Article by Maria Olteanu, Costi Prună – Published on Sunday, 02 November 2025, 17:02 / Updated on Sunday, 02 November 2025 17:13
CSM Bucharest is now playing against Odense in the 6th stage of the Champions League. The match started at 17:00, it is played in the Dinamo hall, it is broadcast in liveTEXT format on GSP.ro and on TV on Digi Sport 2 and Prima Sport 2.
With only 4 points after the first 5 stages, CSM Bucharest is obliged to beat Odense, in order to still hope for a direct qualification in the quarter-finals. After the defeat in the previous stage in Krim, score 27-31, CSM Bucharest is in 6th place in the group and if they win against Odense today they will climb to 4th.
LIVE » CSM Bucharest – Odense 6-3
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8th minute: CSM – Odense 6-5. The opponents get closer, Novak misses, CSM remains with only one goal lead
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Minute 7: CSM – Odense 5-3. The hosts put two goals on the difference table
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Minute 5: CSM – Odense 4-3. The Romanian champion takes the lead from 7 meters. Enter Østergaard
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Minute 4: CSM – Odense 2-2. Balanced start of the match in Bucharest
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Start of the game in the Dinamo hall. Approximately 2,250 spectators attend this match
On Thursday, CSM Bucharest played in the championship against the vice-champion Corona Brașov and won 28-24, and in the National League ranking it is in first place with 8 wins from 8 games. Valeria Maslova did not play with Corona because of some muscle problems, but she will return today in the match with Odense.
“We know that Odense is one of the strongest teams in the competition, especially after last season they played in the final (27-29 with Gyor). The match with Odense is the kind of matches you want both as a player and as a coach. It will definitely be an excellent handball match and I want to thank the fans who will come to the gym and cheer us on. We need them,” the coach told the EHF website CSM, Adrian Vasile.
A possible first “7” for CSM Bucharest: Eriksson, Friis, Hansen, Omoregie, Maslova, Ostergaard, Brnovic.
Jakob Vestergaard: “We have to take advantage of our opportunities to win the match!”
Odense won the title in Denmark for the third time in the summer, but the coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad, the one who created the team, became the Norwegian coach, and in his place was brought the Dane Jakob Vestergaard.
After the first 5 stages, Odense is in 3rd place in the Champions League with 7 points, obtained from 3 wins and a draw.
Odense will be missing 3 players, Mia Hojlund, Marketa Jerabkova and Louise Bugaard. Hojlund was injured last week, Jerabkova is pregnant and Burgaard became a mother on October 21 following a premature birth.
Goalkeeper Althea Reinhardt, who has not played in the last 2 weeks, is uncertain for the match with CSM Bucharest.
The odds at the bookmakers are extremely close, and Odense is the slight favorite with 2.00-2.10, while CSM Bucharest has an odds of 2.05-2.21.
“CSM Bucharest is one of the strongest teams in the group, from a physical point of view. They defend in the 6-0 system and we have to find the opportunities to open up their defense. It will be a difficult match, but also one in which we will create opportunities that we have to take advantage of in order to win,” said Odense coach Jakob Vestergaard.
A first “7” likely for Odense: Jorgensen, Halilcevic, Bakkerud, Fauske, Leuchter, Agot Hansen, Aardahl.
