2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) explained

Competition:	e·on férfi OB I
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP (9th title)
Relegated:	KSI SE
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup2:	Euro Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	FTC-PQS Waterpolo PannErgy-Miskolci VLC
League Topscorer:	Dénes Varga (87 goals)
Prevseason:	2015-16
Nextseason:	2017-18

The 2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I (known as the e·on férfi OB I osztályú Országos Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

Team information

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2016–17 season:

Team	City	Pool	Founded
bgcolor=#DD0000 align="center" colspan="17"	OB I
BVSC	Budapest (XIV. ker)	Szőnyi úti uszoda	1911
Debrecen	Debrecen	Debreceni Sportuszoda	2006
Eger	Eger	Bitskey Aladár uszoda	1910
FTC	Budapest (IX. ker)	Népligeti uszoda	1899
Honvéd	Budapest (XIX. ker)	Kőér utcai uszoda	1950
Kaposvár	Kaposvár	Virágfürdő	1999
KSI	Budapest	Széchy Tamás uszoda	1963
Miskolc	Miskolc	Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda	2012
OSC	Budapest (XI. ker)	Nyéki Imre uszoda	1957
PVSK	Pécs	Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda	1997
Szeged	Szeged	Szegedi Sportuszoda	1993
Szentes	Szentes	Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda	1934
Szolnok	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti uszoda	1921
TVSE	Tatabánya	Tatabányai Sportuszoda	1992
UVSE	Budapest (IV. ker)	Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda	2008
Vasas	Budapest (XIII. ker)	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda	1945

Head coaches

Regular season

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	14	13	0	1	214	91	+123	39	Qualification to Championship round
2	14	11	2	1	191	117	+74	35
3	14	7	5	2	148	110	+38	26
4	14	7	1	6	135	143	−8	22
5	14	6	2	6	125	149	−24	20	Qualification to Relegation round
6	14	4	1	9	119	159	−40	13
7	14	2	1	11	89	162	−73	7
8	14	0	0	14	86	176	−90	0

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results: waterpolo.hu

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1. round (2016.09.27. – 09.28.)
Szeged – Szentes	15-7
Szolnok – KSI	16-6
OSC – PVSK	15-5
Vasas – DVSE	11-10

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2. round (2016.10.05.)
Szolnok – OSC (M4 Sport)	11-14
KSI – DVSE	7-12
Szentes – Vasas	6-11
PVSK – Szeged	5-13

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3. round (2016.10.08.)
Szentes – DVSE	7-9
Vasas – PVSK	14-13
Szeged – Szolnok	6-11
OSC – KSI	15-7

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4. round (2016.10.19.)
KSI – Szentes	3-7
Szolnok – Vasas	14-3
OSC – Szeged (M4 Sport)	11-11
PVSK – DVSE	8-8

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5. round (2016.10.22.)
DVSE – Szolnok	7-23
Vasas – OSC	7-10
Szentes – PVSK	7-11
Szeged – KSI	15-5

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6. round (2016.11.02.)
Szeged – Vasas	11-11
Szolnok – Szentes	20-6
KSI – PVSK	10-14
OSC – DVSE	14-12

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7. round (2016.11.05.)
Szentes – OSC	5-16
DVSE – Szeged	5-9
Vasas – KSI	10-6
PVSK – Szolnok	8-15

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8. round (2016.11.19.)
KSI – Szolnok	4-16
DVSE – Vasas (M4 Sport)	7-8
Szentes – Szeged	5-5
PVSK – OSC	9-10

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9. round (2016.11.23. – 12.10.)
OSC – Szolnok	7-11
Szeged – PVSK	11-11
DVSE – KSI	12-9
Vasas – Szentes	12-7

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10. round (2017.01.14.)
KSI – OSC	4-17
Szolnok – Szeged	11-8
DVSE – Szentes	14-6
PVSK – Vasas (M4 Sport)	11-7

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11. round (2017.01.21.)
DVSE – PVSK	6-8
Vasas – Szolnok	9-12
Szeged – OSC	10-10
Szentes – KSI	7-6

