2017–18 Divizia A1 (women's volleyball)

The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 68th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. CSM Volei Alba Blaj was the defending champion. At the end of the season, CSM București won their first title.

Divizia A1
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsCSM București (1st title)
Runners-upAlba Blaj
Third placeȘtiința Bacău
Fourth placeTârgoviște
Relegatednone
← 2016–17

Competition format

The competition format will be the same as in the previous season.

  • 12 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.

Teams

SCM U Craiova and CSU Galați were relegated to Divizia A2. Unic Piatra Neamț and SCM Ptești withdrew from Divizia A1.[1]

Agroland Timișoara and Universitatea Cluj promoted from Divizia A2.[2]

Location of teams in 2017–18 Divizia A1
Team City Arena Capacity
Agroland Timișoara Constantin Jude
2,200
Alba Blaj Timotei Cipariu
400
CSM Bucharest Sala Elite
500
CSM Lugoj I.K. Ghermănescu
400
CSM Târgoviște Polyvalent Hall
2,000
CSU Medicina Târgu Mureș Sala Sporturilor
2,000
Dinamo București Dinamo
2,538
Penicilina Iași Polyvalent Hall
1,500
Știința Bacău Sala Sporturilor
2,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horia Demian
2,525

Regular season table
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 CSM București (Q) 18 17 1 51 53 8 6.625 1482 1077 1.376 Qualification to Play-off
2 Alba Blaj (Q) 18 15 3 45 47 11 4.273 1409 1068 1.319
3 Știința Bacău (Q) 18 13 5 41 43 13 3.308 1407 1161 1.212
4 Târgoviște (Q) 18 13 5 36 43 25 1.720 1550 1387 1.118
5 Agroland Timișoara (Q) 18 12 6 35 38 25 1.520 1419 1340 1.059
6 Lugoj (Q) 18 6 12 19 25 39 0.641 1314 1441 0.912
7 Dinamo București (Q) 18 4 14 14 20 45 0.444 1289 1452 0.888 Qualification to Play-out
8 Universitatea Cluj (Q) 18 4 14 11 16 45 0.356 1181 1428 0.827
9 Penicilina Iași (Q) 18 4 14 11 17 48 0.354 1191 1510 0.789
10 Târgu Mureș (Q) 18 2 16 7 12 50 0.240 1101 1479 0.744
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-off
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 CSM București (C, Q) 28 25 3 76 81 37 2.189 2422 1849 1.310 Qualification to CEV Women's Champions League
2 Alba Blaj (Q) 28 24 4 70 74 22 3.364 2293 1840 1.246 Qualification to Women's CEV Cup
3 Știința Bacău (Q) 28 17 11 54 62 39 1.590 2282 2085 1.094 Qualification to CEV Women's Challenge Cup
4 Târgoviște (Q) 28 19 9 52 64 27 2.370 2439 2272 1.074
5 Agroland Timișoara 28 15 13 45 53 47 1.128 2183 2180 1.001
6 Lugoj 28 6 22 20 30 69 0.435 1970 2293 0.859
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-out

In the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Volleyball Federation from 26 February 2018 it was decided to cancel the play-out round, places 7-10. The final ranking for these places remains the same as that at the end of the regular season.[3]

References
  1. Piatra Neamț și Pitești retrase, timișenele încep afară într-un program modificat. UVT Agroland, trei prime jocuri în deplasare înaintea găzduirii meciului cu CSM Lugoj pe 28 octombrie. sporttim.ro
  2. Agroland Timișoara și ”U” Cluj au promovat în Divizia A1 la volei feminin. doarvolei.ro
  3. "2017–18 season". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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