2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (known as the e·on férfi OB I osztályú Országos Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

e·on férfi OB I

Season	2018–19
Champions	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo (23rd title)
Relegated	KSI SE
Champions League	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo A-HÍD OSC Újbuda Szolnoki Dózsa
cEuro Cup	ZF-Eger PannErgy-Miskolci VLC
Top goalscorer	Marcell Kolozsi (55 goals)
← 2017-18 2019-20 →

Team information

Eger

Miskolc

Debrecen

Szolnok

Szentes

PVSK

Kaposvár

Tatabánya

AVUS

Budapest

Budapest teams
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
KSI
OSC
UVSE
Vasas

Location of teams in 2018-19 Országos Bajnokság I

BVSC

FTC

Honvéd

KSI

OSC

UVSE

Vasas

Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2018–19 season:

OB I
Team	City	Pool	Founded	Colours
AVUS	Szombathely	Szombathelyi Városi Uszoda	2010
BVSC	Budapest (XIV. ker)	Szőnyi úti uszoda	1911
Debrecen	Debrecen	Debreceni Sportuszoda	2006
Eger	Eger	Bitskey Aladár uszoda	1910
FTC	Budapest (IX. ker)	Népligeti uszoda	1899
Honvéd	Budapest (XIX. ker)	Kőér utcai uszoda	1950
Kaposvár	Kaposvár	Virágfürdő	1999
KSI	Budapest	Széchy Tamás uszoda	1963
Miskolc	Miskolc	Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda	2012
OSC	Budapest (XI. ker)	Nyéki Imre uszoda	1957
PVSK	Pécs	Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda	1997
Szentes	Szentes	Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda	1934
Szolnok	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti uszoda	1921
TVSE	Tatabánya	Tatabányai Sportuszoda	1992
UVSE	Budapest (IV. ker)	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda	2008
Vasas	Budapest (XIII. ker)	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda	1945

Head coaches

Team	Head coach
AVUS	Márk Matajsz
BVSC	Levente Szűcs
Debrecen	Miroslav Bajin
Eger	Norbert Dabrowski
FTC	Zsolt Varga
Honvéd	András Merész
Kaposvár	József Berta
KSI	János Horváth
Miskolc	dr. József Sike
OSC	Lajos Vad
PVSK	Gergely Lukács
Szentes	Csaba Pellei
Szolnok	Živko Gocić
Tatabánya	Tamás Zantleitner
UVSE	Tibor Benedek
Vasas	László Földi (until 12 February 2019)[1] Máté Bóbis (from 13 February 2019)

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	14	14	0	0	195	87	+108	42	Qualification for the Championship round
2	ZF-Eger	14	11	1	2	167	105	+62	34
3	BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing	14	6	3	5	137	128	+9	21
4	Budapesti Honvéd SE	14	6	2	6	124	122	+2	20
5	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért	24	6	1	17	125	133	−8	19	Qualification for the Relegation round
6	Metalcom Szentes	14	5	2	7	107	137	−30	17
7	AVUS Szombathely	14	3	1	10	113	161	−48	10
8	KSI SE	14	0	0	14	83	178	−95	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	AVUS	BHSE	BVSC	EGER	FTC	KSI	PVSK	SZEN
AVUS Szombathely		9–11	6–10	7–16	6–17	14–4	10–7	5–5
Bp. Honvéd SE	8–5		7–7	8–10	8–17	10–5	10–9	10–5
BVSC-Zugló	15–8	8–8		8–12	6–11	13–11	11–12	9–4
Egri VK	14–8	11–10	11–11		5–9	12–4	11–3	13–8
Ferencvárosi TC	16–6	13–4	14–6	13–8		17–6	15–9	16–5
KSI SE	9–13	5–14	5–12	5–15	6–13		4–12	7–10
Pécsi VSK	18–7	8–7	10–9	4–13	5–14	13–6		8–8
Szentesi VK	11–9	10–9	9–12	7–16	7–10	10–6	8–7

Source: ^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	14	14	0	0	207	82	+125	42	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Szolnoki Dózsa	14	11	0	3	166	89	+77	33
3	PannErgy-Miskolci VLC	14	10	0	4	169	116	+53	30
4	Debreceni VSE	14	6	0	8	129	154	−25	18
5	Tatabányai VSE	14	4	1	9	95	139	−44	13	Qualification for the Relegation round
6	UVSE Hunguest Hotels	14	4	0	10	98	158	−60	12
7	VasasPlaket	14	3	2	9	107	160	−53	11
8	Kaposvári VK	14	2	1	11	95	168	−73	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	DVSE	KAP	MVLC	OSC	SZOL	TVSE	UVSE	VAS
Debreceni VSE		13–11	8–14	9–11	10–8	16–13	8–7	13–10
Kaposvári VK	8–11		4–14	4–17	4–12	8–9	8–7	7–7
Miskolci VLC	12–8	14–9		9–12	10–12	13–5	14–7	11–10
Orvosegyetem SC	16–6	21–3	14–11		8–7	14–3	12–3	18–6
Szolnoki Dózsa	17–5	13–2	11–8	8–10		9–4	17–8	16–6
Tatabányai VSE	8–7	7–4	5–11	4–15	4–11		9–10	10–6
UVSE	9–6	11–8	5–16	3–22	7–13	8–7		8–11
Vasas SC	10–9	12–15	6–12	6–17	3–12	7–7	7–5

