The 2017–18 Liga Națională was the 60th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional

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league. The league comprises 14 teams.Toate rezultatele primei etape din Liga Națională de handbal masculin » Surpriză uriașă la Constanța + Ce au făcut Dinamo și Steaua
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were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.

Team changes

To Liga Națională

Promoted from

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* Politehnica Iași *

Minaur Baia Mare Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as CS Minaur Baia Mare, Minaur Baia Mare or simply as Minaur, is a Romanian sports society from Baia Mare, Romania, founded in 1974 by Lascăr Pană, after he took over the old entity (''Minerul'') in ...

From Liga Națională

Relegated to

* CSM Satu Mare * Adrian Petrea Reșița

Teams

League table

Standings

Play-Off

Knockout phase

League table – positions 1–4

League table – positions 5–8

Play-Out

Relegation play-offs

The 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the

, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Națională.

Serie I

Serie II

Third place

Because the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018–19 Liga Națională, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series. Notes: *

HC Buzău Handbal Club Buzău, commonly known as HC Buzău, is a men's handball team from Buzău, Romania. The club was founded in 2012 and promoted for the first time in its history in the Liga Națională at the end of the 2017–18 Divizia A season.

qualified for 2018–19 Liga Națională and Atletico Alexandria qualified for 2018–19 Divizia A.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

References

External links

Romanian Handball Federaration
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