The Romanian women’s handball national team was defeated on Wednesday, in Mioveni, by the similar representative of Denmark, score 28-35 (13-19), in the third game of group 2, the second phase of the qualifiers for the 2022 European Championship. was the first match of this campaign with Cristina Neagu in the tricolor group, who returned after almost a year off.
The leading scorers of the match were Pintea 6 goals, Harabagiu 6, for Romania, respectively Friis 10, for Denmark. Cristina Neagu scored three goals.
Stage IV is scheduled for Romania to return with the Danes on March 5, and the last two matches will be with the Faroe Islands and Austria on April 20 and April 23, respectively.
The armed conflict in Ukraine has led the EHF to take drastic measures on the participation of the national teams of Russia and Belarus in the preliminaries so that until further notice from the European forum, they will not play. Russia and Belarus have scheduled matches in their groups in April.
The top two in the group will qualify for the final tournament, which will be hosted by Slovenia, Northern Macedonia, and Montenegro, between November 4 and 20, 2022.
