Article by David Istrate – Published Monday, February 16, 2026, 2:15 p.m. / Updated Monday, February 16, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
On Monday, February 16, Oradea Arena will host the semifinals of the Romanian Men's Basketball Cup. The first match, between U-BT Cluj-Napoca and CS Dinamo Bucharest, will start at 17:00 and can be watched liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Digisport 3 and Prima Sport 2.
After the first two days of the Romanian Cup Final 8, there are 4 teams left fighting for the trophy. It's about U-BT Cluj-Napoca, CS Dinamo Bucharest, CSM CSU Oradea and CSM Târgu Mureș.
Live from 17:00. U-BT Cluj-Napoca – CS Dinamo Bucharest, duel for the Romanian Cup final
U-BT Cluj-Napoca is the clear favorite to win the Romanian Cup, considering the strong team it has built with the European competitions in mind: EuroCup and Adriatic League.
In “quarters”, Mihai Silvășan's team dominated CSA Steaua Bucharest and won 100-77the leader of the black and white being the pivot Dusan Miletic. The “students” played with the attitude and concentration necessary for such a competition, and the opponents from the Capital could not keep up with them.
However, the Stelists will be able to be avenged by the Dynamo players, their rivals. The “Dulaii” are going through an excellent period, they have collected a series of positive results in the championship and on Sunday, February 15, they managed to defeat CS Vâlcea 1924 with 84-78.
The difference of 6 points does not fully illustrate the development of the game, which was controlled by Dinamo. The group from Ștefan cel Mare, which consists of Nandor Kuti, Ștefan Grasu and Mario Lazăr, former U-BT basketball players, hopes to make a surprise and qualify for the grand final.
Zydrunas Urbonas, coach of Bucharest: “Make Dinamo Great Again”
“Make Dinamo Great Again” (no in translation, “let's make Dinamo great again”), said Zydrunas Urbonas, Dinamo's coach, after the victory in the “quarters”, referring to the famous slogan of US President Donald Trump, who often said “Make America Great Again”.
On the other side, Mihai Silvășan remained down to earth after the success of 23 points with Steaua, assured that his team treats the Romanian Cup with great interest and conveyed that the status of favorite does not ensure them winning the trophy.
Dinamo Bucharest had a solid defense against the team from Râmnicu Vâlcea, again the big question is how this defense will translate against one of the best offenses in the EuroCup.
At the same time, considering that the regulation specific to national competitions in Romania requires the use of two local players permanently on the field, U-BT's attack cannot be compared to the one in the European cups.
In the last 10 years, U-BT Cluj-Napoca won the Romanian Cup 6 timesmanaging to dominate this competition. During this period, Dinamo Bucharest was several times in the Final 4, but did not manage to qualify for the final.
