Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Tuesday, 02 December 2025, 07:49 / Updated Tuesday, 02 December 2025 07:50
Five players from the Hungarian women's national handball team prefaced the next World Championship duel on December 3 with Romania. For our national team, the calculations are clear: straight wins in the next 3 matches and we would advance to the quarterfinals.
Ranked in second place in group A of the Women's World Handball Championship, Romania will continue to face, in the first main group, the teams that advanced from group B. It is, in this order, about Hungary, Switzerland and Senegal.
As the Hungarians entered the main group with 4 points, and Romania with only two, those related to the victory against Japan, Ovidiu Mihăilă's students must win all the matches to be sure of qualifying for the quarters.
The first test promises to be even the most difficult. On December 3, the “tricolors” will face the Hungarian national team, bronze medalist at the 2024 European Championship.
Five Hungarian players preface Hungary – Romania, the all-or-nothing duel at the World Cup: “Spicy!”
Five Hungarian players prefaced the duel on Wednesday.
Luca Csikos (20 years old, left back at Vaci NKSE) told Nemzeti Sport: “Honestly, I think we will have to give our best in this match, enter the field with a lot of concentration and hopefully leave the pitch with a positive result.”
Greta Marton (26 years old, left winger at Ferencvaros) expects “a very tough fight, a very good, hot atmosphere and a lot of fans in the arena”.
Petra Let's go (25 years old, center in Metz) believes “that a Hungarian-Romanian match always has a spicy atmosphere”.
Nikoletta Papp (29 years old, right winger from Minaur Baia Mare) hopes “as many Hungarian fans as possible will come to the match, because we will really need support”. “I don't think we need any extra motivation for this match,” she added.
And Julia Harsfalvi (29 years old, extreme left at Ferencvaros) said that he expects a “hot atmosphere both on the pitch and in the stands”. As for the match, he predicts “fight, effort, we go against them and we will do our best”.
In Group B, Hungary defeated Senegal (26-17), Iran (47-13) and Switzerland (32-25).
