2017–18 Liga Națională (men's handball) explained

2017–18 Liga Națională
Prevseason Year:2016–17
Nextseason Year:2018–19

The 2017–18 Liga Națională was the 60th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams.[1] Dinamo București were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.

Team changes

To Liga Națională

Promoted from Divizia A

From Liga Națională

Relegated to Divizia A

Teams

Club Ground(s) Capacity
Sala Sporturilor "Rapid"1,500
CSM FăgărașSala Colegiul National "Radu Negru"150
Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea"1,400
Sala Sporturilor500
2,538
Sala Sporturilor2,100
1,500
2,048
Sala Sporturilor 1,250
Sala Sporturilor 1,500
Sala Polivalentă 1,500
1,540
Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" 600
600

League table

Standings

Play-Off

League table – positions 1–4

TeamQualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C, Q)
2 Steaua București (Q)
3 Potaissa Turda (Q)
4 CSM București (Q) 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team
5 Dobrogea Constanța
6 Politehnica Timișoara
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 Minaur Baia Mare

Relegation play-offs

The 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Națională.

Third place

Because the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018–19 Liga Națională, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series.

Notes:

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.County (județ)No. of teamsTeam(s)
1Bucharest (capital)3CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2Brașov1 CSM Făgăraș
Călărași1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj1 Potaissa Turda
Constanța1 Dobrogea Constanța
Harghita1 Odorheiu Secuiesc
Iași1Politehnica Iași
Maramureș1 Minaur Baia Mare
Suceava1CSU Suceava
Timiș1 Politehnica Timișoara
Vaslui1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea1 CSM Focșani

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/toate-rezultatele-primei-etape-din-liga-nationala-de-handbal-masculin-surpriza-uriasa-la-constanta-ce-au-facut-dinamo-si-steaua-520005.html Toate rezultatele primei etape din Liga Națională de handbal masculin » Surpriză uriașă la Constanța + Ce au făcut Dinamo și Steaua