2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball) explained

Competition:	NB I
Season:	2013–14
Winners:	Győr (11th title)
Relegated:	Eger
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Győr Ferencváros
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Érd Dunaújváros
Continentalcup3:	Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:	Siófok
League Topscorer:	Anita Bulath (151 goals)
Matches:	164
Total Goals:	8728
Biggest Home Win:	Ferencváros 42–18 Eger Győr 41–17 Eger
Biggest Away Win:	Veszprém 13–44 Győr
Highest Scoring:	Eger 30–45 Siófok
Prevseason:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2014–15

The 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 63rd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

Team information

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2013–14 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Békéscsabai ENKSE	Békéscsaba	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,300
Dunaújvárosi KKA	Dunaújváros	Dunaferr Sportcsarnok	1,200
Debreceni VSC	Debrecen	Hódos Imre Sportcsarnok	1,800
Eszterházy SC	Eger	Kemény Ferenc Sportcsarnok	1,100
Érd NK	Érd	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,800
Alba Fehérvár KC	Székesfehérvár	Köfém Sportcsarnok	1,200
Ferencvárosi TC	Budapest	Elek Gyula Aréna	1,300
Győri ETO KC	Győr	Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok	2,800
MTK Budapest	Budapest	BSE Kosárlabda Csarnok	500
Siófok KC	Siófok	Beszédes József Sportcsarnok	550
Váci NKSE	Vác	Városi Sportcsarnok	800
Veszprém BKC	Veszprém	Március 15. úti Sportcsarnok	2,500

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Békéscsabai ENKSE	Károly Szabó	Botond Bakó	Erreà	EUbility Group Kft., Budapest Bank
Dunaújvárosi KKA	Tamás Fehér	Eszter Mátéfi	hummel	—
Debreceni VSC	Balázs Makray	Vilmos Köstner	Erreà	TVP, OTP Bank
Eszterházy SC	Dr. László Honfi	Béla Herczeg	Erima	TriCSÓK
Érd NK	Lajos Bugyenszky	Edina Szabó	Erima	NoÉ
Alba Fehérvár KC	Imre Balassi	Pål Oldrup Jensen	Erima	WMS
Ferencvárosi TC	Gábor Kubatov	Gábor Elek	Nike	Rail Cargo Hungaria
Győri ETO KC	Ernő Kelecsényi	Ambros Martín	adidas	Audi, MVM
MTK Budapest	Tamás Deutsch	Gusztáv Majoros	adidas
Siófok KC	János Fodor	Vlagyimir Golovin	hummel	proPannonia
Váci NKSE	Erika Kirsner	Csaba Konkoly	Erima	Ipress Center
Veszprém BKC	Árpád Barabás	Kálmán Róth	adidas	Duna Takarék

Regular season

Standings

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	22	21	0	1	730	465	+265	42
2	22	20	0	2	730	535	+195	40
3	22	16	1	5	622	551	+71	33
4	22	14	1	7	615	542	+73	29
5	22	10	1	11	593	622	−29	21
6	22	9	3	10	550	558	−8	21
7	22	10	1	11	577	563	+14	21
8	22	9	1	12	555	561	−6	19
9	22	9	1	12	582	623	−41	19
10	22	7	1	14	543	586	−43	15
11	22	2	0	20	471	700	−229	4
12	22	0	0	22	499	761	−262	0

