2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 116th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 8 September 2021 and will conclude on 18 May 2022.[1]

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season2021–22
DurationSeptember 8, 2021March 26, 2022
(Regular season)
Teams14
TV partner(s)M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seedFTC Telekom
RelegatedDVSE-Master Good
Finals
ChampionsFTC Telekom (24th title)
  Runners-upGenesys OSC-Újbuda
Third placeA-Híd VasasPlaket
Fourth placeSzolnoki Dózsa
1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

FTC-Telekom won their twenty-fourth title.[2]

Teams

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I
Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2021–22 season:

Team Home city Pool Colours 2020–21
BVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda     4th
Debrecen Debrecen Debreceni Sportuszoda     14th
Eger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda     8th
Ferencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget      
Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda       6th
Kaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda     12th
Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda     9th
OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda      
PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda     10th
Szeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda     13th
Szentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda     11th
Szolnok Szolnok Vízilabda Aréna      
UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     7th
Vasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     5th

Personnel and sponsors

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Team Head coach Captain Cap manufacturer Cap sponsors
BVSC   Kristóf Kemény   Mátyás Pásztor Diapolo none
Debrecen   Máté Süveges   Diapolo none
Eger   Márton Petrovai   Máté Sántavy Diapolo Tigra, ZF
Ferencváros   Zsolt Varga   Dénes Varga Diapolo Telekom, MVM
Bp. Honvéd   Márton Szívós   Norbert Hosnyánszky Arena none
Kaposvár   László Surányi   Ferenc Vindisch Seles none
Miskolc   István Kis   Lukáš Seman Diapolo PannErgy
OSC   Dániel Varga   Balázs Hárai Diapolo MOL
PVSK   Viktor Török   Diapolo none
Szeged   Zoltán Szabó   Csaba Kiss Diapolo none
Szentes   Csaba Pellei   Balázs Somogyi Yordo metALCOM
Szolnok   Živko Gocić   Dániel Angyal Arena none
UVSE   Balázs Vincze   Balázs Korényi Diapolo none
Vasas   Slobodan Nikić   Bence Bátori Diapolo A-Híd, Plaket

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ref.
Debrecen   Miroslav Bajin Signed by Vojvodina 21 June 2021 Pre-season   Máté Süveges 21 June 2021 [3]
Vasas   Lajos Vad Sacked 12 October 2021 5th   Slobodan Nikić 29 October 2021 [4][5]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FTC Telekom 26 23 2 1 352 215 137 71 Qualification for the championship play-offs
2 Szolnoki Dózsa 26 21 2 3 350 204 146 65
3 Genesys OSC-Újbuda 26 20 4 2 360 216 144 64
4 A-Híd VasasPlaket 26 19 3 4 287 193 94 60
5 BVSC-Zugló 26 15 3 8 303 246 57 48 Qualification for the 5th–8th placement matches
6 Budapesti Honvéd SE 26 14 3 9 272 239 33 45
7 Szegedi VE 26 10 1 15 227 263 −36 31
8 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 26 9 3 14 222 285 −63 30
9 Tigra-ZF-Eger 26 9 1 16 276 322 −46 28 Qualification for the 9th–12th placement matches
10 Kaposvári VK 26 7 4 15 263 319 −56 25
11 UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 26 7 2 17 230 324 −94 23
12 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 26 6 3 17 248 329 −81 21
13 Metalcom Szentes 26 2 3 21 214 335 −121 9[a] Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 DVSE-Master Good 26 3 0 23 216 330 −114 9[a] Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B
Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference according to the overall result; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Szentes were ranked ahead of Debrecen on head-to-head results: 21–20.

Schedule and results

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

Home \ Away BVSC DVSE EGER FTC BHSE KAP MIS OSC PVSK SZEG SZEN SZOL UVSE VAS
BVSC 14–8 15–5 11–14 11–10 11–13 13–8 9–16 13–7 14–7 12–7 5–13 15–6 11–8
Debrecen 9–12 9–8 8–16 11–12 14–13 11–12 7–19 5–7 3–9 13–9 6–13 11–13 6–10
Eger 8–19 17–2 9–14 13–15 10–7 18–13 7–17 14–6 15–11 11–10 8–13 20–16 9–17
Ferencváros 7–6 19–11 17–11 6–5 22–10 15–9 7–6 23–7 13–9 13–6 10–7 14–8 11–5
Bp. Honvéd 10–10 13–6 12–7 7–14 12–11 14–9 8–8 6–7 7–5 13–11 7–10 18–9 7–8
Kaposvár 9–15 11–9 10–8 8–16 8–12 13–13 7–16 14–12 10–8 17–6 7–15 12–12 8–11
Miskolc 8–13 15–12 13–12 10–11 8–12 12–12 7–21 7–8 6–9 7–7 4–18 12–7 10–17
OSC 16–11 11–7 17–9 10–10 13–6 17–11 20–7 16–11 16–8 23–13 11–11 14–7 11–11
PVSK 10–10 14–9 8–10 5–16 12–10 13–9 13–9 7–12 6–10 12–9 5–11 10–9 6–9
Szeged 9–10 9–7 11–11 8–12 6–11 10–8 8–11 7–14 10–7 13–6 8–13 9–6 9–10
Szentes 13–10 12–7 12–15 12–21 4–12 7–7 9–10 5–9 9–9 7–11 6–17 10–13 5–15
Szolnok 11–11 15–9 13–6 11–10 16–10 15–9 15–11 8–9 17–7 21–5 20–9 19–8 9–8
UVSE 4–15 12–8 10–7 7–12 7–14 15–10 9–8 7–12 8–8 9–14 13–7 6–14 3–13
Vasas 10–7 15–8 15–8 9–9 9–9 8–9 12–9 8–6 10–5 10–4 12–3 9–5 18–6
Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian), FlashScore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs

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Championship play-offs

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Semi-finals

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
FTC Telekom (1) 7–1 (4) A-Híd VasasPlaket 15–9 9–9 15–14 (p)
Szolnoki Dózsa (2) 1–7 (3) Genesys OSC-Újbuda 8–9 11–11 9–13
FTC Telekom v A-Híd VasasPlaket
3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
19:00
Report FTC Telekom 9–9 (6–5 PSO) A-Híd VasasPlaket Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,500[7]
Referees:
Rubos, Marjay
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–3, 4–3, 2–3  PSO: 6–5
Vámos 5 Goals Bátori 4

FTC Telekom won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.


