2017–18 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2017–18 Országos Bajnokság I (known as the e·on férfi OB I osztályú Országos Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

e·on férfi OB I
Season2017–18
ChampionsFTC-PQS Waterpolo
(22nd title)
RelegatedContiTech Szeged
Champions LeagueFTC-PQS Waterpolo
Szolnoki Dózsa
ZF-Eger
Euro CupA-HÍD OSC Újbuda
MKB Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló
Top goalscorerAlex Bowen (66 goals)

Teams edit

Location of teams in 2017-18 Országos Bajnokság I
Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2017–18 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    
Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda 2012    
OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre uszoda 1957    
PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda 1997    
Szeged Szeged Szegedi Sportuszoda 1993      
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 edit

Team Head coach
  AVUS   Márk Matajsz
  BVSC   Levente Szűcs
  Debrecen   Péter Komlósi
  Eger   Norbert Dabrowski
  FTC   Zsolt Varga
  Honvéd   Lajos Vad
  Kaposvár   Zoltán Szécsi (until 16 October 2017)[1]
  József Berta (from 21 October 2017)
  MVLC   dr. József Sike
  OSC   Attila Petik (until 3 February 2018)[2]
  László Tóth (from 4 February 2018)
  PVSK   Gergely Lukács
  Szeged   Péter Varga
  Szentes   Csaba Pellei
  Szolnok   ifj. Sándor Cseh
  Tatabánya   Tamás Zantleitner
  UVSE   Zsolt Németh
  Vasas   László Földi

Regular season edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Szolnoki Dózsa 14 13 0 1 225 89 +136 39[a] Qualification for the Championship round
2   FTC-PQS Waterpolo 14 13 0 1 234 91 +143 39[a]
3   MKB Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló 14 8 1 5 146 123 +23 25
4   Debreceni VSE 14 5 2 7 135 159 −24 17
5   Kaposvári VK 14 5 1 8 105 157 −52 16 Qualification for the Relegation round
6   VasasPlaket 14 4 3 7 107 152 −45 15
7   AVUS Szombathely 14 3 0 11 114 192 −78 9
8   UVSE 14 1 1 12 86 189 −103 4
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SZOL - FTC: 11–13; FTC - SZOL: 8–11

Schedule and results edit

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

Home \ Away AVUS BVSC DVSE FTC KAP SZOL UVSE VAS
AVUS Szombathely 7–14 11–13 8–21 10–8 3–23 9–4 10–12
BVSC-Zugló 10–8 10–11 3–13 10–6 9–10 14–8 9–8
Debreceni VSE 16–10 8–12 6–22 7–9 7–16 13–5 10–10
Ferencvárosi TC 18–5 10–7 15–9 23–6 8–11 19–7 18–3
Kaposvári VK 11–6 7–13 9–9 7–17 5–15 13–5 8–7
Szolnoki Dózsa 20–8 13–9 19–7 11–13 18–2 17–6 20–3
UVSE 9–11 8–20 4–13 4–20 7–11 1–13 10–10
Vasas SC 13–8 6–6 7–6 4–17 10–3 8–19 6–8
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   ZF-Eger 14 13 1 0 175 77 +98 40 Qualification for the Championship round
2   A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 14 11 0 3 153 83 +70 33
3   PannErgy-Miskolci VLC 14 8 2 4 138 97 +41 26
4   RacioNet Honvéd 14 7 2 5 125 117 +8 23
5   PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 14 5 2 7 114 118 −4 17 Qualification for the Relegation round
6   Metalcom Szentes 14 4 1 9 105 141 −36 13
7   Tatabányai VSE 14 3 2 9 93 133 −40 11
8   ContiTech Szeged 14 0 0 14 60 197 −137 0
Source: [citation needed]

Schedule and results edit

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

Home \ Away BHSE EGER MVLC OSC PVSK SZEG SZEN TVSE
Bp. Honvéd SE 3–12 9–9 12–6 9–9 15–5 11–6 9–5
Egri VK 17–4 8–4 8–7 14–7 20–4 17–8 15–5
Miskolci VLC 11–6 8–8 7–10 10–6 18–2 12–5 13–9
Orvosegyetem SC 9–4 8–9 8–4 10–6 15–1 13–4 15–3
Pécsi VSK 9–5 5–12 8–9 6–13 11–5 8–3 6–4
Szegedi VE 3–20 4–16 5–18 4–13 4–14 5–9 5–7
Szentesi VK 8–9 4–6 7–12 10–14 11–10 12–7 8–8
Tatabányai VSE 8–9 6–13 6–3 5–12 9–9 9–6 9–10
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round edit

