2018–19 Liga Națională (women's handball)

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.

2018–19 Liga Națională
Previous: 2017–18 Next: 2019–20

Team changes

Teams for season 2018–19

ClubCityArena(s)Capacity
CSM BucureștiBucharestSala Polivalentă5,300
CSM SlatinaSlatinaSala LPS Slatina200
Corona BrașovBrașovSala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"1,600
CSM RomanRomanSala Polivalentă Roman500
Danubius GalațiGalațiSala Sporturilor "Dunărea"1,500
Dunărea BrăilaBrăilaSala Polivalentă "Danubius"2,000
Gloria BistrițaBistrițaSala Polivalentă Bistrița900
Gloria BuzăuBuzăuSala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi"1,868
HC ZalăuZalăuSala Sporturilor Zalău950
SCM Râmnicu VâlceaRâmnicu VâlceaSala Sporturilor "Traian"3,126
Măgura CisnădieCisnădieSala Polivalentă "Măgura"820
Minaur Baia MareBaia MareSala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"2,048
SCM CraiovaCraiovaSala Polivalentă Craiova4,215
Universitatea ClujCluj-NapocaSala 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to EHF Champions League
2 CSM București (Q) 24 22 0 2 708 565 +143 66[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
8 Zalău 24 10 3 11 647 650 3 33[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3] 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) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. CSM București–Râmnicu Vâlcea 19–22; Râmnicu Vâlcea–CSM București 29–30
  2. 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) Champion; (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

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