The 2018 Magyar Kupa (known as the BENU Férfi Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons), was the 92nd edition of the tournament.
Participating clubs The following 17 teams qualified for the competition:
Országos Bajnokság Ithe 16 clubs of the 2017–18 season Ferencváros Szolnok Eger OSC BVSC Miskolc Bp. Honvéd Debrecen Kaposvár Pécsi VSK Szentes Vasas AVUS Tatabánya UVSE Szeged Országos Bajnokság I/Bthe first club of the 2017–18 season KSI
Schedule The rounds of the 2018 competition are scheduled as follows:"2018. évi férfi és női Magyar Kupa Versenykiírása." , Magyar Vizilabda Szövetség. Retrieved on 25 September 2018.
Round Draw date and time MatchesPreliminary round 17 October 2018 27–28 October 2018Quarter-finals 5 November 2018 17–18 November 2018Final four 26 November 2018 15–16 December 2018
Preliminary round The preliminary round ties were scheduled for 26–28 October 2018.
+ Number of teams per tier entering this round Országos Bajnokság I Országos Bajnokság I/B Total
Group A Tournament was played at Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda, Pécs. TeamA-HÍD OSC Újbuda 3 3 0 0 51 18 +339BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing 3 2 0 1 28 24 +46PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 3 1 0 2 25 32 −73UVSE 3 0 0 3 15 45 −300
Group B Tournament was played at Tiszaligeti uszoda (Vizilabda Aréna), Szolnok. TeamSzolnoki Dózsa 3 3 0 0 31 15 +169Budapesti Honvéd SE 3 2 0 1 34 27 +76Kaposvári VK 3 1 0 2 27 38 −113VasasPlaket 3 0 0 3 16 28 −120
Group C Tournament was played at Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger. TeamZF-Eger 4 4 0 0 64 31 +3312Debrecen 4 2 1 1 44 41 +37AVUS 4 2 0 2 40 42 −26Metalcom-Szentes 4 1 1 2 41 49 −84KSI SE 4 0 0 4 27 53 −260
Group D Tournament was played at Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged. TeamFTC-Telekom 3 3 0 0 46 22 +249PannErgy-Miskolci VLC 3 2 0 3 40 29 +116Szegedi VE 3 1 0 2 21 38 −173Tatabányai VSE 3 0 0 3 22 40 −180
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches were played on 17 and 18 November 2018.
Final four The final four was held on 15 and 16 December 2018 at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, II. ker.
Semi-finals
Final
Final standings
Team FTC-Telekom Waterpolo PannErgy-Miskolci VLC A-HÍD OSC Újbuda BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing
2018 Magyar KupaWinnerFerencvároi TC18th title Gárdonyi – S. Mitrović, Dé. Varga (c), Sedlmayer, Mezei, Vámos, JakšićReserves: Younger, Német, Kállay, Sz. Jansik, Gór-Nagy, Pohl, Vogel (goalkeeper)Head coach: Zsolt Varga, Technical Director: György Gerendás
See also 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (National Championship of Hungary) 2018 Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)
References
External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration