Magyar Kupa (men's water polo) explained

See also: Magyar Kupa (disambiguation).

Founded:1923
Number Of Teams:17 (2016-17)
Region: Hungary
Current Champions:Ferencváros (23th title)
Most Successful Club:Ferencváros (23 titles)
Tv:Digi Sport
Website:waterpolo.hu
Current:2024

The Hungarian Cup (Hungarian: Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for water polo. It has been incepted by the Hungarian Water Polo Federation, the Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség in 1923, nineteen years after the commencement of the Hungarian League, the Országos Bajnokság.

Most successful participant in the Magya Kupa has been the Ferencváros with 23 titles, followed by the local rivals from Újpest with 19 cups. The current holders are Ferencváros.

Winners

In 1923 the final was played only in the following year. In 1939 the Magyar AC, before the final came back, many of its players were disqualified or injured or busy at work. In 1996 they played two series (in March and December).Previous cup winners are:[1]

Finals

The following table contains all the finals from the sixty years long history of the Magyar Kupa. In some occasions, there was not held a final match but a final tournament. In these cases, the team with the most total points have been crowned as cup winners.

Key
(R)Replay
align=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"aetMatch went to extra time
align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"pMatch decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
align=center style="background-color:#fff4a7"Winning team won the Double
Finals of Hungarian Cup
No.Season WinnersScore Runners-upPoolDate of final(s)
1st1923Ferencváros2–1III. Kerületi TVECsillaghegy Bath, Békásmegyer9 June 1924
2nd1924Ferencváros4−0Magyar ACCsászár Bath, Budapest8 September 1924
3rd1925III. Kerületi TVE4−2Ferencváros29 August 1925
4th1926Ferencváros4−1MTK Budapest25 September 1926
5th1927III. Kerületi TVE6−1Ferencváros21 August 1927
6th1928MTK Budapest6−2III. Kerületi TVE20 August 1928
7th1929Újpest8−3MTK Budapest4 August 1929
8th1930III. Kerületi TVE5−3Magyar AC7 September 1930
9th1931Újpest7−1MTK BudapestNational Swimming Stadium, Budapest2 February 1931
10th1932Újpest5−3Magyar AC25 December 1932
11th1933Újpestalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"9−6 (aet)MTK Budapest10 December 1933
12th1934Újpest3−2Magyar ACCsászár Bath, Budapest1 July 1934
13th1935Újpestalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"4−3 (aet)Magyar ACNational Swimming Stadium, Budapest2 November 1935
14th1936Újpest4−3Magyar AC20 December 1936
15th1937MTK Budapestalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"4−3 (aet)Magyar AC19 December 1937
16th1938Újpest4−3Magyar AC21 December 1938
17th1939Újpest1Magyar AC17 December 1939
18th1940Magyar AC (7p)5 Budapest SE (7p)22 December 1940
19th1941Budapest SE (7p)5 Magyar AC (7p)21 December 1941
20th1942Budapest SE2−0Ferencváros16 August 1942
21st1943Magyar AC5−2Ferencváros22 August 1943
22nd1944Újpest5−3Ferencváros15 August 1944
23rd1946MTK Budapest4−2FerencvárosNational Swimming Stadium, Budapest20 August 1946
24th1947Vasas3−2Újpest17 August 1947
25th1948Újpest4−3Vasas21 November 1948
26th1949Ferencváros4−3Vasas19 August 1949
27th1951Újpest6−2FerenvárosNational Swimming Stadium, Budapest21 December 1951
28th1952Újpest4−2MTK Budapest21 December 1952
29th1953Bp. Honvéd7−1Vasas Ganzhajó20 December 1953
30th1954Bp. Honvéd2−1Szolnok19 December 1954
31st1955Újpest5−4Bp. Honvéd27 November 1955
32nd1957Ferencváros (5p)4 Bp. Honvéd (4p)National Swimming Stadium, Budapest15 December 1957
33rd1958Bp. Honvéd4−3BVSC21 December 1958
34th1959Bp. Honvéd4−3BVSC20 December 1959
35th1960Újpest4−3Bp. Honvéd18 December 1960
36th1961Vasas2−1Bp. Honvéd17 December 1961
37th1962Ferencváros (6p)4 Újpest (4p)16 December 1962
38th1963Újpest (5p)4 Ferencváros (4p)19 December 1963
39th1964Ferencváros (6p)4 Bp. Honvéd (4p)20 December 1964
40th1965Ferencváros (6p)4 Bp. Honvéd (4p)12 December 1965
41st1966Szolnok2−1Bp. Honvéd15 October 1966
42nd1967Ferencváros (6p)4 Bp. Spartacus (3p)26 November 1967
43rd1968Szolnok (6p)4 OSC (4p)8 December 1968
44th1969Ferencváros (6p)4 Újpest (2p)14 December 1969
