Dinamo Bucharest, the Romanian champion at the men's volleyball, after three decades of waiting
Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Saturday, April 12, 2025, 00:13 / Updated on Saturday, April 12, 2025 00:55
Dinamo Bucharest became the champion of Romania on Friday night in the men's volleyball, in the competition season 2024-2025.
The band from Stefan cel Mare also won the third match of the final, away, in Brasov, on the field of Corona, after last week had been in front of his own fans in the first two confrontations.
With 3-0 general, Dinamo, who finished the first and regular season, won the gold medal, the first after a 30-year break. Success is all the more important as it was obtained in front of the champion, Corona Brașov, who had conquered the Romanian Cup.
Dinamo is a men's volleyball champion
Dinamo played perfectly in the first two matches in the final and won in Bucharest, so he started a favorite before the series moved to the city below Tâmpa.
In match 3 of the final, Dinamo started perfectly and won the first set, score 25-22. Corona felt the danger and immediately balanced the balance, restoring equality to sets, after awarding her second sleeve by 25-18.
The room in Brasov was almost full / photo: Capture @tvr Sport
The third set was by far the most disputed of the meeting, with dramatic accents, and extended up to 36-34 in favor of dynamovists, who approached only a set of winning the trophy.
Laurențiu Lică's students did not give up this time, and, pushed from the back by a room, equalized at 2, score 25-23, and pushed the dispute in a decisive set.
There, Dinamo was the better team, which broke away quickly, and cut the fate of the final, winning set 5, score 15-9.
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Corona could not keep her trophy won last year, for the first time, from the newly promoted team, nor to do the event, while Dinamo manages to break the curse of 30 years without title to the male volleyball.
The last time the “dogs” became national champions was happening in 1995. The title obtained this evening, Dinamo reaches the 19th title from history at the men's volleyball and will play next season in the Champions League.
Corona finished in second place, while For the bronze medal, SCM Craiova and SCM Zalău are fighting. After the first two confrontations, from the end of last week, played in Bănie, the Oltenians lead with 2-0. The series will now move to Sălaj, and match 3 is scheduled on Saturday, from 6:00 pm.
