2018–19 Divizia A (men's handball)
# 2018–19 Divizia A (men's handball)

The 2018–19 Divizia A is the 61st season of the Romanian men's handball second league. A total of 24 teams contested the league, being divided in four series, Seria A (6 teams), Seria B (7 teams), Seria C (5 teams) and Seria D (6 teams). At the end of the season the first two places from each series will qualify for the Divizia A promotion play-off.

## Teams for 2018–19

### Seria A

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| CNOT Brașov | Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" | 1,600 |
| CSM Bacău II | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
| CSM Botoșani | Sala Polivalentă "Elisabeta Lipă" | 1,700 |
| CSM Vaslui | Sala Sporturilor | 1,500 |
| CSU Galați | Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" | 1,500 |
| CSU Suceava II | Sala Sporturilor | 500 |

### Seria B

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| CS Medgidia | Sala Sporturilor "Iftimie Ilisei" | 750 |
| CSM Alexandria | Sala Sporturilor "Dimitrie Ghica" | 900 |
| CSM București II | Sala Sporturilor "Rapid" | 1,500 |
| CSM Ploiești | Olimpia Sports Hall | 3,500 |
| CSU Pitești | Sala Sporturilor "Trivale" | 2,000 |
| CSU Târgoviște | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
| Dobrogea II Constanța | Sala Sporturilor | 2,100 |

### Seria C

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| CSMȘ Reșița | Sala Polivalentă | 1,669 |
| CSU Târgu Jiu | Sala Sporturilor | 1,223 |
| CSU Timișoara | Sala "Banu Sport" | 100 |
| Unirea Sânnicolau Mare | Sala "Ioan Morar" | 200 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Sala Polivalentă | 4,215 |

### Seria D

| Club | Ground(s) | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| CSM Oradea | Arena "Antonio Alexe" | 2,500 |
| HC Odorheiu Secuiesc | Sala Sporturilor | 1,250 |
| HC Sibiu | Sala Transilvania | 1,850 |
| HCM Sighișoara | Sala Sporturilor "Radu Voina" | 1,100 |
| Minaur II Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" | 2,048 |
| Potaissa II Turda | Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" | 600 |

## League tables

### Seria A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vaslui (C, Q) | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 731 | 439 | +292 | 60 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Galați (Q) | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 510 | 508 | +2 | 37 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | CNOT Brașov | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 579 | 597 | −18 | 31 | |
| 4 | Suceava II | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 540 | 573 | −33 | 31 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Bacău II | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 542 | 628 | −86 | 15 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 6 | Botoșani | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 329 | 486 | −157 | 4 | Withdrew |

* ↑ Botoșani withdrew from the championship in the second part, due to financial reasons.

### Seria B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexandria (C, Q) | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 825 | 574 | +251 | 64 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Dobrogea II Constanța | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 877 | 740 | +137 | 49 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 3 | Medgidia (Q) | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 828 | 647 | +181 | 47 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | CSM București II | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 803 | 635 | +168 | 40 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Pitești | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 761 | 671 | +90 | 37 | |
| 6 | Ploiești | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 660 | 904 | −244 | 6 | |
| 7 | Târgoviște | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 558 | 1141 | −583 | 6 | |

### Seria C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSMȘ Reșița (C, Q) | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 406 | +163 | 48 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova (Q) | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 513 | 474 | +39 | 29 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Unirea Sânnicolau Mare | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 444 | 459 | −15 | 25 | |
| 4 | CSU Târgu Jiu | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 439 | 506 | −67 | 14 | |
| 5 | CSU Timișoara | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 398 | 518 | −120 | 1 | |

### Seria D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sighișoara (C, Q) | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 590 | 528 | +62 | 45 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 2 | Odorheiu Secuiesc (Q) | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 625 | 543 | +82 | 39 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Oradea | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 576 | 572 | +4 | 33 | |
| 4 | Minaur II Baia Mare | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 589 | 597 | −8 | 28 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Potaissa II Turda | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 596 | 658 | −62 | 16 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 6 | Sibiu | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 501 | 579 | −78 | 14 | |

## Promotion play-offs

### Semi-final tournament

The first two eligible teams from each series of the regular season will compete in two main group which will be played in a neutral venue. The first two ranked teams from each group of the semi-final tournament will qualify for the Final Four. The semi-final tournament was played on neutral ground, in Brașov.

**Group 1**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vaslui (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 69 | +19 | 9 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 2 | CSMȘ Reșița (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 82 | +6 | 6 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 3 | Odorheiu Secuiesc | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 75 | −18 | 3 | |
| 4 | Medgidia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 75 | −7 | 0 | |

**Group 2**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sighișoara (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 94 | +7 | 9 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 2 | Alexandria (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 89 | +15 | 6 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 104 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Galați | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 105 | −22 | 0 | |

### Final Four

The Final Four was played on neutral ground, in Ploiești.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1Vaslui | 27 |
| 2Alexandria | 23 | | |
| 2Alexandria | 23 | Vaslui | 41 |
| | | CSMȘ Reșița | 29 |
| 1Sighișoara | 21 | CSMȘ Reșița | 29 |
| 2CSMȘ Reșița | 25 | | |
| Third place | Third place |
| Alexandria | 35 |
| Sighișoara | 28 |

### League table – positions 1–4

| | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Vaslui (C, P) | Promotion to 2019–20 Liga Națională |
| 2 | CSMȘ Reșița (P) | Promotion to 2019–20 Liga Națională |
| 3 | Alexandria (Q) | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Sighișoara (Q) | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 3rd and 4th-placed teams of the Divizia A promotion tournament faced the 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga Națională. 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 Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Făgăraș (C, P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 79 | +20 | 9 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 2 | Buzău (P) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 80 | +14 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 3 | Alexandria (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 105 | −13 | 3 | Relegated to Divizia A |
| 4 | Sighișoara (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 97 | −21 | 0 | Relegated to Divizia A |
