2018–19 Divizia A (men's handball)

2018–19 Divizia A
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The 2018–19 Divizia A is the 61st season of the Romanian men's handball second league. A total of 24 teams contested the league, being divided in four series, Seria A (6 teams), Seria B (7 teams), Seria C (5 teams) and Seria D (6 teams). At the end of the season the first two places from each series will qualify for the Divizia A promotion play-off.

Team changes

To Divizia A

Relegated from Liga Națională

From Divizia A

Promoted to Liga Națională

Excluded teams

ADEP Satu Mare
CNE Sighișoara
Politehnica Iași

Other teams

CSM Bacău, CSU Suceava and Potaissa Turda enrolled their second teams CSM II, CSU II and Potaissa II.
CSM Ploiești, CSU Pitești and Unirea Sânnicolau Mare were enrolled in the league.
Atletico Alexandria and HC Vaslui were renamed as CSM Alexandria and CSM Vaslui.

Teams for 2018–19

Seria A

Bacău II

Botoșani

CNOT

Galați

Suceava II

Vaslui

Location of teams in the Seria A.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CNOT Brașov	Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"	1,600
CSM Bacău II	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
CSM Botoșani	Sala Polivalentă "Elisabeta Lipă"	1,700
CSM Vaslui	Sala Sporturilor	1,500
CSU Galați	Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea"	1,500
CSU Suceava II	Sala Sporturilor	500

Seria B

Alexandria

CSM II

Dobrogea II

Medgidia

Pitești

Ploiești

Târgoviște

Location of teams in the Seria B.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CS Medgidia	Sala Sporturilor "Iftimie Ilisei"	750
CSM Alexandria	Sala Sporturilor "Dimitrie Ghica"	900
CSM București II	Sala Sporturilor "Rapid"	1,500
CSM Ploiești	Olimpia Sports Hall	3,500
CSU Pitești	Sala Sporturilor "Trivale"	2,000
CSU Târgoviște	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
Dobrogea II Constanța	Sala Sporturilor	2,100

Seria C

Craiova

Reșița

Tg. Jiu

Timișoara

Unirea

Location of teams in the Seria C.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CSMȘ Reșița	Sala Polivalentă	1,669
CSU Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor	1,223
CSU Timișoara	Sala "Banu Sport"	100
Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	Sala "Ioan Morar"	200
Universitatea Craiova	Sala Polivalentă	4,215

Seria D

Sibiu

Sighișoara

Location of teams in the Seria D.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CSM Oradea	Arena "Antonio Alexe"	2,500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor	1,250
HC Sibiu	Sala Transilvania	1,850
HCM Sighișoara	Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina"	1,100
Minaur II Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"	2,048
Potaissa II Turda	Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu"	600

League tables

Seria A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSM Vaslui	1	1	0	37	18	+19	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	CSM Botoșani	1	1	0	32	27	+5	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CSU Galați	1	1	0	26	24	+2	3
4	CSU Suceava II	1	0	1	24	26	−2	0
5	CSM Bacău II	1	0	1	27	32	−5	0
6	CNOT Brașov	1	0	1	18	37	−19	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Seria B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CSM Alexandria	1	1	0	0	51	18	+33	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Dobrogea II Constanța	1	1	0	0	41	24	+17	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CS Medgidia	1	0	1	0	24	24	0	1
4	CSM București II	1	0	1	0	24	24	0	1
5	CSU Pitești	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	CSM Ploiești	1	0	0	1	24	41	−17	0
7	CSU Târgoviște	1	0	0	1	18	51	−33	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Seria C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitatea Craiova	1	1	0	34	25	+9	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	1	1	0	24	16	+8	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CSMȘ Reșița	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	CSU Târgu Jiu	1	0	1	16	24	−8	0
5	CSU Timișoara	1	0	1	25	34	−9	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Seria D


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Potaissa II Turda	1	1	0	38	30	+8	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Minaur II Baia Mare	1	1	0	26	22	+4	3	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CSM Oradea	1	1	0	33	32	+1	3
4	Odorheiu Secuiesc	1	0	1	32	33	−1	0
5	HCM Sighișoara	1	0	1	22	26	−4	0
6	HC Sibiu	1	0	1	30	38	−8	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Liga Națională
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Serie II


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to Liga Națională
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 23 September 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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

↑ HC Buzău a promovat în Liga Națională!. opiniabuzau.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Romanian Handball Federaration (in Romanian)

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[1] HC Buzău a promovat în Liga Națională!. opiniabuzau.ro (in Romanian)