Romania, the 21st place at the European Women's U17 Championship »Two clear victories at the end of the tournament

In the first 6 matches of the European U17 women's championship, Romania has registered a balance of 2 draws and 4 defeatsreaching to fight for places 21-24 and be seriously threatened in the first step of the competition.

Romania has passed by Turkey and Northern Macedonia and completed the competition in the 21st place

However, the students of Alin Bondar managed to mobilize and concluded the participation in the Montenegro tour with 2 clear victories. First, the tricolors won 41-27 in front of Turkey, after a match where Portariţa Arianna Gabriela Ardeleanu had a percentage of parades of 53.9% (14/26).

The best scorers of Romania were Diana Ștefania Lefter (11 goals), Monica Gabriela Scarlat (6 goals) and Agata Stoican (5 goals). On the other side, Gazel Dikme noticed with 11 goals.

As a result of this triumph, our athletes arrived in a duel with North Macedonia for 21-22 places. A new solid victory of Romania followed, who had scored 22 goals in the first half and defeated with 40-25.

The leaders of the tricolors were Sara Maria Stark (8 goals), Delia Maria Roşu (6 goals), Raluca Maria Titu (6 goals) and Sara Alexandra Lupuian (5 goals). From the camp of the defeats, Anja Lashkoska (7 goals), Marija Dimoska (5 goals), Ivana Trifunoska (4 goals) and Mila Ristovska (4 goals) were noted.

Therefore, Romania finished the European Championship U17 on the 21st place, after, in 2023, it ranked 11th.

The course of Romania at the European Championship U17

• 33-33 vs. Poland (groups)

• 29-39 vs. Croatia (groups)

• 32-36 vs. Austria (groups)

• 28-29 vs. Lithuania (second phase)

• 23-23 vs. Czech Republic (second phase)

• 26-32 vs. Iceland (places 17-24)

• 41-27 vs. Turkey (places 21-24)

• 40-25 vs. North Macedonia (Places 21-22)

The fight for gold will be given between Croatia and Slovakia. In the small final, Montenegro defeated Spain with 22-20, in front of his supporters.