Romania beat the Czech Republic on Friday, in the IBSA Blind Football European qualifier in Bacau, thus earning its ticket to the Blind Football European Championships to take place this August in Berlin.

Romania’s team beat the Czechs with the score of 4-1, the Romanian Football Federation announced.

A total of ten teams will compete in the IBSA Blind Football European Championships, which will be organized in Berlin from August 17 to August 27.

Created by the Association for the Blind in Romania at the end of 2013, Romania’s national football team benefited from the financial support of the National Paralympic Committee to participate in international tournaments, last week’s result being its highest performance so far.

In this competition, Romania played in Group A, qualifying to the semifinals from the second position, with the following results: 2-0 with Ireland, 0-5 with Georgia, and 6-0 with Albania.

The first edition of the Blind Football European Championships took place in Barcelona, Spain, in 1997. This year’s edition of the event will take place in Germany. Find out more information here.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

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