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.
Team information
The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2018–19 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 KSIBudapest Széchy Tamás uszoda1963 MiskolcMiskolcKemény Dénes Sportuszoda2012 OSCBudapest (XI. ker)Nyéki Imre uszoda1957 PVSKPécsAbay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda1997 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 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) Máté Bóbis (from 13 February 2019)
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 3FTC-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
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5FTC-Telekom 3–0 A-HÍD OSC Újbuda 8-6 15-10 12-9 (p) ／ ／
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 3–0.
Third place Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2. Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Szolnoki Dózsa 2–0 ZF-Eger 10-7 13-7 ／
Szolnoki Dózsa won the Third place.
5th – 8th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3PannErgy-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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3PannErgy-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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Budapesti Honvéd SE 2–1 Debreceni VSE 14-13 12-13 (p) 13-9
9th – 12th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3Metalcom Szentes (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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Metalcom 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Tatabányai VSE 2–1 AVUS Szombathely 11-10 8-10 11-9
13th – 16th Placement matches Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3UVSE 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3UVSE 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3VasasPlaket 2–0 KSI SE 8-5 11-10 ／
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeam Goals1 Marcell Kolozsi Tatabánya 552 Mátyás Pásztor BVSC 52 Ognjen Stojanović MVLC 524 Márton Nagy Szentes 515 Alex Bowen MVLC 50 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 507 Botond Bóbis KSI 49 Ivan Basara AVUS 499 Zlatko Rakonjać PVSK 48 Benedek Baksa UVSE 47
Points classification
RankPlayerTeam Rating1 Saša Mišić MVLC 66.12 Balázs Szirányi Honvéd 60.03 Angelos Vlachopoulos Eger 59.54 Viktor Vadovics MVLC 53.05 Lukáš Ďurík DVSE 52.36 Viktor Vörös Szentes 52.07 Aaron Younger FTC 51.98 Nikola Murišić Eger 49.79 Norbert Hosnyánszky Eger 48.910 Ognjen Stojanović MVLC 48.6
Final standing TeamQualification 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3VasasPlaket (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
External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration Official website of Total Waterpolo vlv.hu vizipolo.hu