# 2018 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)

The 2018 Magyar Kupa (known as the BENU Férfi Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons), was the 92nd edition of the tournament.

## Participating clubs

The following 17 teams qualified for the competition:
Országos Bajnokság I the 16 clubs of the 2017–18 season :
| Ferencváros Szolnok Eger OSC | BVSC Miskolc Bp. Honvéd Debrecen | Kaposvár Pécsi VSK Szentes Vasas | AVUS Tatabánya UVSE Szeged |
| Országos Bajnokság I/B the first club of the 2017–18 season ||||
| KSI | | | |

## Schedule

The rounds of the 2018 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Draw date and time | Matches |
| Preliminary round | 17 October 2018 | 27–28 October 2018 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 November 2018 | 17–18 November 2018 |
| Final four | 26 November 2018 | 15–16 December 2018 |

## Preliminary round

The preliminary round ties were scheduled for 26–28 October 2018.
Number of teams per tier entering this round :
| Országos Bajnokság I | Országos Bajnokság I/B | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 1 / 19 | 17 / 17 |

### Group A

Tournament was played at Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda, Pécs.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 9 |
| BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 6 |
| PVSK-Mecsek Füszért | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 3 |
| UVSE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | −30 | 0 |

### Group B

Tournament was played at Tiszaligeti uszoda (Vizilabda Aréna), Szolnok.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Szolnoki Dózsa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 9 |
| Budapesti Honvéd SE | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 6 |
| Kaposvári VK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 3 |
| VasasPlaket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 |

### Group C

Tournament was played at Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| ZF-Eger | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 12 |
| Debrecen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 7 |
| AVUS | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 6 |
| Metalcom-Szentes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 4 |
| KSI SE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 0 |

### Group D

Tournament was played at Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FTC-Telekom | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 9 |
| PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 6 |
| Szegedi VE | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 3 |
| Tatabányai VSE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 0 |

## Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played on 17 and 18 November 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Budapesti Honvéd SE (I) | 12–19 | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing (I) | 5–11 | 7–8 |
| Debrecen (I) | 10–26 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC (I) | 5–12 | 5–14 |
| Szolnoki Dózsa (I) | 11–19 | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda (I) | 4–12 | 7–7 |
| ZF-Eger (I) | 17–27 | FTC-Telekom (I) | 9–12 | 8–15 |

## Final four

The final four was held on 15 and 16 December 2018 at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, II. ker.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 December, 14:00 | 15 December, 14:00 |
| A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 7 |
| A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 7 | 16 December, 16:00 | 16 December, 16:00 |
| FTC-Telekom | 11 | 16 December, 16:00 | 16 December, 16:00 |
| FTC-Telekom | 11 | FTC-Telekom | 10 |
| 15 December, 15:45 | 15 December, 15:45 | | FTC-Telekom | 10 |
| 15 December, 15:45 | 15 December, 15:45 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 4 |
| BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 8 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 4 |
| PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | 9 | | |

### Semi-finals

| 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 14:00 (CET) | Report | A-HÍD OSC Újbuda | 7–11 | FTC-Telekom | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Fodor, Petik |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Fodor, Petik |||
| 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 14:00 (CET) | Report | Manhercz, Ranđelović 2 | Goals | Dé. Varga 5 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Fodor, Petik |
| 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15:45 (CET) | Report | BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing | 8–9 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |||
| 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15:45 (CET) | Report | Török, Létay 2 | Goals | Stojanović 4 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel, Marnitz |

### Final

| 16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 16:00 (CET) | Report | FTC-Telekom | 10–4 | PannErgy-Miskolci VLC | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Kun, Csanádi |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Kun, Csanádi |||
| 16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 16:00 (CET) | Report | Dé. Varga 4 | Goals | Bowen 2 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Kun, Csanádi |

#### Final standings

* Team
* FTC-Telekom Waterpolo
* PannErgy-Miskolci VLC
* A-HÍD OSC Újbuda
* BVSC-Zugló MKB Euroleasing
* 2018 Magyar Kupa Winner
* Ferencvároi TC 18th title
* Gárdonyi – S. Mitrović, Dé. Varga (c), Sedlmayer, Mezei, Vámos, Jakšić Reserves: Younger, Német, Kállay, Sz. Jansik, Gór-Nagy, Pohl, Vogel (goalkeeper)
* Head coach: Zsolt Varga, Technical Director: György Gerendás