# 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I (known as the e·on férfi OB I osztályú Országos Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th 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 2018–19 season:
OB I :
| Team | City | Pool | Founded |
| AVUS | Szombathely | Szombathelyi Városi Uszoda | 2010 |
| 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 |
| 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

| Team | Head coach |
| AVUS | Márk Matajsz |
| BVSC | Levente Szűcs |
| Debrecen | Miroslav Bajin |
| Eger | Norbert Dabrowski |
| FTC | Zsolt Varga |
| Honvéd | András Merész |
| Kaposvár | József Berta |
| KSI | János Horváth |
| Miskolc | dr. József Sike |
| OSC | Lajos Vad |
| PVSK | Gergely Lukács |
| Szentes | Csaba Pellei |
| Szolnok | Živko Gocić |
| Tatabánya | Tamás Zantleitner |
| UVSE | Tibor Benedek |
| Vasas | László Földi (until 12 February 2019) Máté Bóbis (from 13 February 2019) |

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 87 | +108 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | ZF-Eger | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 167 | 105 | +62 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 137 | 128 | +9 | 21 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Budapesti Honvéd SE | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 124 | 122 | +2 | 20 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | PVSK-Mecsek Füszért | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 125 | 133 | −8 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 6 | Metalcom Szentes | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 107 | 137 | −30 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 7 | AVUS Szombathely | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 113 | 161 | −48 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | KSI SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 83 | 178 | −95 | 0 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | AVUS | BHSE | BVSC | EGER | FTC | KSI | PVSK | SZEN |
| AVUS Szombathely | | 9–11 | 6–10 | 7–16 | 6–17 | 14–4 | 10–7 | 5–5 |
| Bp. Honvéd SE | 8–5 | | 7–7 | 8–10 | 8–17 | 10–5 | 10–9 | 10–5 |
| BVSC-Zugló | 15–8 | 8–8 | | 8–12 | 6–11 | 13–11 | 11–12 | 9–4 |
| Egri VK | 14–8 | 11–10 | 11–11 | | 5–9 | 12–4 | 11–3 | 13–8 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | 16–6 | 13–4 | 14–6 | 13–8 | | 17–6 | 15–9 | 16–5 |
| KSI SE | 9–13 | 5–14 | 5–12 | 5–15 | 6–13 | | 4–12 | 7–10 |
| Pécsi VSK | 18–7 | 8–7 | 10–9 | 4–13 | 5–14 | 13–6 | | 8–8 |
| Szentesi VK | 11–9 | 10–9 | 9–12 | 7–16 | 7–10 | 10–6 | 8–7 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 82 | +125 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Szolnoki Dózsa | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 89 | +77 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 169 | 116 | +53 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Debreceni VSE | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 129 | 154 | −25 | 18 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Tatabányai VSE | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 95 | 139 | −44 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 6 | UVSE Hunguest Hotels | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 98 | 158 | −60 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 7 | VasasPlaket | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 107 | 160 | −53 | 11 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Kaposvári VK | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 95 | 168 | −73 | 7 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | DVSE | KAP | MVLC | OSC | SZOL | TVSE | UVSE | VAS |
| Debreceni VSE | | 13–11 | 8–14 | 9–11 | 10–8 | 16–13 | 8–7 | 13–10 |
| Kaposvári VK | 8–11 | | 4–14 | 4–17 | 4–12 | 8–9 | 8–7 | 7–7 |
| Miskolci VLC | 12–8 | 14–9 | | 9–12 | 10–12 | 13–5 | 14–7 | 11–10 |
| Orvosegyetem SC | 16–6 | 21–3 | 14–11 | | 8–7 | 14–3 | 12–3 | 18–6 |
| Szolnoki Dózsa | 17–5 | 13–2 | 11–8 | 8–10 | | 9–4 | 17–8 | 16–6 |
| Tatabányai VSE | 8–7 | 7–4 | 5–11 | 4–15 | 4–11 | | 9–10 | 10–6 |
| UVSE | 9–6 | 11–8 | 5–16 | 3–22 | 7–13 | 8–7 | | 8–11 |
| Vasas SC | 10–9 | 12–15 | 6–12 | 6–17 | 3–12 | 7–7 | 7–5 | |

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 134 | +160 | 63 | Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches |
| 2 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 153 | +141 | 63 | Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches |
| 3 | Szolnoki Dózsa | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 257 | 159 | +98 | 49 | Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches |
| 4 | ZF-Eger | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 237 | 186 | +51 | 44 | Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches |
| 5 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 244 | 189 | +55 | 38 | Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches |
| 6 | Budapesti Honvéd SE | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 175 | 203 | −28 | 27 | Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches |
| 7 | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 211 | 221 | −10 | 25 | Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches |
| 8 | Debreceni VSE | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 197 | 253 | −56 | 24 | Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches |
* 1 2 FTC - OSC: 7–9; OSC - FTC: 8–13