	Championship Playoff
	European competition Playoff
	Relegation Playoff

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

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

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Békéscsaba		23–24	34–22	35–29	20–26	25–21	27–32	15–30	35–23	32–26	23–21	28–24
Dunaújvárosi KA	25–17		32–21	36–26	27–34	29–27	28–26	24–27	34–29	36–23	26–22	30–25
Debrecen	27–24	28–27		33–22	24–31	21–23	25–36	20–29	33–22	31–28	25–30	26–30
Eszterházy KFSC	19–32	26–36	26–31		27–32	20–37	24–37	20–39	21–22	30–45	22–31	22–33
Érd	29–20	20–22	36–33	35–22		28–17	25–33	23–31	38–23	33–28	24–14	21–16
Fehérvár KC	28–22	18–26	21–24	39–21	31–28		21–27	26–33	33–16	35–30	24–30	27–21
Ferencváros	38–28	35–26	37–26	42–18	35–27	27–26		20–17	35–18	40–23	39–30	41–30
Győri ETO	24–20	34–22	33–26	41–17	34–24	30–18	29–21		45–24	37–22	27–21	34–25
MTK-Budapest	19–29	24–34	24–26	26–25	18–28	21–27	21–39	16–45		24–25	21–31	19–27
Siófok	27–20	24–24	28–26	31–20	17–25	33–21	19–32	23–35	38–23		23–21	24–22
Vác	27–27	23–24	28–28	31–23	28–28	21–27	23–31	25–32	20–18	26–24		22–21
Veszprémi Barabás	20–19	19–30	22–26	37–19	22–20	30–30	24–27	13–44	32–20	29–32	21–25

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Top goalscorers

	Player	Goals	Team
1	Anita Bulath	151	Dunaújváros
2	Anett Sopronyi	142	DVSC
3	Tamara Tilinger	129	FKC
4	Bernadett Ferling	122	Dunaújváros
4	Olha Nikolayenko	122	Békéscsaba
6	Annamária Bogdanović	118	Siófok
7	Zsuzsanna Tomori	113	FTC
8	Gabriella Tóth	108	Veszprém
8	Szimonetta Planéta	108	Veszprém
10	Anna Kovács	105	Érd

Source: http://kezilabdaeredmenyek.hu/league.php?lea=839&section_id=1

Championship Playoffs

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.

Semifinals

1st leg

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2nd leg

Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.----FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

Final

2nd leg

Győri Audi ETO KC won Championship final series 2–0.

Team roster:1 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, 5 Heidi Løke, 8 Dóra Hornyák, 11 Dorina Korsós, 12 Orsolya Herr, 13 Anita Görbicz, 14 Anikó Kovacsics, 18 Eduarda Amorim, 19 Viktória Rédei Soós, 20 Raphaëlle Tervel, 22 Adrienn Orbán, 24 Ivett Szepesi, 25 Szederke Sirián, 31 Ágnes Hornyák, 32 Katarina Bulatović and 33 Bernadett Bódi
Head coach: Ambros Martín

Third Place

----Érd won series 2–0 and won the Third Place.

Fifth place Playoff

Final standings

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
5	6	5	0	1	148	139	+9	12
6	6	3	1	2	155	147	+8	8
7	6	1	1	4	131	135	−4	7	2014–15 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup round 3
8	6	1	2	3	123	136	−13	7

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Results

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

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Békéscsaba		29–24	30–27	30–21
Fehérvár KC	25–23		27–26	28–21
Siófok	26–19	20–22		16–16
Vác	24–24	20–22	21–16

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Relegation Round

Final standings

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Relegation
9	6	6	0	195	156	+39	16
10	6	4	2	178	142	+26	11
11	6	2	4	136	159	−23	6	Relegation to the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
12	6	0	6	146	198	−62	1	Relegation to the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Results

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

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Debrecen		34–26	32–26	31–21
Eszterházy KFSC	33–41		18–23	23–37
MTK-Budapest	25–31	24–22		16–27
Veszprémi Barabás	25–26	39–24	29–22

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Final standing

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

¹ Since 2013–14 Magyar Kupa both finalists Győri Audi ETO KC and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria qualified for the 2014–15 EHF Champions League Group Phase and Qualification Round, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup spot was passed to cup third Siófoki KC-Galerius Fürdő.

² Veszprémi Barabás-Duna Takarék withdrew from all competitions and ceased its operation during the summer of 2014. Their place was taken by Mosonmagyaróvár handball team competing under the name Mosonmagyaróvári KCSE.

³ Following 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B Western Group champions Szekszárdi FGKC have declined the promotion due to financial reasons, MTK-Budapest maintained its top division membership.

External links

Hungarian Handball Federaration

Notes and References

http://www.kezilabdaeredmenyek.hu/league.php?lea=839&section_id=1 Results
http://www.kezilabdaeredmenyek.hu/league.php?lea=839&section_id=54 European competition Playoff Results
http://www.kezilabdaeredmenyek.hu/league.php?lea=839&section_id=55 Relegation Round Results