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.
Teams
The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2017–18 season:
OB ITeamCityPoolFoundedColoursAVUSSzombathely Szombathelyi Városi Uszoda2010 BVSCBudapest (XIV. ker)Szőnyi úti uszoda1911 DebrecenDebrecenDebreceni Sportuszoda2006 EgerEgerBitskey Aladár uszoda1910 FTCBudapest (IX. ker)Népligeti uszoda1899 HonvédBudapest (XIX. ker)Kőér utcai uszoda1950 KaposvárKaposvárVirágfürdő1999 MiskolcMiskolcKemény Dénes Sportuszoda2012 OSCBudapest (XI. ker)Nyéki Imre uszoda1957 PVSKPécsAbay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda1997 SzegedSzegedSzegedi Sportuszoda1993 SzentesSzentesDr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda1934 SzolnokSzolnokTiszaligeti uszoda1921 TVSETatabányaTatabányai Sportuszoda1992 UVSEBudapest (IV. ker)Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda2008 VasasBudapest (XIII. ker)Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda1945
Head coaches 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) József Berta (from 21 October 2017) MVLC dr. József Sike OSC Attila Petik (until 3 February 2018) 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
Group A
Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Group B
Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
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.
Schedule and results Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 14 games)
Rounds 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd A1 - B4B1 - A4A2 - B3B2 - A3A1 - B2B1 - A2B4 - A3A4 - B3B3 - A1A3 - B1A2 - B4B2 - A4A1 - B1A2 - B2B3 - A3B4 - A4B4 - A1A4 - B1B3 - A2A3 - B2B2 - A1A2 - B1A3 - B4B3 - A4A1 - B3B1 - A3B4 - A2A4 - B2B1 - A1B2 - A2A3 - B3A4 - B4
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
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.
Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Final round
1st – 4th placement matches Semi-finals Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 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
FTC-PQS Waterpolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
Game 2
Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa won the series 9–6 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5 FTC-PQS Waterpolo 3–2 Szolnoki Dózsa 12-9 14-9 6-14 7-8 8-7
FTC-PQS Waterpolo won the Final series 3–2.
Third place Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2. Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3 ZF-Eger 2–0 A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 11-5 9-7 —
ZF-Eger won the Third place.
5th – 8th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3 RacioNet Honvéd 2–0 Debreceni VSE 10-9 13-12 —
9th – 12th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3 VasasPlaket 1–2 Metalcom Szentes 8-7 3-11 9-10
13th – 16th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3 UVSE 2–0 ContiTech Szeged 11-5 13-6 —
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeam Goals1 Alex Bowen MVLC 662 Márton Vámos FTC 623 Strahinja Rašović Eger 614 Dénes Varga FTC 605 Andrija Prlainović Szolnok 566 Gergő Zalánki Szolnok 547 Aaron Younger Szolnok 528 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 499 Márton Nagy Szentes 48 Mátyás Pásztor BVSC 48
Points classification
RankPlayerTeam Rating1 Márton Vámos FTC 75.02 Alex Bowen MVLC 68.43 Strahinja Rašović Eger 68.34 Dénes Varga FTC 64.25 Saša Mišić MVLC 64.06 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 63.97 Gergő Zalánki Szolnok 61.38 Alex Csacsovszky PVSK 60.29 Tamás Mezei Szolnok 55.410 Gábor Kis Szolnok 55.3
Top exclusions
RankPlayerTeam Fouls1 Dimitrije Obradović DVSE 572 Bálint Takács Vasas 553 Zsombor Horváth PVSK 53 Dávid Jansik Szolnok 53 Szilárd Jansik FTC 53 Kristóf Takács AVUS 537 Erik Bundschuch OSC 52 Tibor Kókai Szentes 529 Dávid Hőna Vasas 50 Máté Sántavy Kaposvár 50
Discipline
Most goals conceded (club): 23 Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP / Round 5, (Group A) Most goals conceded: 30 Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP 23–7 Debreceni VSE / Round 5, (Group A) Fewest goals conceded (club): 3 KSI SE / Round 4, (Group A) Fewest goals conceded: 8 EBP Tatabánya 4–4 RacioNet Honvéd / Round 14, (Group B) Attendance: Highest: 1,224 ZF-Eger / Final (1,3) Lowest: 50 KSI SE
Number of teams by counties 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 TeamQualification 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 Best Goalkeeper: Best Field player:
See also 2017 Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) 2017 Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)
References
External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration vlv.hu vizipolo.hu