The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional

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was the defending champion. At the end of the season,

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won their first title. UV Timișoara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.

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.

Team changes

Promoted from Divizia A2 *

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* CSS 2 Baia Mare * UV Timișoara Relegated to Divizia A2 * VCM Piatra Neamț

Excluded teams

Știința Bacău and Volei Caransebeș withdrew from Divizia A1.Banatul Caransebeș s-a retras din campionat ! Locul în A1 îi poate fi luat de CS UV Timișoara
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Teams

Regular season

Play-off

Play-out

References

External links

Official site of the Romanian Basketball FederationVoleiromania.ro
(Romanian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Divizia A1 2017-18

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