oină
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Oină () is a Romanian traditional bat-and-ball game, similar in many ways to baseball.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Oină
- Sport.image
- File:TimbruOina.png
- Sport.imagesize
- 250px
- Sport.union
- Romanian Oină Federation
- Sport.first
- 1364 (first documented)1899 (modern rules)
- Sport.team
- 11 per side
- Sport.contact
- Yes, players are hit with the ball, but no body contact
- Sport.category
- Outdoor
- Sport.ball
- Oină ball
- Sport.venue
- Oină pitch
- Sport.olympic
- no
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Pitch
- Players
- Scope of the game
- Rules
- Scoring
- In game
- Competition
- Ball
- Comparison with baseball
- Competitions in Romania
- Internationalising Oină
- See also
- References
- External links
Oină () is a Romanian traditional bat-and-ball game, similar in many ways to baseball.
==History== The name "oină" was originally "hoina", and is derived from the Cuman word oyn "game" (a cognate of the Turkish oyun).