Final Tournament I of the National Superliga: results, top scorers, and standings
The tournament for places 1-4 started in Ghencea with a surprising result: Rapid managed to hold CSM Oradea to a draw, finishing 13-13.
Also on Friday, the "Eternal derby" was played. Steaua got its revenge against rival Dinamo after the defeat at the end of the regular season (score 19-11); the "militarii" won 12-10.
On the second day, Steaua defeated Rapid 13-9, while Dinamo won 10-8 against CSM Oradea.
On Sunday, in the tournament's derby, Steaua defeated CSM Oradea 10-8, and Dinamo won against Rapid 12-10.
NATIONAL SUPERLIGA
Final Tournament 1, Ghencea (March 7-9, 2025)
Results
Friday, March 7, 2025
CSM Oradea – CS Rapid Bucharest 13-13 (3-3, 4-2, 3-6, 3-2)
CSM Oradea: Lazar Dobozanov, Belenyesi David 2, Tiberiu Negrean 2, Mihnea Gheorghe 1, Szabo Istvan 2, Ilisie Nichita, Ivan Gusarov 4, Richard Orsos, Manuel Kliutsch, Vancsik Levente, Czenk Ferenk, Petar Velic 2, Raul Gavris, Adrian Pascaluta, Darian Luncan. Coach: Petar Kovacevic
Rapid: Adrian Mihăluţă, Luca Istrate, Vlad Dragomirescu 1, Antun Goreta 2, Răzvan Rath, Albert Vătrai 3, Tudor Belu 1, Radu Buică, Filip Radojevic 3, Marian Constantin, Mihai Octavian 2, Mario Brebenel, Alex Buliga, Şerban Burda 1, Lucas Matei. Coach: Demeter Szilard
Refs: Dominic Sava and Manuel Manea
Man-up situations: Oradea 9/3 and Rapid 14/5
Penalties: Oradea 3/3 and Rapid 1/1
CSA Steaua Bucharest – CS Dinamo Bucharest 12-10 (3-2, 3-3, 6-4, 0-1)
CSA Steaua: Marius Ţic – Alec Ferench 1, Vlad Georgescu 5, Tudor Fulea 1, David Bota, Andrei Neamţu, Ivan Zivkovic 2, Victor Antipa, Silvian Colodrovschi 1, Nicoale Oanţă, Francesco Iudean 2, Andrei Ţepeluş, Mihai Drăguşin, Răducu Dincă, Andrei Armean. Coach: Bogdan Rath
Dinamo: Matei Marchitan – Cosmin Radu 2, Raul Bindea 1, Andrei Prioteasa 2, Riccardo Sachetti, Matei Luțescu 1, Niko Cubranic, Viktor Kovats, Jacob Mercep 1, Peter Kari, Charles Negus 1, Ionuţ Vrânceanu 2, Dragoş Stoenescu, Raymond Jiganea, Dragoş Pandelea. Coach: Andrei Mateiaşi
Refs: Toth Ferenc and Mihai Bălănescu
Man-up situations: Steaua 11/7 and Dinamo 11/4
Penalties: Steaua 1/1 and Dinamo 3/2
Saturday, March 8, 2025
CS Rapid Bucharest – CSA Steaua Bucharest 9–13 (3-3, 2-2, 2-6, 2-2)
Rapid: Adrian Mihăluţă, Alex Albu, Vlad Dragomirescu, Antun Goreta 3, Răzvan Rath 1, Albert Vătrai 1, Tudor Belu, Radu Buică 1, Filip Radojevic 2, Marian Constantin 1, Mihai Octavian, Mario Brebenel, Alex Buliga, Şerban Burda, Cosmin Stancu. Coach: Demeter Szilard
CSA Steaua: Marius Ţic – Alec Ferench 1, Vlad Georgescu 3, Tudor Fulea 2, David Bota 1, Andrei Neamţu, Ivan Zivkovic 1, Victor Antipa, Silvian Colodrovschi 1, Nicoale Oanţă 1, Francesco Iudean 1, Andrei Ţepeluş 2, Mihai Drăguşin, Răducu Dincă, Andrei Armean. Coach: Bogdan Rath
Refs: Toth Ferenc and Manuel Manea
Man-up situations: Rapid 12/2 and Steaua 11/4
