2018–19 Divizia A (women's handball)

2018–19 Divizia A
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The 2018–19 Divizia A is the 61st season of the Romanian women's handball second league. A total of 27 teams contested the league, being divided in four series, Seria A (6 teams), Seria B (8 teams), Seria C (7 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

Corona II Brașov
CSS Tulcea
KSE Târgu Secuiesc^[1]
Mureșul Târgu Mureș
SCM Timișoara

Other teams

Olimpic Târgu Mureș merged with the new formed CSM Târgu Mureș.^[2]
Dunărea Brăila and Minaur Baia Mare enrolled their second teams Dunărea II and Minaur II.
LPS Târgu Jiu was enrolled in the league.

Teams for 2018–19

Seria A

Iași

Pt.Neamț

Location of teams in the Seria A.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CNOT Iași	Sala LPS	100
Dunărea II Brăila	Sala Polivalentă "Danubius"	2,000
HCF Piatra Neamț	Sala Polivalentă	4,000
HCM Slobozia	Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica"	150
Neptun Constanța	Sala Sporturilor	2,100
Știința Bacău	Sala Sporturilor	2,000

Seria B

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
CSM II
Dinamo
Rapid
Spartac
SSP
Steaua
Știința

Călărași

Location of teams in the Seria B.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
CSM București II	Sala Sporturilor "Rapid"	1,500
Danubius Călărași	Sala Polivalentă	1,500
Dinamo București	Sala Dinamo	2,538
Rapid București	Sala "Rapid"	1,500
Spartac București	Sala Iris	100
SSP București	Sala Iris	100
Steaua București	Sala CSS 6	100
Știința București	Sala Iris	100

Seria C

Argeș

CSU

Dacia

LPS

Național

Odorhei

Plopeni

Location of teams in the Seria C.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
Argeș Pitești	Sala Universității	400
CSO Plopeni	Sala Polivalentă	500
CSU Târgoviște	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
Dacia Mioveni	Sala Sporturilor "Trivale" (Pitești)	2,000
LPS Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor	1,500
Național Râmnicu Vâlcea	Sala Energetic	100
Odorheiu Secuiesc	Sala Sporturilor	1,250

Seria D

Crișul

Minaur II

Oradea

Reșița

Târgu Mureș

UV

Location of teams in the Seria D.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
Crișul Chișineu Criș	Sala Sporturilor "Victoria" (Arad)	1,500
CSM Târgu Mureș	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
CSU Oradea	Sala Universitatea	100
CSU Reșița	Sala Polivalentă	1,669
Minaur Baia Mare	Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană"	2,048
UV Timișoara	Sala Universității	150

League tables

Seria A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HCM Slobozia	2	2	0	0	65	36	+29	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	HCF Piatra Neamț	3	2	0	1	78	77	+1	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Dunărea II Brăila	3	1	1	1	77	77	0	4
4	Neptun Constanța	2	1	0	1	62	50	+12	3
5	Știința Bacău	2	0	1	1	46	50	−4	1
6	CNOT Iași	2	0	0	2	34	72	−38	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rapid București	2	2	0	70	30	+40	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Știința București	2	2	0	57	31	+26	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Steaua București	2	2	0	77	56	+21	6
4	CSM București II	3	1	2	90	81	+9	3
5	SSP București	3	1	2	73	90	−17	3
6	Dinamo București	2	1	1	39	56	−17	3
7	Danubius Călărași	2	0	2	53	80	−27	0
8	Spartac București	2	0	2	40	75	−35	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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dacia Mioveni	2	2	0	0	55	32	+23	6	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Național Râmnicu Vâlcea	2	1	1	0	61	46	+15	4	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CSO Plopeni	3	1	1	1	68	82	−14	4
4	Argeș Pitești	3	1	0	2	81	63	+18	3
5	Odorheiu Secuiesc	1	1	0	0	41	30	+11	3
6	CSU Târgoviște	2	1	0	1	66	75	−9	3
7	LPS Târgu Jiu	3	0	0	3	72	116	−44	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	CSM Târgu Mureș	3	3	0	103	65	+38	9	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	Crișul Chișineu Criș	3	3	0	102	88	+14	9	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	CSU Reșița	3	2	1	90	85	+5	6
4	Minaur II Baia Mare	3	1	2	79	85	−6	3
5	UV Timișoara	3	0	3	84	108	−24	0
6	CSU Oradea	3	0	3	62	89	−27	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

↑ Penibilism la cote alarmante in handbalul feminin al Seriei B din Divizia A!. sportmacsimsiemotie.ro (in Romanian)
↑ CSM va ataca promovarea la handbal în maximum doi ani. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Romanian Handball Federaration (in Romanian)

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[1] Penibilism la cote alarmante in handbalul feminin al Seriei B din Divizia A!. sportmacsimsiemotie.ro (in Romanian)

[2] CSM va ataca promovarea la handbal în maximum doi ani. zi-de-zi.ro (in Romanian)