2018–19 Liga Națională (women's handball)

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

Teams for season 2018–19

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Location of teams in the Romanian Women's Handball League
Club City Arena(s) Capacity
CSM București Bucharest Sala Polivalentă 5,300
CSM Slatina Slatina Sala LPS Slatina 200
Corona Brașov Brașov Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" 1,600
CSM Roman Roman Sala Polivalentă Roman 500
Danubius Galați Galați Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" 1,500
Dunărea Brăila Brăila Sala Polivalentă "Danubius" 2,000
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Sala Polivalentă Bistrița 900
Gloria Buzău Buzău Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" 1,868
HC Zalău Zalău Sala Sporturilor Zalău 950
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Sala Sporturilor "Traian" 3,126
Măgura Cisnădie Cisnădie Sala Polivalentă "Măgura" 820
Minaur Baia Mare Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" 2,048
SCM Craiova Craiova Sala Polivalentă Craiova 4,215
Universitatea Cluj Cluj-Napoca Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian"
BT Arena		 2,525
9,300

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Râmnicu Vâlcea (C, Q) 24 22 0 2 654 539 +115 66[a] Qualification to EHF Champions League
2 CSM București (Q) 24 22 0 2 708 565 +143 66[a] Qualification to EHF Cup
3 Gloria Bistrița (Q) 24 14 0 10 598 587 +11 42
4 Măgura Cisnădie (Q) 24 13 2 9 579 575 +4 41 Qualification to EHF Cup
5 Corona Brașov 24 13 1 10 607 598 +9 40
6 Craiova 24 13 0 11 579 558 +21 39
7 Gloria Buzău 24 10 3 11 568 575 −7 33[b]
8 Zalău 24 10 3 11 647 650 −3 33[b]
9 Dunărea Brăila 24 9 2 13 576 593 −17 29
10 Minaur Baia Mare 24 9 1 14 577 601 −24 28
11 Slatina (O) 24 8 2 14 551 589 −38 26 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12 Universitatea Cluj (O) 24 4 0 20 620 704 −84 12
13 Danubius Galați (R) 24 1 2 21 502 632 −130 5 Relegation to Divizia A
14 Roman (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[c] Withdrew
Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CSM București–Râmnicu Vâlcea 19–22; Râmnicu Vâlcea–CSM București 29–30
  2. ^ a b Gloria Buzău–Zalău 25–24; Zalău–Gloria Buzău 26–26
  3. ^ Roman withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.[1][2]

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Cluj (C, P) 3 2 1 0 82 68 +14 7 Promoted to Liga Națională
2 Slatina (P) 3 2 0 1 74 72 +2 6
3 Dacia Mioveni (R) 3 1 1 1 80 67 +13 4 Relegated to Divizia A
4 Târgu Mureș (R) 3 0 0 3 65 94 −29 0
Updated to match(es) played on Ccomplete. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County No. of teams Teams
1 Bistrița-Năsăud 1 Gloria Bistrița
Brașov 1 Corona Brașov
Brăila 1 Dunărea Brăila
Bucharest (capital) 1 CSM București
Buzău 1 Gloria Buzău
Cluj 1 Universitatea Cluj
Dolj 1 Craiova
Galați 1 Danubius Galați
Maramureș 1 Minaur Baia Mare
Neamț 1 Roman
Olt 1 Slatina
Sălaj 1 Zalău
Sibiu 1 Măgura Cisnădie
Vâlcea 1 Râmnicu Vâlcea

References

  1. ^ CSM Roman s-a retras din campionat! Clasamentul Ligii Florilor suferă modificări. handbalvolei.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ CSM Roman s-a retras din campionat! » Primarul e nemulțumit de evoluțiile echipei de până acum și a anunțat că nu o mai susține financiar. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
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