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

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság¹
E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season	2021–22
Duration	September 8, 2021 – March 26, 2022; (Regular season)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seed	FTC Telekom
Relegated	DVSE-Master Good
Finals
Champions	FTC Telekom (24th title)
Runners-up	Genesys OSC-Újbuda
Third place	A-Híd VasasPlaket
Fourth place	Szolnoki Dózsa
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

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]

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

Teams[edit]

Budapest

Budapest teams:
BVSC
Ferencváros
Bp. Honvéd
OSC
UVSE
Vasas

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I

BVSC

FTC

Bp. Honvéd

OSC

UVSE

Vasas

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Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

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

Team	Home city	Pool	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Standings[edit]

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:

^ ^a ^b Szentes were ranked ahead of Debrecen on head-to-head results: 21–20.

Schedule and results[edit]

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[edit]

Championship play-offs[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

5–8th place semi-finals[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

9–12th place semi-finals[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

	Qualified for the 2022–23 LEN Champions League
	Qualified for the 2022–23 LEN Euro Cup
	Relegated to Országos Bajnokság I/B

Rank	Team
	FTC Telekom (C)
	Genesys OSC-Újbuda
	A-Híd VasasPlaket
4	Szolnoki Dózsa
5	Budapesti Honvéd SE
6	BVSC-Zugló
7	Szegedi VE
8	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért
9	Kaposvári VK
10	Tigra-ZF-Eger
11	PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc
12	UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram
13	Metalcom Szentes (O)
14	DVSE-Master Good (R)

Sources: MVLSZ
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I Champion^[2]
FTC Telekom 24th title

Roster

Luca Damonte, Szabolcs Dubinák, Gergő Fekete, Lőrinc Gábor, Sándor Gál, Szilárd Jansik, Gergely Klár, Daniil Merkulov, Erik Molnár, Toni Német, Balázs Nyíri, Zoltán Pohl, Márk Spitz, Dániel Szakonyi, Nemanja Ubović, Dénes Varga (c), Vincze Varga, Márton Vámos, Vendel Vigvári

Head coach

Zsolt Varga

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Number of teams by counties and regions[edit]

Number of teams by counties
Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Budapest	6	BVSC, FTC, Bp. Honvéd, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2	Csongrád-Csanád	2	Szeged, Szentes
3	Baranya	1	PVSK
	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Miskolc
	Hajdú-Bihar	1	Debrecen
	Heves	1	Eger
	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	1	Szolnok
	Somogy	1	Kaposvár

Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia	Central Hungary	Great Plain and North
Kaposvár PVSK	BVSC FTC Bp. Honvéd OSC UVSE Vasas	Debrecen Eger Miskolc Szeged Szentes Szolnok
2 Team	6 Team	6 Team

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Hungarian Water Polo Federaration (in Hungarian and English)

[table_hth_SZN0.81707401611706-6] Szentes were ranked ahead of Debrecen on head-to-head results: 21–20.

[1] "FÉRFI VÍZILABDA OB I, 2021–2022". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

[Champion-2] "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.

[mvlsz-7] "E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Országos Vízilabda Bajnokság 2021/2022. évi Versenykiírása" (PDF). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[8] "Férfi vízi ob I: az FTC lesz az OSC ellenfele a döntőben". nso.hu.

[9] "Férfi vízilabda ob I: a címvédőt verő OSC bejutott a döntőbe". nso.hu.

[10] "Férfi vízi ob I: zöld-fehér örömjáték, elsüllyedt az OSC". nso.hu.

[11] "Férfi vízi ob I: a Vasas kiütéses győzelmet aratott Szolnokon". nso.hu.

[12] "Férfi vízi ob I: tíz év után érem, a Vasasé a bronz". nso.hu.

[13] Bajnokságok – E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Bajnokság 2021/22 Gól

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