Article by Daniel Grigore – Published on Thursday, 09 April 2026, 14:23 / Updated on Thursday, 09 April 2026 14:24
Sorina Grozav (26 years old), one of the most important players of the women's national handball team, will not play even in Romania's last match in the Euro Cup group, in Poland, on April 12.
Last evening, in Bucharest, the Romanian national team suffered perhaps the most drastic defeat in history, 25-45 with the Norwegian national teamworld, Olympic and European champion. What is certain is that it was the match in which our team received the highest number of goals.
In this match, the selector Ovidiu Mihăilă could not rely on the best scorer of the competition, Sorina Grozav, who remained in reserve the whole match. The player from Corona Brașov he will not be able to play in the last group matchin Poland, according to an announcement made today by the Romanian Handball Federation.
In her place, goalkeeper Daciana Hosu was called to the lot.
The national team, without Sorina Grozav in Poland. Daciana Hosu, called to the lot
“Change in the national team squad for the Poland-Romania match, in the EHF EURO CUP.
For medical reasons, player Sorina Grozav will not travel to Poland, and Daciana Hosu is joining the team. Good luck!”, says an information from the FRH.
Sorina Grozav is the best scorer of the competition, with 32 goals in the 4 matches in which she played.
Even without Sorina, Romania is in an excellent position to advance to the Final Four of the competition: for that, they must not lose in Poland by more than 4 goals. Denmark would be waiting for us in the semi-finals.
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We remind you that the Euro Cup is a tournament in which only the 8 national teams already qualified for Euro 2026 participate: Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Poland as hosts of the final tournament, and Norway, Denmark and Hungary due to their ranking on the podium at Euro 2024.