#### Schedule and results

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 14 games)
Rounds :
| 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
| A1 - B4 B1 - A4 A2 - B3 B2 - A3 | A1 - B2 B1 - A2 B4 - A3 A4 - B3 | B3 - A1 A3 - B1 A2 - B4 B2 - A4 | A1 - B1 A2 - B2 B3 - A3 B4 - A4 | B4 - A1 A4 - B1 B3 - A2 A3 - B2 | B2 - A1 A2 - B1 A3 - B4 B3 - A4 | A1 - B3 B1 - A3 B4 - A2 A4 - B2 | B1 - A1 B2 - A2 A3 - B3 A4 - B4 |
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BHSE | BVSC | DVSE | EGER | FTC | MVLC | OSC | SZOL |
| Bp. Honvéd SE | | | 5–4 | | | 7–13 | 2–11 | 7–7 |
| BVSC-Zugló | | | 12–6 | | | 12–12 | 3–12 | 14–15 |
| Debreceni VSE | 13–12 | 9–6 | | 11–12 | 9–16 | | | |
| Egri VK | | | 14–9 | | | 11–10 | 7–8 | 6–10 |
| Ferencvárosi TC | | | 22–7 | | | 10–7 | 7–9 | 10–8 |
| Miskolci VLC | 6–7 | 10–8 | | 6–6 | 11–12 | | | |
| Orvosegyetem SC | 10–5 | 17–10 | | 12–5 | 8–13 | | | |
| Szolnoki Dózsa | 17–6 | 12–9 | | 15–9 | 7–9 | | | |

### 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | Metalcom Szentes | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 179 | 196 | −17 | 35 | Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches |
| 10 | PVSK-Mecsek Füszért | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 198 | 199 | −1 | 30 | Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches |
| 11 | Tatabányai VSE | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 168 | 207 | −39 | 29 | Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches |
| 12 | AVUS Szombathely | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 195 | 238 | −43 | 24 | Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches |
| 13 | UVSE Hunguest Hotels | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 171 | 229 | −58 | 23 | Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches |
| 14 | VasasPlaket | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 176 | 231 | −55 | 20 | Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches |
| 15 | Kaposvári VK | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 168 | 246 | −78 | 17 | Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches |
| 16 | KSI SE | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 144 | 264 | −120 | 3 | Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches |

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | AVUS | KAP | KSI | PVSK | SZEN | TVSE | UVSE | VAS |
| AVUS Szombathely | | 14–10 | | | | 8–10 | 11–11 | 14–13 |
| Kaposvári VK | 9–11 | | 10–5 | 11–11 | 7–5 | | | |
| KSI SE | | 12–14 | | | | 10–8 | 5–10 | 8–12 |
| Pécsi VSK | | 7–4 | | | | 11–11 | 11–6 | 11–6 |
| Szentesi VK | | 13–8 | | | | 11–10 | 12–9 | 10–8 |
| Tatabányai VSE | 9–7 | | 9–8 | 9–8 | 7–5 | | | |
| UVSE | 9–9 | | 13–8 | 10–9 | 5–6 | | | |
| Vasas SC | 6–8 | | 10–5 | 9–5 | 5–10 | | | |

## Final round
### 1st – 4th Placement matches
#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | Games in the season | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| FTC-Telekom (1) | 9–0 | (4) ZF-Eger | 13-8 | 9-5 | 11-9 | ／ | ／ |
| A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (2) | 9–0 | (3) Szolnoki Dózsa | 8-7 | 10-8 | 11-10 | ／ | ／ |

