# 2018–19 Liga Națională (women's handball)

The 2018–19 Liga Națională is the 61st season of Liga Națională, the Romanian top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. CSM București are the defending champions, for the fourth season in a row.

## Teams for season 2018–19

| 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 |
| CSM Roman | Roman | Sala Polivalentă Roman | 500 |
| Danubius Galați | Galați | Sala Sporturilor "Dunărea" | 1,500 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 (C, Q) | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 654 | 539 | +115 | 66 | Qualification to EHF Champions League |
| 2 | CSM București (Q) | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 708 | 565 | +143 | 66 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 3 | Gloria Bistrița (Q) | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 598 | 587 | +11 | 42 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 4 | Măgura Cisnădie (Q) | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 579 | 575 | +4 | 41 | Qualification to EHF Cup |
| 5 | Corona Brașov | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 607 | 598 | +9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Craiova | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 579 | 558 | +21 | 39 | |
| 7 | Gloria Buzău | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 568 | 575 | −7 | 33 | |
| 8 | Zalău | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 647 | 650 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | Dunărea Brăila | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 576 | 593 | −17 | 29 | |
| 10 | Minaur Baia Mare | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 577 | 601 | −24 | 28 | |
| 11 | Slatina (O) | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 551 | 589 | −38 | 26 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Universitatea Cluj (O) | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 620 | 704 | −84 | 12 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Danubius Galați (R) | 24 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 502 | 632 | −130 | 5 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 14 | Roman (E) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 CSM București–Râmnicu Vâlcea 19–22; Râmnicu Vâlcea–CSM București 29–30
* 1 2 Gloria Buzău–Zalău 25–24; Zalău–Gloria Buzău 26–26
* ↑ Roman withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.

## 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 Cisnădie.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universitatea Cluj (C, P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 68 | +14 | 7 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 2 | Slatina (P) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 72 | +2 | 6 | Promoted to Liga Națională |
| 3 | Dacia Mioveni (R) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 67 | +13 | 4 | Relegated to Divizia A |
| 4 | Târgu Mureș (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 94 | −29 | 0 | Relegated to Divizia A |

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

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