2018–19 Liga Națională (women's handball) explained

2018–19 Liga Națională
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The 2018–19 Liga Națională is the 61st season of Liga Națională, the Romanian top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. CSM București are the defending champions, for the fourth season in a row.

Team changes

To Liga Națională

Promoted from Divizia A

From Liga Națională

Relegated to Divizia A

Teams for season 2018–19

Club City Arena(s) Capacity
CSM BucureștiBucharestSala Polivalentă5,300
CSM SlatinaSlatinaSala LPS Slatina200
Corona BrașovBrașovSala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"1,600
CSM RomanRomanSala Polivalentă Roman500
Danubius GalațiGalațiSala Sporturilor "Dunărea"1,500
Dunărea BrăilaBrăilaSala Polivalentă "Danubius"2,000
Gloria BistrițaBistrițaSala Polivalentă Bistrița900
Gloria BuzăuBuzăuSala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi"1,868
HC ZalăuZalăuSala Sporturilor Zalău950
SCM Râmnicu VâlceaRâmnicu VâlceaSala Sporturilor "Traian"3,126
Măgura CisnădieCisnădieSala Polivalentă "Măgura"820
Minaur Baia MareBaia MareSala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"2,048
SCM CraiovaCraiovaSala Polivalentă Craiova4,215
Universitatea ClujCluj-NapocaSala Sporturilor "Horia Demian"
BT Arena
2,525
9,300

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 3rd and 4th-placed teams of the Divizia A promotion tournament faced the 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională. The first two places promoted to Liga Națională and the last two relegated to Divizia A. The play-offs were played on neutral ground, in Cisnădie.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.CountyNo. of teamsTeams
1Bistrița-Năsăud1Gloria Bistrița
Brașov1Corona Brașov
Brăila1Dunărea Brăila
Bucharest (capital)1CSM București
Buzău1Gloria Buzău
Cluj1 Universitatea Cluj
Dolj1 Craiova
Galați1Danubius Galați
Maramureș1Minaur Baia Mare
Neamț1 Roman
Olt1 Slatina
Sălaj1 Zalău
Sibiu1 Măgura Cisnădie
Vâlcea1 Râmnicu Vâlcea

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