2018–19 Divizia A (women's handball)

2018–19 Divizia A
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[]

Other teams[]

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[]

Seria A[]

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Location of teams in the Seria A.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
	Sala LPS	100
Dunărea II Brăila	Sala Polivalentă "Danubius"	2,000
	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

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Location of teams in the Seria B.

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

Seria C[]

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Location of teams in the Seria C.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
	Sala Universității	400
	Sala Polivalentă	500
	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
	Sala Sporturilor "Trivale" (Pitești)	2,000
	Sala Sporturilor	1,500
	Sala Energetic	100
	Sala Sporturilor	1,250

Seria D[]

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Location of teams in the Seria D.

Club	Ground(s)	Capacity
	Sala Sporturilor "Victoria" (Arad)	1,500
CSM Târgu Mureș	Sala Sporturilor	2,000
	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
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	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3		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		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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Seria B[]

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	(Q)	28	24	1	3	858	524	+334	73	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
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		28	13	1	14	826	785	+41	40
6		28	11	0	17	761	833	−72	33
7		28	4	0	24	618	922	−304	12
8		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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Seria C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(C, Q)	24	21	1	2	733	420	+313	64	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2	(Q)	24	17	2	5	728	541	+187	53	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3		24	17	0	7	725	546	+179	51
4		24	15	1	8	652	563	+89	46
5		24	6	0	18	565	731	−166	18
6		24	5	0	19	520	770	−250	15
7		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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Seria D[]

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	(Q)	20	12	2	6	626	589	+37	38	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
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		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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Promotion play-offs[]

Semi-final tournament[]

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slobozia (Q)	3	3	0	91	72	+19	9	Qualification to Final Four
2	(Q)	3	2	1	80	68	+12	6	Qualification to Final Four
3		3	1	2	74	96	−22	3
4		3	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 to the phase indicated

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rapid București (Q)	3	3	0	86	63	+23	9	Qualification to Final Four
2	Târgu Mureș (Q)	3	2	1	82	82	0	6	Qualification to Final Four
3		3	1	2	76	81	−5	3
4	Neptun Constanța	3	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 to the phase indicated

Final Four[]

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

Semi-finals		Final



1 Slobozia	24

2 Târgu Mureș	19
		Slobozia	26

		Rapid București	29
1 Rapid București	25

2	20

	Third place



	Târgu Mureș	20

		29

League table – positions 1–4[]

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

Promotion/Relegation play-offs[]

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	Promoted to Liga Națională
3	(R)	3	1	1	1	80	67	+13	4	Relegated to
4	Târgu Mureș (R)	3	0	0	3	65	94	−29	0	Relegated to

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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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)

[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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