2018–19 Liga Națională (women's handball)

2018–19 Liga Națională
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The 2018–19 Liga Națională is the 61st season of Liga Națională, the Romanian top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. CSM București are the defending champions, for the fourth season in a row.

Team changes

To Liga Națională

Promoted from Divizia A

• Gloria Buzău
• Minaur Baia Mare

From Liga Națională

Relegated to Divizia A

• Slobozia
• Rapid București

Teams for season 2018–19

Bistrița

Buzău

Corona

Craiova

CSM

Danubius

Dunărea

Măgura

Minaur

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Roman

Slatina

Universitatea

Zalău

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Location of teams in the Romanian Women's Handball League

Club	City	Arena(s)	Capacity
CSM București	Bucharest	Sala Polivalentă	5,300
CSM Slatina	Slatina	Sala LPS Slatina	200
Corona Brașov	Brașov	Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"	1,600
CSM Roman	Roman	Sala Polivalentă Roman	500
Danubius Galați	Galați	Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea"	1,500
Dunărea Brăila	Brăila	Sala Polivalentă "Danubius"	2,000
Gloria Bistrița	Bistrița	Sala Polivalentă Bistrița	900
Gloria Buzău	Buzău	Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi"	1,868
HC Zalău	Zalău	Sala Sporturilor Zalău	950
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Râmnicu Vâlcea	Sala Sporturilor "Traian"	3,126
Măgura Cisnădie	Cisnădie	Sala Polivalentă "Măgura"	820
Minaur Baia Mare	Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"	2,048
SCM Craiova	Craiova	Sala Polivalentă Craiova	4,215
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" BT Arena	2,525 9,300

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Râmnicu Vâlcea (C, Q)	24	22	0	2	654	539	+115	66	Qualification to EHF Champions League
2	CSM București (Q)	24	22	0	2	708	565	+143	66	Qualification to EHF Cup
3	Gloria Bistrița (Q)	24	14	0	10	598	587	+11	42
4	Măgura Cisnădie (Q)	24	13	2	9	579	575	+4	41	Qualification to EHF Cup
5	Corona Brașov	24	13	1	10	607	598	+9	40
6	Craiova	24	13	0	11	579	558	+21	39
7	Gloria Buzău	24	10	3	11	568	575	−7	33
8	Zalău	24	10	3	11	647	650	−3	33
9	Dunărea Brăila	24	9	2	13	576	593	−17	29
10	Minaur Baia Mare	24	9	1	14	577	601	−24	28
11	Slatina (O)	24	8	2	14	551	589	−38	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	Universitatea Cluj (O)	24	4	0	20	620	704	−84	12
13	Danubius Galați (R)	24	1	2	21	502	632	−130	5	Relegation to Divizia A
14	Roman (E)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 3rd and 4th-placed teams of the Divizia A promotion tournament faced the 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională. The first two places promoted to Liga Națională and the last two relegated to Divizia A. The play-offs were played on neutral ground, in Cisnădie.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitatea Cluj (C, P)	3	2	1	0	82	68	+14	7	Promoted to Liga Națională
2	Slatina (P)	3	2	0	1	74	72	+2	6
3	Dacia Mioveni (R)	3	1	1	1	80	67	+13	4	Relegated to Divizia A
4	Târgu Mureș (R)	3	0	0	3	65	94	−29	0

Updated to match(es) played on Ccomplete. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County		No. of teams	Teams
1		Bistrița-Năsăud	1	Gloria Bistrița
		Brașov	1	Corona Brașov
		Brăila	1	Dunărea Brăila
		Bucharest (capital)	1	CSM București
		Buzău	1	Gloria Buzău
		Cluj	1	Universitatea Cluj
		Dolj	1	Craiova
		Galați	1	Danubius Galați
		Maramureș	1	Minaur Baia Mare
		Neamț	1	Roman
		Olt	1	Slatina
		Sălaj	1	Zalău
		Sibiu	1	Măgura Cisnădie
		Vâlcea	1	Râmnicu Vâlcea

External links

• Romanian Handball Federaration (in Romanian)