2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (women's water polo)

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

Női OB I

Season	2018–19
Champions	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels (5th title)
Top goalscorer	Rita Keszthelyi (69 goals)
← 2017-18 2019-20 →

Team information

Eger

Szeged

Szentes

Dunaújváros

Tatabánya

Budapest

Budapest teams
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
UVSE

Location of teams in 2018-19 Országos Bajnokság I

BVSC

FTC

Honvéd

UVSE

Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

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

OB I
Team	City	Pool	Founded	Colours
BVSC	Budapest (XIV. ker)	Szőnyi úti uszoda	1911
Dunaújváros	Dunaújváros	Fabó Éva Sportuszoda	1989
Eger	Eger	Bitskey Aladár uszoda	1910
FTC	Budapest (IX. ker)	Népligeti uszoda	1899
Honvéd	Budapest (XIX. ker)	Kőér utcai uszoda	1950
Szeged	Szeged	Ligetfürdő	1993
Szentes	Szentes	Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda	1934
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Tatabányai Sportuszoda	1992
UVSE	Budapest (IV. ker)	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda	2008

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	16	16	0	0	243	100	+143	48	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	16	13	0	3	223	108	+115	39
3	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	16	11	1	4	217	100	+117	34[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
4	FTC-Telekom	16	11	1	4	182	130	+52	34[lower-alpha 1]
5	ZF-Eger	16	8	0	8	159	149	+10	24
6	Hungerit Szentes	16	6	0	10	143	179	−36	18
7	Szeged SZTE	16	3	1	12	134	232	−98	10
8	RB Tatabánya	16	2	1	13	73	188	−115	7	Qualification to Relegation playout
9	Budapesti Honvéd SE	16	0	0	16	91	279	−188	0

Source:
Notes:

1. BVSC - FTC: 12–9; FTC - BVSC: 8–8

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away	BHSE	BVSC	DFVE	EGER	FTC	SZEG	SZEN	UVSE	TVSE
Bp. Honvéd SE		2–20	4–27	6–19	9–16	7–14	9–11	5–26	5–9
BVSC-Zugló	24–8		7–8	14–8	12–9	20–8	18–6	8–9	17–1
Dunaújvárosi FVE	25–4	8–7		13–10	8–10	14–3	14–5	8–11	14–4
Egri VK	12–4	1–5	9–16		5–6	17–7	12–7	7–11	8–4
Ferencvárosi TC	21–4	8–8	8–14	14–10		17–10	13–7	9–12	10–0
Szegedi NVE	14–11	4–18	6–18	12–15	8–14		11–12	3–20	12–8
Szentesi VK	17–1	5–15	5–14	9–10	7–8	16–11		5–21	13–6
UVSE	19–8	13–9	11–8	14–4	9–7	19–5	12–8		19–3
Tatabányai VSE	5–4	2–15	4–14	7–12	7–12	6–6	4–10	3–17

Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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					Semi-finals					Finals
						1	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	2
	4	FTC-Telekom	9p			4	FTC-Telekom	0
	5	ZF-Eger	0p								1	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	3
											2	DUE-Maarsk Graphics	0
						2	DUE-Maarsk Graphics	2
	3	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	9p			3	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	1			Third place
	6	Hungerit Szentes	0p								3	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	2
											4	FTC-Telekom	1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
BVSC-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

17 March 2019 18:30 (CET)	Report	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	14–4	Hungerit Szentes	Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Marjay, Várkonyi
		Score by quarters: 5-0, 3-2, 2-1, 4-1
		Kuna 4	Goals	Mihály 2

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

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16 March 2019 14:30 (CET)	Report	FTC-Telekom	15–8	ZF-Eger	Népligeti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Bereczki, Berki
		Score by quarters: 5-2, 4-3, 3-1, 3-2
		Bujka 4	Goals	Ráski 3

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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UVSE-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

6 April 2019 19:00 (CEST)	Report	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	17–8	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Fodor, Csanádi
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-1, 7-3, 4-3
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Tóth-Csabai, Bujka 2

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6 April 2019 17:00 (CEST)	Report	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	11–10	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Várkonyi, Marjay
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 3-3, 4-1, 2-3
		Vályi 4	Goals	Illés 3

Game 2

17 April 2019 20:15 (CEST)	Report	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	8–11	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	Népligeti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Debreceni, Tóth
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-3, 3-3, 1-2
		Mihailović 3	Goals	Neushul 3

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

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9 April 2019 18:30 (CEST)	Report	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	10–7	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Rubos, Kovács Cs.
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-2, 5-1, 2-2
		Gyöngyösi, Farkas, Kuna 2	Goals	Garda, Menczinger 2

Game 3

13 April 2019 15:00 (CEST)	Report	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	8–8 ^(3–2 PSO)	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Homonnai, Debreceni
		Score by quarters: 4-3, 2-1, 1-3, 1-1  PSO: 3–2
		four players 2	Goals	Gyöngyösi 4

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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	3–0	DUE-Maarsk Graphics	13-9	9-5	11-7	／	／

26 April 2019 18:45 (CEST)	Report	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	13–9	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Füzesi, Fodor
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 5-3, 2-2, 4-4
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Garda 2

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30 April 2019 18:45 (CEST)	Report	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	5–9	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Homonnai, Rubos
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 1-4, 1-1
		Garda 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

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4 May 2019 15:00 (CEST)	Report	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels	11–7	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Várkonyi, Tóth
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 5-4, 2-0, 2-3
		Keszthelyi, Faragó, Neushul 3	Goals	Menczinger, Mahieu 2

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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	2–1	FTC-Telekom	11-13	11-6	9-7

27 April 2019 17:00 (CEST)	Report	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	11–13	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Debreceni, Marjay
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 4-5, 3-5, 1-1
		Illés 3	Goals	Tóth-Csabai 5

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1 May 2019 18:30 (CEST)	Report	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	6–11	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Fodor, Marnitz
		Score by quarters: 0-4, 2-2, 2-3, 2-2
		Muzsnay 3	Goals	Leimeter 3

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4 May 2019 18:00 (CEST)	Report	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	9–7	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Rubos, Kovács Cs.
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 5-1, 2-1, 0-2
		Leimeter 3	Goals	Bujka 2

BVSC-Zugló Diapolo won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Relegation playout

5th–8th placement matches

5th place match

7th place match

Relegation playout

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
RB 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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Hungerit 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 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ZF-Eger	2–0	Hungerit Szentes	8-5	10-5	／

Seventh place game

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Szeged SZTE	2–1	RB Tatabánya	15-7	5-6	4-3

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 6 May 2019.[2] Rank Player Team Goals 1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE 69 2 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger 56 3 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros 53 4 Barbara Bujka FTC 52 5 Dominika Lengyel Szeged 50 6 Szonja Kuna BVSC 47 Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC 47 8 Krisztina Garda Dunaújváros 46 9 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros 45 10 Dóra Leimeter BVSC 43

Points classification As of 27 May 2018.[2] Rank Player Team Rating 1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE 83.1 2 Szonja Kuna BVSC 62.7 3 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros 60.2 4 Barbara Bujka FTC 56.4 5 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger 54.5 6 Anikó Gyöngyössy BVSC 50.6 7 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros 48.9 8 Kamilla Faragó UVSE 46.7 9 Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC 43.7 10 Lilla Ráski Eger 40.9

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		№ 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

1. Results of Regular season
2. "OB I statistics" (in Hungarian). waterpolo.hu.

External links

• Hungarian Water Polo Federaration (in Hungarian and English)
• vizipolo.hu