2018–19 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)
# 2018–19 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)

The 2018–19 Divizia A1 season was the 70th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. Tricolorul LMV Ploiești was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Arcada Galați won their first title. VCM Piatra Neamț and Tricolorul Ploiești 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.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Arcada | Galați | Dunărea | 1,500 |
| CSM | București | Sala Elite | 500 |
| CSM | Câmpia Turzii | Ioan Stanatiev | 200 |
| 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 |
| VCM | Piatra Neamț | Sala Polivalentă | 4,000 |
| VM | Zalău | Sala Sporturilor | 950 |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zalău | 19 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 52 | 16 | 3.250 | 1628 | 1404 | 1.160 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 2 | U Craiova | 19 | 16 | 3 | 46 | 50 | 16 | 3.125 | 1550 | 1363 | 1.137 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 3 | Arcada Galați | 19 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 51 | 18 | 2.833 | 1672 | 1342 | 1.246 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 4 | CSM București | 19 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 27 | 1.444 | 1541 | 1410 | 1.093 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 19 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 40 | 32 | 1.250 | 1654 | 1570 | 1.054 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 6 | Steaua București | 19 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 35 | 1.057 | 1607 | 1610 | 0.998 | Qualification to Play-off |
| 7 | Unirea Dej | 19 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 36 | 0.972 | 1564 | 1589 | 0.984 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 8 | Știința Explorări | 19 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 0.417 | 1379 | 1607 | 0.858 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 9 | Câmpia Turzii | 19 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 0.396 | 1350 | 1562 | 0.864 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 0.291 | 1418 | 1665 | 0.852 | Qualification to Play-out |
| 11 | Piatra Neamț (R) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0.067 | 554 | 795 | 0.697 | Relegation to Divizia A2 |
| 12 | Tricolorul Ploiești (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Withdrew |

* ↑ Piatra Neamț withdrew from the championship during the winter break and the rest of the matches were canceled.
* ↑ Tricolorul Ploiești withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.

## Play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Arcada Galați (C, Q) | 28 | 22 | 6 | 68 | 76 | 30 | 2.533 | 2517 | 2093 | 1.203 | Qualification to CEV Cup |
| 2 | Zalău (Q) | 28 | 23 | 5 | 66 | 75 | 28 | 2.679 | 2437 | 2155 | 1.131 | Qualification to CEV Cup |
| 3 | U Craiova (Q) | 28 | 21 | 7 | 61 | 68 | 33 | 2.061 | 2328 | 2096 | 1.111 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 4 | Dinamo București (Q) | 28 | 16 | 12 | 46 | 57 | 49 | 1.163 | 2380 | 2333 | 1.020 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 5 | CSM București (Q) | 28 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 52 | 47 | 1.106 | 2272 | 2171 | 1.047 | Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup |
| 6 | Steaua București | 28 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 44 | 60 | 0.733 | 2258 | 2391 | 0.944 | |

## Play-out

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Unirea Dej | 25 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 50 | 45 | 1.111 | 2113 | 2099 | 1.007 |
| 8 | Știința Explorări | 25 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 37 | 56 | 0.661 | 1944 | 2131 | 0.912 |
| 9 | Câmpia Turzii | 25 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 62 | 0.468 | 1871 | 2093 | 0.894 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 25 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 71 | 0.296 | 1865 | 2182 | 0.855 |