Championship round edit

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-PQS Waterpolo 22 21 0 1 331 148 +183 63 Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
2   Szolnoki Dózsa 22 20 0 2 335 146 +189 60
3   ZF-Eger 22 18 1 3 268 155 +113 55
4   A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 22 15 0 7 220 157 +63 45
5   MKB Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló 22 11 1 10 217 210 +7 34 Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches
6   PannErgy-Miskolci VLC 22 10 2 10 232 194 +38 32
7   RacioNet Honvéd 22 9 2 11 183 212 −29 29
8   Debreceni VSE 22 6 2 14 201 270 −69 20
Source: [citation needed]

Schedule and results edit

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 10–9 12–3 7–17 3–16
BVSC-Zugló 10–7 7–13 11–10 7–11
Debreceni VSE 12–9 10–16 10–21 9–10
Egri VK 14–9 16–8 10–11 8–7
Ferencvárosi TC 14–3 10–9 14–10 12–5
Miskolci VLC 11–12 15–10 7–9 8–16
Orvosegyetem SC 11–6 12–4 6–10 8–15
Szolnoki Dózsa 14–7 16–7 15–12 11–4
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round edit

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   PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 22 11 3 8 198 184 +14 36 Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
10   Kaposvári VK 22 10 4 8 188 221 −33 34
11   VasasPlaket 22 9 4 9 184 209 −25 31
12   Metalcom Szentes 22 7 3 12 168 203 −35 24[a]
13   AVUS Szombathely 22 8 0 14 194 272 −78 24[a] Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches
14   Tatabányai VSE 22 5 3 14 165 211 −46 18
15   UVSE 22 3 1 18 148 258 −110 10
16   ContiTech Szeged 22 0 0 22 111 293 −182 0
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SZEN - AVUS: 9–4; AVUS - SZEN: 11–6

Schedule and results edit

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

Home \ Away AVUS KAP PVSK SZEG SZEN TVSE UVSE VAS
AVUS Szombathely 6–14 13–11 11–6 15–14
Kaposvári VK 11–9 11–5 9–9 13–8
Pécsi VSK 11–9 5–5 13–6 8–7
Szegedi VE 8–13 11–15 7–11 5–10
Szentesi VK 9–4 7–9 9–7 10–10
Tatabányai VSE 7–9 10–10 9–6 8–9
UVSE 11–12 14–2 3–8 4–9
Vasas SC 11–12 9–2 9–5 12–7
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round edit

1st – 4th placement matches edit

Semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Games in the season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
  FTC-PQS Waterpolo (1) 9–0   A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (4) 12-5 10-6 8-4
  Szolnoki Dózsa (2) 9–6   ZF-Eger (3) 16-7 7-8 13-14 (p) 12-6 9-4
Game 1
25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
19:30 (CEST)
Report FTC-PQS Waterpolo 8–4 A-HÍD OSC Újbuda Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Referees:
Molnár, Rubos
Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 0-2, 2-1
Vámos, Jakšić 2 Goals Kovács, Burián 2

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


25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
16:00 (CEST)
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 3–3 (10–11 PSO) ZF-Eger Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok
Referees:
Petik, Dodog
Score by quarters: 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, 1-2  PSO: 10–11
Prlainović 4 Goals Rašović 4
Game 2
2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
19:00 (CEST)
Report ZF-Eger 6–12 Szolnoki Dózsa Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger
Referees:
Székely, Németh
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 0-3
Hosnyánszky, Rašović 2 Goals Kis, Prlainović 3
Game 3
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)
16:00 (CEST)
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 9–4 ZF-Eger Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok
Referees:
Rubos, Csanádi
Score by quarters: 1-0, 3-2, 4-1, 1-1
Kis, Prlainović 2 Goals four players 1

Szolnoki Dózsa won the series 9–6 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Finals edit

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-PQS Waterpolo 3–2   Szolnoki Dózsa 12-9 14-9 6-14 7-8 8-7
13 May 2018 (2018-05-13)
17:45 (CEST)
Report FTC-PQS Waterpolo 12–9 Szolnoki Dózsa Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,600[7]
Referees:
dr. Marosvári, Csanádi
Score by quarters: 2-3, 3-2, 4-2, 3-2
Dé. Varga 4 Goals Prlainović 3

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
19:00 (CEST)
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 9–14 FTC-PQS Waterpolo Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok
Attendance: 1,100[8]
Referees:
Mucskai, Németh
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-4, 1-3, 3-3
Younger 3 Goals Dé. Varga 4

