 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hănceanu akabatana naFlorin Zalomir, Tiberiu Dolniceanu naRareș Dumitrescu muchikwata chenyika. Mumwaka wa2008-09, Romania yakahwina menduru yesirivheri muEuropean ChampionshipskuPlovdiv. Mumakwikwi eNyika muAntalya, Romania yakakunda Germany, ipapo France neHungary. Mumutambo wokupedzisira vakasangana neItaly zvakare uye nguva ino vakakunda 4544 kuti vatore zita rekutanga reNyika mu sabre yeRomania. Nokuda kwebasa iri, Hănceanu nevamwe vake vakagamuchira Order of Sports Merit, kirasi IIa. 