Liga Națională (men's basketball)
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Liga Națională (men's basketball)
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| CEO | Horia Păun |
| No. of teams | 13 |
| Country |
 Romania
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| Continent |
 FIBA Europe
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| Most recent champion(s) |
CSM Oradea |
| Most titles |
Dinamo Bucureşti (22 titles) |
| TV partner(s) |
Digi Sport TVR |
| Related competitions |
Romanian Basketball Cup |
| Official website |
www |
The Liga Națională is the top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. There are 13 teams in men's Liga Națională.
The regular season begins in October and is played over a normal round-robin home-and-away basis. The first eight clubs qualify for the play-offs. The play-offs are played using the knock-out format. The quarter-finals, semifinals and finals use "best of five" series since 2014. The last two teams following the regular season are automatically relegated to the Division B.
The championship was founded in 1932. The most successful club is Dinamo Bucureşti with 22 titles, followed closely by Steaua Bucureşti with 21. But in recent years Asesoft Ploieşti is the best team in the country, winning the championship seven times in a row from 2004–10 and again in 2012–2014. Asesoft is the only Romanian team who won a European competition, namely the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, in 2005.
Romanian basketball had a bright past with three of its former players being inducted in the European Basketball Hall of Fame, as a recognition for their careers. They are:
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