The 2018 Cupa României Final was the final match of the

2017–18 Cupa României The 2017–18 Cupa României was the 80th season of the annual Romanian primary Association football, football knockout tournament. The winner, CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Craiova, qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2018� ...

and the 80th final of the

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, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 27 May 2018 between

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and Universitatea Craiova. Hermannstadt reached their first ever cup final in the third year of the club's existence. They are the 14th team, and the first in 36 years, to reach the final while not playing in the top league. This was the first final for Universitatea since

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, and the first for a team from

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in 18 years. The winner qualified for the

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. They also earned the right to play against

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champions for the

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. The game was hosted by the

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stadium in

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Route to the final

Match

References

External links

Official site
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