2018–19 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

The 2018–19 Liga Națională season will be the 69th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. This will be the first season under a new format, which increases the number of teams to 22. CSM U Oradea are the defending champions.

Liga Națională
Season2018–19
Duration5 October 2018 – 4 June 2019
Number of teams21
Finals
ChampionsOradea (3rd title)
  Runners-upSibiu
Third placeU-BT Cluj
Fourth placeCraiova

Competition format

The Romanian Basketball Federation agreed a change in the competition format for the 2018–19 season:[1][2]

  • 22 teams (divided into 3 value groups: A, B and C) played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format.
  • At the end of the regular season, teams are split into four groups (Red, Yellow, Blue and Green).
    • Red Group consist of the top 6 ranked teams from the Group A.
    • Yellow Group consist of the bottom 2 ranked teams from the Group A, top 3 teams from the Group B and the winner of the Group C.
    • Blue Group consist of the 4th place from the Group B and 2nd to 6th places from the Group C.
    • Green Group consist of the 7th to 10th places from the Group C.
  • All teams from the Red Group (from 1st to 6th place) and the top 2 ranked teams from the Yellow Group will join the play-offs. In this knockout stage, quarterfinals and semifinals will be played with a best-of-five-games format.
    • To decide the teams ranked between 5th and 8th place will be used the best-of-three-games format.
    • The rest of the teams from the Yellow, Blue and Green Groups (16 teams) will form 2 groups of 8 teams and will play to decide the final rankings.
  • Last six teams of play out phase (17th-22nd place) will be relegated to Liga I

Team changes

Promoted from Liga I

Excluded teams

Other teams

Teams

Group A
Location of teams in 2018–19 Liga Națională (Group A)
Team City Arena Capacity
Craiova Craiova Polyvalent Hall 4,215
Dinamo Stiinta Bucharest Dinamo 2,538
Oradea Oradea Arena Antonio Alexe 2,000
SCM Timișoara Constantin Jude 2,200
Sibiu Sibiu Transilvania 3,000
Steaua Bucharest Mihai Viteazu 2,000
Polyvalent Hall 3,500
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Polyvalent Hall 7,308
Horia Demian 2,525
U FC Argeș Pitești Trivale 2,000

Group B
Location of teams in 2018–19 Liga Națională (Group B)
Team City Arena Capacity
Athletic Constanța Sala Sporturilor 1,500
Cuza Sport Brăila Danubius 2,000
CSM Mediaș Sala Sporturilor 461
Voluntari Voluntari Gabriela Szabo 1,100







Group C
Location of teams in 2018–19 Liga Națională (Group C)
Team City Arena Capacity
Agronomia București București Arena de Baschet 350
Aurel Vlaicu București București Sala Unirea 300
Focșani Focșani Vrancea 1,400
Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Eröss Zsolt 1,700
Phoenix Galați Galați Dunărea 1,500
Rapid București București Rapid 1,500
Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației Dragoș Vodă 200
Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Sala Sporturilor 1,500
Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Sala Sporturilor 2,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horia Demian 2,525

