# 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A season, also known as Tippmix Férfi NB I/A for sponsorship reasons, is the 91st season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Falco Vulcano is the defending champion. It started on 21 September 2021 with the first round of the regular season and will end on 26 June 2022 with the last game of the finals.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B | Relegated from Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A |
| HÜBNER Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | Jászberényi KSE |

### Arenas and locations

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | 2020–21 |
| Alba Fehérvár | Székesfehérvár | Alba Regia Sportcsarnok | 1,850 | 5th |
| Atomerőmű SE | Paks | ASE Sportcsarnok | 1,560 | 6th |
| DEAC | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor utcai Sportcsarnok | 1,500 | 4th |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Szombathely | Arena Savaria | 3,500 | |
| Kaposvári KK | Kaposvár | Kaposvár Aréna | 2,931 | 12th |
| Kecskeméti TE | Kecskemét | Messzi István Sportcsarnok | 1,851 | 9th |
| BC Körmend | Körmend | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,002 | 7th |
| OSE Lions | Oroszlány | Krajnyik András Sportcsarnok | 1,400 | 10th |
| Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | Nyíregyháza | Continental Aréna | 3,328 | 1st (NB I/B - Red) |
| PVSK Panthers | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 3,548 | 11th |
| Soproni KC | Sopron | Novomatic Aréna | 1,250 | 8th |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Szeged | Városi Sportcsarnok | 3,017 | |
| Szolnoki Olajbányász | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok | 2,122 | |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,210 | 13th |

### Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsor. Their logo is therefore present on all team kits.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Alba Fehérvár | Matthias Zollner | | Hummel | Endo Plus Service |
| Atomerőmű SE | Jan Pavlík | Ákos Kovács | Adidas | Atomerőmű |
| DEAC | Sándor Berényi | László Polyák | Adidas | Tungsram |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Miloš Konakov | Benedek Váradi | Spalding | Vulcano energia, |
| Kaposvári KK | Nikola Lazić | Roland Hendlein | Zeus | Kaposvár |
| Kecskeméti TE | Gábor Forray | | Ziccer | Duna Aszfalt |
| BC Körmend | Antonis Constantinides | Csaba Ferencz | Zeus | Egis |
| OSE Lions | Sebastjan Krašovec | | DRK | MVM, Pon-go Bridgestone |
| Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | Ákos Pethő | | Jako | Hübner |
| PVSK Panthers | Dražen Brajković | | McNut | Veolia, Terra21 |
| Soproni KC | Kostas Flevarakis | | DRK | Sopron |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Árpád Simándi | | Toti Sport | Naturtex, Szeged |
| Szolnoki Olajbányász | Gašper Potočnik | | Spalding | Duna Aszfalt |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Emir Mutapčić | | Spalding | Zalakerámia, HunGast |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Róbert Heinrich | End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2021 | Pre-season | Teo Čizmić | 26 April 2021 |
| DEAC | Anđelko Mandić | End of caretaker spell | 7 June 2021 | Pre-season | Milenko Topić | 7 June 2021 |
| Alba Fehérvár | Gábor Forray | Sacked | 15 June 2021 | Pre-season | Dejan Mihevc | 15 June 2021 |
| Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | Boris Maljković | End of contract | 18 June 2021 | Pre-season | Ákos Pethő | 16 June 2021 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Gašper Okorn | Resigned | 18 June 2021 | Pre-season | Milos Konakov | 18 June 2021 |
| Kecskeméti TE | Kornél Váradi | Signed by Hungary men's U18 | 19 October 2021 | 5th | Gábor Forray | 19 October 2021 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Srećko Sekulović | Resigned | 8 November 2021 | 10th | Árpád Simándi | 8 November 2021 |
| DEAC | Milenko Topić | Resigned | 13 November 2021 | 5th | Georgios Vovoras | 18 November 2021 |
| Soproni KC | Branislav Dzunić | Mutual consent | 15 November 2021 | 12th | Kostas Flevarakis | 21 November 2021 |
| Alba Fehérvár | Dejan Mihevc | Sacked | 19 November 2021 | 11th | Matthias Zollner | 19 November 2021 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Teo Čizmić | Sacked | 23 November 2021 | 13th | Emir Mutapčić | 23 November 2021 |
| Atomerőmű SE | Teo Hojč | Sacked | 24 November 2021 | 14th | Petar Mijović | 27 November 2021 |
| PVSK Panthers | Dragan Aleksić | Sacked | 20 December 2021 | 12th | Andrija Ćirić | 27 November 2021 |
| DEAC | Georgios Vovoras | Sacked | 7 February 2022 | 6th | Sándor Berényi | 7 February 2022 |
| Atomerőmű SE | Petar Mijović | Mutual consent | 14 March 2022 | 14th | Jan Pavlík | 14 March 2022 |
| PVSK Panthers | Andrija Ćirić | Mutual consent | 19 April 2022 | 14th | Dražen Brajković | 19 April 2022 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2288 | 1948 | +340 | 49 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 2 | Szolnoki Olajbányász | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2068 | 1976 | +92 | 44 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 3 | Egis Körmend | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2164 | 2099 | +65 | 41 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 4 | Alba Fehérvár | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2246 | 2252 | −6 | 41 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 5 | Soproni KC | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2153 | 2135 | +18 | 41 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 6 | Kaposvári KK | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2071 | 2042 | +29 | 40 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 7 | DEAC-Tungsram | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2142 | 2101 | +41 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 8 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2071 | 2165 | −94 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 9 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2224 | 2196 | +28 | 38 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 10 | MVM-OSE Lions | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1981 | 2005 | −24 | 37 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 11 | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2003 | 2103 | −100 | 35 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 12 | HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2185 | 2282 | −97 | 35 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 13 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2090 | 2266 | −176 | 34 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 14 | Atomerőmű SE | 26 | 7 | 19 | 2068 | 2184 | −116 | 33 | Qualification for 11th–14th 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 | ALBA | ASE | DEAC | FAL | KAP | KTE | KÖR | OSE | NYÍR | PVSK | SOP | SZEG | SZOL | ZTE |
| Alba Fehérvár | — | 73–85 | 80–90 | 66–98 | 96–92 | 91–93 | 77–76 | 85–82 | 93–78 | 103–68 | 80–83 | 90–81 | 81–88 | 103–93 |
| Atomerőmű SE | 104–106 | — | 80–74 | 65–82 | 64–81 | 76–80 | 106–87 | 73–82 | 82–73 | 89–66 | 82–83 | 84–90 | 67–90 | 72–80 |
| DEAC | 88–73 | 90–82 | — | 90–88 | 82–80 | 86–93 | 76–89 | 79–59 | 79–65 | 102–79 | 79–72 | 79–97 | 63–74 | 88–66 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | 91–93 | 98–78 | 80–70 | — | 85–70 | 97–76 | 79–73 | 81–73 | 109–79 | 99–77 | 95–64 | 93–72 | 82–69 | 86–73 |
| Kaposvári KK | 97–82 | 74–90 | 96–91 | 61–67 | — | 77–61 | 87–61 | 63–68 | 86–78 | 82–75 | 67–76 | 90–77 | 75–80 | 72–65 |
| Kecskeméti TE | 83–86 | 81–71 | 85–94 | 83–87 | 62–74 | — | 93–67 | 74–72 | 101–99 | 91–89 | 91–71 | 100–86 | 74–81 | 68–65 |
| BC Körmend | 91–83 | 75–76 | 89–73 | 78–86 | 89–70 | 105–78 | — | 77–65 | 107–99 | 84–71 | 84–77 | 97–74 | 82–93 | 85–71 |
| OSE Lions | 79–86 | 86–65 | 79–74 | 55–73 | 74–83 | 89–80 | 72–78 | — | 80–74 | 73–61 | 72–80 | 90–83 | 69–70 | 86–84 |
| Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | 105–79 | 83–74 | 62–89 | 77–90 | 90–82 | 75–77 | 95–94 | 92–81 | — | 104–110 | 81–88 | 86–81 | 84–92 | 76–78 |
| PVSK Panthers | 103–99 | 69–67 | 63–88 | 77–88 | 88–97 | 95–74 | 80–84 | 61–71 | 93–85 | — | 87–93 | 93–115 | 81–89 | 77–68 |
| Soproni KC | 82–95 | 109–107 | 100–75 | 90–83 | 92–94 | 72–75 | 85–75 | 86–80 | 82–90 | 70–76 | — | 95–77 | 83–78 | 77–54 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | 78–89 | 100–79 | 100–98 | 75–91 | 75–76 | 102–67 | 70–82 | 64–73 | 86–84 | 106–95 | 100–83 | — | 81–57 | 93–75 |
| Szolnoki Olajbányász | 71–74 | 84–63 | 79–78 | 69–84 | 94–68 | 81–63 | 83–71 | 90–86 | 85–86 | 80–78 | 73–76 | 77–76 | — | 63–74 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | 73–83 | 88–87 | 91–67 | 95–96 | 80–77 | 77–68 | 80–84 | 89–85 | 84–85 | 65–78 | 85–84 | 73–85 | 77–78 | — |

