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.Toate rezultatele primei etape din Liga Națională de handbal masculin » Surpriză uriașă la Constanța + Ce au făcut Dinamo și Steaua. gsp.ro Dinamo București were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.
Team changes
To Liga Națională Promoted from Divizia A Politehnica Iași Minaur Baia Mare
From Liga Națională Relegated to Divizia A CSM Satu Mare Adrian Petrea Reșița
Teams
Club Ground(s) Capacity CSM București Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" 1,500 CSM Făgăraș Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" 150 CSM Focșani Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" 1,400 CSU Suceava Sala Sporturilor500 Dinamo București Sala Dinamo 2,538 Dobrogea Sud Constanța Sala Sporturilor 2,100 Dunărea Călăraşi Sala Polivalentă 1,500 Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" 2,048 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor 1,250 HC Vaslui Sala Sporturilor 1,500 Politehnica Iași Sala Polivalentă 1,500 Politehnica Timișoara Sala Constantin Jude 1,540 Potaissa Turda Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" 600 Steaua București Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" 600
League table Standings
Play-Off Knockout phase
League table – positions 1–4
TeamQualification or relegation 1 Dinamo București (C, Q) 2018–19 EHF Champions League 2 Steaua București (Q) 2018–19 EHF Cup 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
Play-Out
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.
Serie I
Serie II
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: HC Buzău qualified for 2018–19 Liga Națională and Atletico Alexandria qualified for 2018–19 Divizia A.
Season statistics
Number of teams by counties Pos.County (județ) No. of teams Team(s) 1 Bucharest (capital) 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua 2 Brașov 1 CSM Făgăraș Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda Constanța 1 Dobrogea Constanța Harghita 1 Odorheiu Secuiesc Iași 1 Politehnica Iași Maramureș 1 Minaur Baia Mare Suceava 1 CSU Suceava Timiș 1 Politehnica Timișoara Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui Vrancea 1 CSM Focșani
References
External links Romanian Handball Federaration