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12. round (2017.01.28.)
KSI – Szeged	7-11
Szolnok – DVSE	19-4
PVSK – Szentes	9-8
OSC – Vasas (M4 Sport)	16-11

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13. round (2017.02.01.)
DVSE – OSC	7-19
Szentes – Szolnok	4-14
PVSK – KSI	8-4
Vasas – Szeged	5-12

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14. round (2017.02.04.)
KSI – Vasas	8-16
Szolnok – PVSK	21-5
Szeged – DVSE	11-6
OSC – Szentes	17-7

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Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification	Head-to-head
1	14	13	1	0	179	99	+80	40	Qualification to Championship round
2	14	10	3	1	163	97	+66	33
3	14	8	3	3	135	122	+13	27
4	14	6	2	6	112	120	−8	20		BVSC - BHSE: 8–9 BHSE - BVSC: 7–9
5	14	6	2	6	125	118	+7	20	Qualification to Relegation round	BVSC - BHSE: 8–9 BHSE - BVSC: 7–9
6	14	3	0	11	120	164	−44	9
7	14	2	1	11	117	174	−57	7
8	14	1	2	11	105	162	−57	5

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results: waterpolo.hu

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1. round (2016.09.27. – 09.28.)
Honvéd – MVLC (M4 Sport)	11-11
FTC – UVSE	10-5
BVSC – Kaposvár	12-10
Eger – Tatabánya	15-6

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2. round (2016.10.05.)
Tatabánya – MVLC	5-11
Eger – FTC (M4 Sport)	10-10
Kaposvár – Honvéd	10-11
UVSE – BVSC	4-7

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3. round (2016.10.08.)
MVLC – Kaposvár	12-8
BVSC – Eger (M4 Sport)	7-11
FTC – Tatabánya	18-4
Honvéd – UVSE	17-6

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4. round (2016.10.19.)
Tatabánya – Kaposvár	8-6
Eger – Honvéd	11-7
FTC – BVSC	11-6
UVSE – MVLC	12-13

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5. round (2016.10.22.)
Kaposvár – UVSE	12-8
BVSC – Tatabánya	8-7
MVLC – Eger	7-10
Honvéd – FTC	8-12

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6. round (2016.11.02.)
FTC – MVLC	12-4
Tatabánya – UVSE	11-11
BVSC – Honvéd	8-9
Eger – Kaposvár	13-5

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7. round (2016.11.05.)
Kaposvár – FTC	9-15
Honvéd – Tatabánya	9-7
UVSE – Eger	8-17
MVLC – BVSC	5-5

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8. round (2016.11.19.)
UVSE – FTC	5-16
Tatabánya – Eger	9-15
Kaposvár – BVSC	7-6
MVLC – Honvéd	9-7

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9. round (2016.11.23. – 12.10.)
FTC – Eger (M4 Sport)	7-13
MVLC – Tatabánya	12-9
Honvéd – Kaposvár	12-5
BVSC – UVSE	13-12

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10. round (2017.01.14.)
Tatabánya – FTC	4-9
Kaposvár – MVLC	7-13
Eger – BVSC	10-7
UVSE – Honvéd	7-12

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11. round (2017.01.21.)
MVLC – UVSE	13-7
Kaposvár – Tatabánya	17-11
BVSC – FTC	6-6
Honvéd – Eger	5-8

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12. round (2017.01.28.)
Tatabánya – BVSC	11-12
FTC – Honvéd	11-6
Eger – MVLC	16-8
UVSE – Kaposvár	12-6

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13. round (2017.02.01.)
Kaposvár – Eger	8-12
MVLC – FTC	7-7
UVSE – Tatabánya	15-9
Honvéd – BVSC	7-9

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14. round (2017.02.04.)
Tatabánya – Honvéd	4-4
BVSC – MVLC	6-10
Eger – UVSE	18-5
FTC – Kaposvár	19-10

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Second round

Championship round

The top four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season. Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 14 games):

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	22	20	1	1	95	63	+32	61	Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
2	22	20	0	2	108	47	+61	60
3	22	16	2	4	76	73	+3	50
4	22	13	4	5	71	78	−7	43
5	22	10	4	8	78	101	−23	34	Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches
6	22	10	3	9	74	86	−12	33
7	22	7	7	8	78	101	−23	28
8	22	8	2	12	66	97	−31	26

