Gloria Bistrița opens the “Transylvania Gate” for handball “two foreign teams fight for the trophy
Article by Costi Pruna – published on Friday, August 15, 2025, 09:48 / Updated Friday, August 15, 2025 09:50
Gloria Bistrița organizes the Gate Transilvaniei International Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
The competition is played in the Final Four system and in addition to the host band, the teams Minaur Baia Mare, MKS Lublin (Poland) and Szombathlyi (Hungary) also participate.
Gloria Bistrița won the tournament from Most!
Participant also this season in the Champions League, Gloria Bistrița ends her training period at the tournament tournament, “Gate Transilvaniei”. The Transylvanian supporters will be able to see their favorites, after they managed to win the tournament from Most (Czech Republic) last week, where the band prepared by the Spanish Carlos Viver obtained 3 victories from 3 matches.
Gloria defeated Thuringer (Germany) / 34-27, Banik Most / 36-25 and on Gminy Polish with 36-26.
“We promote Bistrita on the map of European handball!”
The “Transylvanian Gate” tournament is the last training competition for Gloria Bistrita before the official season, which will start next week with the parties in the Romanian Super Cup.
“We are glad that we can bring strong teams to Bistrita and offer to the lovers of handball an international sports show.
The competition is part of our club's strategy to promote Bistrita on the European handball map, while also offering the local public to see at work, in a sports holiday atmosphere.“, The director of Gloria Bistrița, Eugen Cosma, told GSP.
The “Transilvaniei Gate” International Tournament is played in the Final Four system, and on Friday at 5 pm, Gloria Bistrița meets Szombathlyi, and from 19.30, Minaur Baia Mare will play against Polish from MKS Lublin. On Saturday in the ranking matches, from 3:30 pm the winners will meet on Friday, and the winners will play for the trophy from 6 pm.