#### Game 1

| 1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 20:15 (CEST) | Report | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 11–9 | ZF-Eger | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Rubos, Füzesi |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Rubos, Füzesi |||
| 1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 20:15 (CEST) | Report | Kállay, Mitrović, Jakšić 2 | Goals | Hosnyánszky 3 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Rubos, Füzesi |
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the series 9–0 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
| 1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 11–10 | Szolnoki Dózsa | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Tóth, Homonnai |
| Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Tóth, Homonnai |||
| 1 May 2019 (2019-05-01) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | Hárai, Brguljan 3 | Goals | four players 2 | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Tóth, Homonnai |
A-HÍD OSC Újbuda won the series 9–0 with points ratio, 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.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| FTC-Telekom | 3–0 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 8-6 | 15-10 | 12-9 (p) | ／ | ／ |
| 10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 20:15 (CEST) | Report | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 8–6 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tóth, Füzesi |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tóth, Füzesi |||
| 10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 20:15 (CEST) | Report | Vámos 3 | Goals | Erdélyi 2 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tóth, Füzesi |
| 18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 13:45 (CEST) | Report | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 10–15 | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 850 Referees: Rubos, Homonnai |
| Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 850 Referees: Rubos, Homonnai |||
| 18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 13:45 (CEST) | Report | Ukropina 4 | Goals | six players 2 | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Attendance: 850 Referees: Rubos, Homonnai |
| 22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 8–8 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Marjay, Kun |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Marjay, Kun |||
| 22 May 2019 (2019-05-22) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | Varga 5 | Goals | Manhercz 3 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Marjay, Kun |
FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 3–0.
* 2018–19 Országos Bajnokság I Champion
* Ferencváros 23rd title

#### Third place

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Szolnoki Dózsa | 2–0 | ZF-Eger | 10-7 | 13-7 | ／ |
| 12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 18:00 (CEST) | Report | Szolnoki Dózsa | 10–7 | ZF-Eger | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Attendance: 500 Referees: Homonnai, Várkonyi |
| Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Attendance: 500 Referees: Homonnai, Várkonyi |||
| 12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 18:00 (CEST) | Report | Bátori, Aleksić, Prlainović 2 | Goals | Vlachopoulos 4 | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Attendance: 500 Referees: Homonnai, Várkonyi |
| 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | ZF-Eger | 7–13 | Szolnoki Dózsa | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Attendance: 900 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |
| Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Attendance: 900 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |||
| 17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 19:00 (CEST) | Report | Vlachopoulos 4 | Goals | Prlainović 4 | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Attendance: 900 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |
Szolnoki Dózsa 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) | 9–0 | (8) Debreceni VSE | 12-8 | 14-8 | 14-7 | ／ | ／ |
| Budapesti Honvéd SE (6) | 5–8 | (7) BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 7-7 | 8-8 | 8-11 | 12-10 | 5-7 |

#### Fifth place game (European competition play-off)

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 2–1 | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 11-6 | 9-8 | 6-2 |

#### Seventh place game

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Budapesti Honvéd SE | 2–1 | Debreceni VSE | 14-13 | 12-13 (p) | 13-9 |

### 9th – 12th Placement matches

| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | Games in the season | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Metalcom Szentes 0(9) | 7–1 | (12) AVUS Szombathely | 11-9 | 5-5 | 12-11 | ／ | ／ |
| PVSK-Mecsek Füszért (10) | 7–4 | (11) Tatabányai VSE | 11-11 | 8-9 | 11-8 | 7-5 | ／ |

#### Ninth place game

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Metalcom Szentes | 0–2 | PVSK-Mecsek Füszért | 10-12 | 6-7 | ／ |

#### Eleventh place game

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Tatabányai VSE | 2–1 | AVUS Szombathely | 11-10 | 8-10 | 11-9 |

### 13th – 16th Placement matches

| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | Games in the season | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| UVSE Hunguest Hotels (13) | 9–0 | (16) KSI SE | 13-8 | 10-5 | 12-5 | ／ | ／ |
| VasasPlaket (14) | 4–7 | (15) Kaposvári VK | 12-15 | 7-7 | 12-7 | 7-8 | ／ |

#### Thirteenth place game

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| UVSE Hunguest Hotels | 2–0 | Kaposvári VK | 12-4 | 9-8 | ／ |

#### Fifteenth place game (Relegation play-out)

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| VasasPlaket | 2–0 | KSI SE | 8-5 | 11-10 | ／ |

## Final standing

| Pos | Team | Qualification or Relegation |
| | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round |
| | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| | Szolnoki Dózsa | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round* |
| 4 | ZF-Eger | Qualification to Euro Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | Qualification to Euro Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing |
| 7 | Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 8 | Debreceni VSE |
| 9 | Metalcom Szentes |
| 10 | PVSK-Mecsek Füszért |
| 11 | Tatabányai VSE |
| 12 | AVUS Szombathely |
| 13 | UVSE Hunguest Hotels |
| 14 | Kaposvári VK |
| 15 | VasasPlaket | Qualification to relegation play-out |
| 16 | KSI SE | Relegation to Országos Bajnokság I/B |

## Relegation play-out

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| VasasPlaket (I) | 2–0 | (I/B) Kanizsa VSE | 14-8 | 13-7 | ／ |
VasasPlaket won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.