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2017–18 Liga Națională (men's handball)

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2017–18 Liga Națională
Seasons

The 2017–18 Liga Națională was the 60th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams.[1] Dinamo București were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.

Team changes

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Teams

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Club Ground(s) Capacity
CSM București Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" 1,500
CSM Făgăraș Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" 150
CSM Focșani Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" 1,400
CSU Suceava Sala Sporturilor 500
Dinamo București Sala Dinamo 2,538
Dobrogea Sud Constanța Sala Sporturilor 2,100
Dunărea Călăraşi Sala Polivalentă 1,500
Minaur Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" 2,048
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor 1,250
HC Vaslui Sala Sporturilor 1,500
Politehnica Iași Sala Polivalentă 1,500
Politehnica Timișoara Sala Constantin Jude 1,540
Potaissa Turda Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" 600
Steaua București Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" 600

League table

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București 26 20 1 5 696 609 +87 61 Qualification to Play-Off
2 Potaissa Turda 26 19 0 7 726 648 +78 57
3 Dinamo București 26 18 2 6 736 649 +87 56
4 CSM București 26 18 1 7 735 636 +99 55
5 Politehnica Timișoara 26 17 2 7 683 607 +76 53
6 Dobrogea Constanța 26 15 4 7 701 636 +65 49
7 Dunărea Călărași 26 13 4 9 648 648 0 43
8 Odorheiu Secuiesc (R) 26 10 2 14 427 482 −55 32[a] Relegation to Divizia A
9 Minaur Baia Mare 26 10 1 15 642 674 −32 31 Qualification to Play-Off
10 CSU Suceava 26 7 4 15 654 676 −22 25 Qualification to Play-Out
11 CSM Focșani 26 7 3 16 601 650 −49 24
12 HC Vaslui 26 7 1 18 637 730 −93 22
13 CSM Făgăraș 26 5 1 20 585 676 −91 16
14 Politehnica Iași (R) 26 2 2 22 573 723 −150 8[b] Relegation to Divizia A
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 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
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ HC Odorheiu Secuiesc withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship due to financial problems and lost matches by forfeit.[2]
  2. ^ Politehnica Iași withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship due to financial problems and lost matches by forfeit.[3]

Play-Off

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Knockout phase

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Steaua București 2
 
 
 
Minaur Baia Mare 0
 
Steaua București 2
 
 
 
CSM București 1
 
CSM București 2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara 1
 
Steaua București 1
 
 
 
Dinamo București 2
 
Potaissa Turda 2
 
 
 
Dunărea Călărași 0
 
Potaissa Turda 0
 
 
 
Dinamo București 2 Third place
 
Dinamo București 2
 
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța 1
 
CSM București 1
 
 
Potaissa Turda 2
 

League table – positions 1–4

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Team Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C, Q) 2018–19 EHF Champions League
2 Steaua București (Q) 2018–19 EHF Cup
3 Potaissa Turda (Q)
4 CSM București (Q) 2018–19 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

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Team
5 Dobrogea Constanța
6 Politehnica Timișoara
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 Minaur Baia Mare

Play-Out

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Universitatea Suceava 12 7 2 3 309 299 +10 23
10 CSM Focșani 12 6 2 4 293 279 +14 20
11 CSM Făgăraș (O) 12 5 0 7 296 309 −13 15 Relegation play-offs
12 HC Vaslui (O) 12 4 0 8 297 309 −12 12
13 Politehnica Iași (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Relegation to Divizia A
14 Odorheiu Secuiesc (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 19 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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Politehnica Iași withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship due to financial problems and lost matches by forfeit.
  2. ^ Odorheiu Secuiesc withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship due to financial problems and lost matches by forfeit.

Relegation play-offs

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 CSM Făgăraș (P) 2 2 0 0 65 42 +23 6 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 HC Buzău (Q) 2 1 0 1 46 55 −9 3 Qualification to Third place
3 Universitatea Cluj 2 0 0 2 49 63 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Serie II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 HC Vaslui (P) 1 1 0 0 44 27 +17 3 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 Atletico Alexandria (Q) 1 0 0 1 27 44 −17 0 Qualification to Third place
3 CSU Târgu Jiu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 31 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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSU Târgu Jiu withdrew from the relegation play-offs.[4]

Third place

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Because the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018–19 Liga Națională, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
HC Buzău 30–27 Atletico Alexandria

Notes:

Season statistics

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Number of teams by counties

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Pos. County (județ) No. of teams Team(s)
1 Bucharest (capital) 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2 Brașov 1 CSM Făgăraș
Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda
Constanța 1 Dobrogea Constanța
Harghita 1 Odorheiu Secuiesc
Iași 1 Politehnica Iași
Maramureș 1 Minaur Baia Mare
Suceava 1 CSU Suceava
Timiș 1 Politehnica Timișoara
Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea 1 CSM Focșani

References

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  1. ^ Toate rezultatele primei etape din Liga Națională de handbal masculin » Surpriză uriașă la Constanța + Ce au făcut Dinamo și Steaua. gsp.ro
  2. ^ "RETRAGEREA ECHIPEI HC ODORHEIU SECUIESC DIN LIGA NATIONALA". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ "RETRAGEREA ECHIPEI CS POLITEHNICA IASI DIN LIGA NATIONALA". 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Turneul de promovare/retrogradare, cu doar cinci echipe la start!". handbalvolei.ro. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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