19 May 2018 (2018-05-19)
15:00 (CEST)
Report FTC-PQS Waterpolo 6–14 Szolnoki Dózsa Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,600[9]
Referees:
Molnár, Székely
Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-3, 2-3, 1-4
Vámos 3 Goals Zalánki, Younger 4

23 May 2018 (2018-05-23)
18:15 (CEST)
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 8–7 FTC-PQS Waterpolo Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok
Attendance: 1,100[10]
Referees:
Molnár, Németh
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-2, 2-3, 1-2
Mezei 2 Goals Vámos 3

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
17:00 (CEST)
Report FTC-PQS Waterpolo 8–7 Szolnoki Dózsa Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,600
Referees:
Székely, Csanádi
Score by quarters: 3-4, 3-2, 1-0, 1-1
Dá. Varga 3 Goals Prlainović 2

FTC-PQS Waterpolo won the Final series 3–2.

 2017–18 Országos Bajnokság I
Champion[11] 
Ferencváros
22nd title

Third place edit

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
  ZF-Eger 2–0   A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 11-5 9-7
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)
19:00 (CEST)
Report ZF-Eger 11–5 A-HÍD OSC Újbuda Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger
Referees:
Petik, Rubos
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 4-1, 2-1
Rašović 5 Goals Burián 2

16 May 2018 (2018-05-16)
18:00 (CEST)
Report A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 7–9 ZF-Eger Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest
Referees:
Marnitz, Dodog
Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-4, 1-2, 4-0
Brguljan 2 Goals Rašović 4

ZF-Eger won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches edit

Team 1 Points Team 2 Games in the season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
  MKB Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló (5) 9–3   Debreceni VSE (8) 10-11 12-8 10-4 10-9
  PannErgy-Miskolci VLC (6) 7–1   RacioNet Honvéd (7) 11-6 9-9 8-3
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
  MKB Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló 2–1   PannErgy-Miskolci VLC 9-8 10-12 14-13 (p)
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
  RacioNet Honvéd 2–0   Debreceni VSE 10-9 13-12

9th – 12th Placement matches edit

Team 1 Points Team 2 Games in the season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
  PVSK-Mecsek Füszért (9) 9–6   Metalcom Szentes (12) 8-3 10-11 11-6 2-16 7-5
  Kaposvári VK (10) 9–6   VasasPlaket (11) 8-7 3-10 14-13 7-8 11-4
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
  PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 1–2   Kaposvári VK 13-9 7-6 6-10
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
  VasasPlaket 1–2   Metalcom Szentes 8-7 3-11 9-10

13th – 16th Placement matches edit

Team 1 Points Team 2 Games in the season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
  AVUS Szombathely (13) 9–0   ContiTech Szeged (16) 13-11 13-8 12-7
  Tatabányai VSE (14) 9–0   UVSE (15) 9-6 9-4 7-6
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
  AVUS Szombathely 2–0   Tatabányai VSE 11-6 14-11
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
  UVSE 2–0   ContiTech Szeged 11-5 13-6

Season statistics edit

Number of teams by counties edit

Pos. County (megye) № of teams Teams
1   Budapest (capital) 6 BVSC, FTC, Honvéd, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2   Csongrád 2 Szegedi VE and Szentesi VK
3   Baranya 1 Pécsi VSK
  Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Miskolci VLC
  Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debreceni VSE
  Heves 1 Egri VK
  Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 Szolnoki Dózsa
  Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabányai VSE
  Somogy 1 Kaposvári VK
  Vas 1 AVUS Szombathely

Final standing edit

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

Awards edit

  • Best Goalkeeper:  
  • Best Field player:  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Férfi vízilabda: mától nem Szécsi irányítja a kaposváriakat". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Férfi vízilabda: nem meglepetés, lemondott az OSC edzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ Results of Group A
  4. ^ Results of Group B
  5. ^ Results of Championship round
  6. ^ Results of Relegation round
  7. ^ "Varga Dénes extrája döntött – előnyben a Fradi a Szolnokkal szemben". nso.hu.
  8. ^ "Bajnoki labda: az FTC győzött Szolnokon, és 2–0-ra vezet a döntőben". nso.hu.
  9. ^ "Nagy Viktor vezérletével feltámadt a Szolnok, (még) nem bajnok a Fradi". nso.hu.
  10. ^ "Férfi vízi ob I: ismét nyert a Szolnok, az ötödik meccs dönt!". nso.hu.
  11. ^ "18 év után újra bajnok a Ferencváros vízilabdacsapata!". nso.hu.
  12. ^ a b c "OB I statistics" (in Hungarian). waterpolo.hu.
  13. ^ "A férfi Ob I legjei – nevek, számok, érdekességek". vizipolo.hu.

External links edit