Hapoel Rashlat is the first to advance to the semi-finals of the State Cup in handball, this after an away victory tonight (Monday) over Hapoel Kiryat Ono 28:31 (15:15) in the meeting that opened the quarter-finals of the State Cup. Also, three matches will be held tomorrow: The cup holder for the last two years, Hapoel Ashdod will host Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin (7:00 p.m.). AS Ramat Hasharon, the factory finalist, will host A. K. Ness Ziona (7:00 p.m.) and the game that will close the stage will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Beit Maccabi Between Maccabi Rashalz and the Herzliya.
In tonight’s game, Tarik Kasumovic led the scorers of Kiryat Ono with 11 goals, Milos Savic added 6, Milos Dolic 3, Alon Shulman, Oral Mahloof and Lidor Pinto scored 2 each, Amit Gal and Ilya Mosienko finished with a single goal. On the other side, La Hapoel scored: Arel Zeitler and Antonio Pribanich 7 21, Oleg Astrashpekin and Roy Liebagut 6, Itai Sorkis 3 and Nemania Pribak 2.
In the Athena Women’s League, the first round was completed tonight with the victory of Maccabi RG over MK Holon 22:36 (11:20). Ramat Gan climbed to second place again with 9 points and pushed down the girls of Herzliya, who had 7 points. Holon remains in fourth place, and below it with one less point and an ambition to be among the four teams that will qualify for the playoffs is the champion Maccabi Rashlat. Hapoel occupies the top of the table with 12 points. On Thursday, the second round in the Athena League will open and immediately after it, the teams will go to the winter break.
Scored for the RG: Mai Yulzari 8, Keren Teplitsky and Katya Lubiania 7 KA, Yulia Hevronina, Donia Tasic, Yorta Zylenskeit and Sharon Ekler 3 KA, Shani Levinkind and Eleanor Pasha 1 KA.
Scorers for Holon: Theodora Petkovits 12, Noam Kriaf 5, Grace Ampoula 4, Shira Cohen, Topaz Cohen, Ofir Dehari, Lihya Amer, Shir Makhamli, Shiran Ashkenazi, Shahar Danilov 2 each, Michal Sharid, Romi Bozaglo 1 each. Goalkeeper Noam Ben Hamo with 80% stops.
Legionnaires: Shanir Natsia, pivot of the Israel national team, presented his best game of the season in the French Pro League, with 4 goals at 100% from the field and good ability in defense, and was a senior partner in the victory of his Nancy team over Villerban 27:28. Also, the Israeli won the title of the outstanding player of the game. In the second Bundesliga in Germany, Israel national team player Nadav Cohen started for the first time in Lübeck Schwertau’s lineup, played 50 minutes, scored 3 goals and provided 3 assists in a 19:34 victory over Hotenberg.