# 2017–18 Liga Națională (women's handball)

The 2017–18 Liga Națională was the 60th season of Liga Națională, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 14 teams. CSM București were the defending champions, for the third season in a row.

## Teams for season 2017–18

| Club | City | Arena(s) | Capacity |
| CSM Bistrița | Bistrița | Sala Polivalentă Bistrița | 900 |
| 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 |
| HC Zalău | Zalău | Sala Sporturilor Zalău | 950 |
| HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | Râmnicu Vâlcea | Sala Sporturilor „Traian” | 3,126 |
| HCM Slobozia | Slobozia | Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica" | 150 |
| Măgura Cisnădie | Cisnădie | Sala Polivalentă Măgura | 820 |
| Rapid București | Bucharest | Sala "Rapid" | 1,500 |
| SCM Craiova | Craiova | Sala Polivalentă Craiova | 4,215 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Cluj-Napoca | Sala Sporturilor „Horia Demian” Sala Polivalentă Cluj | 2,525 7,308 |

## League table
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CSM București (C, Q) | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 821 | 573 | +248 | 75 | Qualification for the EHF Champions League |
| 2 | SCM Craiova (Q) | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 669 | 573 | +96 | 58 | Qualification for the EHF Cup |
| 3 | Măgura Cisnădie (Q) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 665 | 598 | +67 | 57 | Qualification for the EHF Cup |
| 4 | HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (Q) | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 665 | 601 | +64 | 49 | Qualification for the EHF Cup |
| 5 | HC Zalău | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 686 | 632 | +54 | 47 | |
| 6 | CSM Bistrița | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 685 | 672 | +13 | 42 | |
| 7 | Corona Brașov | 26 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 680 | 692 | −12 | 39 | |
| 8 | CSM Roman | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 636 | 655 | −19 | 36 | |
| 9 | Dunărea Brăila | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 577 | 632 | −55 | 30 | |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 655 | 733 | −78 | 26 | |
| 11 | CSM Slatina (Q) | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 598 | 649 | −51 | 26 | Relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Danubius Galați (Q) | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 513 | 591 | −78 | 21 | Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | HCM Slobozia (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 563 | 678 | −115 | 17 | Relegation to Divizia A |
| 14 | Rapid București (R) | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 641 | 775 | −134 | 12 | Relegation to Divizia A |
* 1 2 SLA-UCJ 22-22 ; UCJ-SLA 28-23

## Liga Națională 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 |
| 1 | CSM Slatina (P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 6 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | Neptun Constanța | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 3 | |
| 3 | CS Mioveni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 0 | |

### Serie II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Danubius Galați (P) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 6 | Promotion to Liga Națională |
| 2 | SCM Timișoara | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Știința București | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 0 | |

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

| Pos. | County | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Bucharest (capital) | 2 | CSM București Rapid București |
| 2 | Bistrița-Năsăud | 1 | CSM Bistrița |
| 2 | Brașov | 1 | Corona Brașov |
| 2 | Brăila | 1 | Dunărea Brăila |
| 2 | Cluj | 1 | Universitatea Cluj |
| 2 | Dolj | 1 | SCM Craiova |
| 2 | Galați | 1 | Danubius Galați |
| 2 | Ialomița | 1 | HCM Slobozia |
| 2 | Neamț | 1 | CSM Roman |
| 2 | Olt | 1 | CSM Slatina |
| 2 | Sălaj | 1 | HC Zalău |
| 2 | Sibiu | 1 | Măgura Cisnădie |
| 2 | Vâlcea | 1 | HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea |