2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Fehérvár is the defending champion.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Season	2017–18
Dates	7 October 2017 - 18 June 2018
Games played	182 (regular season)
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	M4 Sport
Regular season
Relegated	MAFC
Finals
Champions	Szolnoki Olaj KK (8th title)
Runners-up	Falco-Vulcano KC Szombathely
Semifinalists	Alba Fehérvár EGIS Körmend
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Teams

Alba

Atomerőmű

DEAC

Falco

JKSE

Kaposvár

KTE

Körmend

MAFC

PVSK

Sopron

Szedeák

Szolnok

ZTE

Location of teams in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

DEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016–17 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.

Arenas and locations

Team	Position 2016–17	City	Arena	Capacity
Alba Fehérvár	Champion	Székesfehérvár	Vodafone Sportcentrum	1,963
Atomerőmű SE	11th	Paks	ASE Sportcsarnok	1,520
Debreceni EAC	1st (NB I/B)	Debrecen	Oláh Gábor Sports Hall	1,200
Falco KC	Runner-up	Szombathely	Arena Savaria	3,500
Jászberényi KSE	12th	Jászberény	Belvárosi Általános Iskola	1,000
Kaposvári KK	7th	Kaposvár	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,270
Kcskeméti TE	8th	Kecskemét	Messzi István Sportcsarnok	1,600
BC Körmend	4th	Körmend	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,020
MAFC	14th	Budapest	Gabányi László Sportcsarnok	1,000
PVSK Panthers	6th	Pécs	Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok	2,191
Soproni KC	10th	Sopron	NOVOMATIC Aréna	2,500
Szolnoki Olaj KK	5th	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok	2,122
SZTE-Szedeák	9th	Szeged	Újszegedi Sportcsarnok	3,000
Zalaegerszegi TE	Third place	Zalaegerszeg	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,816

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alba Fehérvár	Branislav Džunić	Péter Lóránt	Spalding	tippmi1, Hungrana, Huawei
Atomerőmű SE	Teo Čizmić	Máté Medve	adidas	tippmix1, MVM Atomerőmű
Debreceni EAC	Sándor Berényi		adidas	tippmix1
Falco KC Szombathely	Srećko Sekulović	Norbert Tóth	Zeus	tippmix1, Vulcano energia, Autófókusz
Jászberényi KSE	Nikola Lazić	György Cseh	Spalding	tippmix1, Mercedes-Benz, Jász-Plasztik
Kaposvári KK	Ádám Fekete	Roland Hendlein	Spalding	tippmix1, SEAT
Kecskeméti TE	Gábor Forray	Gergely Hegedűs	Kipsta	UltraTech, Duna Aszfalt, tippmix1
BC Körmend	Gasper Potocnik	Csaba Ferencz	Spalding	tippmix1, EGIS
MAFC	Jovica Arsić		Spalding	tippmix1
PVSK-Panthers	Ferenc Csirke	Veljko Budimir		tippmix1, Veolia, GP Consulting, Terra21
Soproni KC	Kornél Váradi		Peak	tippmix1
SZTE-Szedeák	Anđelko Mandić	Andrija Ćirić	Toti Sport	tippmix1, Naturtex, Continental
Szolnoki Olaj	Dragan Aleksić	Dávid Vojvoda	Nike	MOL
Zalaegerszeg	Tamás Bencze	Máté Mohácsi	adidas	Zalakerámia, tippmix1, HunGast

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Szolnoki Olaj	26	21	5	2191	1945	+246	47	Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches
2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	26	19	7	2337	2097	+240	45
3	Alba Fehérvár	26	18	8	2106	1941	+165	44
4	Egis Körmend	26	18	8	2128	2037	+91	44
5	KTE-Duna Aszfalt	26	15	11	2038	1989	+49	41
6	Zalakerámia ZTE	26	13	13	2115	2106	+9	39	Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches
7	Atomerőmű	26	13	13	2065	2075	−10	39
8	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	26	13	13	2073	2088	−15	39
9	Kaposvár	26	12	14	2067	2108	−41	38
10	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	26	11	15	1996	1997	−1	37
11	JP Auto-JKSE	26	9	17	1936	2070	−134	35	Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches
12	DEAC	26	8	18	2037	2223	−186	34
13	Sopron	26	6	20	1990	2173	−183	32
14	MAFC	26	6	20	1916	2146	−230	32

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2018. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points for; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Results

Home \ Away	ALBA	ASE	DEAC	FAL	JKSE	KAP	KTE	KÖR	MAFC	PVSK	SOP	SZOL	SZTE	ZTE
Alba Fehérvár		89–82	91–72	89–85	68–55	73–64	75–79	115–75	98–86	92–71	96–72	60–70	94–68	98–86
Atomerőmű SE	60–67		99–75	84–68	66–74	97–67	78–96	92–73	74–65	84–69	95–74	57–90	76–78	79–95
Debreceni EAC	65–83	87–69		62–92	73–62	83–89	79–84	70–110	71–87	83–73	89–96	81–87	66–78	83–71
Falco KC Szombathely	94–66	100–69	95–86		85–65	106–82	99–75	83–79	96–61	80–61	114–109	95–77	96–81	88–82
JP Auto-JKSE	82–72	70–88	98–94	71–90		89–76	97–80	71–85	77–66	81–72	108–92	70–74	78–94	73–82
Kaposvári KK	78–64	74–72	69–75	104–105	76–67		64–66	86–78	106–82	77–79	85–79	97–89	76–60	80–91
KTE-Duna Aszfalt	75–89	64–70	79–70	92–81	68–73	82–68		93–77	83–77	72–73	72–76	67–79	62–58	85–75
Egis Körmend	79–67	91–94	100–93	91–76	77–61	94–77	91–85		69–67	87–74	96–57	76–74	77–72	81–69
MAFC	54–79	89–78	70–75	78–88	73–72	81–91	81–90	62–73		95–65	66–74	77–88	73–61	72–96
PVSK-PANNONPOWER	79–47	84–86	81–88	110–106	87–78	96–92	84–93	89–77	93–69		84–57	72–91	75–67	88–89
Sopron KC	77–80	87–99	80–86	65–83	80–68	74–79	66–76	85–60	69–70	60–76		74–78	86–63	84–91
Szolnoki Olaj KK	88–89	91–86	97–68	84–74	85–58	76–65	79–67	74–75	102–73	78–69	86–64		85–70	93–89
Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	63–85	86–54	84–75	98–77	85–70	72–73	70–62	79–80	108–85	81–88	77–67	87–88		87–68
Zalakerámia ZTE KK	82–80	72–77	99–88	76–81	82–68	78–72	60–91	72–77	70–57	78–81	96–86	85–88	81–69

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

1st – 5th placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Szolnoki Olaj	34	27	7	2850	2570	+280	61	Advance to playoffs
2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	34	24	10	3033	2745	+288	58
3	Alba Fehérvár	34	23	11	2749	2529	+220	57
4	Egis Körmend	34	20	14	2740	2704	+36	54
5	KTE-Duna Aszfalt	34	17	17	2631	2664	−33	51

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points for; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Results

Home \ Away	ALBA	FAL	KTE	KÖR	SZOL
Alba Fehérvár		71–70	85–60	88–69	84–67
Falco KC Szombathely	82–72		87–74	89–75	85–86
KTE-Duna Aszfalt	67–77	93–88		89–80	66–86
Egis Körmend	92–87	78–95	84–67		74–85
Szolnoki Olaj KK	81–79	99–100	88–77	67–60

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

6th – 10th placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
6	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	34	19	15	2746	2760	−14	53	Advance to playoffs
7	Zalakerámia ZTE	34	18	16	2827	2768	+59	52
8	Atomerőmű	34	17	17	2715	2722	−7	51
9	Kaposvár	34	16	18	2728	2755	−27	50
10	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	34	12	22	2583	2652	−69	46

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points for; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Results

Home \ Away	ASE	KAP	PVSK	SZTE	ZTE
Atomerőmű SE		82–73	84–91	68–59	85–79
Kaposvári KK	81–70		94–78	73–78	94–92
PVSK-PANNONPOWER	76–75	94–91		97–87	106–95
Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	82–96	65–78	80–57		81–83
Zalakerámia ZTE KK	106–90	88–77	87–74	82–55

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

11th – 14th placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
11	DEAC	32	12	20	2569	2703	−134	44
12	JP Auto-JKSE	32	12	20	2457	2588	−131	44
13	Sopron	32	9	23	2481	2691	−210	41	Qualification for play-out
14	MAFC	32	8	24	2399	2657	−258	40

Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points for; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Results

Home \ Away	DEAC	JKSE	MAFC	SOP
DEAC		98–92	103–81	90–72
JP Auto-JKSE	84–81		84–94	90–83
MAFC	60–76	85–80		81–85
Sopron KC	91–84	77–91	83–82

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Szolnoki Olaj	3
	8	Atomerőmű	0
						1	Szolnoki Olaj	3
						4	Egis Körmend	0
	4	Egis Körmend	3
	5	KTE-Duna Aszfalt	2
											1	Szolnoki Olaj	3
											2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	1
	2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	3
	7	Zalakerámia ZTE	1
						2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	3			Third place
						3	Alba Fehérvár	2
	3	Alba Fehérvár	3								3	Alba Fehérvár	2
	6	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	0								4	Egis Körmend	0

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Szolnoki Olaj	3–0	Atomerőmű	92–60	96–82	82–56	–	–
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	3–1	Zalakerámia ZTE	91–88	104–107	93–70	95–91	–
Alba Fehérvár	3–0	PVSK-PANNONPOWER	104–74	82–79	77–58	–	–
Egis Körmend	3–2	KTE-Duna Aszfalt	77–59	78–93	104–68	72–91	70–63