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results: waterpolo.hu

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1. round (2017.02.22.)
Szolnok – BVSC	17-5
FTC – Szeged	10-10
OSC – MVLC	10-7
Eger – Vasas	15-3

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2. round (2017.02.25.)
BVSC – Szeged	13-9
Szolnok – FTC	14-2
Vasas – MVLC	7-8
OSC – Eger	6-9

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3. round (2017.03.04.)
Szeged – Eger	13-16
MVLC – Szolnok	6-17
FTC – Vasas	13-8
OSC – BVSC	9-8

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4. round (2017.03.08.)
FTC – OSC (M4 Sport)	8-9
Szolnok – Eger (M4 Sport)	11-7
MVLC – Szeged	17-11
BVSC – Vasas	14-8

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5. round (2017.03.18.)
Szeged – FTC (M4 Sport)	7-9
BVSC – Szolnok	5-16
Vasas – Eger	10-14
MVLC – OSC	9-14

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6. round (2017.03.25.)
Eger – OSC (M4 Sport)	10-6
FTC – Szolnok	6-13
MVLC – Vasas	11-15
Szeged – BVSC	7-8

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7. round (2017.03.29.)
Szolnok – MVLC	15-8
Eger – Szeged	16-9
Vasas – FTC	6-13
BVSC – OSC	12-11

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8. round (2017.04.01.)
Vasas – BVSC	9-9
Szeged – MVLC	12-12
Eger – Szolnok	8-5
OSC – FTC	11-10

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Relegation round

The bottom four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season.

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
9	22	13	3	6	97	68	+29	42	Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
10	22	9	3	10	71	69	+2	30
11	22	9	2	11	97	75	+22	29
12	22	7	3	12	93	82	+11	24
13	22	7	1	14	81	77	+4	22	Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches
14	22	4	2	16	72	78	−6	14
15	22	3	1	18	68	96	−28	10
16	22	1	0	21	66	100	−34	3

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results: waterpolo.hu

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1. round (2017.02.22.)
DVSE – UVSE	17-9
PVSK – Tatabánya	11-6
Kaposvár – Szentes	11-5
Honvéd – KSI	11-9

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2. round (2017.02.25.)
Tatabánya – Szentes	15-13
Honvéd – DVSE	11-10
KSI – UVSE	6-15
PVSK – Kaposvár	12-13

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3. round (2017.03.04.)
Tatabánya – DVSE	11-10
Kaposvár – KSI	12-8
UVSE – PVSK	5-9
Szentes – Honvéd	8-14

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4. round (2017.03.08.)
PVSK – Honvéd	10-12
DVSE – Kaposvár	14-14
KSI – Tatabánya	8-12
UVSE – Szentes	11-9

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5. round (2017.03.18.)
KSI – Honvéd	7-14
Tatabánya – PVSK	7-9
Szentes – Kaposvár	7-12
UVSE – DVSE	6-11

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6. round (2017.03.25.)
DVSE – Honvéd	13-13
Kaposvár – PVSK	8-8
Szentes – Tatabánya	8-6
UVSE – KSI	12-6

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7. round (2017.03.29.)
PVSK – UVSE	7-10
Honvéd – Szentes	14-6
DVSE – Tatabánya	10-8
KSI – Kaposvár	13-17

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8. round (2017.04.01.)
Tatabánya – KSI	7-9
Kaposvár – DVSE	10-8
Szentes – UVSE	12-13
Honvéd – PVSK	8-5

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Final round

1st – 4th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ZF-Eger (1)	7–1	FTC-PQS Waterpolo (4)	10-10	7-13	10-7	—	—
Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP (2)	9–6	A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (3)	11-14	11-7	13-10	6-7	10-9

Game 1ZF-Eger won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Final.----

Game 2

Game 3Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won the series 9–6 with points ratio, and advanced to the Final.

Final

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.

--------Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP 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.

