2017–18 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)
# 2017–18 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)

The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. VM Zalău was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești won their first title. UV Timișoara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.

## Competition format

The competition format will be the same as in the previous season.

* 12 teams played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format.
* At the end of the regular season, teams are split into two groups, one of them composed by the first six teams and the other one by the rest. In this second stage all points of the regular season are counted and the teams will face each other from its group twice.

## Team changes

### Excluded teams

Știința Bacău and Volei Caransebeș withdrew from Divizia A1.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Arcada | Galați | Dunărea | 1,500 |
| CSM | București | Sala Elite | 500 |
| CSS 2 | Baia Mare | Lascăr Pană | 2,048 |
| Dinamo | București | Dinamo | 2,538 |
| SCM U | Craiova | Polyvalent Hall | 4,215 |
| Steaua | București | Mihai Viteazu | 2,000 |
| Știința Explorări | Baia Mare | Lascăr Pană | 2,048 |
| Tricolorul | Ploiești | Olimpia | 3,500 |
| Unirea | Dej | Sala Sporturilor | 1,000 |
| Universitatea | Cluj-Napoca | Horia Demian | 2,525 |
| UV | Timișoara | Constantin Jude | 2,200 |
| VM | Zalău | Sala Sporturilor | 950 |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Steaua București (Q) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 59 | 62 | 13 | 4.769 | 1827 | 1511 | 1.209 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 2 | Tricolorul Ploiești (Q) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 60 | 19 | 3.158 | 1865 | 1518 | 1.229 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 3 | Arcada Galați (Q) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 52 | 57 | 25 | 2.280 | 1914 | 1649 | 1.161 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 4 | Zalău (Q) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 43 | 51 | 29 | 1.759 | 1814 | 1644 | 1.103 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 5 | CSM București (Q) | 22 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 47 | 33 | 1.424 | 1801 | 1718 | 1.048 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 6 | U Craiova (Q) | 22 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 30 | 1.433 | 1709 | 1540 | 1.110 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 7 | Dinamo București (Q) | 22 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 44 | 0.864 | 1769 | 1832 | 0.966 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 8 | Știința Explorări (Q) | 22 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 0.745 | 1746 | 1826 | 0.956 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 9 | Unirea Dej (Q) | 22 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 39 | 48 | 0.813 | 1885 | 1876 | 1.005 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj (Q) | 22 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 55 | 0.382 | 1498 | 1760 | 0.851 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 11 | CSS 2 Baia Mare (Q) | 22 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 0.161 | 1264 | 1745 | 0.724 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 12 | UV Timișoara (Q) | 22 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 0.094 | 1257 | 1730 | 0.727 | Qualification to Play-out |

## Play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tricolorul Ploiești (C, Q) | 32 | 27 | 5 | 77 | 87 | 31 | 2.806 | 2771 | 2325 | 1.192 | Qualification to CEV Cup |
| 2 | Arcada Galați (Q) | 32 | 26 | 6 | 76 | 84 | 36 | 2.333 | 2794 | 2445 | 1.143 | Qualification to CEV Cup |
| 3 | Steaua București (Q) | 32 | 23 | 9 | 69 | 78 | 36 | 2.167 | 2679 | 2390 | 1.121 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 4 | Zalău (Q) | 32 | 19 | 13 | 58 | 69 | 50 | 1.380 | 2667 | 2523 | 1.057 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 5 | CSM București (Q) | 32 | 17 | 15 | 51 | 61 | 57 | 1.070 | 2588 | 2583 | 1.002 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 6 | U Craiova | 32 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 2461 | 2344 | 1.050 | |

## Play-out

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Dinamo București | 22 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 65 | 53 | 1.226 | 2649 | 2568 | 1.032 | |
| 8 | Știința Explorări | 23 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | 2582 | 2529 | 1.021 | |
| 9 | Unirea Dej | 27 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 64 | 62 | 1.032 | 2766 | 2675 | 1.034 | |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 13 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 35 | 77 | 0.455 | 2274 | 2599 | 0.875 | |
| 11 | UV Timișoara (R) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 85 | 0.212 | 1942 | 2492 | 0.779 | Relegation to Divizia A2 |
| 12 | CSS 2 Baia Mare (R) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 92 | 0.120 | 1836 | 2536 | 0.724 | Relegation to Divizia A2 |
