The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 68th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. CSM Volei Alba Blaj was the defending champion. At the end of the season, CSM București won their first title.
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.
Teams
SCM U Craiova and CSU Galați were relegated to Divizia A2. Unic Piatra Neamț and SCM Ptești withdrew from Divizia A1.[1]
Agroland Timișoara and Universitatea Cluj promoted from Divizia A2.[2]
Location of teams in
2017–18 Divizia A1Regular season table
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-off
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Play-out
In the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Volleyball Federation from 26 February 2018 it was decided to cancel the play-out round, places 7–10. The final ranking for these places remains the same as that at the end of the regular season.[3]
References
- ^ Piatra Neamț și Pitești retrase, timișenele încep afară într-un program modificat. UVT Agroland, trei prime jocuri în deplasare înaintea găzduirii meciului cu CSM Lugoj pe 28 octombrie. sporttim.ro
- ^ Agroland Timișoara și ”U” Cluj au promovat în Divizia A1 la volei feminin. doarvolei.ro
- ^ "2017–18 season". 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
External links
- Official site of the Romanian Volleyball Federation
- Voleiromania.ro (Romanian)
