2016–17 Liga Națională (women's handball)

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The 2016–17 Liga Națională was the 59th season of Liga Națională, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises 12 teams. CSM București were the defending champions, for the second season in a row.

Teams for season 2016–17

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{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=45.657975 |long=25.601198 |label=Corona|position=top}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=44.426767 |long=26.102538 |label=CSM|position=right}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=45.265246 |long=27.959471 |label=Dunărea|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=47.185456 |long=23.057332 |label=Zalău}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=45.099675 |long=24.369318 |label=Râmnicu Vâlcea|position=left}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=46.933378 |long=26.926545 |label=Roman|position=left}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=45.713946 |long=24.154852 |label=Măgura|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=44.330179 |long=23.794881 |label=Craiova|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=44.562889 |long=27.361366 |label=Slobozia|position=right}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=46.771210 |long=23.623635 |label=U Cluj|position=bottom}}{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=47.10 |long=24.30 |label=Bistrița|position=right}}

{{Location map~ | Romania |lat=45.423333 |long= 28.0425 |label=Danubius|position=left}}

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class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Club !! City !! Arena(s) !! Capacity
CSM Bistrița	Bistrița	Sala Polivalentă Bistrița	align="center"\| 900
CSM București	Bucharest	Sala Polivalentă din București	align="center" \| 5,300
Corona Brașov	Brașov	Sala Sporturilor "D.P. Colibași"	align="center" \| 1,600
CSM Roman	Roman	Sala Polivalentă Roman	align="center" \| 500
Danubius Galați	Galați	Sala Sporturilor Dunărea	align="center" \| 1,500
Dunărea Brăila	Brăila	Sala Polivalentă "Danubius"	align="center" \| 2,000
HC Zalău	Zalău	Sala Sporturilor Zalău	align="center" \| 950
HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	Râmnicu Vâlcea	Sala Sporturilor "Traian"	align="center" \| 3,126
Măgura Cisnădie	Cisnădie	Sala Polivalentă Măgura	align="center" \| 820
SCM Craiova	Craiova	Sala Polivalentă Craiova	align="center" \| 4,215
Unirea Slobozia	Slobozia	Sala Sporturilor "Andreea Nica"	align="center" \| 150
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Sala Sporturilor "Horia Demian" Sala Polivalentă Cluj	align="center" \| 2,525 7,308

League table

=Standings=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! !width="200"\|Team !Pld !W !D !L !GF !GA !Diff !Pts
style="background: #CCFFCC;" \| 1	align=left\|File:Trophy.png CSM București (C)	22	21	0	1	680	478	+ 202	63
2	align=left\|Dunărea Brăila	22	15	12	5	566	541	+ 25	47
3	align=left\|HC Zalău	22	14	3	5	575	511	+ 64	45
4	align=left\|SCM Craiova	22	14	2	6	593	527	+ 66	44
5	align=left\|CSM Roman	22	10	4	8	563	527	+ 36	34
6	align=left\|Corona Brașov	22	9	1	12	568	594	- 26	28
7	align=left\|HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	22	9	1	12	534	598	– 64	28
8	align=left\|CSM Bistrița	22	9	0	13	588	625	- 37	27
9	align=left\|Măgura Cisnădie	22	6	4	12	505	576	– 71	22
10	align=left\|U Cluj	22	6	3	13	549	564	- 15	21
style="background: #FFFEE6;" \| 11	align=left\|Danubius Galați¹	22	5	0	17	469	567	– 98	14
style="background: #FFFEE6;" \| 12	align=left\|Unirea Slobozia	22	3	2	17	517	599	– 82	11

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

¹ Danubius Galați had 1 point deducted .

Season statistics

= Number of teams by counties =

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Pos. ! colspan=2\|County ! No. of teams ! Teams
rowspan="14" align="center" \| 1 \| align=center\|18px	Bistrița-Năsăud \|align="center" \| 1 \| CSM Bistrița
align=center\|18px	Brașov \|align="center" \| 1 \| ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
align=center\|14px	Bucharest (capital) \|align="center"\| 1 \| CSM București
align=center\|18px	Brăila \|align="center" \| 1 \| HC Dunărea Brăila
align=center\|18px	Cluj \|align="center" \| 1 \| U Cluj
align=center\|18px	Dolj \|align="center" \| 1 \| SCM Craiova
align=center\|18px	Galați \|align="center" \| 1 \| CSU Danubius Galați
align=center\|18px	Ialomița \|align="center" \| 1 \| CSM Unirea Slobozia
align=center\|18px	Neamț \|align="center" \| 1 \| CSM Roman
align=center\|18px	Sălaj \|align="center" \| 1 \| HC Zalău
align=center\|18px	Sibiu \|align="center" \| 1 \| CS Măgura Cisnădie
align=center\|18px	Vâlcea \|align="center" \| 1 \| HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

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Pos.

! colspan=2|County

! No. of teams

! Teams

rowspan="14" align="center" | 1

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Bistrița-Năsăud

|align="center" | 1

| CSM Bistrița

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Brașov