2017–18 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)

The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. VM Zalău was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești won their first title. UV Timișoara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.

Divizia A1
Competition details
Teams 12
Final positions
Champions Tricolorul LMV Ploiești (1st title)
Runners-up Arcada Galați
Third place Steaua București
Fourth place VM Zalău
Promoted Piatra Neamț
Câmpia Turzii
Relegated UV Timișoara
CSS 2 Baia Mare
← 2016–17

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.

Team changes

Excluded teams

Știința Bacău and Volei Caransebeș withdrew from Divizia A1.[1][2]

Teams
CSM
CSS 2
Steaua
Știința
Tricolorul
U Cluj
Unirea Dej
UV Timișoara
Location of teams in 2017–18 Divizia A1
Team City Arena Capacity
Arcada Galați Dunărea
1,500
CSM București Sala Elite
500
CSS 2 Baia Mare Lascăr Pană
2,048
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
UV Timișoara Constantin Jude
2,200
VM Zalău Sala Sporturilor
950

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Steaua București (Q) 22 20 2 59 62 13 4.769 1827 1511 1.209 Qualification to Play-off
2 Tricolorul Ploiești (Q) 22 19 3 55 60 19 3.158 1865 1518 1.229
3 Arcada Galați (Q) 22 17 5 52 57 25 2.280 1914 1649 1.161
4 Zalău (Q) 22 15 7 43 51 29 1.759 1814 1644 1.103
5 CSM București (Q) 22 14 8 41 47 33 1.424 1801 1718 1.048
6 U Craiova (Q) 22 13 9 39 43 30 1.433 1709 1540 1.110
7 Dinamo București (Q) 22 9 13 28 38 44 0.864 1769 1832 0.966 Qualification to Play-out
8 Știința Explorări (Q) 22 9 13 28 35 47 0.745 1746 1826 0.956
9 Unirea Dej (Q) 22 8 14 27 39 48 0.813 1885 1876 1.005
10 Universitatea Cluj (Q) 22 4 18 14 21 55 0.382 1498 1760 0.851
11 CSS 2 Baia Mare (Q) 22 3 19 7 10 62 0.161 1264 1745 0.724
12 UV Timișoara (Q) 22 1 21 3 6 64 0.094 1257 1730 0.727
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-off
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Tricolorul Ploiești (C, Q) 32 27 5 77 87 31 2.806 2771 2325 1.192 Qualification to CEV Cup
2 Arcada Galați (Q) 32 26 6 76 84 36 2.333 2794 2445 1.143
3 Steaua București (Q) 32 23 9 69 78 36 2.167 2679 2390 1.121 Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup
4 Zalău (Q) 32 19 13 58 69 50 1.380 2667 2523 1.057
5 CSM București (Q) 32 17 15 51 61 57 1.070 2588 2583 1.002
6 U Craiova 32 16 16 48 55 63 0.873 2461 2344 1.050
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Play-out
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
7 Dinamo București 22 18 4 55 65 53 1.226 2649 2568 1.032
8 Știința Explorări 23 17 6 51 61 56 1.089 2582 2529 1.021
9 Unirea Dej 27 15 12 48 64 62 1.032 2766 2675 1.034
10 Universitatea Cluj 13 7 6 24 35 77 0.455 2274 2599 0.875
11 UV Timișoara (R) 4 4 0 12 18 85 0.212 1942 2492 0.779 Relegation to Divizia A2
12 CSS 2 Baia Mare (R) 3 3 0 7 11 92 0.120 1836 2536 0.724
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(R) Relegated.
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References
  1. Ştiinţa Bacău se retrage din Divizia A1!. sportulsalajean.ro
  2. Banatul Caransebeș s-a retras din campionat ! Locul în A1 îi poate fi luat de CS UV Timișoara. sportuldoljean.ro
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