2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

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 in 18 May 2022.[1]

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season2021–22
DurationSeptember 8, 2021 – March 26, 2022
(Regular season)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seedFTC Telekom
RelegatedDVSE-Master Good
Finals
ChampionsFTC Telekom (24th title)
  Runners-upGenesys OSC-Újbuda
Third placeA-Híd VasasPlaket
Fourth placeSzolnoki Dózsa
1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

FTC-Telekom won their twenty-fourth title.[2]

Teams
Location of teams in 2021-22 Országos Bajnokság I
Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2021–22 season:

TeamHome cityPoolColours2020–21
BVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda     4th
Debrecen Debrecen Debreceni Sportuszoda     14th
Eger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda     8th
Ferencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget     3rd
Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda       6th
Kaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda     12th
Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda     9th
OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda     2nd
PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda     10th
Szeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda     13th
Szentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda     11th
Szolnok Szolnok Vízilabda Aréna     1st
UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     7th
Vasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     5th

Personnel and sponsors
Team Head coach Captain Cap manufacturer Cap sponsors
BVSC Hungary Kristóf Kemény Hungary Mátyás Pásztor Diapolo none
Debrecen Hungary Máté Süveges Diapolo none
Eger Hungary Márton Petrovai Hungary Máté Sántavy Diapolo Tigra, ZF
Ferencváros Hungary Zsolt Varga Hungary Dénes Varga Diapolo Telekom, MVM
Bp. Honvéd Hungary Márton Szívós Hungary Norbert Hosnyánszky Arena none
Kaposvár Hungary László Surányi Hungary Ferenc Vindisch Seles none
Miskolc Hungary István Kis Slovakia Lukáš Seman Diapolo PannErgy
OSC Hungary Dániel Varga Hungary Balázs Hárai Diapolo MOL
PVSK Hungary Viktor Török Diapolo none
Szeged Hungary Zoltán Szabó Hungary Csaba Kiss Diapolo none
Szentes Hungary Csaba Pellei Hungary Balázs Somogyi Yordo metALCOM
Szolnok Serbia Živko Gocić Hungary Dániel Angyal Arena none
UVSE Hungary Balázs Vincze Hungary Balázs Korényi Diapolo none
Vasas Serbia Slobodan Nikić Hungary 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 Serbia Miroslav Bajin Signed by Vojvodina 21 June 2021 Pre-season Hungary Máté Süveges 21 June 2021 [3]
Vasas Hungary Lajos Vad Sacked 12 October 2021 5th Serbia Slobodan Nikić 29 October 2021 [4][5]

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FTC Telekom 26 23 2 1 352 215 +137 71 Qualification for the championship play-offs
2 Szolnoki Dózsa 26 21 2 3 350 204 +146 65
3 Genesys OSC-Újbuda 26 20 4 2 360 216 +144 64
4 A-Híd VasasPlaket 26 19 3 4 287 193 +94 60
5 BVSC-Zugló 26 15 3 8 303 246 +57 48 Qualification for the 5th–8th placement matches
6 Budapesti Honvéd SE 26 14 3 9 272 239 +33 45
7 Szegedi VE 26 10 1 15 227 263 −36 31
8 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 26 9 3 14 222 285 −63 30
9 Tigra-ZF-Eger 26 9 1 16 276 322 −46 28 Qualification for the 9th–12th placement matches
10 Kaposvári VK 26 7 4 15 263 319 −56 25
11 UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 26 7 2 17 230 324 −94 23
12 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 26 6 3 17 248 329 −81 21
13 Metalcom Szentes 26 2 3 21 214 335 −121 9[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 DVSE-Master Good 26 3 0 23 216 330 −114 9[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B
Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference according to the overall result; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[6]
Notes:
  1. Szentes were ranked ahead of Debrecen on head-to-head results: 21–20.

Schedule and results

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

Home \ Away BVSC DVSE EGER FTC BHSE KAP MIS OSC PVSK SZEG SZEN SZOL UVSE VAS
BVSC — 14–8 15–5 11–14 11–10 11–13 13–8 9–16 13–7 14–7 12–7 5–13 15–6 11–8
Debrecen 9–12 — 9–8 8–16 11–12 14–13 11–12 7–19 5–7 3–9 13–9 6–13 11–13 6–10
Eger 8–19 17–2 — 9–14 13–15 10–7 18–13 7–17 14–6 15–11 11–10 8–13 20–16 9–17
Ferencváros 7–6 19–11 17–11 — 6–5 22–10 15–9 7–6 23–7 13–9 13–6 10–7 14–8 11–5
Bp. Honvéd 10–10 13–6 12–7 7–14 — 12–11 14–9 8–8 6–7 7–5 13–11 7–10 18–9 7–8
Kaposvár 9–15 11–9 10–8 8–16 8–12 — 13–13 7–16 14–12 10–8 17–6 7–15 12–12 8–11
Miskolc 8–13 15–12 13–12 10–11 8–12 12–12 — 7–21 7–8 6–9 7–7 4–18 12–7 10–17
OSC 16–11 11–7 17–9 10–10 13–6 17–11 20–7 — 16–11 16–8 23–13 11–11 14–7 11–11
PVSK 10–10 14–9 8–10 5–16 12–10 13–9 13–9 7–12 — 6–10 12–9 5–11 10–9 6–9
Szeged 9–10 9–7 11–11 8–12 6–11 10–8 8–11 7–14 10–7 — 13–6 8–13 9–6 9–10
Szentes 13–10 12–7 12–15 12–21 4–12 7–7 9–10 5–9 9–9 7–11 — 6–17 10–13 5–15
Szolnok 11–11 15–9 13–6 11–10 16–10 15–9 15–11 8–9 17–7 21–5 20–9 — 19–8 9–8
UVSE 4–15 12–8 10–7 7–12 7–14 15–10 9–8 7–12 8–8 9–14 13–7 6–14 — 3–13
Vasas 10–7 15–8 15–8 9–9 9–9 8–9 12–9 8–6 10–5 10–4 12–3 9–5 18–6 —
Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian), FlashScore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

Semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
FTC Telekom (1)7–1(4) A-Híd VasasPlaket15−99−915−14 (p)––
Szolnoki Dózsa (2)1–7(3) Genesys OSC-Újbuda8−911−119−13––
FTC Telekom v A-Híd VasasPlaket
3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
19:00		 Report FTC Telekom 9–9 (6–5 PSO) A-Híd VasasPlaket Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,500[7]
Referees:
Rubos, Marjay
Score by quarters: 3-0, 0-3, 4-3, 2-3  PSO: 6–5
Vámos 5 Goals Bátori 4

FTC Telekom won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Szolnoki Dózsa v Genesys OSC-Újbuda
2 April 2022 (2022-04-02)
18:30		 Report Szolnoki Dózsa 9–13 Genesys OSC-Újbuda Vízilabda Aréna, Szolnok
Attendance: 700[8]
Referees:
Tóth, Csanádi
Score by quarters: 0-3, 5-3, 3-5, 1-2
three players 2 Goals Vi. Vigvári 4

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.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
FTC Telekom 2–0 Genesys OSC-Újbuda 18–9 15–7 –
Game 1
6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
19:00		 Report FTC Telekom 18–9 Genesys OSC-Újbuda Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 2,000[9]
Referees:
Csanádi, Kun
Score by quarters: 3-1, 6-4, 5-3, 4-1
Ve. Vigvári, Jansik 5 Goals Sziládi, Salamon 3
Game 2
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)
18:30		 Report Genesys OSC-Újbuda 7–15 FTC Telekom Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,200[2]
Referees:
Tóth, Kovács Cs.
Score by quarters: 4-6, 0-3, 2-4, 1-2
Manhercz, Burián 2 Goals Fekete, Damonte 3

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.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa 0–2 A-Híd VasasPlaket 6–15 8–15 –
Game 1
7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)
18:00		 Report Szolnoki Dózsa 6–15 A-Híd VasasPlaket Vízilabda Aréna, Szolnok
Attendance: 250[10]
Referees:
Petik, Rubos
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-6, 2-5, 2-2
Szeghalmi, Konarik 2 Goals three players 3
Game 2
14 May 2022 (2022-05-14)
19:30		 Report A-Híd VasasPlaket 15–8 Szolnoki Dózsa Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 800[11]
Referees:
Kollár, Kenéz
Score by quarters: 3-1, 5-2, 4-1, 3-4
three players 4 Goals Angyal 3

A-Híd VasasPlaket won the Third place series 2–0.

5–8th place semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
BVSC-Zugló (5)7–1(8) PVSK-Mecsek Füszért13−710−1017−5––
Budapesti Honvéd SE (6)9–0(7) Szegedi VE7−511−612−11––

Fifth place series
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
BVSC-Zugló4–7Budapesti Honvéd SE11−1010−1011−13 (p)9−10–

Seventh place series
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Szegedi VE9–0PVSK-Mecsek Füszért10−710−612−10 (p)––

9–12th place semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tigra-ZF-Eger (9)9–6(12) PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc18−1312−1317−912−1315−11
Kaposvári VK (10)7–4(11) UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram12−1210−1514−911−5–

Ninth place series
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tigra-ZF-Eger3–9Kaposvári VK10−78−108−910–16–

Eleventh place series
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram3–9PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc9−87−1210−1113–14 (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.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Metalcom Szentes (I) 2–0 (I/B) Kanizsa VSE 14–7 22–14 –

Metalcom Szentes won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Final standings

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[12] Shots %
1 Hungary Dániel Angyal Szolnok 7515249
2 Hungary Bence Bátori Vasas 7314052
3 Hungary Krisztián Manhercz OSC 6514944
4 Hungary Gergely Burián OSC 6215041
5 Hungary Barnabás Biros Miskolc 6217735
6 Hungary Norbert Hosnyánszky Bp. Honvéd 6115839
7 Montenegro Nikola Murišić Eger 6011254
8 Hungary Mátyás Pásztor BVSC 5816036
9 Hungary Benedek Baksa Eger 5816435
10 Hungary Vendel Vigvári Ferencváros 5510751

Number of teams by counties and regions
Number of teams by counties
Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1 Budapest 6 BVSC, FTC, Bp. Honvéd, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2 Csongrád-Csanád 2 Szeged, Szentes
3 Baranya 1 PVSK
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Miskolc
Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debrecen
Heves 1 Eger
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 Szolnok
Somogy 1 Kaposvár
Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia Central Hungary Great Plain and North
2 Team 6 Team 6 Team

See also

References
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