2016–17 Liga Națională (men's handball)

2016–17 Liga Națională
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The Liga Națională 2016–17 is the 59th season of Romanian Handball League, the top-level men's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams.

Teams for season 2016–17

CSM Focşani
HC Vaslui
CSM Satu Mare
CSM Făgăraș
Location of teams in the Romanian Men's Handball League
Club Stadium(s) Capacity
Adrian Petrea Reşiţa Sala Polivalentă Reșița 1.669
CSM București Sala Sporturilor Rapid București 1.500
CSM Făgăraș Sala Colegiul National "Radu Negru" Făgăraș 150
CSM Focşani Sala Sporturilor "Vrancea" Focșani 1.400
Dinamo București Sala Dinamo 2.538
Dobrogea Sud Constanţa Sala Sporturilor Constanța 2.100
AHC Dunărea Călăraşi Sala Polivalentă 1.500
CS Universitatea Bucovina Suceava Sala Sporturilor Suceava 500
HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Sala Sporturilor Odorheiu Secuiesc 1.250
HC Vaslui Sala Sporturilor Vaslui 1.500
CSM Satu-Mare Sala Sporturilor Satu-Mare 3.000
Politehnica Timișoara Sala Constantin Jude 1.540
Potaissa Turda Sala de sport "Gheorghe Bariţiu" Turda 600
Steaua București Sala Sporturilor "Concordia" 600

League table

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo București 24 19 2 3 753 653 +100 59 Play-off
2 Potaissa Turda 24 17 2 5 709 661 +48 53
3 CSM București 24 17 1 6 683 592 +91 52
4 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc 24 15 5 4 716 645 +71 50
5 HC Dobrogea Constanţa 24 14 2 8 679 622 +57 44
6 HC Vaslui 24 12 1 11 606 639 −33 37
7 Politehnica Timişoara 24 10 5 9 625 601 +24 35
8 Dunărea Călărași 24 9 5 10 644 658 −14 32
9 Universitatea Suceava 24 10 0 14 623 633 -10 30 Play-out
10 Steaua București 24 8 5 11 607 609 −2 29
11 CSM Focşani 24 6 2 16 593 654 −61 20
12 CSM Făgăraș 24 2 1 21 549 690 −141 7
13 CSM Satu Mare 24 1 1 22 579 709 −130 4
14 HC Adrian Petrea Reşiţa (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* Relegation to the 2017–18 Divizia A

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Play-off

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
       
 CSM București  2
 HC Vaslui  0  
 CSM București  2
     Potaissa Turda  1  
 Potaissa Turda  2
 Politehnica Timișoara  1  
 CSM București  0
   
   Dinamo București  2
 Dinamo București  2
 Dunărea Călărași  0  
 Dinamo București  2 Third place
     Dobrogea Constanţa  1  
 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc  1
 Potaissa Turda  2
 Dobrogea Constanţa  2  
 Dobrogea Constanţa  1
 

League table – positions 1–4

Team Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 2017–18 EHF Champions League
2 CSM București 2017–18 EHF Cup
3 Potaissa Turda
4 Dobrogea Constanţa 2017–18 EHF Challenge Cup

League table – positions 5–8

Team Qualification or relegation
5 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
6 Politehnica Timișoara
7 Dunărea Călărași
8 HC Vaslui

League table – positions 9–14

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Steaua București 16 10 4 2 434 374 34
10 Universitatea Suceava 16 11 0 5 414 391 33
11 CSM Focşani (O) 16 9 2 5 407 382 29 Relegation play-offs
12 CSM Făgăraș (O) 16 5 1 10 368 408 16
13 CSM Satu Mare (R) 16 1 1 14 379 447 4 Relegation to the 2017–18 Divizia A
14 HC Adrian Petrea Reşiţa (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0*

(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Season statistics

Number of teams by counties

Pos. County (județ) No. of teams Team(s)
1 Bucharest (capital) 3 CSM București, Dinamo and Steaua
2 Brașov 1 CSM Făgăraș
Caraș-Severin 1 CS HC Adrian Petrea Reşiţa
Călărași 1 Dunărea Călăraşi
Cluj 1 Potaissa Turda
Constanța 1 HC Dobrogea Sud
Harghita 1 HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
Satu Mare 1 CSM Satu Mare
Suceava 1 CSU Suceava
Timiș 1 SCM Politehnica Timişoara
Vaslui 1 HC Vaslui
Vrancea 1 CSM Focşani 2007

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2016:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Gabriel Bujor Romania HC Vaslui 94
2 Romania Andrei Mihalcea Romania HC Odorhei 78
2 Serbia Dalibor Čutura Romania HC Dobrogea Sud Constanţa 78
2 Serbia Filip Marjanović Romania Poli Timișoara 78
5 France Guillaume Saurina Romania CSM București 74
6 Russia Vitaly Komogorov Romania HC Odorhei 71
7 Romania Ionuț Georgescu Romania CSA Steaua 70
8 Georgia (country) Irakli Chikovani Romania AHC Dunărea Călărași 69

References

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