The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. VM Zalău was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești won their first title. UV Timișoara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.
Competition format The competition format will be the same as in the previous season.
12 teams played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format. At the end of the regular season, teams are split into two groups, one of them composed by the first six teams and the other one by the rest. In this second stage all points of the regular season are counted and the teams will face each other from its group twice.
Team changes
Promoted from Divizia A2 Universitatea Cluj CSS 2 Baia Mare UV Timișoara
Relegated to Divizia A2 VCM Piatra Neamț
Excluded teams Știința Bacău and Volei Caransebeș withdrew from Divizia A1.Ştiinţa Bacău se retrage din Divizia A1!. sportulsalajean.roBanatul Caransebeș s-a retras din campionat ! Locul în A1 îi poate fi luat de CS UV Timișoara. sportuldoljean.ro
Teams
Team City Arena Capacity Arcada Galați Dunărea 1,500 CSM București Sala Elite500 CSS 2 Baia Mare Lascăr Pană 2,048 Dinamo București Dinamo 2,538 SCM U Craiova Polyvalent Hall4,215 Steaua București Mihai Viteazu 2,000 Știința Explorări Baia Mare Lascăr Pană 2,048 Tricolorul Ploiești Olimpia 3,500 Unirea Dej Sala Sporturilor 1,000 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horia Demian 2,525 UV Timișoara Constantin Jude2,200 VM Zalău Sala Sporturilor950
Regular season
Play-off
Play-out
References
External links Official site of the Romanian Basketball Federation Voleiromania.ro (Romanian)