45th1970OSC4−3Eger19 December 1970
46th1971Vasas4−3Ferencváros20 August 1971
47th1972Eger7−6FerencvárosBitskey Aladár Swimming Pool, Eger1 October 1972
48th1973Ferencváros4−1OSCNational Swimming Stadium, Budapest4 November 1973
49th1974OSC (6p)4 Újpest (2p)20 October 1974
50th1975Újpest (6p)4 Vasas (4p)12 October 1975
51st1976Ferencváros (8p)6 Újpest (6p)Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest12 December 1976
52nd1977Ferencváros (10p)6 BVSC (6p)25–27 November 1977
53rd1978Ferencvárosalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"7−6 (aet)Bp. Spartacus26 November 1978
54th1979Bp. Honvédalign=center style="background-color:#CEDFF2"7−6 (p)Ferencváros25 November 1979
55th1980Szentes6−5Szegedi EOL23 November 1980
56th1981Vasas13−10Orvosegyetem22 November 1981
57th1982BVSC9−7Bp. Honvéd15 December 1982
58th1983Vasas9−8BVSC10 December 1983
59th1984Vasas14−11BVSC9 December 1984
60th1985Szolnok9−7Vasas8 December 1985
61st1986–87BVSC10−9Bp. Spartacus22 March 1987
62nd1987–88Bp. Spartacus12−10Tungsram13 March 1988
63rd1988–89Ferencváros14−10Tatabánya5 March 1989
64th1989–90Ferencváros8−5Újpest15 March 1990
65th1990–91Újpest32–25
FerencvárosCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest13 March 1991
15 March 1991
66th1991–92Vasas24–23
ÚjpestCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest13 March 1992
14 March 1992
67th1992–93Újpest19–18
VasasAlfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest
13 March 1993
15 March 1993
68th1993–94Vasas15–14
ÚjpestCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest12 March 1994
14 March 1994
69th1994–95BVSC17–16
VasasSzőnyi str. Swimming Pool, Budapest
Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest
9 March 1995
15 March 1995
70th1995–96Vasas10−8ÚjpestCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest15 March 1996
71st1996 dec.Ferencváros16–14
VasasCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest20 December 1996
22 December 1996
72nd1997Vasas6−4FerencvárosCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest26 October 1997
73rd1998–99Bp. Honvéd14–13
FerencvárosKőér str. Swimming Pool, Budapest
Császár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest
11 March 1999
12 March 1999
74th1999–00BVSC8−6VasasCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest14 March 2000
75th2000–01Vasas7−5SzegedBitskey Aladár Swimming Pool, Eger18 March 2001
76th2001–02Vasasalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"9−8 (aet)FerencvárosSzőnyi str. Swimming Poll, Budapest17 March 2002
77th2002–03BVSC7−6VasasCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest8 March 2003
78th2004Vasas7−5EgerBitskey Aladár Swimming Pool, Eger10 October 2004
79th2005Vasas13−12EgerCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest25 September 2005
80th2006Bp. Honvéd11−7VasasDebrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen15 October 2006
81st2007Eger12−6Bp. HonvédSzőnyi str. Swimming Pool, Budapest30 December 2007
82nd2008Egeralign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"9−8 (aet)VasasBitskey Aladár Swimming Pool, Eger30 November 2008
83rd2009Vasasalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"14−13 (aet)EgerSzőnyi str. Swimming Pool, Budapest22 November 2009
84th2010Bp. Honvéd9−6Eger30 November 2010
85th2011Szeged9−8Bp. Honvéd13 November 2011
86th2012Szegedalign=center style="background-color:#FBCEB1"9−8 (aet)SzolnokCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest11 November 2012
87th2013Szeged9−5SzolnokVizilabda Aréna, Szolnok17 November 2013
88th2014Szolnok10−7OSCMunicipal Swimming Pool, Szentes7 December 2014
89th2015Egeralign=center style="background-color:#CEDFF2"8−8 (5-4 p)SzolnokBitskey Aladár Swimming Pool, Eger13 December 2015
90th2016Szolnok10−4EgerTüskecsarnok Swimming Pool, Budapest18 December 2016
91st2017Szolnok13−4OSCCsászár-Komjádi Swimming Pool, Budapest4 December 2017
92nd2018Ferencváros13−4Miskolc16 December 2018
93rd2019Ferencváros8−7OSC8 December 2019
94th2020Ferencvárosalign=center style="background-color:#CEDFF2"13−13 (6-5 p)SzolnokAlfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest27 September 2020
95th2021Ferencváros12−9SzolnokLővér Swimming Pool, Sopron11 December 2021
Notes

