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CLUBUL SPORTIV DINAMO BUCURESTI
Dinamo Bucureti is a group of several sports clubs founded for over 70 years. The handball section of this group of associations shares the same name as its omnisports club: Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București.
In 73 years, the Romanian club stayed close to the top of the Romanian national handball for a long time. Bucuresti won 17 titles in the national championship. An impressive result, but unfortunately it is contrasted with the achievements of its historical opponent, Steaua Bucharest, which won no less than 28 titles.
If Dinamo Bucuresti led the way by winning the first four national handball championships in Romania, from 1958 to 1962, its opponent, from the same city, gave very little chance to the team to be on the roof of Bucharest again. The team was forced to be satisfied with a second place for a long time (22 times), but was able to count on some collective performances that allowed the Romanian club to cut off the dazzling series of titles of Steaua Bucharest. It was only in 2015, that Dinamo București managed to regain the lead in the championship and once again be king of the Romanian capital.
These results were due in particular to the recruitments including French players such as (Hugo Descat) and even former Red and Blue of the first hour (Ibrahima Diaw) that allowed the club of Bucasrest to continue its march forward in the national championship.
Thanks to a wildcard (invitation from the European Handball Federation) obtained for the 2021-22 season, Dinamo Bucuresti will join the elite of European handball and will face for the first time the Paris Saint-Germain Handball club for the first day of the EHF Champions League group, on September 22, 2021. This team will have a lot to do in this competition but will be able to count on a strong and experienced support: Cédric Sorhaindo, the French team's legendary center and former player of the Parisian capital.
The finished 7th in the Champions League stage, abode HC Motor.
Consecutive to the 2022-23 Champions League group stage draw, Dinamo Bucaresti is part of Group A, alongside Paris Saint-Germain, Veszprem, Zagreb, Gog Handbold, FC Porto, Wilsa Plock and SC Magdeburg.
Players to follow Duel
Winner of the European Championship in 2012 in Serbia, gold medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics or world champion in 2019 at home: Henrik Toft Hansen has won everything with the Danish national selection. Real central element of his team, the solid 2-meter pivot tried a new experience in the summer of 2018 by joining Paris Saint Germain, the defending champion of Liqui Moly Starligue. With Luka Karabatic and Kamil Syprzak, they make up one of the most competitive trios in Europe at the pivot position. The 3 players will continue to delight the spectators of Pierre de Coubertin during the 2022/23 season following the joint extension of their Parisian adventure. Henrik Toft Hansen will be one of the key elements to supervise young players like Sadou N'tanzi or Yoann Gibelin, who arrived at the club in the summer of 2022 from US Créteil.
Born on June 7, 1984 in La Trinité (Martinique), Cedric Sorhaindo is a French player who began his career as a professional handball player with the club Anger Noyant. It is with the Paris Handball that he made his first steps and discovered the European experience. An adventure that lasted 6 years from 2004 to 2009. His impressive level in his position allowed him to join in 2010, FC Barcelona Handbol after a few months on loan in Toulouse. With the Catalan team, Cedric Sorhaindo won 11 Spanish championships and 3 Champions League in 11 seasons at the club. He participated also greatly in the golden years of the French selection by winning with his teammates 7 gold medals on the biggest European and world competitions. In 2021, he decided to join Dinamo Bucharest after winning his last Champions League with Barcelona.
Sala Polivalenta Dinamo
Șoseaua Ștefan cel Mare, 020148 Bucharest
Recently inaugurated in 2013 and with a capacity of 2538 seats, the Sala Polivalenta Dinamo, literally Dinamo's multipurpose venue, is an omnisport hall that hosts the collective sports of the Clubul Sportiv Dinamo Bucuresti group of clubs. As a result, the men's and women's handball sections and the women's volleyball section host their national and European opponents.
Located in the center of Bucharest, the location is easily accessible thanks to its bus stop and metro station Stefan cel Mare.
