The 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I was the 36th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

Team information

The following 9 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2018–19 season:

OB ITeamCityPoolFoundedColoursBVSCBudapest (XIV. ker)Szőnyi úti uszoda1911 DunaújvárosDunaújvárosFabó Éva Sportuszoda1989 EgerEgerBitskey Aladár uszoda1910 FTCBudapest (IX. ker)Népligeti uszoda1899 HonvédBudapest (XIX. ker)Kőér utcai uszoda1950 SzegedSzegedLigetfürdő1993 SzentesSzentesDr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda1934 TatabányaTatabányaTatabányai Sportuszoda1992 UVSEBudapest (IV. ker)Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda2008

Head coaches Team Head coach BVSC Mátyás Petrovics Dunaújváros Attila Mihók Eger Péter Biros FTC Gergely Béres Honvéd Szabolcs Dodog Szeged Tamás Varga Szentes László Vidumansky Tatabánya Krisztina Zantleitner UVSE Márton Benczur

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

Championship playoff Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Quarter-finals Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3BVSC-Zugló Diapolo (3) 9–0 (6) Hungerit Szentes 18-6 15-5 14-4 ／ ／FTC-Telekom (4) 9–0 (5) ZF-Eger 14-10 6-5 15-8 ／ ／

Game 1

BVSC-Zugló Diapolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Semifinals.

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

Semi-finals 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 FTC-Telekom 17-8 11-8 ／DUE-Maarsk Graphics 2–1 BVSC-Zugló Diapolo 11-10 7-10 11-10 (p)

Game 1

Game 2

UVSE-Hunguest Hotels won the series 2–0, and advanced to the Finals.

Game 3

Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics won the series 2–1, 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 5UVSE-Hunguest Hotels 3–0 DUE-Maarsk Graphics 13-9 9-5 11-7 ／ ／

UVSE-Hunguest Hotels 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 3BVSC-Zugló Diapolo 2–1 FTC-Telekom 11-13 11-6 9-7

BVSC-Zugló Diapolo won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Relegation playout Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2. Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3RB Tatabánya (8) 9–6 (9) Budapesti Honvéd SE 5-4 9-5 4-5 7-8 7-5

5th – 8th Placement matches Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2. Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Hungerit Szentes (6) 2–0 (8) RB Tatabánya 10-4 15-7 ／ZF-Eger (5) 2–1 (7) Szeged SZTE 9-7 13-14 (p) 16-10

Fifth place game Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3ZF-Eger 2–0 Hungerit Szentes 8-5 10-5 ／

Seventh place game Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Szeged SZTE 2–1 RB Tatabánya 15-7 5-6 4-3

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeam Goals1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE 692 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger 563 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros 534 Barbara Bujka FTC 525 Dominika Lengyel Szeged 506 Szonja Kuna BVSC 47 Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC 478 Krisztina Garda Dunaújváros 469 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros 4510 Dóra Leimeter BVSC 43

Points classification

RankPlayerTeam Rating1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE 83.12 Szonja Kuna BVSC 62.73 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros 60.24 Barbara Bujka FTC 56.45 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger 54.56 Anikó Gyöngyössy BVSC 50.67 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros 48.98 Kamilla Faragó UVSE 46.79 Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC 43.710 Lilla Ráski Eger 40.9

Number of teams by counties Pos.County (megye) No. of teams Teams 1 Budapest (capital) 4 BVSC, FTC, Honvéd and UVSE 2 Csongrád 2 Szegedi NVE and Szentesi VK 3 Fejér 1 Dunaújvárosi FVE Heves 1 Egri VK Komárom-Esztergom 1 Tatabányai VSE

See also 2018 Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary) 2018 Szuperkupa (Super Cup of Hungary)

References

External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration vizipolo.hu