The 2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 116th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 8 September 2021 and will conclude on 18 May 2022.
FTC-Telekom won their twenty-fourth title.
Teams
The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2021–22 season:
Team Home city Pool Colours 2020–21BVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda 4thDebrecen Debrecen Debreceni Sportuszoda 14thEger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda 8thFerencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda 6thKaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda 12thMiskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda 9thOSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda 10thSzeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda 13thSzentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda 11thSzolnok Szolnok Vízilabda Aréna UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda 7thVasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda 5th
Personnel and sponsors TeamHead coachCaptainCap manufacturerCap sponsorsBVSC Kristóf Kemény Mátyás Pásztor Diapolo noneDebrecen Máté Süveges Diapolo noneEger Márton Petrovai Máté Sántavy Diapolo Tigra, ZFFerencváros Zsolt Varga Dénes Varga Diapolo Telekom, MVMBp. Honvéd Márton Szívós Norbert Hosnyánszky Arena noneKaposvár László Surányi Ferenc Vindisch Seles noneMiskolc István Kis Lukáš Seman Diapolo PannErgyOSC Dániel Varga Balázs Hárai Diapolo MOLPVSK Viktor Török Diapolo noneSzeged Zoltán Szabó Csaba Kiss Diapolo noneSzentes Csaba Pellei Balázs Somogyi Yordo metALCOMSzolnok Živko Gocić Dániel Angyal Arena noneUVSE Balázs Vincze Balázs Korényi Diapolo noneVasas Slobodan Nikić Bence Bátori Diapolo A-Híd, Plaket
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ref. Debrecen Miroslav Bajin Signed by Vojvodina 21 June 2021 Pre-season Máté Süveges 21 June 2021 Vasas Lajos Vad Sacked 12 October 2021 5th Slobodan Nikić 29 October 2021
Regular season
Standings
Schedule and results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Play-offs
Championship play-offs
Semi-finals Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3FTC Telekom (1) 7–1 (4) A-Híd VasasPlaket 15–9 9–9 15–14 (p) – – Szolnoki Dózsa (2) 1–7 (3) Genesys OSC-Újbuda 8–9 11–11 9–13 – –
FTC Telekom v A-Híd VasasPlaket
FTC Telekom won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
Szolnoki Dózsa v Genesys OSC-Újbuda
Genesys OSC-Újbuda won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
Finals The Finals series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.
Game 1
Game 2
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 2–0.
Third place series The Third place series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.
Game 1
Game 2
A-Híd VasasPlaket won the Third place series 2–0.
5th–8th Placement matches
5–8th place semi-finals Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3BVSC-Zugló (5) 7–1 (8) PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 13–7 10–10 17–5 – – Budapesti Honvéd SE (6) 9–0 (7) Szegedi VE 7–5 11–6 12–11 – –
Fifth place series Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3BVSC-Zugló 4–7 Budapesti Honvéd SE11–10 10–10 11–13 (p) 9−10 –
Seventh place series Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3Szegedi VE 9–0 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért10–7 10–6 12–10 (p) – –
9th–12th Placement matches
9–12th place semi-finals Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3Tigra-ZF-Eger (9) 9–6 (12) PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 18–13 12–13 17–9 12–13 15–11Kaposvári VK (10) 7–4 (11) UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 12–12 10–15 14–9 11–5 –
Ninth place series Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3Tigra-ZF-Eger 3–9 Kaposvári VK10–7 8–10 8–9 10–16 –
Eleventh place series Team 1PointsTeam 2Regular seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 3–9 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc9–8 7–12 10–11 13–14 (p) –
Promotion/relegation play-offs The Promotion/relegation play-offs series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team (13th placed in OB I regular season) playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.
Metalcom Szentes won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Final standings
Qualified for the 2022–23 LEN Champions League Qualified for the 2022–23 LEN Euro Cup Relegated to Országos Bajnokság I/B
Team FTC Telekom (C) Genesys OSC-Újbuda A-Híd VasasPlaket4 Szolnoki Dózsa5 Budapesti Honvéd SE6 BVSC-Zugló7 Szegedi VE8 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért9 Kaposvári VK10 Tigra-ZF-Eger11 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc12 UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram13 Metalcom Szentes (O)14 DVSE-Master Good (R) Sources: MVLSZ(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Roster Luca Damonte, Szabolcs Dubinák, Gergő Fekete, Lőrinc Gábor, Sándor Gál, Szilárd Jansik, Gergely Klár, Daniil Merkulov, Erik Molnár, Toni Német, Balázs Nyíri, Zoltán Pohl, Márk Spitz, Dániel Szakonyi, Nemanja Ubović, Dénes Varga (c), Vincze Varga, Márton Vámos, Vendel VigváriHead coach Zsolt Varga
Statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsBajnokságok – E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Bajnokság 2021/22 Gól Shots 1 Dániel AngyalSzolnok 75 152 49 2 Bence BátoriVasas 73 140 52 3 Krisztián ManherczOSC 65 149 44 4 Gergely BuriánOSC 62 150 41 5 Barnabás BirosMiskolc 62 177 35 6 Norbert HosnyánszkyBp. Honvéd 61 158 39 7 Nikola MurišićEger 60 112 54 8 Mátyás PásztorBVSC 58 160 36 9 Benedek BaksaEger 58 164 35 10 Vendel VigváriFerencváros 55 107 51
See also 2021 Magyar Kupa
References
External links Hungarian Water Polo Federaration