Romania, the first match for the tricolore in the “Euro Cup”! Ovidiu Mihăilă's debut on the female handball national bank
Article by Costi Pruna – published on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 19:09 / Updated Wednesday, October 15, 2025 7:09 pm
Romania's national handball national team plays today in Larvik with Norway in Euro Cup. The match was scheduled at 7:15 pm and can be watched on the Voyo platform.
Romania debuts in the “Euro Cup”, a competition in the first edition and attended by the bands that do not play in the preliminaries of the European Championship 2026, they are already qualified in the final tournament.
Romania debuts today in “Euro Cup”
These are: Norway (the holder of the European title), Denmark (European vice -champion), Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey, as organizing countries.
The 8 teams were distributed in two groups of 4 bands, and the first two classified will qualify in the final tournament that will be played in the Final Four system. Romania is part of Group A, along with Norway, Poland and Slovakia, and today it will play in the first stage with the European Champion, the national of Norway.
It will be the first match for the new technical staff of Romania, formed by the coach Ovidiu Mihăilă, Iulia Pușcașu Curea (second coach) and Daniel Apostu (coach with portarii).
Cristina Laslo did not travel to Norway!
The coach Ovidiu Mihăilă has a lot of 16 players, of which Iulia Dumanska, Bianca Bazaliu, Alisia Boiciuc, Alicia Gogîrlă, Sonia Serafareanu and Lorena Ostase are missing. As news, Elena Serban, Elena Roşu, Nadia Mohamed and Maryia Kanaval Skorbic will play in Norway.
Cristina Laslo did not travel to Norway because of a slight injury, but she will be recovered and will play on Sunday in Craiova against Poland.
The game with Norway represents for me and my colleagues, the debut on the technical bank of the national senior team of Romania.
I wish with all my colleagues to help girls make a high level game, to have the courage to face such nations that are in the foreground of world handball and why not, to be confident in the evolution of girls at this match.
It will be a difficult match, but with responsibility, seriousness and teamwork, I hope we finish with your forehead.
– Ovidiu Mihăilă. for gsp.ro.
A first “7” possible for Romania: Dumanska, Dumitrașcu, Bazaliu, Boiciuc, Gogîrlă, Seraficeanu, Ostase.
Norway has all the stars for the match with Romania!
The opponent of Romania, Norway, is the most successful national in women's handball. Triple Olympic champion, quadruple world champion and 10 times European champion, Norway is the current Olympic and European champion, as well as world vice -champion.
After the gold won at the Paris Olympic Games, coach Thorir Hergeirsson withdrew and in his place was named coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad, who won the Vipers Champions League 3 times.
For today's match with Romania, Gjekstad has the best possible lot available. Of the 18 players convened by Ole Gustav Gjekstad, there are no missing Katrine Lunde, Nora Mork, Henny Reistad, Veronica Kristiansen, Vilde Ingstad, sisters Rushfeldt Delia, Stine Skogrand, Maren Aardahl.
A first “7” probably for Norway: Lunde, Solberg, Rushfeldt, Reistad, Mork, Hovden, Ingstad.