## Second round
### 1st–5th Placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 34 | 29 | 5 | 2984 | 2552 | +432 | 63 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Szolnoki Olajbányász | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2724 | 2648 | +76 | 55 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Egis Körmend | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2809 | 2751 | +58 | 54 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Soproni KC | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2796 | 2835 | −39 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2927 | 2945 | −18 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALBA | FAL | KÖR | SOP | SZOL |
| Alba Fehérvár | — | 89–94 | 97–77 | 85–89 | 98–85 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | 96–72 | — | 84–72 | 102–56 | 89–74 |
| BC Körmend | 90–80 | 85–72 | — | 86–79 | 75–69 |
| Soproni KC | 83–75 | 70–81 | 89–90 | — | 97–90 |
| Szolnoki Olajbányász | 79–85 | 86–78 | 82–70 | 91–80 | — |

### 6th–10th Placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | MVM-OSE Lions | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2707 | 2647 | +60 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2708 | 2815 | −107 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2915 | 2866 | +49 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Kaposvári KK | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2741 | 2740 | +1 | 50 | |
| 10 | DEAC-Tungsram | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2779 | 2802 | −23 | 48 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DEAC | KAP | KTE | OSE | SZEG |
| DEAC | — | 65–93 | 72–77 | 83–86 | 79–80 |
| Kaposvári KK | 82–91 | — | 77–80 | 93–85 | 88–96 |
| Kecskeméti TE | 90–82 | 92–89 | — | 78–80 | 87–80 |
| OSE Lions | 102–83 | 101–73 | 84–62 | — | 103–91 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | 91–82 | 88–75 | 86–71 | 79–85 | — |

### 11th–14th Placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 11 | HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2634 | 2736 | −102 | 45 | |
| 12 | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2478 | 2556 | −78 | 45 | |
| 13 | Atomerőmű SE | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2540 | 2616 | −76 | 43 | Qualification for Relegation play-out |
| 14 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2539 | 2772 | −233 | 40 | Qualification for Relegation play-out |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASE | NYÍR | PVSK | ZTE |
| Atomerőmű SE | — | 77–53 | 82–66 | 69–78 |
| Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks | 67–73 | — | 78–73 | 73–63 |
| PVSK Panthers | 81–90 | 86–91 | — | 60–79 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | 87–81 | 82–87 | 86–83 | — |

## Relegation play-out

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Atomerőmű SE | 2–1 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 95–77 | 71–73 | 75–70 |

## Playoffs

All three rounds (except Third place series) of the playoffs were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth (if it was necessary) game at home.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 1 | 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Soproni KC | 0 | 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 3 | | | | 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Egis Körmend | 2 |
| 2 | Szolnoki Olajbányász | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | Egis Körmend | 2 |
| 7 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 3 | 7 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Egis Körmend | 3 |
| 3 | Egis Körmend | 3 | 3 | Egis Körmend | 3 | 5 | Alba Fehérvár | 2 |
| 6 | MVM-OSE Lions | 1 | | | | 7 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 0 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3–1 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 105–86 | 74–80 | 96–74 | 87–79 | – |
| Szolnoki Olajbányász | 1–3 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 75–86 | 72–83 | 95–89 | 80–79 | – |
| Egis Körmend | 3–1 | MVM-OSE Lions | 74–90 | 91–86 | 84–71 | 86–72 | – |
| Soproni KC | 0–3 | Alba Fehérvár | 90–91 | 87–72 | 85–92 | – | – |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3–1 | Alba Fehérvár | 88–78 | 74–72 | 83–85 | 100–98 | – |
| Egis Körmend | 3–2 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 86–74 | 67–73 | 86–80 | 76–81 | 83–80 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely | 3–2 | Egis Körmend | 86–76 | 68–69 | 78–81 | 77–62 | 99–70 |

#### Game 5
### Third place series

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 |
| Alba Fehérvár | 2–0 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 90–70 | 88–71 | – |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely (C) | 47 | 38 | 9 | Qualification to Champions League regular season |
| 2 | Egis Körmend | 48 | 28 | 20 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 43 | 24 | 19 | |
| 4 | Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét | 45 | 23 | 22 | |
| 5 | Szolnoki Olajbányász | 38 | 22 | 16 | |
| 6 | Soproni KC | 37 | 18 | 19 | |
| 7 | MVM-OSE Lions | 38 | 19 | 19 | |
| 8 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 38 | 18 | 20 | |
| 9 | Kaposvári KK | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 10 | DEAC-Tungsram | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 11 | HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS | 32 | 13 | 19 | |
| 12 | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 32 | 13 | 19 | |
| 13 | