2018–19 Liga Națională (women's basketball)

Liga Națională
Season2018–19
Teams13
Finals
ChampionsSepsi SIC
  Runners-upSatu Mare
Third placeICIM Arad
Fourth placeOlimpia Brașov

The 2018–19 Liga Națională season is the 69th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. Sepsi SIC is the defending champion.

Competition format

The Romanian Basketball Federation agreed a change in the competition format for the 2018–19 season:[1][2]

  • 13 teams (divided into 2 value groups: A and B) played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format.
  • At the end of the regular season, teams are split into four groups (Red, Yellow, Blue and Green).
    • Red Group consist of the Group A teams and the winner of the Group B.
    • Yellow Group consist of the other teams from Group B, ranked 2–7.
  • All teams from the Red Group (from 1st to 7th place) and the winner of the Yellow Group will join the play-offs. In this knockout stage, quarterfinals and semifinals will be played with a best-of-five-games format.
    • To decide the teams ranked between 5th and 8th place will be used the best-of-three-games format.
    • The rest of the teams from the Yellow, Blue and Green Groups (16 teams) will form 2 groups of 8 teams and will play to decide the final rankings.
  • Liga I was dissolved, so no team will relegate.

Team changes

Excluded teams

SCM Timișoara withdrew due to financial problems.[3]

CSU Alba Iulia withdrew due to organizational problems.[4]

Renamed teams

BC Sirius was moved to the sports club of Municipality of Târgu Mureș and was renamed as CSM Târgu Mureș.[5]

CSBT Alexandria was moved to the sports club of Municipality of Alexandria and was renamed as CSM Alexandria.[6]

Teams

Group A

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Location of teams in 2018–19 Liga Națională (Group A)
Team City Arena Capacity
CSM Satu Mare Ecaterina Both Arena 400
CSM Târgoviște Sala Sporturilor 2,000
ICIM Arad Victoria Sports Hall 1,500
Olimpia CSU Brașov D.P. Colibași 1,700
Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe Arena Sepsi 3,000
Universitatea Cluj Napoca Polyvalent Hall / Horia Demian 7,308 / 2,525

Group B

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Location of teams in 2018–19 Liga Națională (Group B)
Team City Arena Capacity
CSM Alexandria Dimitrie Ghica 900
Agronomia București Arena de Baschet 350
CSM Târgu Mureș Sala Sporturilor 2,000
KSE Târgu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor 200
Phoenix Constanța Sala Sporturilor 1,500
Rapid București Rapid 1,500
U CSM Oradea Arena Antonio Alexe 2,000

Regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sepsi SIC 10 10 0 835 618 +217 18[a] Qualification to Red Group
2 Satu Mare 10 7 3 710 642 +68 17
3 Olimpia Brașov 10 5 5 752 818 −66 15
4 ICIM Arad 10 4 6 673 677 −4 14
5 Târgoviște 10 4 6 698 747 −49 14
6 Universitatea Cluj 10 0 10 604 770 −166 10
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ^ Sepsi SIC were deducted 2 points because it did not participate in enough 3x3 basketball tournaments.[7]

Results

Home \ Away ARD OLI STM SIC TGV UCJ
ICIM Arad — 85–73 52–66 58–68 78–65 66–49
Olimpia Brașov 87–76 — 80–74 71–84 72–91 84–70
Satu Mare 74–59 91–56 — 60–64 76–62 85–65
Sepsi SIC 68–58 96–57 93–54 — 101–69 77–56
Târgoviște 71–63 80–92 57–60 70–87 — 60–51
Universitatea Cluj 56–78 71–80 54–70 65–97 67–73 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2018. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Phoenix Constanța 12 11 1 828 597 +231 22[a] Qualification to Red Group
2 Oradea 12 9 3 724 639 +85 20[b] Qualification to Yellow Group
3 Rapid București 12 7 5 785 738 +47 19
4 Târgu Mureș 12 7 5 743 767 −24 19
5 KSE Târgu Secuiesc 12 4 8 715 731 −16 16
6 Alexandria 12 2 10 615 772 −157 14
7 Agronomia București 12 2 10 688 854 −166 14
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ^ Phoenix Constanța was deducted 1 point because it did not participate in enough 3x3 basketball tournaments.[7]
  2. ^ Oradea was deducted 1 point because it did not participate in enough 3x3 basketball tournaments.[7]

Results

Home \ Away AGR ALX KSE ORA PHX RAP TGM
Agronomia București — 61–58 50–66 55–81 68–75 60–59 55–77
Alexandria 72–65 — 61–50 62–77 50–74 52–77 49–57
KSE Târgu Secuiesc 70–53 64–41 — 82–57 42–69 63–74 73–75
Oradea 73–43 61–40 57–46 — 43–77 70–73 58–53
Phoenix Constanța 73–55 66–53 71–53 0–20 — 73–57 73–61
Rapid București 73–59 61–43 59–49 63–65 52–84 — 68–74
Târgu Mureș 77–64 59–46 64–57 45–62 55–93 46–69 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2018. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Red Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sepsi SIC 22 21 1 1860 1291 +569 41[a] Qualification to Play-offs
2 Satu Mare 22 16 6 1682 1385 +297 38
3 Olimpia Brașov 22 10 12 1570 1719 −149 32
4 ICIM Arad 22 9 13 1490 1509 −19 31
5 Târgoviște 22 9 13 1414 1572 −158 31
6 Phoenix Constanța 24 14 10 1546 1459 +87 26[b]
7 Universitatea Cluj 22 4 18 1376 1772 −396 26
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ^ Sepsi SIC were deducted 2 points because it did not participate in enough 3x3 basketball tournaments.[7]
  2. ^ Phoenix Constanța was deducted 1 point and also entered in the Red Group only with half of the points won in the Group B.[8]