Semi-finals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Szolnoki Olaj	3–0	Egis Körmend	92–72	80–77	102–59	–	–
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	3–2	Alba Fehérvár	90–88	90–94	86–82	81–112	76–69

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Szolnoki Olaj	3–1	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	82–76	73–76	89–70	83–81	–

Game 1

10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)	Szolnoki Olaj	82–76 (Series: 1–0)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	Szolnok
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 20–25, 20–15, 22–23
	Pts: Andrić 17 Rebs: Ford 12 PIR: Andrić 29	Report	Pts: Perl 21 Rebs: Taylor 12 PIR: Perl 26	Arena: Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok Attendance: 2,054[1] Referees: P. Papp, T. Benczur, D. Tőzsér, (F. Pázsitka)

Szolnoki Olaj v Falco-Vulcano Szombathely

Game 2

12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	76–73 (Series: 1–1)	Szolnoki Olaj	Szombathely
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 13–20, 21–26, 16–6
	Pts: Váradi 15 Rebs: Váradi 8 PIR: Váradi 21	Report	Pts: Perry 23 Rebs: Ford 12 PIR: Perry 30	Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,020[2] Referees: G. Kapitány, P. Praksch, R. Török, (J. Szabadvári)

Falco-Vulcano Szombathely v Szolnoki Olaj

Game 3

14 June 2018 (2018-06-14)	Szolnoki Olaj	89–70 (Series: 2–1)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	Szolnok
20:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–22, 28–15, 18–22
	Pts: Perry, Milošević 18 Rebs: Ford 10 PIR: Perry 25	Report	Pts: Perl 19 Rebs: Borisov 7 PIR: Perl 27	Arena: Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok Attendance: 2,200[3] Referees: Cs. Cziffra, P. Győrffy, P. Frányó, (I. Bodrogváry)

Szolnoki Olaj v Falco-Vulcano Szombathely

Game 4

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	81–83 (Series: 3–1)	Szolnoki Olaj	Szombathely
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–19, 16–20, 20–23
	Pts: Govens 26 Rebs: Perl, Taylor 10 PIR: Govens 34	Report	Pts: Perry 20 Rebs: Vojvoda, Milošević 7 PIR: Milošević 20	Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,000[4] Referees: P. Papp, T. Benczur, D. Tőzsér, (M. Faidt)

Falco-Vulcano Szombathely v Szolnoki Olaj

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Alba Fehérvár	2–0	Egis Körmend	91–71	95–83

Playout

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sopron	2–0	MAFC	90–74	95–92	–

In European competitions

Club	Competition	Progress	Ref
Alba Fehérvár	Champions League	Second qualifying round	[5]
Falco Szombathely	FIBA Europe Cup	Second qualifying round
EGIS Körmend		First qualifying round
Szolnoki Olaj		First qualifying round

All-star game

The all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest.

2 December 2017 17:00 (CET)

Team East

133–117

Team West

Tüskecsarnok, Budapest Attendance: 2,000

Team East

Team West

Pos Player Team Starters PG Kendrick Perry Szolnoki Olaj KK SG Dávid Vojvoda Szolnoki Olaj KK SF Ivan Lilov DEAC PF Levente Juhos Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák C János Eilingsfeld Atomerőmű SE Reserves SG Marko Boltić Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák Allen Seth Atomerőmű SE James Bernard Thompson KTE-Duna Aszfalt Devante Wallace JP Auto - JKSE F Quincy Ford Szolnoki Olaj KK C Benett Davis MAFC C Isaiah Armwood DEAC Head coach: Dragan Aleksić (Szolnoki Olaj KK)

Pos Player Team Starters PG Darrin Govens Falco KC Szombathely SG Zoltán Perl Falco KC Szombathely SF Szilárd Benke Zalakerámia ZTE KK PF Péter Lóránt Alba Fehérvár C Ákos Keller Alba Fehérvár Reserves Marquis Wright Egis Körmend Jabril Durham PVSK-VEOLIA Chris Dunn Kaposvári KK G Benedek Váradi Falco KC Szombathely SG Csaba Ferencz Egis Körmend Justin Tuoyo Egis Körmend C Ryan Watkins Soproni KC Head coach: Gašper Potočnik (Egis Körmend)

See also

• 2018 Magyar Kupa

References

1. "Férfi kosár NB I: a Szolnok került közelebb az aranyhoz". nso.hu.
2. "Férfi kosár NB I: nagy hajrával egyenlített a Falco a döntőben". nso.hu.
3. "Férfi kosár NB I: a Szolnok egy győzelemre az aranytól". nso.hu.
4. "Férfi kosár NB I: drámai csatában győzött, bajnok a Szolnok". nso.hu.
5. Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed

External links

• Hungarian Basketball Federaration (in Hungarian and English)
• bb1.hu