 Romania entered the placement rounds and first defeated China, then the United States to take the fifth place in the competition.Following this failure, Octavian Zidaru was replaced as coach by Dan Podeanu, whom Brânză regards as a second father and who was persuaded to come back for a second stint.Brânză entered the 2014–15 season with a silver medal at the Legnano World Cup after a 13–12 defeat in additional time against Ukraine's Anfisa Pochkalova.