----A-HÍD OSC Újbuda won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
PannErgy-Miskolci VLC (5)	9–3	VasasPlaket (8)	11-15	8-7	12-8	16-13	—
MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló (6)	9–0	ContiTech-Szeged Diapolo (7)	13-9	8-7	14-9	—	—

Fifth place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Seventh place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

9th – 12th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
RacioNet Honvéd (9)	7–4	Debreceni VSE (12)	11-10	13-13	11-12	11-10	—
PVSK-Mecsek Füszért (10)	1–7	Kaposvári VK (11)	12-13	8-8	7-11	—	—

Ninth place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Eleventh place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

13th – 16th Placement matches

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Games in the season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UVSE (13)	9–0	KSI SE (16)	12-6	15-6	10-7	—	—
EBP Tatabánya (14)	9–6	Metalcom-Szentes (15)	15-13	6-8	13-11 (p)	11-13	6-5

Thirteenth place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Fifteenth place gameHigher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Dénes Varga	Szolnok	87
2	Márton Szívós	Honvéd	70
3	Alex Bowen	MVLC	67
4	Saša Mišić	MVLC	59
5	Krisztián Manhercz	Szeged	53
5	Tamás Gyárfás	Honvéd	53
7	Dániel Francsics	Tatabánya	52
8	Andrija Prlainović	Szolnok	49
9	Ferenc Salamon	OSC	48
10	Márton Vámos	Szolnok	45

Top exclusions

^[1]

Rank	Player	Team	Fouls
1	Kristián Polovic	Kaposvár	56
2	Dávid Jansik	Szolnok	55
2	András Krizsán	PVSK	55
4	Dénes Dorián Lukács	MVLC	54
4	Sebastiaan van Mil	Szentes	54
6	Erik Bundschuch	OSC	53
7	Gyula Kiss	Tatabánya	52
8	Miklós Gór-Nagy	OSC	51
	Adrián Simon	Honvéd	51
	Bálint Takács	Vasas	51

Most valuable player

^[1]

Rank	Player	Team	Rating
1	Saša Mišić	MVLC	97.2
2	Dénes Varga	Szolnok	85.8
3	Márton Szívós	Honvéd	77.5
4	Lukáš Ďurík	DVSE	58.3
5	Balázs Máthé	Tatabánya	51.9
6	Alex Bowen	MVLC	50.3
7	Ferenc Vindisch	Kaposvár	49.3
8	dr. Ádám Steinmetz	Vasas	49.0
9	Miloš Vukićević	Szeged	47.6
10	Andrija Prlainović	Szolnok	47.1

Discipline

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Most goals conceded (club): 23
- Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP / Round 5, (Group A)
Most goals conceded: 30
- Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP 23–7 Debreceni VSE / Round 5, (Group A)
Fewest goals conceded (club): 3
- KSI SE / Round 4, (Group A)
Fewest goals conceded: 8
- EBP Tatabánya 4–4 RacioNet Honvéd / Round 14, (Group B)
Attendance:
- Highest: 1,224 ZF-Eger / Final (1,3)

Final standing

Awards

Best Goalkeeper: Viktor Nagy (Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP)
Best Field player: Márton Vámos (Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP)

Number of teams by counties

Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Budapest (capital)	7	BVSC, FTC, Honvéd, KSI, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2	Csongrád	2	Szegedi VE and Szentesi VK
3	Baranya	1	PVSK
	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	MVLC
	Hajdú-Bihar	1	DVSE
	Heves	1	Egri VK
	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	1	Szolnoki Dózsa
	Komárom-Esztergom	1	Tatabányai VSE
	Somogy	1	Kaposvári VK

External links

Notes and References

Web site: OB I statistics. waterpolo.hu. hu.
Web site: A férfi Ob I legjei – nevek, számok, érdekességek. vizipolo.hu.

2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) explained

Team information

Head coaches

Regular season

Group A

Schedule and results

Group B

Schedule and results

Second round

Championship round

Schedule and results

Relegation round

Schedule and results

Final round

1st – 4th Placement matches

Final

Third place

5th – 8th Placement matches

9th – 12th Placement matches

13th – 16th Placement matches

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top exclusions

Most valuable player

Discipline

Final standing

Awards

Number of teams by counties

See also

External links

Notes and References