2017–18 Liga Națională (women's basketball)

Liga Națională
Games played114
Teams10
Regular season
RelegatedPhoenix Galați
Finals
ChampionsSepsi SIC (3rd title)
  Runners-upCSM Satu Mare
Third placeOlimpia Brașov
Fourth placeUniversitatea Cluj

The 2017–18 Liga Națională season is the 68th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe is the defending champion.

Competition format

The Romanian Basketball Federation agreed a change in the competition format for the 2017–18 season:[1]

  • 10 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.
  • All teams from the group from 1st to 6th and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group will join the playoffs. In this knockout stage, quarterfinals and semifinals will be played with a best-of-three-games format and the final with a best-of-five one.

Teams

CSM Târgoviște and Politehnica Iași withdrew from the competition and enrolled in the Liga I.[2]

SCM Timișoara and CSU Alba Iulia were promoted from the previous season of the Liga I.[3][4]

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Liga Națională
Team City Arena Capacity
BC Sirius Târgu Mureș Sala Sporturilor
2,000
CSBT Alexandria Dimitrie Ghica
900
CSM Satu Mare Ecaterina Both Arena
400
CSU Alba Iulia Sala Sporturilor
400
ICIM Arad Victoria Sports Hall
1,500
Olimpia CSU Brașov D.P. Colibași
1,700
Phoenix Galați Dunărea
1,500
SCM Timișoara Constantin Jude
2,200
Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe Arena Sepsi
3,000
Universitatea Cluj Napoca Polyvalent Hall / Horia Demian 7,308 / 2,525

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sepsi SIC 20 19 1 1685 1229 +456 39 Qualification to Play-offs
2 CSM Satu Mare 20 13 7 1518 1470 +48 33
3 Olimpia Brașov 20 11 9 1400 1423 −23 31
4 Universitatea Cluj 20 9 11 1458 1458 0 29
5 CSBT Alexandria 20 9 11 1458 1476 −18 29
6 ICIM Arad 19 11 8 1347 1335 +12 30 Qualification to Play-offs
7 SCM Timișoara 19 8 11 1362 1336 +26 27
8 CSU Alba Iulia[a] 19 7 12 1207 1321 −114 25
9 BC Sirius 19 1 18 1171 1558 −387 20
10 Phoenix Galați[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2018. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ^ CSU Alba Iulia was deducted 1 point.[5]
  2. ^ Phoenix Galați withdrew from the championship.[6]

Play-offs

The higher seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                   
 
 
 
 
2 CSM Satu Mare 7168630
 
 
 
7 SCM Timișoara 8250530
 
2 CSM Satu Mare1017200
 
 
 
3 Olimpia Brașov606800
 
3 Olimpia Brașov 737400
 
 
 
6 ICIM Arad 666600
 
1 Sepsi SIC76716085
 
 
 
2 CSM Satu Mare46516876
 
1 Sepsi SIC 969300
 
 
 
8 CSU Alba Iulia 445700
 
1 Sepsi SIC978700
 
 
 
4 Universitatea Cluj695900
 
4 Universitatea Cluj727800
 
 
5 CSBT Alexandria717500
 
 
Third place
 
     
 
 
 
 
3 Olimpia Brașov867600
 
 
4 Universitatea Cluj707200
 

References

  1. ^ "Tragere la sorti Liga Nationala de Baschet Feminin editia 2017–2018" (in Romanian). Romanian Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ^ CSM Târgoviste s-a retras din Liga Națională de Baschet feminin. totalbaschet.ro
  3. ^ SCM Timișoara a promovat în Liga Națională după un succes categoric cu Agronomia București. În elită a acces și Rapid București Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. tmsport.ro
  4. ^ CSU Alba Iulia revine în Liga Naţională de baschet feminin! Formaţia din Cetatea Marii Uniri profită de faptul că Agronomia şi Rapid Bucureşti nu s-au înscris în prima ligă!. ziarulunirea.ro
  5. ^ "După un "ianuarie negru", CSU Alba Iulia, sub presiune! Echipa din Cetatea Marii Uniri obligată să câștige tot în turneul 6-9". 13 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Phoenix Galați s-a retras din Liga Națională de baschet feminin din considerente financiare". 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.