2017–18 Divizia A (men's handball)
# 2017–18 Divizia A (men's handball)

The 2017–18 Divizia A was the 60th season of the Romanian men's handball second league. A total of 21 teams contested the league, being divided in two series, Seria A (10 teams) and Seria B (11 teams). At the end of the season the first place from both series promoted to Liga Națională, the 2nd and 3rd places from both series played a promotion play-off together with 11th and 12th place from Liga Națională.

## Team changes

### Excluded teams

* CSM Satu Mare was dissolved at the end of the season.
* Avram Iancu Arad, Farul Constanța and LPS Piatra Neamț withdrew from the championship.

### Enrolled teams

* ADEP Satu Mare and CS Medgidia enrolled in the Divizia A.

### Renamed teams

* Adrian Petrea Reșița was refounded in the summer of 2017 as CSM Școlar Reșița and enrolled in the Divizia A.
* Academia Minaur Baia Mare was renamed as Minaur II Baia Mare.

### Other teams

* CNOT Brașov was moved from Seria B to Seria A.

## Teams

### Seria A

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Atletico Alexandria | Sala Sporturilor "Dimitrie Ghica" | 900 |
| CNOT Brașov | Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" | 1,600 |
| CS Medgidia | Sala Sporturilor "Iftimie Ilisei" | 750 |
| CSM Botoșani | Sala Polivalentă "Elisabeta Lipă" | 1,700 |
| CSM București II | Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" | 1,500 |
| CSU Galați | Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" | 1,500 |
| CSU Târgoviște | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
| Dobrogea II Constanța | Sala Sporturilor | 2,100 |
| HC Buzău | Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" | 1,868 |
| Știința Municipal Bacău | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |

### Seria B

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| ADEP Satu Mare | Arena "Ecaterina Both" | 400 |
| CNE Sighișoara | Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina" | 1,100 |
| CSM Oradea | Arena "Antonio Alexe" | 2,500 |
| CSMȘ Reșița | Sala Polivalentă | 1,669 |
| CSU Târgu Jiu | Sala Sporturilor | 1,223 |
| CSU Timișoara | Sala "Banu Sport" | 100 |
| HC Sibiu | Sala Transilvania | 1,850 |
| HCM Sighișoara | Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina" | 1,100 |
| Minaur II Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" | 2,048 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" | 2,525 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Sala Polivalentă | 4,215 |

## League tables

### Seria A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Știința Municipal Bacău (C, P) | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 688 | 415 | +273 | 54 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | HC Buzău (Q) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 541 | 441 | +100 | 43 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Atletico Alexandria (Q) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 573 | 452 | +121 | 38 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | CS Medgidia | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 540 | 512 | +28 | 32 | |
| 5 | Dobrogea II Constanța | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 573 | 490 | +83 | 29 | |
| 6 | CSU Galați | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 530 | 489 | +41 | 27 | |
| 7 | CNOT Brașov | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 556 | 508 | +48 | 19 | |
| 8 | CSM București II | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 527 | 490 | +37 | 17 | |
| 9 | CSU Târgoviște | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 358 | 811 | −453 | 6 | |
| 10 | CSM Botoșani | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 352 | 630 | −278 | −4 | |

* ↑ CSM Botoșani were deducted 4 points for a forfeit and use of a non-playable player.

### Seria B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSM Oradea (C) | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 685 | 563 | +122 | 57 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | CSU Târgu Jiu (Q) | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 680 | 583 | +97 | 39 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj (Q) | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 640 | 571 | +69 | 39 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Minaur II Baia Mare | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 604 | 549 | +55 | 37 | |
| 5 | HCM Sighișoara | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 622 | 606 | +16 | 33 | |
| 6 | Universitatea Craiova | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 633 | 626 | +7 | 31 | |
| 7 | CSMȘ Reșița | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 616 | 575 | +41 | 27 | |
| 8 | HC Sibiu | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 603 | 593 | +10 | 27 | |
| 9 | CSU Timișoara | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 574 | 632 | −58 | 25 | |
| 10 | CNE Sighișoara | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 579 | 666 | −87 | 9 | |
| 11 | ADEP Satu Mare | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 419 | 691 | −272 | 0 | |

* ↑ CSM Oradea won Seria B and assured its promotion to Liga Națională, but refused it due to financial reasons.
* ↑ ADEP Satu Mare were deducted 3 points for a forfeit.

## Promotion play-offs

The 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională faced the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams of the Divizia A, from both Seria A and Seria B. The first place from each play-off group promoted to Liga Națională.

### Serie I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSM Făgăraș (P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 6 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | HC Buzău (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 3 | Qualification to Third place |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 0 | |

### Serie II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Vaslui (P) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 3 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | Atletico Alexandria (Q) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 0 | Qualification to Third place |
| 3 | CSU Târgu Jiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

* ↑ CSU Târgu Jiu withdrew from the relegation play-offs.

### Third place

Because the winner of Divizia A, Seria B, CSM Oradea declined the participation in the 2018–19 Liga Națională, another play-off match was organised to establish the third place and implicitly the last team promoted. The match was played between the 2nd places from the two Relegation play-offs series.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| HC Buzău | 30–27 | Atletico Alexandria |

Notes:

* HC Buzău qualified for 2018–19 Liga Națională and Atletico Alexandria qualified for 2018–19 Divizia A.
