After 28 years, Rapid Bucharest is in the final again! The women's basketball team is fighting for the title number 10 and for the event

At the beginning of 2025, after the breakup of CSM Constanța, coach Alexandru Olteanu and several players arrived at CS Rapid Bucharest, together with Andrei Talpeș, the former director of the club from the city on the shores of the Black Sea.

Thus, the team from Giulești became a force in Romanian women's basketball. A year later, Rapid won the Romanian Cup, after a final with FCC Basketball UAV Arad: 81-52. This was the first trophy of the white-cherry group in 31 years.

Rapid București passed the minimum number of FCC Basketball UAV Arad matches

Rapid also confirmed in the championship and, in the “quarters”, passed CS Agronomia Bucharest (126-35, 91-41). FCC UAV Arad Basketball was waiting for her in the semifinals, which prevailed over Student Sport.

At home, Rapid won 78-71 against the opponent from Arad. Then, on Monday, March 30, Alexandru Olteanu's students also won in Arad, score 79-65, and qualified for the first championship final in the last 28 years.

The leaders of the Capital team were Taylor Murray (17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Claudia Cuic (16 points, 7 rebounds), Maxuella Lisowa Mbaka (15 points, 13 rebounds), Ziomara Morrison (14 points, 11 rebounds) and Andjela Delic (11 points).

On the other side, the best player of the hosts was Juliunn Redmond, with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

In the final of the championship, Rapid Bucharest will meet either ACS Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe or CSM CSU Târgoviște. CSM Târgoviște won the first match of the semifinal 70-64 and can qualify in the last act on Tuesday, March 31.

CS Rapid Bucharest has 9 championship titles in its record, obtained in the period 1951-1978. 20 years later, in 1998, the team from Giulesti qualified for another final, but was defeated, and then followed a 28-year drought. Now, Rapid will fight for title number 10 and for the event.