Results

Home \ Away ARD OLI PHX STM SIC TGV UCJ
ICIM Arad — 72–82 75–48 70–65 54–92 61–64 88–62
Olimpia Brașov 53–70 — 74–60 49–94 53–91 75–59 88–72
Phoenix Constanța 71–63 57–72 — 52–70 41–81 43–58 72–53
Satu Mare 78–62 90–79 98–70 — 76–51 82–41 105–41
Sepsi SIC 91–62 87–58 82–60 82–58 — 90–54 104–54
Târgoviște 52–70 69–61 50–63 78–74 49–78 — 87–71
Universitatea Cluj 74–70 80–74 86–81 68–82 54–96 57–55 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2019. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Yellow Group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Târgu Mureș 22 14 8 1426 1341 +85 36[a] Qualification to Play-out
2 Oradea 22 11 11 1236 1325 −89 32[b] Qualification to Play-offs
3 Rapid București 22 14 8 1501 1371 +130 31[c] Qualification to Play-out
4 Alexandria 22 6 16 1194 1372 −178 28
5 Agronomia București 22 6 16 1307 1480 −173 28
6 KSE Târgu Secuiesc 22 10 12 1341 1347 −6 27[d]
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ^ Târgu Mureș was ineligible to qualify for the play-offs being a team new founded.[9]
  2. ^ Oradea was deducted 1 point because it did not participate in enough 3x3 basketball tournaments.[7]
  3. ^ Rapid București were deducted 5 points due to youth squads irregulations.[10]
  4. ^ KSE Târgu Secuiesc were deducted 5 points due to youth squads irregulations.[10]

Results

Home \ Away AGR ALX KSE ORA RAP TGM
Agronomia București — 50–47 83–64 76–82 60–69 59–64
Alexandria 60–54 — 65–63 70–43 69–77 53–42
KSE Târgu Secuiesc 59–43 69–53 — 60–44 48–82 75–61
Oradea 43–69 65–54 44–67 — 42–61 33–70
Rapid București 64–66 68–63 69–75 84–54 — 50–68
Târgu Mureș 74–59 69–45 72–46 75–62 88–92 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2019. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

All series were played in a best-of-five games format, excluding the third place match.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
ICIM Arad655664
 
 
 
Târgoviște613751
 
Satu Mare777586
 
 
 
Olimpia Brașov595868
 
Satu Mare727274
 
 
 
Universitatea Cluj585453
 
Sepsi SIC6657475659
 
 
 
Satu Mare5449525956
 
Sepsi SIC130106116
 
 
 
Oradea362928
 
Sepsi SIC918583
 
 
 
ICIM Arad646846Third place
 
Olimpia Brașov69736576
 
 
 
Phoenix Constanța72595664
 
Olimpia Brașov7569
 
 
ICIM Arad8384
 

5th to 8th

All series were played in a best-of-three games format.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Phoenix Constanța5150
 
 
 
Universitatea Cluj6370
 
Târgoviște6881
 
 
 
Universitatea Cluj5068
 
Târgoviște8474
 
 
Oradea2730
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Phoenix Constanța6071
 
 
Oradea5046

9th to 13th

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9 Târgu Mureș 4 3 1 284 222 +62 7
10 Rapid București 4 3 1 286 246 +40 7
11 Agronomia București 4 2 2 243 236 +7 6
12 KSE Târgu Secuiesc 4 1 3 225 288 −63 5
13 Alexandria 4 1 3 243 289 −46 5
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2019. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Final rankings

Team Qualification or relegation
1 Sepsi SIC
2 Satu Mare
3 ICIM Arad
4 Olimpia Brașov
5 Târgoviște
6 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
7 Phoenix Constanța
8 Oradea
9 Târgu Mureș
10 Rapid București
11 Agronomia București
12 KSE Târgu Secuiesc
13 Alexandria

References

  1. ^ Decizii ale Consiliului Director din 23.05.2018 Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. frbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Formatul nou al LNBF a fost aprobat. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Inca o echipa de prima liga din Timisoara arunca prosopul. SCM – baschet feminin – este istorie. S-a desfiintat. Cine urmeaza?. opiniatimisoarei.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ CSU Alba Iulia nu va juca în următoarea ediție a LNBF. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ Fosta BC Sirius trece și ea la CSM. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ S-a stabilit sistemul de desfășurare al Ligii Naționale de Baschet Feminin, ediția 2018–2019. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  7. ^ a b c d e "Sepsi, penalizată de Federaţie cu 2 puncte". Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Detalii despre sistemul din faza a doua a LNBF și câte puncte vor avea echipele". Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Sepsi SIC Sf. Gheorghe va întâlni Oradea în primul tur de play-off". Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Depunctări drastice și schimbări majore în clasamentul Grupei Galbene din LNBF". Retrieved 28 April 2019.