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

Hungarian water polo season Football league season

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

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

Team information

Budapest

Budapest teams
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
UVSE
class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2018-19 Országos Bajnokság I

BVSC

FTC

Honvéd

UVSEclass=notpageimage| Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

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

Team	City	Pool	Founded
OB I
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	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	BVSC-Zugló Diapolo	16	11	1	4	217	100	+117	34	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
4	FTC-Telekom	16	11	1	4	182	130	+52	34
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	Qualification to Relegation playout

Source:
Notes:

^ 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:
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
6	Hungerit Szentes	0p				Third place

						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 (2019-03-17) 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.

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 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 (2019-04-06) 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

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 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 (2019-04-17) 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.

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 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 (2019-04-13) 15:00 (CEST)	Report	Dunaújvárosi Egyetem-Maarsk Graphics	8–8	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 (2019-04-26) 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

30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) 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

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 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 (2019-04-27) 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

1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 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

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 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

RB Tatabánya

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.

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
6	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.

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.		№ 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