2017–18 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball) explained

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.

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

Promoted from Divizia A2

• Universitatea Cluj
• CSS 2 Baia Mare
• UV Timișoara

Relegated to Divizia A2

• VCM Piatra Neamț

Excluded teams

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

Teams

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		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

External links

• Official site of the Romanian Basketball Federation
• Voleiromania.ro (Romanian)

Notes and References

1. http://www.sportulsalajean.ro/articol-38099/stiinta-bacau-se-retrage-din-divizia-a1/ Ştiinţa Bacău se retrage din Divizia A1!
2. http://sportuldoljean.ro/2017/06/05/volei-m-banatul-caransebes-s-a-retras-din-campionat-locul-in-a1-ii-poate-fi-luat-de-cs-uv-timisoara/ Banatul Caransebeș s-a retras din campionat ! Locul în A1 îi poate fi luat de CS UV Timișoara