2016–17 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2016–17 Liga Națională
Seasons

The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. Dinamo București were the defending champions.

Teams

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Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League
Club Ground(s) Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reșița Sala Polivalentă Reșița 1,669
CSM București Sala Sporturilor Rapid București 1,500
CSM Făgăraș Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" Făgăraș 150
CSM Focșani Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani 1,400
CSU Suceava Sala Sporturilor Suceava 500
Dinamo București Sala Dinamo 2,538
Dobrogea Sud Constanța Sala Sporturilor Constanța 2,100
Dunărea Călărași Sala Polivalentă 1,500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc 1,250
HC Vaslui Sala Sporturilor Vaslui 1,500
CSM Satu-Mare Sala Sporturilor Satu-Mare 3,000
Politehnica Timișoara Sala Constantin Jude 1,540
Potaissa Turda Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda 600
Steaua București Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" 600

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București 24 19 2 3 753 653 +100 59 Qualification to Play-Off
2 Potaissa Turda 24 17 2 5 709 661 +48 53
3 CSM București 24 17 1 6 683 592 +91 52
4 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc 24 15 5 4 716 645 +71 50
5 HC Dobrogea Constanța 24 14 2 8 679 622 +57 44
6 HC Vaslui 24 12 1 11 606 639 −33 37
7 Politehnica Timişoara 24 10 5 9 625 601 +24 35
8 Dunărea Călărași 24 9 5 10 644 658 −14 32
9 Universitatea Suceava 24 10 0 14 623 633 −10 30 Qualification to Play-Out
10 Steaua București 24 8 5 11 607 609 −2 29
11 CSM Focșani 24 6 2 16 593 654 −61 20
12 CSM Făgăraș 24 2 1 21 549 690 −141 7
13 CSM Satu Mare 24 1 1 22 579 709 −130 4
14 HC Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Relegation to Divizia A
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship and all their results were canceled.

Play-Off

Knockout phase

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
HC Vaslui0
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda1
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara1
 
CSM București0
 
 
 
Dinamo București2
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dunărea Călărași0
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța1 Third place
 
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc1
 
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța2
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța1
 

League table – positions 1–4

Team Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C, Q) 2017–18 EHF Champions League
2 CSM București (Q) 2017–18 EHF Cup
3 Potaissa Turda (Q) 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup
4 Dobrogea Constanța (Q) 2017–18 EHF Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team
5 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6 Politehnica Timișoara
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 HC Vaslui

Play-Out

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Steaua București 16 10 4 2 434 374 +60 34
10 Universitatea Suceava 16 11 0 5 414 391 +23 33
11 CSM Focșani (O) 16 9 2 5 407 382 +25 29 Relegation play-offs
12 CSM Făgăraș (O) 16 5 1 10 368 408 −40 16
13 CSM Satu Mare (R) 16 1 1 14 379 447 −68 4 Relegation to Divizia A
14 Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship.

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
Caraș-Severin 1 Adrian Petrea Reșița
Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda
Constanța 1 HC Dobrogea Sud
Harghita 1 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
Satu Mare 1 CSM Satu Mare
Suceava 1 CSU Suceava
Timiș 1 SCM Politehnica Timişoara
Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea 1 CSM Focșani

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2016:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Gabriel Bujor Romania HC Vaslui 94
2 Romania Andrei Mihalcea Romania HC Odorhei 78
2 Serbia Dalibor Čutura Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 78
2 Serbia Filip Marjanović Romania Poli Timișoara 78
5 France Guillaume Saurina Romania CSM București 74
6 Russia Vitaly Komogorov Romania HC Odorhei 71
7 Romania Ionuț Georgescu Romania CSA Steaua 70
8 Georgia (country) Irakli Chikovani Romania AHC Dunărea Călărași 69

References