Romania's national women's handball team defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina, with a score of 37-16 (17-8), on Thursday evening, in Cazin, in a match from Group 1 of the European Championship – EHF EURO 2024 preliminaries, writes AGERPRES.
Handball ball PHOTO: The Truth Archive
The Romanian team, which had already secured the first place in the group, won this game in stride, after winning 49-18 in the round.
The goals of the team coached by Florentin Pera were scored by Bianca Bazaliu 8, Lorena Ostase 7, Andra Liviana Moroianu 5, Ştefania Stoica 4, Elena Bianca Voica 3, Elena Rosu 3, Daria Bucur 2, Eva Kerekes 2, Alicia Gogîrlă 2, Oana Doina Borscht 1.
Bianca Curment had 10 interventions (52.63%), and Diana Ciucă managed 4 (40%).
For the hosts, Armina Isic scored 4 goals, Adelisa Husic 3, Azra Topcic 3, Damljana Bosnjak 2, Matea Sumelj 2, Edina Demic 2.
Anica Gudelj had 6 interventions (15%), and Anisa Selimovic one (25%).
The match was refereed by Metodija and Mihajlo Ilievski, both from North Macedonia, and the EHF delegate was the Montenegrin Rados Rakocevic.
In another match, Croatia beat Greece 24-13 away.
Romania takes first place, with 10 points, followed by Croatia, 6 points, Greece, 4 points, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 0 points. The first two teams in each group qualify for the final tournament, as well as the four best third-placed teams.
On Sunday, April 7, the last group games will take place, Romania – Greece (Buzau, 19:00) and Croatia – Bosnia-Herzegovina (Zagreb, 19:00).
