# 2008–09 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

2008–09 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) (known as the Vodafone férfi OB I osztályú Országos Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd water polo championship in Hungary.

## First stage

| # | Team | M | Gy | D | V | G+ | G− | P |
| 1. | TEVA-VasasPlaket | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 282 | 141 | 64 |
| 2. | DOMINO Honvéd | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 253 | 174 | 53 |
| 3. | ZF-Eger | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 271 | 164 | 51 |
| 4. | Aprilia FTC-Fisher Klíma | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 223 | 150 | 49 |
| 5. | Szeged Beton VE | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 220 | 165 | 42 |
| 6. | Pécsi Vízmű PVSK-Fűszért | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 190 | 186 | 35 |
| 7. | UNIQA-UTE | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 223 | 225 | 27 |
| 8. | BVSC-Atlantis Casino | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 190 | 226 | 24 |
| 9. | OSC-Opus Via | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 162 | 261 | 14 |
| 10. | Szolnoki Főiskola-KÖZGÉP | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 165 | 228 | 13 |
| 11. | Bodrogi Bau-Szentesi VK | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 148 | 286 | 8 |
| 12. | Androbau Fehérvár Póló SE | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 141 | 262 | 5 |
* Championship Playoff
* European competition Playoff
* Relegation Playoff
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; G+ - Points for; G− - Points against; Diff - Difference; P - Points.

## Championship Playoff

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | TEVA-VasasPlaket | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Aprilia FTC-Fisher Klíma | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Aprilia FTC-Fisher Klíma | 5 | 7 | | 1 | TEVA-VasasPlaket | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| | | | | | 3 | ZF-Eger | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | DOMINO Honvéd | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ZF-Eger | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | ZF-Eger | 10 | 7 | 10 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | 2 | DOMINO Honvéd | 11 | 10 | |
| | | | | | 4 | Aprilia FTC-Fisher Klíma | 6 | 7 | |

### Final

* 1st leg
| 22 May 19:30 | Report | TEVA-VasasPlaket | 7–8 | ZF-Eger | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |||
| 22 May 19:30 | Report | Kovács Cs. 3 | Goals | Biros, Varga II 3 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |
* 2nd leg
| 24 May 17:15 | Report | ZF-Eger | 9–10 | TEVA-VasasPlaket | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Petik, Székely |
| Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Petik, Székely |||
| 24 May 17:15 | Report | Hegedűs, Cs. Kiss, Nyéki 2 | Goals | Dá. Varga 5 | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Petik, Székely |
* 3rd leg
| 27 May 19:00 | Report | TEVA-VasasPlaket | 8–7 | ZF-Eger | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Németh, dr. Fekete |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Németh, dr. Fekete |||
| 27 May 19:00 | Report | G. Kis, M. Tóth 2 | Goals | Biros 2 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: Németh, dr. Fekete |
* 4th leg
| 29 May 19:30 | Report | ZF-Eger | 8–10 | TEVA-VasasPlaket | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |
| Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |||
| 29 May 19:30 | Report | Feltham, Biros, Hegedűs 2 | Goals | Dé. Varga 5 | Bitskey Aladár uszoda, Eger Referees: Kiszelly, ifj. Juhász |
TEVA-VasasPlaket won the FINAL series 3–1.
* 2008–09 OB I Winner
* TEVA-VasasPlaket 16th Title
* 1 Viktor Nagy, 2 Bálint Takács, 3 Márk Kállay, 4 Gergely Katonás, 5 Norbert Hosnyánszky, 6 Viktor Vörös, 7 Róbert Kovács Csatlós, 8 Márton Tóth, 9 Dénes Varga, 10 Dániel Varga, 11 Barnabás Steinmetz, 12 Gábor Kis, 13 Dávid Hőna, 14 György Jónás
* Head coach: László Földi

## European competition Playoff

| # | Team | M | W | D | L | G+ | G− | P | BP |
| 5. | Szeged-Beton VE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 46 | 30 | 12 |
| 6. | Uniqa-Újpesti TE | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 52 | 16 | 6 |
| 7. | Pécsi Vízmű-Pécsi VSK-Fűszért | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 63 | 15 | 9 |
| 8. | BVSC-Atlantis Casino | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 76 | 4 | 3 |
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; G+ - Points for; G− - Points against; Diff - Difference; P - Points; BP - Bonus Points.

## Relegation Playoff

| # | Team | M | W | D | L | G+ | G− | P | BP |
| 9. | OSC-Opus Via | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 54 | 23 | 12 |
| 10. | Szolnoki Főiskola VSC-Közgép | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 48 | 21 | 9 |
| 11. | Bodrogi Bau-Szentesi VK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 60 | 13 | 6 |
| 12. | Androbau-Fehérvár Póló SE | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 61 | 7 | 3 |
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; G+ - Points for; G− - Points against; Diff - Difference; P - Points; Bp - Bonus Points.

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2009–10 LEN Euroleague
* Qualified for the 2009–10 LEN Cup
* Relegation to the 2009–10 OB I/B
| Rank | Team |
| | TEVA-VasasPlaket |
| | ZF-Eger |
| | Domino-Honvéd |
| 4 | Ferencvárosi TC-Aprilia-Fisher Klíma |
| 5 | Szeged-Beton VE |
| 6 | Uniqa-Újpesti TE |
| 7 | Pécsi Vízmű-Pécsi VSK-Fűszért |
| 8 | BVSC-Atlantis Casino |
| 9 | OSC-Opus Via |
| 10 | Szolnoki Főiskola VSC-Közgép |
| 11 | Bodrogi Bau-Szentesi VK |
| 12 | Androbau-Fehérvár Póló SE |

## Sources

* Magyar sportévkönyv 2010