CSA Steaua București missed the qualification in the Champions League at Polo, after a stinging defeat in Belgrade
Article by David Istrate – published on Saturday, September 20, 2025 23:13 / Updated on Saturday, September 20, 2025 23:14
CSA Steaua București missed the qualification in the main groups of the Polo Champions League, after suffering two defeats at the preliminary tournament in Belgrade. The military band will continue the European course in Len Euro Cup.
This weekend, the Men's Polo team of the Bucharest Star was in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, where the tournament of the Champions League preliminaries. The Romanian vice -champion tried to obtain the qualification in the most important continental competition, but suffered two defeats.
Steaua București, two defeats in the capital of Serbia, in the preliminaries of the Champions League
On Friday, September 19, Steaua București offered a solid reply in front of Primorac, a team from Kotor, Montenegro, taking advantage of the game of Vucinic (4 goals) and Foldrovschi (3 goals). However, even if he controlled the second half, the band in the capital of Romania lost 15-12.
On Saturday, September 20, Steaua played against the host Novi Beograd and scored only 6 goals in the four quarters. The Bucharest residents were defeated by 20-6 and thus missed the qualification in the Champions League groups.
Steaua București also has to play with Pays D'Aix Sunday, September 21, but Novi Beograd and Primorac have already secured the first 2 places in Group A. The other 4 qualified teams are Sabadell, Vasas, Mladost and Brescia.
The vice -champion of Romania will continue its European course in Euro Cup, While our country will be represented in the CSM Oradea Champions League. The Bihorean team was distributed in Group C, next to Ferencvaros (Hungary), the winner of the Group A in the preliminaries and the second place in Group B of the qualifications.
A little over a week ago, CSA Steaua București lost against CSM Oradea, score 10-13, in the semifinals of the Romanian Cup, organized in Focșani. On Saturday, September 13, the students of Peter Kovacevic and Ciprian Cîmpianu defeated Dinamo Bucharest with 14-9 and awarded the Romanian Cup for the 5th time.
