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

Competition:Női OB I
Season:2018–19
Winners:UVSE-Hunguest Hotels
(5th title)
League Topscorer:Rita Keszthelyi (69 goals)
Prevseason:2017-18
Nextseason: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

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

bgcolor=#DD0000 align="center" colspan="17"OB I
TeamCityPoolFoundedColours
BVSCBudapest (XIV. ker)Szőnyi úti uszoda1911
DunaújvárosDunaújvárosFabó Éva Sportuszoda1989
EgerEgerBitskey Aladár uszoda1910
FTCBudapest (IX. ker)Népligeti uszoda1899
HonvédBudapest (XIX. ker)Kőér utcai uszoda1950
SzegedSzegedLigetfürdő1993
SzentesSzentesDr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda1934
TatabányaTatabányaTatabányai Sportuszoda1992
UVSEBudapest (IV. ker)Hajós Alfréd Sportuszoda2008

Head coaches

Regular season

Schedule and results

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

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

Team 1PointsTeam 2Games in the seasonGame 1Game 2Game 3
BVSC-Zugló Diapolo (3) 9–0 18-6 15-5 14-4
FTC-Telekom (4) 9–0 14-10 6-5 15-8
Game 1BVSC-Zugló Diapolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Semifinals.---- 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 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
UVSE-Hunguest Hotels 2–0 17-8 11-8
DUE-Maarsk Graphics 2–1 11-10 7-10 11-10 (p)
Game 1----
Game 2UVSE-Hunguest Hotels won the series 2–0, and advanced to the Finals.----
Game 3Dunaújvárosi 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.

--------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.

--------BVSC-Zugló Diapolo won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Relegation playout

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

5th – 8th Placement matches

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Hungerit Szentes (6) 2–0 10-4 15-7
ZF-Eger (5) 2–1 9-7 13-14 (p) 16-10
Fifth place game
Seventh place game

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

[1]

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE69
2 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger56
3 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros53
4 Barbara Bujka FTC52
5 Dominika Lengyel Szeged50
6 Szonja Kuna BVSC47
Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC47
8 Krisztina Garda Dunaújváros46
9 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros45
10 Dóra Leimeter BVSC43

Points classification

[1]

RankPlayerTeamRating
1 Rita Keszthelyi UVSE83.1
2 Szonja Kuna BVSC62.7
3 Gréta Gurisatti Dunaújváros60.2
4 Barbara Bujka FTC56.4
5 Dorottya Szilágyi Eger54.5
6 Anikó Gyöngyössy BVSC50.6
7 Vanda Vályi Dunaújváros48.9
8 Kamilla Faragó UVSE46.7
9 Dóra Tóth-Csabai FTC43.7
10 Lilla Ráski Eger40.9

Number of teams by counties

Pos.County (megye)№ of teamsTeams
1Budapest (capital)4BVSC, FTC, Honvéd and UVSE
2Csongrád2 Szegedi NVE and Szentesi VK
3Fejér1 Dunaújvárosi FVE
Heves1Egri VK
Komárom-Esztergom1Tatabányai VSE

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OB I statistics. waterpolo.hu. hu.