2018–19 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)

The 2018–19 Divizia A1 season was the 70th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. Tricolorul LMV Ploiești was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Arcada Galați won their first title. VCM Piatra Neamț and Tricolorul Ploiești were relegated.

Divizia A1
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsArcada Galați (1st title)
Runners-upZalău
Third placeU Craiova
Fourth placeDinamo București
RelegatedPiatra Neamț
Tricolorul Ploiești
2019–20 →

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

Teams
Câmpia Turzii
CSM
Steaua
Știința
U Cluj
Unirea Dej
VCM
Location of teams in 2018–19 Divizia A1
Team City Arena Capacity
Arcada Galați Dunărea
1,500
CSM București Sala Elite
500
CSM Câmpia Turzii Ioan Stanatiev
200
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
VCM Piatra Neamț Sala Polivalentă
4,000
VM Zalău Sala Sporturilor
950

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Zalău 19 16 3 47 52 16 3.250 1628 1404 1.160 Qualification to Play-off
2 U Craiova 19 16 3 46 50 16 3.125 1550 1363 1.137
3 Arcada Galați 19 15 4 46 51 18 2.833 1672 1342 1.246
4 CSM București 19 11 8 35 39 27 1.444 1541 1410 1.093
5 Dinamo București 19 12 7 34 40 32 1.250 1654 1570 1.054
6 Steaua București 19 11 8 29 37 35 1.057 1607 1610 0.998
7 Unirea Dej 19 9 10 28 35 36 0.972 1564 1589 0.984 Qualification to Play-out
8 Știința Explorări 19 4 15 14 20 48 0.417 1379 1607 0.858
9 Câmpia Turzii 19 5 14 14 19 48 0.396 1350 1562 0.864
10 Universitatea Cluj 19 1 18 7 16 55 0.291 1418 1665 0.852
11 Piatra Neamț (R) 10 0 10 0[lower-alpha 1] 2 30 0.067 554 795 0.697 Relegation to Divizia A2
12 Tricolorul Ploiești (E) 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 — 0 0 — Withdrew
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation
(E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Piatra Neamț withdrew from the championship during the winter break and the rest of the matches were canceled.[2]
  2. Tricolorul Ploiești withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.[3]

Play-off
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Arcada Galați (C, Q) 28 22 6 68 76 30 2.533 2517 2093 1.203 Qualification to CEV Cup
2 Zalău (Q) 28 23 5 66 75 28 2.679 2437 2155 1.131
3 U Craiova (Q) 28 21 7 61 68 33 2.061 2328 2096 1.111 Qualification to CEV Challenge Cup
4 Dinamo București (Q) 28 16 12 46 57 49 1.163 2380 2333 1.020
5 CSM București (Q) 28 14 14 45 52 47 1.106 2272 2171 1.047
6 Steaua București 28 12 16 32 44 60 0.733 2258 2391 0.944
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
7 Unirea Dej 25 13 12 41 50 45 1.111 2113 2099 1.007
8 Știința Explorări 25 8 17 26 37 56 0.661 1944 2131 0.912
9 Câmpia Turzii 25 7 18 19 29 62 0.468 1871 2093 0.894
10 Universitatea Cluj 25 2 23 10 21 71 0.296 1865 2182 0.855
Source: Romanian Volleyball Federation

References
  1. VCM Piatra Neamţ şi CSM Câmpia Turzii au promovat în Divizia A1 la volei masculin!. sportulsalajean.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Volei (m) / VCM Piatra Neamţ s-a retras din campionat. SCM „U“ Craiova stă în intermediara de săptămâna viitoare. gds.ro (in Romanian)
  3. Campioana României, Tricolorul Ploiești s-a retras din campionat. sportexclusiv.ro (in Romanian)
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