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship round

The top four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	22	21	0	1	294	134	+160	63[a]	Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
2	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	22	21	0	1	294	153	+141	63[a]
3	Szolnoki Dózsa	22	16	1	5	257	159	+98	49
4	ZF-Eger	22	14	2	6	237	186	+51	44
5	PannErgy-Miskolci VLC	22	12	2	8	244	189	+55	38	Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches
6	Budapesti Honvéd SE	22	8	3	11	175	203	−28	27
7	BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing	22	7	4	11	211	221	−10	25
8	Debreceni VSE	22	8	0	14	197	253	−56	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. FTC - OSC: 7–9; OSC - FTC: 8–13

Schedule and results

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 14 games)

Rounds
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
A1 - B4 B1 - A4 A2 - B3 B2 - A3	A1 - B2 B1 - A2 B4 - A3 A4 - B3	B3 - A1 A3 - B1 A2 - B4 B2 - A4	A1 - B1 A2 - B2 B3 - A3 B4 - A4	B4 - A1 A4 - B1 B3 - A2 A3 - B2	B2 - A1 A2 - B1 A3 - B4 B3 - A4	A1 - B3 B1 - A3 B4 - A2 A4 - B2	B1 - A1 B2 - A2 A3 - B3 A4 - B4

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	BHSE	BVSC	DVSE	EGER	FTC	MVLC	OSC	SZOL
Bp. Honvéd SE			5–4			7–13	2–11	7–7
BVSC-Zugló			12–6			12–12	3–12	14–15
Debreceni VSE	13–12	9–6		11–12	9–16
Egri VK			14–9			11–10	7–8	6–10
Ferencvárosi TC			22–7			10–7	7–9	10–8
Miskolci VLC	6–7	10–8		6–6	11–12
Orvosegyetem SC	10–5	17–10		12–5	8–13
Szolnoki Dózsa	17–6	12–9		15–9	7–9

Source: ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

The bottom four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Metalcom Szentes	22	11	2	9	179	196	−17	35	Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
10	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért	22	9	3	10	198	199	−1	30
11	Tatabányai VSE	22	9	2	11	168	207	−39	29
12	AVUS Szombathely	22	7	3	12	195	238	−43	24
13	UVSE Hunguest Hotels	22	7	2	13	171	229	−58	23	Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches
14	VasasPlaket	22	6	2	14	176	231	−55	20
15	Kaposvári VK	22	5	2	15	168	246	−78	17
16	KSI SE	22	1	0	21	144	264	−120	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	AVUS	KAP	KSI	PVSK	SZEN	TVSE	UVSE	VAS
AVUS Szombathely		14–10				8–10	11–11	14–13
Kaposvári VK	9–11		10–5	11–11	7–5
KSI SE		12–14				10–8	5–10	8–12
Pécsi VSK		7–4				11–11	11–6	11–6
Szentesi VK		13–8				11–10	12–9	10–8
Tatabányai VSE	9–7		9–8	9–8	7–5
UVSE	9–9		13–8	10–9	5–6
Vasas SC	6–8		10–5	9–5	5–10

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

1st – 4th Placement matches

Semi-finals

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
FTC-Telekom (1)	9–0	(4) ZF-Eger	13-8	9-5	11-9	／	／
A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (2)	9–0	(3) Szolnoki Dózsa	8-7	10-8	11-10	／	／

Game 1

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 20:15 (CEST)	Report	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	11–9	ZF-Eger	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800[6] Referees: Rubos, Füzesi
		Score by quarters: 4-4, 3-0, 1-5, 3-0
		Kállay, Mitrović, Jakšić 2	Goals	Hosnyánszky 3

FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

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1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 19:00 (CEST)	Report	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	11–10	Szolnoki Dózsa	Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Tóth, Homonnai
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 3-3, 5-4
		Hárai, Brguljan 3	Goals	four players 2

A-HÍD OSC Újbuda won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Finals

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 and Game 3 plus Game 5 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2 plus Game 4 if necessary.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
FTC-Telekom	3–0	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	8-6	15-10	12-9 (p)	／	／

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 20:15 (CEST)	Report	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	8–6	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200[7] Referees: Tóth, Füzesi
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-2, 2-2, 2-1
		Vámos 3	Goals	Erdélyi 2

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18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 13:45 (CEST)	Report	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	10–15	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 850[8] Referees: Rubos, Homonnai
		Score by quarters: 2-5, 2-3, 3-1, 3-6
		Ukropina 4	Goals	six players 2

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22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) 19:00 (CEST)	Report	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	8–8 (4–1 PSO)	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Marjay, Kun
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-3, 2-1, 2-2  PSO: 4–1
		Varga 5	Goals	Manhercz 3

FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 3–0.

