# 2019–20 Liga Națională (women's handball)

The 2019–20 Liga Națională is the 62nd season of Liga Națională, the Romanian top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea are the defending champions, for the first time since 2013.

## Teams for season 2019–20

| Club | City | Arena(s) | Capacity |
| CSM București | Bucharest | Sala Polivalentă | 5,300 |
| CSM Slatina | Slatina | Sala LPS Slatina | 200 |
| Corona Brașov | Brașov | Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași" | 1,600 |
| Dunărea Brăila | Brăila | Sala Polivalentă "Danubius" | 2,000 |
| Gloria Bistrița | Bistrița | Sala Polivalentă Bistrița | 900 |
| Gloria Buzău | Buzău | Sala Sporturilor "Romeo Iamandi" | 1,868 |
| HC Zalău | Zalău | Sala Sporturilor Zalău | 950 |
| HCM Slobozia | Slobozia | Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica" | 150 |
| SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | Râmnicu Vâlcea | Sala Sporturilor "Traian" | 3,126 |
| Măgura Cisnădie | Cisnădie | Sala Polivalentă "Măgura" | 820 |
| Minaur Baia Mare | Baia Mare | Sala Sporturilor "Lascăr Pană" | 2,048 |
| Rapid București | Bucharest | Sala "Rapid" | 1,500 |
| SCM Craiova | Craiova | Sala Polivalentă Craiova | 4,215 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Cluj-Napoca | Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" BT Arena | 2,525 9,300 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 317 | 258 | +59 | 31 | Qualification to EHF Champions League |
| 2 | CSM București | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 334 | 271 | +63 | 28 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 3 | Corona Brașov | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 307 | 272 | +35 | 26 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 4 | Gloria Buzău | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 312 | 286 | +26 | 25 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 5 | Gloria Bistrița | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 291 | 277 | +14 | 24 | |
| 6 | Minaur Baia Mare | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 302 | 284 | +18 | 23 | |
| 7 | Dunărea Brăila | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 307 | 297 | +10 | 18 | |
| 8 | Zalău | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 290 | 282 | +8 | 18 | |
| 9 | Măgura Cisnădie | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 306 | 295 | +11 | 16 | |
| 10 | Craiova | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 238 | 255 | −17 | 15 | |
| 11 | Slatina | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 265 | 307 | −42 | 10 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Slobozia | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 269 | 314 | −45 | 4 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 278 | 347 | −69 | 3 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 14 | Rapid București | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 248 | 319 | −71 | 3 | Relegation to Divizia A |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to Divizia A |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated to Divizia A |

## Season statistics
### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Bucharest (capital) | 2 | CSM București and Rapid București |
| 2 | Bistrița-Năsăud | 1 | Gloria Bistrița |
| 2 | Brașov | 1 | Corona Brașov |
| 2 | Brăila | 1 | Dunărea Brăila |
| 2 | Buzău | 1 | Gloria Buzău |
| 2 | Cluj | 1 | Universitatea Cluj |
| 2 | Dolj | 1 | Craiova |
| 2 | Ialomița | 1 | Slobozia |
| 2 | Maramureș | 1 | Minaur Baia Mare |
| 2 | Olt | 1 | Slatina |
| 2 | Sălaj | 1 | Zalău |
| 2 | Sibiu | 1 | Măgura Cisnădie |
| 2 | Vâlcea | 1 | Râmnicu Vâlcea |