2021–22 Liga Națională (men's handball)
# 2021–22 Liga Națională (men's handball)

The 2021–22 Liga Națională (known as the Liga Zimbrilor) was the 64th season of the Liga Națională, Romanian premier handball league. It ram from 28 August 2021 to 22 May 2022.

Dinamo București won their eighteenth title.

## Teams

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2020–21 Divizia A | Relegated from 2020–21 Liga Națională |
| - | - |
| Alexandria Universitatea Cluj | Făgăraș Reșița Botoșani Dunărea Călărași |

### Arenas and locations

The following 14 clubs compete in the Liga Națională during the 2021–22 season:

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alexandria | Alexandria | Sala Sporturilor | |
| Bacău | Bacău | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
| Buzău | Buzău | Sala Sp. "Romeo Iamandi" | 1,868 |
| CSM București | București | Polyvalent Hall | 5,300 |
| Dinamo București | București | Sala Polivalentă Dinamo | 2,538 |
| Dobrogea Sud Constanța | Constanța | Sala Sporturilor | 2,100 |
| Focșani | Focșani | Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" | 1,400 |
| Minaur Baia Mare | Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" | 2,048 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | Timișoara | Sala Sporturilor „Constantin Jude” | 2,000 |
| Potaissa Turda | Turda | Sala de sport "Gheorghe Barițiu" | 1,669 |
| Steaua București | București | Sala Sporturilor Concordia Polyvalent Hall | 1,465 5,300 |
| Suceava | Suceava | Sala LPS | 450 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Cluj-Napoca | Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" | 2,525 |
| Vaslui | Vaslui | Sala Sporturilor | 1,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 840 | 659 | +181 | 70 | Qualification for Champions League group phase |
| 2 | Minaur Baia Mare | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 761 | 700 | +61 | 61 | Qualification for European League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dobrogea Sud | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 678 | 574 | +104 | 60 | Qualification for European League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Potaissa Turda | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 798 | 746 | +52 | 58 | Qualification for European League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Steaua București | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 727 | 655 | +72 | 56 | Qualification for European League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Focșani 2007 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 679 | 674 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | Buzău 2012 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 670 | 700 | −30 | 32 | |
| 8 | Vaslui | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 706 | 741 | −35 | 31 | |
| 9 | Suceava | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 711 | 712 | −1 | 30 | |
| 10 | CSM București | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 720 | 720 | 0 | 30 | |
| 11 | Politehnica Timișoara | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 733 | 774 | −41 | 22 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Bacău | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 732 | 820 | −88 | 17 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Alexandria (R) | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 628 | 716 | −88 | 14 | Relegated to Divizia A |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 665 | 857 | −192 | 9 | Relegated to Divizia A |

* ↑ Steaua București qualified for the European League second qualifying round as the 2022 Cupa României runners-up.
* 1 2 Suceava is ahead of CSM București on head-to-head results: 52–51.

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Divizia A. 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 Ghimbav.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bacău (O) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 81 | +13 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 2 | Politehnica Timișoara (O) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 81 | +22 | 4 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 3 | Oradea (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 91 | −17 | 2 | Relegated to Divizia A |
| 4 | Sighişoara (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 89 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to Divizia A |
