicia Gohirle (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);

Far right: Alexandra Badia (CS Rapid Bucharest), Sonia Seraficanu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud);

Main: Nicoleta Balog (Dunărea Brăila), Lorena Ostase (CS Rapid Bucharest), Crina Pintea (CSM Bucharest).

>> Here you can read a comprehensive presentation of the 2023 Women’s Handball World Cup

Romania’s record at each World Handball Championship in which it participated

World Cup Spain 2021 – 13th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 202-146 (goal difference +56)

WC 2019 Japan – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 5 losses / 181-227 (-46)

World Cup 2017 Germany – 10th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 2 losses / 150-140 (+10)

World Cup 2015 Denmark – 3rd place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 270-225 (+45)

WC 2013 Serbia – 10th place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 2 losses / 161-127 (+34)

WC 2011 Brazil – 13th place: 2 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 166-183 (-17)

2009 World Cup China – 8th place: 5 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 306-231 (+75)

2007 World Cup France – 4th place: 7 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 323-284 (+39)

2005 WC Russia – 2nd place: 9 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 322-249 (+73)

2003 World Cup Croatia – 10th place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 244-206 (+38)

WC 2001 Italy – 17th place: 1 win / 0 draws / 4 losses / 129-135 (-6)

1999 World Cup in Denmark and Norway – 4th place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 250-196 (+54)

1997 German World Cup – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 186-161 (+25)

WC 1995 Austria-Hungary – 7th place: 6 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 232-175 (+57)

1993 World Cup Norway – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 156-129 (+27)

World Cup 1990 South Korea – 7th place: 1 win / 1 draw / 3 losses / 90-100 (-10)

1986 WC Netherlands – 5th place: 5 wins / 1 draw / 1 loss / 151-129 (+22)

World Cup 1982 Hungary – 8th place: 3 wins / 3 draws / 1 loss / 159-122 (+37)

World Cup 1978 in Czechoslovakia – 7th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 78-67 (+11)

1975 USSR WC – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 102-83 (+19)

WC 1973 Yugoslavia – 2nd place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 67-52 (+15)

Netherlands Championship 1971 – 4th place: 2 wins / 1 draw / 2 losses / 51-51 (0)

World Cup Germany 1965 – 6th place: 0 wins / two draws / one loss / 18-21 (-3)

1962 World Cup in Romania – 1st place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 0 losses / 41-17 (+24)

World Cup 1957 Yugoslavia – 9th place: 0 wins / 0 draws / two losses / goal difference 2-9

Total: 164 matches / 91 wins / 12 draws / 61 losses / 4037-3465 (+572) goal difference.

Romania’s best result in the entire history of participation in the Women’s Handball World Cup

Romania’s best results were: the gold won at the 1962 tournament held in our country. 9 teams took part in the competition, and in the grand final, Romania beat Denmark 8-5.

This team included: Liliana Borcha, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Juliana Nako, Aurelia Soke-Selagianu, Constanta Dumitrascu, Antoineta Ocelea-Vasilie, Felicia Giorgitse, Iryna Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Josefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu -Shape, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Ana Nemets. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Nikulae Nedeff.

Romania later won three more medals: silver in 1973 (defeated in the final 16-11 against host nation Yugoslavia), also silver in 2005 (lost in the grand final 28-23 to Russia) and bronze in 2015 ( 31-22 against Poland in the minor final).

The World Cup is being held for the first time in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, from November 29 to December 17, with 32 national teams taking part. Europe has 16 places at the World Cup, and three of them have been taken directly by the host teams. They were joined by Montenegro, France and the Netherlands after the EC 2022 ranking.