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sibiu 14 11 3 1237 1093 +144 25 Qualification to Red Group
2 U-BT Cluj 14 11 3 1172 1100 +72 25
3 Craiova 14 10 4 1133 1118 +15 24
4 Oradea 14 9 5 1169 1099 +70 23
5 U FC Argeș 14 6 8 1184 1206 −22 20
6 Timișoara 14 5 9 1141 1178 −37 19
7 Steaua 14 4 10 1001 1083 −82 18 Qualification to Yellow Group
8 Dinamo Știința 14 0 14 1093 1253 −160 14
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away CRA DIN ORA TIM SIB STE UBT FCA
Craiova — 76–69 92–78 93–65 74–71 75–66 72–70 99–89
Dinamo Stiinta 89–95 — 77–91 70–83 92–96 70–77 85–96 84–91
Oradea 85–69 85–69 — 76–65 78–68 92–83 69–72 82–76
SCM Timișoara 73–74 83–70 76–99 — 87–99 78–62 86–90 99–83
Sibiu 107–82 101–75 97–81 90–78 — 81–66 85–74 95–69
Steaua 65–72 81–66 81–74 70–85 71–75 — 73–81 64–75
U-BT Cluj-Napoca 95–68 96–89 93–78 91–88 84–80 67–71 — 80–76
U FC Argeș 96–92 98–73 81–101 96–91 82–92 92–71 80–83 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Voluntari 12 10 2 1124 747 +377 22 Qualification to Yellow Group
2 Mediaș 12 8 4 1141 852 +289 20
3 Athletic Constanța 12 6 6 931 750 +181 18
4 Cuza Sport Brăila 12 0 12 449 1296 −847 12 Withdrew
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away ATH CSB MED VOL ATH CSB MED VOL
Athletic Constanța — 87–38 77–83 74–84 — 120–33 84–83 65–67
Cuza Sport Brăila 24–104 — 68–100 57–84 0–20 — 42–113 29–126
Mediaș 90–82 156–39 — 73–80 77–81 127–46 — 83–79
Voluntari 95–68 133–33 84–87 — 76–69 126–40 90–69 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Phoenix Galați 18 17 1 1708 1237 +471 35 Qualification to Yellow Group
2 Târgu Mureș 18 17 1 1887 1233 +654 35 Qualification to Blue Group
3 Sighetu Marmației 18 13 5 1530 1396 +134 31
4 Focșani 18 11 7 1398 1307 +91 29
5 Târgu Jiu 18 11 7 1448 1413 +35 29
6 Rapid București 18 8 10 1243 1388 −145 26
7 Miercurea Ciuc 18 7 11 1375 1465 −90 25
8 Agronomia București 18 4 14 1182 1420 −238 22 Qualification to Green Group
9 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 18 1 17 1143 1605 −462 19
10 Aurel Vlaicu București 18 1 17 1025 1475 −450 19
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away AGR AVB MIE FOC PHX RAP SIG TGJ TGM UCJ
Agronomia București — 67–57 73–81 60–73 48–93 74–77 57–84 66–78 49–76 84–67
Aurel Vlaicu București 47–57 — 66–83 60–79 57–77 46–61 56–83 77–90 43–110 71–60
Miercurea Ciuc 85–75 81–65 — 77–62 70–89 68–77 86–93 96–98 76–105 79–68
Focșani 85–66 76–47 83–81 — 71–90 94–69 77–82 86–83 53–91 84–50
Phoenix Galați 93–68 99–49 110–59 86–70 — 97–61 101–76 81–71 96–89 118–69
Rapid București 82–64 80–60 70–68 69–78 69–94 — 39–78 87–102 45–84 97–67
Sighetu Marmației 99–69 87–66 89–78 79–76 89–109 85–72 — 92–80 80–107 101–62
Târgu Jiu 83–65 82–62 74–51 62–80 77–82 70–67 80–76 — 60–100 78–74
Târgu Mureș 111–63 128–51 110–79 106–95 93–88 108–50 98–65 112–89 — 137–90
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 49–77 75–45 58–77 49–76 51–105 51–71 83–92 59–91 61–122 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sibiu 24 18 6 2061 1844 +217 42 Qualification to Play-offs
2 U-BT Cluj 24 17 7 2004 1888 +116 41
3 Oradea 24 15 9 1956 1879 +77 39
4 Craiova 24 12 12 1867 1921 −54 36
5 Timișoara 24 10 14 1977 2031 −54 34
6 U FC Argeș 24 10 14 2020 2080 −60 34
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away CRA ORA SIB TIM FCA UBT
Craiova — 78–80 59–75 88–83 80–76 69–95
Oradea 83–79 — 69–83 85–88 81–73 75–63
Sibiu 77–68 70–72 — 97–71 104–86 72–78
Timișoara 74–71 83–90 86–79 — 100–84 80–78
U FC Argeș 83–80 90–81 74–78 86–85 — 80–79
U-BT Cluj 77–62 73–71 88–89 95–86 106–104 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Steaua 10 8 2 832 661 +171 18 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Dinamo Știința 10 8 2 835 744 +91 18
3 Voluntari 10 8 2 839 751 +88 18 Qualification to Play-out
4 Phoenix Galați 10 4 6 746 796 −50 14
5 Mediaș 10 1 9 728 865 −137 11
6 Athletic Constanța 10 1 9 694 857 −163 11
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away ATH DIN MED PHX STE VOL
Athletic Constanța — 69–85 78–74 62–79 48–82 66–91
Dinamo Știința 85–73 — 95–70 84–75 73–67 78–66
Mediaș 79–73 79–91 — 74–86 55–81 84–92
Phoenix Galați 81–74 80–99 80–56 — 63–87 72–97
Steaua 107–78 85–75 84–60 94–64 — 72–77
Voluntari 94–73 80–70 105–97 69–66 68–73 —
Updated to match(es) played on update. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Târgu Mureș 28 26 2 2818 1949 +869 54 Qualification to Play-out
2 Sighetu Marmației 28 18 10 2400 2234 +166 46
3 Focșani 28 17 11 2155 2053 +102 45
4 Târgu Jiu 28 13 15 2187 2319 −132 41
5 Miercurea Ciuc 28 12 16 2223 2329 −106 40
6 Rapid București 28 11 17 1979 2199 −220 39
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away FOC MIE RAP SIG TGJ TGM
Focșani — 75–73 83–58 98–83 83–73 76–93
Miercurea Ciuc 89–81 — 82–80 122–117 90–76 70–88
Rapid București 65–74 89–86 — 81–77 85–73 65–85
Sighetu Marmației 82–52 96–85 77–67 — 97–83 79–75
Târgu Jiu 54–79 78–87 75–74 78–77 — 65–107
Târgu Mureș 76–56 84–64 99–72 97–85 127–84 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Agronomia București 24 10 14 1639 1819 −180 34 Qualification to Play-out
2 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 24 3 21 1568 2038 −470 27
3 Aurel Vlaicu București 24 2 22 1394 1894 −500 26
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away AGR AVB UCJ AGR AVB UCJ
Agronomia București — 79–56 81–71 — — 84–80
Aurel Vlaicu București 69–81 — 63–70 51–57 — —
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 72–75 66–69 — — 66–61 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