Szolnoki Dózsa v Genesys OSC-Újbuda
2 April 2022 (2022-04-02)
18:30
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 9–13 Genesys OSC-Újbuda Vízilabda Aréna, Szolnok
Attendance: 700[8]
Referees:
Tóth, Csanádi
Score by quarters: 0–3, 5–3, 3–5, 1–2
three players 2 Goals Vi. Vigvári 4

Genesys OSC-Újbuda won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Finals

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The Finals series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
FTC Telekom 2–0 Genesys OSC-Újbuda 18–9 15–7
Game 1
6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
19:00
Report FTC Telekom 18–9 Genesys OSC-Újbuda Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 2,000[9]
Referees:
Csanádi, Kun
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–4, 5–3, 4–1
Ve. Vigvári, Jansik 5 Goals Sziládi, Salamon 3

Game 2
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)
18:30
Report Genesys OSC-Újbuda 7–15 FTC Telekom Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 1,200[2]
Referees:
Tóth, Kovács Cs.
Score by quarters: 4–6, 0–3, 2–4, 1–2
Manhercz, Burián 2 Goals Fekete, Damonte 3

FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 2–0.

Third place series

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The Third place series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa 0–2 A-Híd VasasPlaket 6–15 8–15
Game 1
7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)
18:00
Report Szolnoki Dózsa 6–15 A-Híd VasasPlaket Vízilabda Aréna, Szolnok
Attendance: 250[10]
Referees:
Petik, Rubos
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–6, 2–5, 2–2
Szeghalmi, Konarik 2 Goals three players 3

Game 2
14 May 2022 (2022-05-14)
19:30
Report A-Híd VasasPlaket 15–8 Szolnoki Dózsa Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest
Attendance: 800[11]
Referees:
Kollár, Kenéz
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 4–1, 3–4
three players 4 Goals Angyal 3

A-Híd VasasPlaket won the Third place series 2–0.

5th–8th Placement matches

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5–8th place semi-finals

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
BVSC-Zugló (5) 7–1 (8) PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 13–7 10–10 17–5
Budapesti Honvéd SE (6) 9–0 (7) Szegedi VE 7–5 11–6 12–11

Fifth place series

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
BVSC-Zugló 4–7 Budapesti Honvéd SE 11–10 10–10 11–13 (p) 9−10

Seventh place series

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Szegedi VE 9–0 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 10–7 10–6 12–10 (p)

9th–12th Placement matches

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9–12th place semi-finals

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tigra-ZF-Eger (9) 9–6 (12) PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 18–13 12–13 17–9 12–13 15–11
Kaposvári VK (10) 7–4 (11) UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 12–12 10–15 14–9 11–5

Ninth place series

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tigra-ZF-Eger 3–9 Kaposvári VK 10–7 8–10 8–9 10–16

Eleventh place series

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Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 3–9 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 9–8 7–12 10–11 13–14 (p)

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The Promotion/relegation play-offs series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team (13th placed in OB I regular season) playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Metalcom Szentes (I) 2–0 (I/B) Kanizsa VSE 14–7 22–14

Metalcom Szentes won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Final standings

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Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[12] Shots %
1   Dániel Angyal Szolnok 75 152 49
2   Bence Bátori Vasas 73 140 52
3   Krisztián Manhercz OSC 65 149 44
4   Gergely Burián OSC 62 150 41
5   Barnabás Biros Miskolc 62 177 35
6   Norbert Hosnyánszky Bp. Honvéd 61 158 39
7   Nikola Murišić Eger 60 112 54
8   Mátyás Pásztor BVSC 58 160 36
9   Benedek Baksa Eger 58 164 35
10   Vendel Vigvári Ferencváros 55 107 51

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FÉRFI VÍZILABDA OB I, 2021–2022". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Férfi vízilabda ob I: a Nyéki uszodában is győzött, bajnok az FTC". nso.hu. 18 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Férfi OB I: változás a Debrecen kispadján". vizipolo.hu (in Hungarian). 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Férfi vízilabda ob I: Vad Lajost menesztette a Vasas". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 12 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Férfi vízilabda: Szlobodan Nikics a Vasas új vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 29 October 2021.
  6. ^ "E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Országos Vízilabda Bajnokság 2021/2022. évi Versenykiírása" (PDF). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Férfi vízi ob I: az FTC lesz az OSC ellenfele a döntőben". nso.hu.
  8. ^ "Férfi vízilabda ob I: a címvédőt verő OSC bejutott a döntőbe". nso.hu.
  9. ^ "Férfi vízi ob I: zöld-fehér örömjáték, elsüllyedt az OSC". nso.hu.
  10. ^ "Férfi vízi ob I: a Vasas kiütéses győzelmet aratott Szolnokon". nso.hu.
  11. ^ "Férfi vízi ob I: tíz év után érem, a Vasasé a bronz". nso.hu.
  12. ^ Bajnokságok – E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Bajnokság 2021/22 Gól
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