2016–17 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. Dinamo București were the defending champions.

2016–17 Liga Națională

Teams

Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League
ClubGround(s)Capacity
Adrian Petrea ReșițaSala Polivalentă Reșița1,669
CSM BucureștiSala Sporturilor Rapid București1,500
CSM FăgărașSala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" Făgăraș150
CSM FocșaniSala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani1,400
CSU SuceavaSala Sporturilor Suceava500
Dinamo BucureștiSala Dinamo2,538
Dobrogea Sud ConstanțaSala Sporturilor Constanța2,100
Dunărea CălărașiSala Polivalentă1,500
HC Odorheiu SecuiescSala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc1,250
HC VasluiSala Sporturilor Vaslui1,500
CSM Satu-MareSala Sporturilor Satu-Mare3,000
Politehnica TimișoaraSala Constantin Jude1,540
Potaissa TurdaSala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda600
Steaua BucureștiSala Sporturilor "Concordia"600

League table

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București 24 19 2 3 753 653 +100 59 Qualification to Play-Off
2 Potaissa Turda 24 17 2 5 709 661 +48 53
3 CSM București 24 17 1 6 683 592 +91 52
4 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc 24 15 5 4 716 645 +71 50
5 HC Dobrogea Constanța 24 14 2 8 679 622 +57 44
6 HC Vaslui 24 12 1 11 606 639 33 37
7 Politehnica Timişoara 24 10 5 9 625 601 +24 35
8 Dunărea Călărași 24 9 5 10 644 658 14 32
9 Universitatea Suceava 24 10 0 14 623 633 10 30 Qualification to Play-Out
10 Steaua București 24 8 5 11 607 609 2 29
11 CSM Focșani 24 6 2 16 593 654 61 20
12 CSM Făgăraș 24 2 1 21 549 690 141 7
13 CSM Satu Mare 24 1 1 22 579 709 130 4
14 HC Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Divizia A
Source:
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship in the second part of the championship and all their results were canceled.

Play-Off

Knockout phase

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
HC Vaslui0
 
CSM București2
 
 
 
Potaissa Turda1
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara1
 
CSM București0
 
 
 
Dinamo București2
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dunărea Călărași0
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța1 Third place
 
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc1
 
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța2
 
Potaissa Turda2
 
 
Dobrogea Constanța1
 

League table – positions 1–4

Team Qualification or relegation
1Dinamo București (C, Q)2017–18 EHF Champions League
2CSM București (Q)2017–18 EHF Cup
3Potaissa Turda (Q)2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup
4Dobrogea Constanța (Q)2017–18 EHF Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team
5HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6Politehnica Timișoara
7Dunărea Călărași
8HC Vaslui

Play-Out

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Steaua București 16 10 4 2 434 374 +60 34
10 Universitatea Suceava 16 11 0 5 414 391 +23 33
11 CSM Focșani (O) 16 9 2 5 407 382 +25 29 Relegation play-offs
12 CSM Făgăraș (O) 16 5 1 10 368 408 40 16
13 CSM Satu Mare (R) 16 1 1 14 379 447 68 4 Relegation to Divizia A
14 Adrian Petrea Reșița (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. HC Adrian Petrea Reșița withdrew from the championship.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County (județ) No. of teams Team(s)
1 Bucharest (capital) 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2 Brașov 1 CSM Făgăraș
Caraș-Severin 1 Adrian Petrea Reșița
Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda
Constanța 1 HC Dobrogea Sud
Harghita 1 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
Satu Mare 1 CSM Satu Mare
Suceava 1 CSU Suceava
Timiș 1 SCM Politehnica Timişoara
Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea 1 CSM Focșani

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2016:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gabriel Bujor HC Vaslui 94
2 Andrei Mihalcea HC Odorhei 78
2 Dalibor Čutura HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 78
2 Filip Marjanović Poli Timișoara 78
5 Guillaume Saurina CSM București 74
6 Vitaly Komogorov HC Odorhei 71
7 Ionuț Georgescu CSA Steaua 70
8 Irakli Chikovani AHC Dunărea Călărași 69

References

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