2017–18 Divizia A (men's handball)

2017–18 Divizia A
Seasons

The 2017–18 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian men's handball second league. A total of 21 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (10 teams) and Seria B (11 teams). At the end of the season the first place from both series promoted to Liga Națională, the 2nd and 3rd places from both series played a promotion play-off together with 11th and 12th place from Liga Națională.

Team changes

Excluded teams

Enrolled teams

Renamed teams

Other teams

Teams

Seria A

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Location of teams in the Men's Divizia A (Seria A)
Club Ground(s) Capacity
Atletico Alexandria Sala Sporturilor "Dimitrie Ghica" 900
CNOT Brașov Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" 1,600
CS Medgidia Sala Sporturilor "Iftimie Ilisei" 750
CSM Botoșani Sala Polivalentă "Elisabeta Lipă" 1,700
CSM București II Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" 1,500
CSU Galați Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" 1,500
CSU Târgoviște Sala Sporturilor 2,000
Dobrogea II Constanța Sala Sporturilor 2,100
HC Buzău Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" 1,868
Știința Municipal Bacău Sala Sporturilor 2,000

Seria B

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Location of teams in the Men's Divizia A (Seria B)
Club Ground(s) Capacity
ADEP Satu Mare Arena "Ecaterina Both" 400
CNE Sighișoara Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina" 1,100
CSM Oradea Arena "Antonio Alexe" 2,500
CSMȘ Reșița Sala Polivalentă 1,669
CSU Târgu Jiu Sala Sporturilor 1,223
CSU Timișoara Sala "Banu Sport" 100
HC Sibiu Sala Transilvania 1,850
HCM Sighișoara Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina" 1,100
Minaur II Baia Mare Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" 2,048
Universitatea Cluj Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" 2,525
Universitatea Craiova Sala Polivalentă 4,215

League tables

Seria A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Știința Municipal Bacău (C, P) 18 18 0 0 688 415 +273 54 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 HC Buzău (Q) 18 14 1 3 541 441 +100 43 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Atletico Alexandria (Q) 18 12 2 4 573 452 +121 38
4 CS Medgidia 18 10 2 6 540 512 +28 32
5 Dobrogea II Constanța 18 9 2 7 573 490 +83 29
6 CSU Galați 18 9 0 9 530 489 +41 27
7 CNOT Brașov 18 6 1 11 556 508 +48 19
8 CSM București II 18 5 2 11 527 490 +37 17
9 CSU Târgoviște 18 2 0 16 358 811 −453 6
10 CSM Botoșani 18 0 0 18 352 630 −278 −4[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSM Botoșani were deducted 4 points for a forfeit and use of a non-playable player.[7]

Seria B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 CSM Oradea (C) 20 19 0 1 685 563 +122 57[a] Promotion to Liga Națională
2 CSU Târgu Jiu (Q) 20 13 0 7 680 583 +97 39 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Universitatea Cluj (Q) 20 13 0 7 640 571 +69 39
4 Minaur II Baia Mare 20 12 1 7 604 549 +55 37
5 HCM Sighișoara 20 11 0 9 622 606 +16 33
6 Universitatea Craiova 20 10 1 9 633 626 +7 31
7 CSMȘ Reșița 20 8 3 9 616 575 +41 27
8 HC Sibiu 20 9 0 11 603 593 +10 27
9 CSU Timișoara 20 8 1 11 574 632 −58 25
10 CNE Sighișoara 20 3 0 17 579 666 −87 9
11 ADEP Satu Mare 20 1 0 19 419 691 −272 0[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: [1] (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
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSM Oradea won Seria B and assured its promotion to Liga Națională, but refused it due to financial reasons.[8]
  2. ^ ADEP Satu Mare were deducted 3 points for a forfeit.[9]

Promotion play-offs

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

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

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.[10]

Third place

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:

References

  1. ^ Handbalul moare, dar nu se predă!. informatia-zilei.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ A mai murit o echipă în Arad!. aradon.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Farul Constanța s-a desființat!. ziuaconstanta.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ CS Adep duce mai departe tradiţia handbalului sătmărean. informatia-zilei.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ CS Medgidia readuce handbalul în prim-plan. radioconstanta.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ CSM Resita continua traditia in handbal. caon.ro (in Romanian)
  7. ^ "Clasament". 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Verdict final: echipa de handbal nu va fi înscrisă în Liga Națională". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Clasament". 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Turneul de promovare/retrogradare, cu doar cinci echipe la start!". handbalvolei.ro. Retrieved 5 June 2018.