2017–18 Divizia A (women's handball)

The 2017–18 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian women's handball second league. A total of 29 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (15 teams) and Seria B (14 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.

2017–18 Divizia A

Team changes

Excluded teams

  • Extrem Baia Mare, Național Brașov and Sepsi SIC withdrew from Divizia A.

Enrolled teams

  • CSS Tulcea, Danubius Călărași and Steaua București (Seria A)
  • Corona II Brașov, KSE Târgu Secuiesc, Național Râmnicu Vâlcea, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Olimpic Târgu Mureș and SCM Timișoara (Seria B)

Renamed teams

  • SCM Pitești was renamed in the summer of 2017 as Argeș Pitești.[1]

Other teams

  • Argeș Pitești was moved from Seria A to Seria B.

Teams

Seria A

Călărași
Iași
Plopeni
Pt.Neamț
Târgoviște
Tulcea
Bucharest teams:
CSM II
Dinamo
Spartac
SSP
Steaua
Știința
Location of teams in the Women's Divizia A (Seria A)
ClubGround(s)Capacity
CNOT IașiSala LPS100
CSM București IISala Sporturilor "Rapid"1,500
CSO PlopeniSala Polivalentă500
CSS TulceaSala Polivalentă1,200
CSU TârgovișteSala Sporturilor2,000
Danubius CălărașiSala Polivalentă1,500
Dinamo BucureștiSala Dinamo2,538
Gloria BuzăuSala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi"1,868
HCF Piatra NeamțSala Polivalentă4,000
Neptun ConstanțaSala Sporturilor2,100
Spartac BucureștiSala Iris100
SSP BucureștiSala Iris100
Steaua BucureștiSala CSS 6100
Știința BacăuSala Sporturilor2,000
Știința BucureștiSala Iris100

Seria B

Argeș
Crișul
KSE
Mioveni
Mureșul
Național
Odorhei
Olimpic
Oradea
SCM
Location of teams in the Women's Divizia A (Seria B)
ClubGround(s)Capacity
Argeș PiteștiSala Universității400
Corona II BrașovSala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"1,600
Crișul Chișineu CrișSala Sporturilor "Victoria" (Arad)1,500
CSU OradeaSala Universitatea100
CSU ReșițaSala Polivalentă1,669
KSE Târgu SecuiescSala Sporturilor200
Minaur Baia MareSala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"2,048
CS MioveniSala Sporturilor "Trivale" (Pitești)2,000
Mureșul Târgu MureșSala Sporturilor2,000
Național Râmnicu VâlceaSala Energetic100
Odorheiu SecuiescSala Sporturilor1,250
Olimpic Târgu MureșSala ȘG "Liviu Rebreanu"100
SCM TimișoaraSala "Constantin Jude"1,540
UV TimișoaraSala Universității150

League tables

Seria A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Gloria Buzău (C, P) 28 28 0 0 999 634 +365 84 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 Neptun Constanța (Q) 28 24 0 4 908 675 +233 72 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Știința București (Q) 28 20 2 6 818 661 +157 62
4 CSM București II 28 19 2 7 842 741 +101 59
5 HCF Piatra Neamț 28 19 1 8 806 637 +169 58
6 Dinamo București 28 19 0 9 806 677 +129 57
7 CSS Tulcea 28 16 2 10 766 751 +15 50
8 Steaua București 28 11 3 14 830 833 3 36
9 CNOT Iași 28 11 2 15 788 804 16 35
10 Știința Bacău 28 10 0 18 754 832 78 30
11 CSO Plopeni 28 8 0 20 800 869 69 24
12 SSP București 28 7 1 20 743 834 91 21[lower-alpha 1]
13 CSU Târgoviște 28 4 1 23 618 959 341 13
14 Danubius Călărași 28 4 0 24 671 907 236 12
15 Spartac București 28 2 2 24 530 865 335 8
Updated to match(es) played on 22 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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. SSP București was deducted 1 point for violating the rules.[2]

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Seria B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Minaur Baia Mare (C, P) 22 21 1 0 713 480 +233 64 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 SCM Timișoara (Q) 22 19 0 3 696 533 +163 57 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 CS Mioveni (Q) 22 13 1 8 551 498 +53 40
4 Corona II Brașov 22 13 1 8 623 627 4 40
5 CSU Reșița 22 11 0 11 550 527 +23 33
6 Național Râmnicu Vâlcea 22 10 1 11 558 551 +7 31
7 Argeș Pitești 22 10 1 11 613 609 +4 31
8 Olimpic Târgu Mureș 22 10 1 11 600 626 26 31
9 CSU Oradea 22 9 3 10 574 610 36 30
10 UV Timișoara 22 6 0 16 601 693 92 18
11 Crișul Chișineu Criș 22 5 1 16 602 692 90 16
12 Odorheiu Secuiesc 22 0 0 22 326 561 235 7[lower-alpha 1]
13 KSE Târgu Secuiesc (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] Excluded from Divizia A
14 Mureșul Târgu Mureș (E) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 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) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Odorheiu Secuiesc were deducted 7 points. 5 points for double players legitimation and 2 points for non-compliance with age requirements.[3]
  2. KSE Târgu Secuiesc and Mureșul Târgu Mureș were excluded from the competition.[4]

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
1 CSM Slatina (P) 2 2 0 0 68 49 +19 6 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 Neptun Constanța 2 1 0 1 47 61 14 3
3 CS Mioveni 2 0 0 2 43 48 5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 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.

Serie II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Danubius Galați (P) 2 2 0 0 62 39 +23 6 Promotion to Liga Națională
2 SCM Timișoara 2 1 0 1 47 44 +3 3
3 Știința București 2 0 0 2 37 63 26 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 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.

References

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