Note 1: Újpest did not play

Performances

By club

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:

ClubTitlesRunners-upWinning years
Ferencváros[2] 1923, 1924, 1926, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969,
1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Újpest[3] 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1948,
1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1975, 1990–91, 1992–93
Vasas1947, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997,
2000–01, 2001–02, 2004, 2005, 2009
Bp. Honvéd[4] 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1998–99, 2006, 2010
Szolnok[5] 1966, 1968, 1985, 2014, 2016, 2017
BVSC1982, 1986–87, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03
Eger[6] 1972, 2007, 2008, 2015
MTK Budapest[7] 1928, 1937, 1946
III. Kerületi TVE1925, 1927, 1930
Szeged2011, 2012, 2013
Magyar AC1940, 1943
OSC1970, 1974
Budapest SE1941, 1942
Bp. Spartacus1987–88
Szentes[8] 1980
Vasas Ganzhajó-
Szegedi EOL-
Tungsram-
Tatabánya[9] -

Notes

  1. Web site: A FÉRFI VÍZILABDA MAGYAR KUPA GYŐZTESEI. nso.hu. 13 December 2015.
  2. Includes Bp. Kinizsi.
  3. Includes Bp. Dózsa and Újpesti Dózsa.
  4. Includes Honvéd-Spartacus VE.
  5. Includes Szolnoki Dózsa and Szolnoki Vízügy.
  6. Includes Egri Dózsa and ZF-Eger.
  7. Includes Bp. Bástya.
  8. Includes Szentesi Vízügy.
  9. Includes Tatabányai Bányász.

By county

CountyTitlesWinning clubs
BudapestFerencváros (23), Újpest (19), Vasas (15), Honvéd (8), BVSC (5), III. Kerületi TVE (3), MTK (3), BSE (2), MAC (2), OSC (2),
Spartacus (1)
Jász-Nagykun-SzolnokSzolnok (6)
CsongrádSzeged (3), Szentes (1)
HevesEger (4)

Statistics

Records in the Final

1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 - winning one) 1925, 1926, 1927, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Finals venues and host cities

Matches playedCityPoolLast final
BudapestHajós Alfréd Nemzeti Sportuszoda 1
BudapestCsászár-Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda 2
BudapestSzőnyi úti uszoda
EgerBitskey Aladár uszoda
BékásmegyerCsillaghegyi strandfürdő
BudapestKőér utcai uszoda
BudapestTüskecsarnok uszoda
DebrecenDebreceni Sportuszoda
SzolnokTiszaligeti uszoda
SzentesVárosi Sportuszoda (Szentes)
Notes:

Note 1: Formerly known as Nemzeti Sportuszoda.

Note 2: Formerly known as Császár fürdő.

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorName
2009 – 2014TheodoraTheodora férfi Magyar kupa
2015 –BENUBENU férfi Magyar kupa

See also

External links