2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball) explained

Nextseason:2017–18
Season:2016–17
Női NB I. A csoport
T Bg:
  1. 0BA65F
T Color:white
Champions:UNIQA Sopron (11th title)
Runners Up:Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd
Semifinalists:VBW CEKK Cegléd
CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR
Teams:10
Games:100 (regular season)
Tv:M4 Sport
Duration:September 30, 2016 - March 5, 2017 (regular season)
April 6 – May 4, 2017 (playoffs)
Pir Leader:Dóra Medgyessy
Pir N:HUN
Pir:27.45
Top Scorer:Jessica Kuster
Ppg N:USA
Ppg:17.45
Rebounds Leader:Tina Jovanović
Rpg N:SRB
Rpg:11.20
Assists Leader:Dóra Medgyessy
Apg N:HUN
Apg:8.95

The 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A is the 80th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest tier professional basketball league in Hungary.

Teams

The following 11 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2016–17 season. MTK-Budapest promoted as champions of the Division B, the second tier.

TeamPosition
2015-16
CityArenaCapacity
BEAC Újbuda9th BudapestGabányi László Sportcsarnok400
Ceglédi EKK6th CeglédGál János Sportcsarnok1,200
Diósgyőri VTK4th MiskolcGenerali Aréna1,688
UNI GyőrGyőrEgyetemi Csarnok2,036
MTK-Budapest1st (NB I/B)BudapestVárosmajori Csarnok400
PEAC-Pécs5thPécsLauber Dezső Sportcsarnok2,791
PINKK-Pécsi 424PécsGandhi-csarnok300
UNIQA SopronSopronNOVOMATIC Aréna2,500
KSC Szekszárd7thSzekszárdVárosi Sportcsarnok1,100
Vasas Akadémia10thBudapestPasaréti Sportcentrum300
Zalaegerszegi TE8thZalaegerszegVárosi Sportcsarnok2,000

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachTeam captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
BEAC Újbuda Judit BaloghToti SporttippmixPro
Ceglédi EKK László CziczásToti SportVBW Hungary Kft.
Diósgyőri VTK Maikel LópezNikeBorsodi, tippmixPro
UNI Győr Péter VölgyiSpaldingCMB Cargo, tippmixPro
MTK-Budapest László CzieglerSpaldingtippmixPro
PEAC-Pécs Boris MaljkovićSpaldingtippmixPro, Pannonpower
PINKK Pécsi 424 Gábor HalmaiToti SporttippmixPro, HR-Rent
UNIQA Sopron László SterbenzToti SportUNIQA
KSC Szekszárd Željko ĐokićToti SporttippmixPro, Tolle
Vasas Akadémia Igor SkočovskiToti SportMKB Euroleasing
Zalaegerszegi TE Dávid GáspárSpaldingtippmixPro

Managerial changes

Regular season

Results

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.

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 2–0 102–37 85–51
UNIQA Sopron 2–0 77–47 75–60
CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR 2–1 74–57 68–69 74–73
1–2 VBW CEKK Cegléd 82–76 56–66 43–53

Semi-finals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 2–0 82–58 74–67
UNIQA Sopron 2–0 80–53 83–65

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Game 4

UNIQA Sopron won the FINAL series.

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Playout

Results

Final standings

width=30width=200TeamQualification or Relegation
UNIQA SopronQualification to the EuroLeague
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd
VBW CEKK CeglédQualification to the EuroCup
4CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR
5Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
6
7ZTE Női Kosárlabda Klub
8Vasas Akadémia
9BEAC Újbuda
10PINKK-Pécsi 424
11MTK-BudapestRelegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Halmai Gábor a PINKK Pécsi 424 új vezetőedzője. wbasket.hu. 28 November 2016. hu. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507154224/http://www.wbasket.hu/2016/11/28/halmai-gabor-a-pinkk-pecsi-424-uj-vezetoedzoje.html. 7 May 2018. dead.