All series were played in a best-of-five games format, except the third place match which was played in best-of-three games format.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Sibiu81915684
 
 
 
Dinamo Știința75826465
 
Sibiu83887974
 
 
 
Craiova61598158
 
Craiova6988907867
 
 
 
Timișoara7172789662
 
Sibiu87627166
 
 
 
 Oradea89646475
 
U-BT Cluj727169
 
 
 
Steaua646866
 
U-BT Cluj86927486
 
 
 
 Oradea90828291Third place
 
Oradea817493
 
 
 
U FC Argeș777387
 
U-BT Cluj8992
 
 
Craiova8279
 

5th to 8th

All series were played in a best-of-three games format.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
U FC Argeș877087
 
 
 
Steaua647372
 
Timișoara756972
 
 
 
U FC Argeș619579
 
Timișoara11591
 
 
Dinamo Știința8776
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Steaua7571
 
 
Dinamo Știința6858

9th to 16th position

All series were played by two-legged series.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Voluntari114106 220
 
 
 
Miercurea Ciuc8298 180
 
Voluntari11 2
 
 
 
Târgu Mureș00 0
 
Phoenix Galați7795 172
 
 
 
Focșani7278 150
 
Voluntari10668 174
 
 
 
Phoenix Galați8462 146
 
Mediaș9174 165
 
 
 
Sighetu Marmației8461 145
 
Phoenix Galați11 2
 
 
 
Mediaș00 0Third place
 
Athletic Constanța7092 162
 
 
 
Târgu Mureș7894 172
 
Mediaș6089 149
 
 
Târgu Mureș8592 177
 

13th to 16th

All series were played in a best-of-three games format.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sighetu Marmației9389
 
 
 
Focșani8173
 
Athletic Constanța668486
 
 
 
Sighetu Marmației758080
 
Athletic Constanța7691
 
 
Miercurea Ciuc7188
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Focșani5564
 
 
Miercurea Ciuc73109

17th to 21st position
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
17 Agronomia București 4 3 1 283 266 +17 7
18 Rapid București 4 3 1 285 235 +50 7
19 Târgu Jiu 4 2 2 260 277 −17 6
20 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 4 1 3 291 309 −18 5
21 Aurel Vlaicu București 4 1 3 228 260 −32 5
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Final rankings
Team Qualification or relegation
1Oradea2019–20 Basketball Champions League
2Sibiu2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup
3U-BT Cluj
4Craiova
5U FC Argeș
6Timișoara
7Steaua
8Dinamo Știința
9Voluntari
10Phoenix Galați
11Târgu Mureș
12Mediaș
13Athletic Constanța
14Sighetu Marmației
15Miercurea Ciuc
16Focșani
17Agronomia BucureștiRelegation to Liga I
18Rapid București
19Târgu Jiu
20Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
21Aurel Vlaicu București
22Cuza Sport BrăilaWithdrew

Romanian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
OradeaChampions LeagueFirst qualifying round
FIBA Europe CupRegular season
SteauaRegular season
U-BT Cluj-NapocaSecond qualifying round

References
  1. Decizii ale Consiliului Director din 23.05.2018 Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine. frbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Cum va arăta Liga Națională de Baschet Masculin sezonul viitor. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  3. Inevitabilul s-a produs! BC Mureș s-a retras din Liga Națională. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
  4. 22 de echipe înscrise în primul sezon al Ligii Naționale, în noul format de „Superligă”. totalbaschet.ro (in Romanian)
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