Article by Costi Pruna – published on Sunday, April 13, 2025, 17:27 / Updated Sunday, April 13, 2025 17:27
The Romanian women's handball national team plays today, in Bistrița, the return match in the dam with Italy for the 2025 World Championship. The match will start at 7:00 pm and will be broadcast on TV by Pro Arena.
- All tickets for this confrontation have already been sold;
- The World Women's Handball Championship from 2025 will take place between November 26 and December 14 in Germany and the Netherlands. The matches will be played in Dortmund, Stuttgart, Trier, Rotterdam and 'S-Hetogenbosch;
- At the final tournament, 32 teams will start. 19 of them are already known.
Romania's national handball national team is 60 minutes away from a new qualification at a world championship, after in the match Tour from Italy won by 30-21.
Romania – Italy »live from 7:00
Romania is the only nation in the world that has been qualified so far at all the final tournaments of CM.
For today's match in Bistrița, the coach Florentin Pera cannot use Alisia Boiciuc, who was injured in the last training.
Alisia Boiciuc / Romania – Serbia at Euro 2024, women's handball // Photos © EHF / Kolektiff
Alisia Boiciuc will not play for the Romanian national
“An important match in the light of the fact that Romania is the only team in the world that has qualified for all the final world championship tournaments. We want to get victory in front of supporters, which will ensure our qualification at the World Championship 2025.
Alisia Boiciuc's injury is not serious but we decided to protect for today's match“, Said for GSP.ro, the coach Florentin Pera.
A first “7” possible for Romania: Dumanska, Dumitrașcu, Bazaliu, Popa, Gogîrlă, Serafareanu, Ostase.
Dalla Costa, the captain of Italy: “It will be an important experience!”
Italy could not overcome its condition in the tour match and resisted in front of Romania in the first 10 minutes.
With semi-professional players, Italy is part of the 4th group of female handball and hopes that in the future it will develop as the male national. The bookmakers quoted Italy by 18.00-28.00, while Romania is super favorite with a share of 1.01.
“We know it will not be an easy match, but we intend to play as we did it in the second half of the tour match, where we showed good things both in the attack and in the defense. It will be an important experience, especially for the youngest, to play in a full gym and in front of a crowdlike that of Romanian handball, accustomed to matches of this level and which makes the local championship one of the most ever watched.
Ilaria Dalla Costa, the captain of the female national handball. Photo: Instagram
We had the opportunity to analyze the match in the first leg with the intention of improving some aspects especially related to the attack, where we struggled, especially in the first half. We continue to work and this match will be another important step in our journey“, Said for the website of the Italian Federation, Captain Ilaria Dalla Costa.
A first “7” probably for Italy: Cabrini, Gozzi, Fabbo, Bărbosu, Dalla Costa, Rossomando, Squizzatto.
Romania's lot for the world “dam” with Italy:
- Portarii: Bianca Curmenț (Corona Brașov), Yuliya Dumanska (Minaur Baia Mare), Daciana Hosu (CSM Bucharest).
- Interei: Bianca Bazaliu (Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud), Alicia Gogîrlă, Alina Ilie (Măgura Cisnădie), Diana Lixandroiu, Ștefania Stoica (Rapid București)
- COORDINATOR: Andreea Popa (Brăila Danube), Alisia Boiciuc (Corona Brașov), Rebeca Necula (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea)
- Extreme: Gabriela Dumitrașcu (Corona Brașov), Mihaela Mihai (CSM București), Mariam Mohamed (Danube Brăila), Sonia Serafareanu (Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud).
- Pivot: ASMA ELGHAOUI (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea), Lorena Ostase (Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud), Bianca Voica (Corona Brașov).
