The 2017–18 Liga Națională was the 60th season of
Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional
handball
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league. The league comprises 14 teams.
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Places
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were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.
Team changes
To Liga Națională
Promoted from Divizia A
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
* Politehnica Iași
* Minaur Baia Mare
From Liga Națională
Relegated to Divizia A
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
* 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 Divizia A
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
, 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
CSM Oradea is a Romanian sports society from Oradea, Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to t ...
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 was promoted for the first time in its history to 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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Liga Națională (men's handball)
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2018 in Romanian sport
2017–18 domestic handball leagues