2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I Champion[9]
Ferencváros 23rd title

Third place

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa	2–0	ZF-Eger	10-7	13-7	／

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 18:00 (CEST)	Report	Szolnoki Dózsa	10–7	ZF-Eger	Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Attendance: 500 Referees: Homonnai, Várkonyi
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-1, 2-2, 4-1
		Bátori, Aleksić, Prlainović 2	Goals	Vlachopoulos 4

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17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 19:00 (CEST)	Report	ZF-Eger	7–13	Szolnoki Dózsa	Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Attendance: 900[10] Referees: Vogel, Marnitz
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-3, 1-4, 2-4
		Vlachopoulos 4	Goals	Prlainović 4

Szolnoki Dózsa won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
PannErgy-Miskolci VLC (5)	9–0	(8) Debreceni VSE	12-8	14-8	14-7	／	／
Budapesti Honvéd SE (6)	5–8	(7) BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing	7-7	8-8	8-11	12-10	5-7

Fifth place game (European competition play-off)

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
PannErgy-Miskolci VLC	2–1	BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing	11-6	9-8	6-2

Seventh place game

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Budapesti Honvéd SE	2–1	Debreceni VSE	14-13	12-13 (p)	13-9

9th – 12th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Metalcom Szentes 0(9)	7–1	(12) AVUS Szombathely	11-9	5-5	12-11	／	／
PVSK-Mecsek Füszért (10)	7–4	(11) Tatabányai VSE	11-11	8-9	11-8	7-5	／

Ninth place game

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Metalcom Szentes	0–2	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért	10-12	6-7	／

Eleventh place game

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Tatabányai VSE	2–1	AVUS Szombathely	11-10	8-10	11-9

13th – 16th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UVSE Hunguest Hotels (13)	9–0	(16) KSI SE	13-8	10-5	12-5	／	／
VasasPlaket (14)	4–7	(15) Kaposvári VK	12-15	7-7	12-7	7-8	／

Thirteenth place game

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UVSE Hunguest Hotels	2–0	Kaposvári VK	12-4	9-8	／

Fifteenth place game (Relegation play-out)

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
VasasPlaket	2–0	KSI SE	8-5	11-10	／

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 24 May 2019.[11] Rank Player Team Goals 1 Marcell Kolozsi Tatabánya 55 2 Mátyás Pásztor BVSC 52 Ognjen Stojanović MVLC 52 4 Márton Nagy Szentes 51 5 Alex Bowen MVLC 50 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 50 7 Botond Bóbis KSI 49 Ivan Basara AVUS 49 9 Zlatko Rakonjać PVSK 48 Benedek Baksa UVSE 47

Points classification As of 27 May 2019.[11] Rank Player Team Rating 1 Saša Mišić MVLC 66.1 2 Balázs Szirányi Honvéd 60.0 3 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 59.5 4 Viktor Vadovics MVLC 53.0 5 Lukáš Ďurík DVSE 52.3 6 Viktor Vörös Szentes 52.0 7 Aaron Younger FTC 51.9 8 Nikola Murišić Eger 49.7 9 Norbert Hosnyánszky Eger 48.9 10 Ognjen Stojanović MVLC 48.6

Final standing

Pos	Team	Qualification or Relegation
	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
	Szolnoki Dózsa	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round*
4	ZF-Eger	Qualification to Euro Cup first qualifying round
5	PannErgy-Miskolci VLC
6	BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing
7	Budapesti Honvéd SE
8	Debreceni VSE
9	Metalcom Szentes
10	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért
11	Tatabányai VSE
12	AVUS Szombathely
13	UVSE Hunguest Hotels
14	Kaposvári VK
15	VasasPlaket	Qualification to relegation play-out
16	KSI SE	Relegation to Országos Bajnokság I/B

Relegation play-out

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
VasasPlaket (I)	2–0	(I/B) Kanizsa VSE	14-8	13-7	／

VasasPlaket won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

See also

• 2018 Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
• 2018 Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)

References

1. "Vízilabda: 15 év után nem Földi László a Vasas vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 12 February 2019.
2. Results of Group A
3. Results of Group B
4. Results of Championship round
5. Results of Relegation round
6. "Férfi vízilabda ob I: OSC–FTC párharc lesz a bajnoki döntőben". nso.hu.
7. "Férfi vízi ob I: az FTC nyerte a döntő első mérkőzését". nso.hu.
8. "Férfi vízi ob I: a győzelem a Ferencvárosé, de a bajnoki cím még nem". nso.hu.
9. "Söpréssel védte meg a bajnoki címét az FTC vízilabdacsapata". nso.hu.
10. "Férfi vízi ob I: a Szolnok lett a harmadik, s indulhat a BL-ben". nso.hu.
11. "OB I statistics" (in Hungarian). waterpolo.hu.

External links

• Hungarian Water Polo Federaration (in Hungarian and English)
• Official website of Total Waterpolo
• vlv.hu
• vizipolo.hu