Poland, in the second stage of the EHF Euro Cup » Important return for the selector Ovidiu Mihăilă
Article by Costi Prună – Published on Sunday, 19 October 2025, 17:17 / Updated on Sunday, 19 October 2025 17:17
The Romanian women's national handball team is playing today in Craiova against Poland in the second stage of the Euro Cup. The match starts at 19:00 and will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro broadcast live by Pro Arena.
Romania – Poland, live from 19:00
After lost in the first round against Norway away, score 27-29Romania has to beat Poland's national team today in order to have a chance of qualifying for the Final Four of the competition.
Regarding the match with Norway, the selector Ovidiu Mihăilă will make 4 changes in the group of 16, to give chances to all the players called to the action of the national team.
Cristina Laslo returns to the national team
Bianca Curment, Cristina Laslo, Stefania Stoica and Sonia Vasiliu are the 4 athletes who will enter the list of 16, instead of Elena Şerban, Miriam Mohamed, Bianca Bazaliu and Asma Elghaoui.
Cristina Laslo is definitely a player who needs no introduction. I got to know her as a special person who, along with many other girls, can add value to the team. She will be in the squad for both games.
– Ovidiu Mihăilă, the Romanian coach for GSP.ro
The selector Ovidiu Mihăilă: “We have to raise the level of the game on replays!”
The selector Ovidiu Mihăilă hopes that Romania will play as well as it did against the Olympic and European champion, Norway, and with the help of the public, the national team will achieve its first victory in the Euro Cup.
“The game against Poland is the opportunity to show that everything the girls achieved in the game against Norway is not a coincidence.
An extremely tough game awaits us, Poland are a physically solid team with a Nordic coach who has implemented disciplined play and good attacking organization.
Romania's coach, Ovidiu Mihăilă. Photo: FRH.ro
We have to raise our level of play a lot on the rebounding side and the defense system we will establish to be an aggressive one.
Poland has players who develop in Romania, who went through our championship and they certainly adapt much easier.
A difficult game awaits us, with a high physical and mental load. We must manage to show constancy in evolution. I have faith in my players that they will succeed in this”, said the selector Ovidiu Mihăilă for GSP.
A possible first “7” for Romania: Dumanska, Dumitrascu, Kanaval-Skrobic, Boiciuc, Gogîrla, Seraficeanu, Ostase.
Poland winger Magda Balsam: “We have to play hard in defense!”
Poland won in the first stage at home, score 28-20, the match against Slovakia. Poland's most effective player was right winger Magda Balsam, who scored 10 goals from 11 shots. Apart from Magda Balsam, who plays in Romania at CSM Slatina, there are 3 other athletes in the Polish team who play in the National League.
Magda Balsam, Poland's far right. Photo: Instagram
Monika Kobylianska (Gloria Bistrița), Natalia Nosek (SCM Craiova), Daria Michalak (Dunărea Brăila) are players who know Romanian handball very well, and the Polish coach, the Norwegian Arne Senstad, relies on these athletes.
“I think we can beat the Romanian national team because it is a team in formation. The Romanians are fast, they run a lot and we have to play hard in defense because the opponent will play as much as we allow them to“, Magda Balsam said for the website of the Polish federation.
A probable first “7” for Poland: Placzek, Nocun, Rosiak, Kochaniak, Kobylinska, Balsam, Pankovska.
Romania's schedule in the EHF Euro Cup group:
The first two places will qualify for the Final Four of the competition. Denmark, Hungary, Turkey and the Czech Republic participate in the other group.
- Norway – Romania 29-27
- Romania – Poland, October 19, 2025
- Slovakia – Romania, March 4, 2026
- Romania – Slovakia, March 7, 2026
- Romania – Norway, April 6, 2026
- Poland – Romania, April 11, 2026
