2018 Carpathian Trophy

The 2018 Carpathian Trophy was the 50th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Bucharest, Romania between 23 and 24 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation.^[1]

2018 Carpathian Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–24 November
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Romania
Runners-up	Romania B
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	226 (56.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jelena Lavko (11 goals)
Awards
Best player	Cristina Neagu
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The most recent Olympic champions, Russia, appeared in the competition.^[2]

It was televised by TVR1 and TVR HD.^[3]

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+02:00).

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	23 November
	Romania B	25
					24 November
	Russia	24
					Romania B	24
	23 November
					Romania	33
	Romania	29
	Serbia	26
					Third place
					24 November
					Russia	33
					Serbia	32

Semifinals

23 November 2018 16:00	Romania B	25–24	Russia	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Nițișor, Stamatoiu (ROU)
	Popa 6	(11–12)	Maslova 4
	3× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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23 November 2018 18:30	Romania	29–26	Serbia	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Neagu, Pintea 5	(13–15)	Krpež Slezak 6
		Report	1× 1×

Third place game

24 November 2018 16:00	Russia	33–32	Serbia	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Barbu, Manafu (ROU)
	Samokhina 7	(13–15)	Lavko 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

Final

24 November 2018 18:30	Romania B	24–33	Romania	Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Zamfirescu 5	(12–21)	Laslo 5
	3× 1×	Report	2×

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:  Cristina Neagu (ROU)
• Best Defender:  Crina Pintea (ROU)
• Best Goalkeeper:  Anna Sedoykina (RUS)
• Top Scorer:  Jelena Lavko (SRB)