Penalties: Rapid 1/1 and Steaua 2/2
CSM Oradea – CS Dinamo Bucharest 8–10 (3-2, 3-3, 1-4, 1-1)
CSM Oradea: Lazar Dobozanov, Belenyesi David, Tiberiu Negrean 1, Mihnea Gheorghe 1, Szabo Istvan, Ilisie Nichita, Ivan Gusarov 3, Richard Orsos, Manuel Kliutsch 2, Vancsik Levente, Czenk Ferenk, Petar Velic 1, Raul Gavris, Adrian Pascaluta, Darian Luncan. Coach: Petar Kovacevic
Dinamo: Matei Marchitan – Cosmin Radu 4, Raul Bindea, Andrei Prioteasa 3, Riccardo Sachetti, Matei Luțescu, Niko Cubranic 1, Viktor Kovats 1, Jacob Mercep, Peter Kari 1, Charles Negus, Ionuţ Vrânceanu, Dragoş Stoenescu, Raymond Jiganea, Dragoş Pandelea. Coach: Andrei Mateiaşi
Refs: Mihai Bălănescu and Dominic Sava
Man-up situations: CSM Oradea 13/2 and Dinamo 11/3
Penalties: CSM Oradea 1/1
Sunday, March 9, 2025
CS Dinamo Bucharest – CS Rapid Bucharest 12–10 (4-4, 2-0, 5-2, 1-4)
Dinamo: Mihai Pădureţ – Cosmin Radu, Raul Bindea 1, Andrei Prioteasa 2, Riccardo Sachetti 1, Matei Luțescu 1, Niko Cubranic 3, Viktor Kovats, Jacob Mercep 1, Peter Kari 1, Charles Negus 1, Ionuţ Vrânceanu, Dragoş Stoenescu, Raymond Jiganea, Matei Baciu 1. Coach: Andrei Mateiaşi
Rapid: Adrian Mihăluţă, Alex Albu, Vlad Dragomirescu, Antun Goreta 2, Răzvan Rath, Albert Vătrai 1, Tudor Belu, Radu Buică 1, Filip Radojevic 4, Marian Constantin 1, Mihai Octavian, Mario Brebenel, Alex Buliga, Şerban Burda, Adrian Enescu 1. Coach: Demeter Szilard
Refs: Paul Georgescu and Dominic Sava
Man-up situations: Dinamo 9/3 and Rapid 13/3
Penalties: Rapid 1/1
CSA Steaua Bucharest – CSM Oradea 10–8 (2-0, 3-4, 3-2, 2-2)
CSA Steaua: Marius Drăguşin – Nebojsa Vuskovic, Vlad Georgescu, Tudor Fulea, David Bota 1, Andrei Armean, Ivan Zivkovic 2, Victor Antipa, Silvian Colodrovschi 2, Nicolae Oanţă 2, Francesco Iudean 2, Andrei Ţepeluş, Horaţiu Mureşan, Răducu Dincă 1, Alec Ferench. Coach: Bogdan Rath
CSM Oradea: Lazar Dobozanov, Belenyesi David 2, Tiberiu Negrean, Mihnea Gheorghe, Szabo Istvan 1, Ilisie Nichita 1, Ivan Gusarov, Richard Orsos, Czenk Ferenk 1, Petar Velic 1, Raul Gavris, Adrian Pascaluta, Darian Luncan 2. Coach: Petar Kovacevic
Refs: Mihai Bălănescu and Toth Ferenc
Man-up situations: Steaua 14/4 and CSM Oradea 10/4
Standings:
- CSA Steaua Bucharest – 40 points
- CS Dinamo Bucharest – 34 points
- CSM Oradea – 30 points
- CS Rapid Bucharest – 19 points
Schedule of Final Tournament 2 (March 14-16, Oradea)
Day 1 – Friday, March 14
CS Rapid – CS Dinamo – 7:00 PM
CSM Oradea – CSA Steaua – 8:30 PM
Day 2 – Saturday, March 15
CSA Steaua – CS Rapid – 7:00 PM
CS Dinamo – CSM Oradea – 8:30 PM
Day 3 – Sunday, March 16
CS Rapid – CSM Oradea – 10:00 AM
CS Dinamo – CSA Steaua – 11:30 AM
The third final tournament will take place between March 28-30.
The semifinals will be played between April 4 and 16.
The finals are scheduled in a "best of five series" format and will be played between May 9 and 25.