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2017–18 SuperLiga season

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2017–18 CEC Bank SuperLiga
Countries Romania
Date26 August 2017 – 26 May 2018
ChampionsTimișoara Saracens (6th title)[1]
Runners-upȘtiința Baia Mare
RelegatedPolitehnica Iași[2]
Top point scorerFiji Taniela Rawaqa (CSM Baia Mare)
105 points[3]
Top try scorerRomania Răzvan Ailenei (CSM Baia Mare)
10 tries[4]
Official website
www.super-liga.ro

The 2017–18 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 104th season of premier club rugby in Romania. The current champions are Timișoara Saracens who managed to defend their title by defeating Știința Baia Mare. Since Politehnica Iași have faced financial issues, they will relegate to Divizia Națională de Seniori which means that both Tomitanii Constanța and Gloria Buzău will replace them next season. Also Timișoara Saracens, the winners of the CEC Bank SuperLiga will participate in the European Rugby Continental Shield.

Teams

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Club City/County Stadium Capacity Head Coach Captain
Timișoara Saracens Timișoara, Timiș Dan Păltinișanu 32,972 New Zealand Sosene Anesi Romania Vasile Sorin Rus
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Cluj Arena 31,479 Romania Horea Hîmpea Romania Rotar Vlad Bogdan
Steaua București București Ghencea II 3,000 Romania Dănuț Dumbravă Romania Viorel Lucaci
Dinamo București București Florea Dumitrache 1,500 Romania Cristian Hîldan Romania Laurențiu Melinte
Știința Baia Mare Baia Mare, Maramureș Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000 Argentina Mario Alejandro Canale Georgia (country) Bidzina Samkharadze
CSM București București Stadionul Olimpia 1,000 Romania Eugen Apjok Romania Adrian Ion
Politehnica Iași Iași, Iași Tepro-Tineretului (Veneția) 1,000 Romania Cosmin Rațiu Romania Daniel Plai

Table

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This is the regular season league table:

Key to colours
     Advances to Semi-Finals.
     Relegates to Divizia Naţională de Seniori.
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1 CSA Steaua București 12 9 1 2 313 203 110 6 44
2 CSM București 12 8 1 3 373 185 188 8 42
3 Timișoara Saracens 12 8 2 2 318 193 125 6 42
4 CSM Știința Baia Mare 12 8 0 4 386 194 192 7 39
5 CS Dinamo București 12 4 1 7 272 322 –50 5 23
6 CS U Cluj 12 2 0 10 169 483 –314 2 10
7 CS Politehnica Iași 12 0 1 11 95 346 –251 0 –3
Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 19 May 2018.

1 CSA Steaua București 19 20 CSM Știința Baia Mare
2 CSM București 13 26 Timișoara Saracens

Knock-out Stage

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Third place final

Both finals were held on 26 May 2018, one week after the semi-finals.

1 CSA Steaua București 23 22 CSM București
First place final
1 CSM Știința Baia Mare 15 21 Timișoara Saracens
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  • (in Romanian) www.super-liga.ro [1] – Official website

References

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