2018–19 Liga Națională (men's handball)
The 2018–19 Liga Națională is the 61st season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. Dinamo București are the defending champions, for the third season in a row.
Team changes
To Liga Națională
Promoted from Divizia A- CSM Bacău
- HC Buzău
- Universitatea Cluj
From Liga Națională
Notes:
- HC Buzău promoted via an extra play-off match, after the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined its participation.
- HC Vaslui withdrew from the championship and Universitatea Cluj was invited to fill the vacancy.
Teams
Club | Ground | Capacity |
CSM Bacău | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
CSM București | Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" | 1,500 |
CSM Făgăraș | Sala Colegiul Național "Radu Negru" | 150 |
CSM Focșani | Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" | 1,400 |
CSU Suceava | Sala Sporturilor | 500 |
Dinamo București | Sala Dinamo | 2,538 |
Dobrogea Constanța | Sala Sporturilor | 2,100 |
Dunărea Călăraşi | Sala Polivalentă | 1,500 |
HC Buzău | Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" | 1,868 |
Minaur Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" | 2,048 |
Politehnica Timișoara | Sala Constantin Jude | 1,540 |
Potaissa Turda | Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" | 600 |
Steaua București | Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" | 600 |
Universitatea Cluj | Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" | 2,525 |
League table
Play-Off
First round
The top eight teams from regular season will be distributed in two main groups consisting of four teams each. In the group the teams will meet twice and at the end, they will qualify for the knockout phase. Teams start the group phase with a certain number of points, depending on the place occupied in the regular season.Seria A
Seria B
Second round
The teams that played in the first round of the play-offs will also play in the second round, but for different objectives, depending on the rankings obtained in the previous round. The winners of the Seria A and Seria B groups will play in the league final, the second places will compete for the "bronze medal" and a place in the 2019–20 EHF Cup, the third places will fight for the 5th place and the last ranked teams will play against each other for the 7th place. All the finals were played in a best-of-three games format.League table – positions 1–4
Team | Qualification or relegation | |
1 | Dinamo București | 2019–20 EHF Champions League |
2 | Dobrogea Constanța | 2019–20 EHF Cup |
3 | Potaissa Turda | 2019–20 EHF Cup |
4 | CSM București | 2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup |
League table – positions 5–8
Team | |
5 | Dunărea Călărași |
6 | Steaua București |
7 | Politehnica Timișoara |
8 | Focșani |