2018–19 Divizia A (women's handball)

2018–19 Divizia A
Seasons

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

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Teams

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Seria A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Seria A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slobozia (C, Q) 20 18 0 2 631 454 +177 54 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 Neptun Constanța (Q) 20 14 2 4 633 522 +111 44
3 Piatra Neamț 20 12 2 6 567 517 +50 38
4 Dunărea II Brăila 20 5 1 14 504 569 −65 16 Ineligible for promotion
5 Știința Bacău 20 4 1 15 501 603 −102 13
6 CNOT Iași 20 4 0 16 468 639 −171 12
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2019. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Seria B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rapid București (C, Q) 28 26 1 1 983 566 +417 79 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 Știința București (Q) 28 24 1 3 858 524 +334 73
3 Dinamo București 28 16 1 11 747 746 +1 49
4 CSM București II 28 15 0 13 828 785 +43 45 Ineligible for promotion
5 Steaua București 28 13 1 14 826 785 +41 40
6 SSP București 28 11 0 17 761 833 −72 33
7 Danubius Călărași 28 4 0 24 618 922 −304 12
8 Spartac București 28 1 0 27 571 1031 −460 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2019. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Seria C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dacia Mioveni (C, Q) 24 21 1 2 733 420 +313 64 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 CSO Plopeni (Q) 24 17 2 5 728 541 +187 53
3 Argeș Pitești 24 17 0 7 725 546 +179 51
4 Național Râmnicu Vâlcea 24 15 1 8 652 563 +89 46
5 Odorheiu Secuiesc 24 6 0 18 565 731 −166 18
6 Târgoviște 24 5 0 19 520 770 −250 15
7 LPS Târgu Jiu 24 1 0 23 507 859 −352 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2019. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Seria D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Târgu Mureș (C, Q) 20 19 0 1 670 501 +169 57 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 Crișul Chișineu-Criș (Q) 20 12 2 6 626 589 +37 38
3 CSU Reșița 20 9 2 9 508 519 −11 29
4 Minaur II Baia Mare 20 8 0 12 564 589 −25 24 Ineligible for promotion
5 Oradea 20 6 0 14 518 592 −74 18
6 UV Timișoara 20 4 0 16 548 644 −96 12
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2019. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Promotion play-offs

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Semi-final tournament

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The first two eligible teams from each series of the regular season will compete in two main group which will be played in a neutral venue. The first two ranked teams from each group of the semi-final tournament will qualify for the Final Four. The semi-final tournament was played on neutral ground, in Făgăraș.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slobozia (Q) 3 3 0 0 91 72 +19 9 Qualification to Final Four
2 Dacia Mioveni (Q) 3 2 0 1 80 68 +12 6
3 Crișul Chișineu-Criș 3 1 0 2 74 96 −22 3
4 Știința București 3 0 0 3 58 67 −9 0
Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rapid București (Q) 3 3 0 0 86 63 +23 9 Qualification to Final Four
2 Târgu Mureș (Q) 3 2 0 1 82 82 0 6
3 CSO Plopeni 3 1 0 2 76 81 −5 3
4 Neptun Constanța 3 0 0 3 72 90 −18 0
Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final Four

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The Final Four was played on neutral ground, in Ploiești.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
1
Slobozia		24
 
 
 
2
Târgu Mureș		19
 
Slobozia26
 
 
 
Rapid București29
 
1
Rapid București		25
 
 
2
Dacia Mioveni		20
 
 
Third place
 
  
 
 
 
 
Târgu Mureș20
 
 
Dacia Mioveni29
 

League table – positions 1–4

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Team Qualification or relegation
1 Rapid București (C, P) Promotion to 2019–20 Liga Națională
2 Slobozia (P)
3 Dacia Mioveni (Q) Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 Târgu Mureș (Q)

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The 3rd and 4th-placed teams of the Divizia A promotion tournament faced the 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională. The first two places promoted to Liga Națională and the last two relegated to Divizia A. The play-offs were played on neutral ground, in Cisnădie.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Cluj (C, P) 3 2 1 0 82 68 +14 7 Promoted to Liga Națională
2 Slatina (P) 3 2 0 1 74 72 +2 6
3 Dacia Mioveni (R) 3 1 1 1 80 67 +13 4 Relegated to Divizia A
4 Târgu Mureș (R) 3 0 0 3 65 94 −29 0
Updated to match(es) played on Ccomplete. Source: Romanian Handball Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

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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)
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