2018–19 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)

The 2018–19 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. CSM București was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Alba Blaj won their fourth title. Agroland Timișoara and Penicilina Iași were relegated.

Divizia A1
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsAlba Blaj (4th title)
Runners-upCSM București
Third placeTârgoviște
Fourth placeȘtiința Bacău
RelegatedAgroland Timișoara
Penicilina Iași
2019–20 →

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

Excluded teams

CSU Oradea promoted to Divizia A1, but due to the lack of funds chose not to join the championship and enrolled again in the Divizia A2.[3]

Medicina Târgu Mureș encountered financial problems and entered in a partnership with the newly founded CSM Târgu Mureș, becoming the women's volleyball section of the sports club. The team was enrolled in the Divizia A2.[4]

Teams
Location of teams in 2018–19 Divizia A1
Team City Arena Capacity
Agroland Timișoara Constantin Jude
2,200
Alba Blaj Timotei Cipariu
400
CSM Bucharest Sala Elite
500
CSM Lugoj I.K. Ghermănescu
400
CSM Târgoviște Polyvalent Hall
2,000
CSU Galați Dunărea 1,500
Dinamo București Dinamo
2,538
Penicilina Iași Polyvalent Hall
1,500
Știința Bacău Sala Sporturilor
2,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horia Demian
2,525

Regular season table
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Alba Blaj 15 14 1 43 44 5 8.800 1199 853 1.406 Qualification to Play-off
2 CSM București 15 13 2 38 39 8 4.875 1115 829 1.345
3 Târgoviște 15 11 4 32 35 18 1.944 1177 1043 1.128
4 Știința Bacău 15 9 6 26 30 21 1.429 1155 1070 1.079
5 Lugoj 15 5 10 15 18 33 0.545 1042 1133 0.920
6 Dinamo București 15 4 11 13 17 35 0.486 984 1211 0.813
7 Universitatea Cluj 15 4 11 11 13 35 0.371 924 1109 0.833 Qualification to Play-out
8 Galați 15 1 14 4 6 43 0.140 842 1183 0.712
9 Agroland Timișoara (E) 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 — 0 0 — Withdrew
10 Penicilina Iași (E) 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(E) Eliminated.
Notes:
  1. Agroland Timișoara withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.[5]
  2. Penicilina Iași was excluded from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.[6]

Play-off
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Alba Blaj (C, Q) 25 23 2 69 72 11 6.545 2014 1502 1.341 Qualification to CEV Women's Champions League
2 CSM București (Q) 25 21 4 63 66 15 4.400 1914 1439 1.330 Qualification to Women's CEV Cup
3 Târgoviște (Q) 25 16 9 47 53 37 1.432 1966 1828 1.075 Qualification to CEV Women's Challenge Cup
4 Știința Bacău (Q) 25 15 10 43 48 37 1.297 1880 1808 1.040
5 Lugoj 25 6 19 18 22 61 0.361 1632 1909 0.855
6 Dinamo București 25 5 20 17 25 62 0.403 1666 2053 0.811
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-out
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
7 Universitatea Cluj 17 5 12 14 18 40 0.450 1137 1308 0.869
8 Galați 17 2 15 7 11 48 0.229 1041 11396 0.091
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation

References
  1. Voleibalistele de la CSU Galați și-au asigurat promovarea înaintea ultimului meci. viata-libera.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Voleibalistele de la CSU Oradea au promovat în prima ligă. bihon.ro (in Romanian)
  3. Echipa de volei CSU Oradea va continua în Divizia A2. bihon.ro (in Romanian)
  4. CSM Târgu-Mureș are „spatele” cu CNUE la volei. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian)
  5. Agroland Timișoara s-a retras din campionat! Bănățenii au capitulat în războiul cu Federaţia. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
  6. A murit Penicilina, cea mai prestigioasă echipă sportivă ieșeană. ziaruldeiasi.ro (in Romanian)
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