2017–18 Divizia A (women's handball)

2017–18 Divizia A
Seasons

The 2017–18 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian women's handball second league. A total of 29 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (15 teams) and Seria B (14 teams). At the end of the season the first place from both series promoted to Liga Națională, the 2nd and 3rd places from both series played a promotion play-off together with 11th and 12th place from Liga Națională.

Team changes

Excluded teams

Enrolled teams

Renamed teams

Other teams

Teams

Seria A

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Location of teams in the Women's Divizia A (Seria A)
Club Ground(s) Capacity
CNOT Iași Sala LPS 100
CSM București II Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" 1,500
CSO Plopeni Sala Polivalentă 500
CSS Tulcea Sala Polivalentă 1,200
CSU Târgoviște Sala Sporturilor 2,000
Danubius Călărași Sala Polivalentă 1,500
Dinamo București Sala Dinamo 2,538
Gloria Buzău Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" 1,868
HCF Piatra Neamț Sala Polivalentă 4,000
Neptun Constanța Sala Sporturilor 2,100
Spartac București Sala Iris 100
SSP București Sala Iris 100
Steaua București Sala CSS 6 100
Știința Bacău Sala Sporturilor 2,000
Știința București Sala Iris 100

Seria B

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Location of teams in the Women's Divizia A (Seria B)
Club Ground(s) Capacity
Argeș Pitești Sala Universității 400
Corona II Brașov Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" 1,600
Crișul Chișineu Criș Sala Sporturilor "Victoria" (Arad) 1,500
CSU Oradea Sala Universitatea 100
CSU Reșița Sala Polivalentă 1,669
KSE Târgu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor 200
Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" 2,048
CS Mioveni Sala Sporturilor "Trivale" (Pitești) 2,000
Mureșul Târgu Mureș Sala Sporturilor 2,000
Național Râmnicu Vâlcea Sala Energetic 100
Odorheiu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor 1,250
Olimpic Târgu Mureș Sala ȘG "Liviu Rebreanu" 100
SCM Timișoara Sala "Constantin Jude" 1,540
UV Timișoara Sala Universității 150

League tables

Seria A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Gloria Buzău (C, P) 28 28 0 0 999 634 +365 84 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 Neptun Constanța (Q) 28 24 0 4 908 675 +233 72 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Știința București (Q) 28 20 2 6 818 661 +157 62
4 CSM București II 28 19 2 7 842 741 +101 59
5 HCF Piatra Neamț 28 19 1 8 806 637 +169 58
6 Dinamo București 28 19 0 9 806 677 +129 57
7 CSS Tulcea 28 16 2 10 766 751 +15 50
8 Steaua București 28 11 3 14 830 833 −3 36
9 CNOT Iași 28 11 2 15 788 804 −16 35
10 Știința Bacău 28 10 0 18 754 832 −78 30
11 CSO Plopeni 28 8 0 20 800 869 −69 24
12 SSP București 28 7 1 20 743 834 −91 21[a]
13 CSU Târgoviște 28 4 1 23 618 959 −341 13
14 Danubius Călărași 28 4 0 24 671 907 −236 12
15 Spartac București 28 2 2 24 530 865 −335 8
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2018. Source: FRH (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ SSP București was deducted 1 point for violating the rules.[2]

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Seria B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Minaur Baia Mare (C, P) 22 21 1 0 713 480 +233 64 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 SCM Timișoara (Q) 22 19 0 3 696 533 +163 57 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 CS Mioveni (Q) 22 13 1 8 551 498 +53 40
4 Corona II Brașov 22 13 1 8 623 627 −4 40
5 CSU Reșița 22 11 0 11 550 527 +23 33
6 Național Râmnicu Vâlcea 22 10 1 11 558 551 +7 31
7 Argeș Pitești 22 10 1 11 613 609 +4 31
8 Olimpic Târgu Mureș 22 10 1 11 600 626 −26 31
9 CSU Oradea 22 9 3 10 574 610 −36 30
10 UV Timișoara 22 6 0 16 601 693 −92 18
11 Crișul Chișineu Criș 22 5 1 16 602 692 −90 16
12 Odorheiu Secuiesc 22 0 0 22 326 561 −235 −7[a]
13 KSE Târgu Secuiesc (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Excluded from Divizia A
14 Mureșul Târgu Mureș (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: FRH (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Odorheiu Secuiesc were deducted 7 points. 5 points for double players legitimation and 2 points for non-compliance with age requirements.[3]
  2. ^ a b KSE Târgu Secuiesc and Mureșul Târgu Mureș were excluded from the competition.[4]

Promotion 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 CSM Slatina (P) 2 2 0 0 68 49 +19 6 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 Neptun Constanța 2 1 0 1 47 61 −14 3
3 CS Mioveni 2 0 0 2 43 48 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRH (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(P) Promoted

Serie II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Danubius Galați (P) 2 2 0 0 62 39 +23 6 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 SCM Timișoara 2 1 0 1 47 44 +3 3
3 Știința București 2 0 0 2 37 63 −26 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRH (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(P) Promoted

References

  1. ^ Primăria Piteşti a cumpărat brandul FC Argeş! SCM Piteşti se transformă odată cu promovarea în Liga 2 în clubul legendarului Nicolae Dobrin. Cât a costat tranzacţia. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Clasament". 22 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Clasament". 22 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Penibilism la cote alarmante in handbalul feminin al Seriei B din Divizia A!". 28 January 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.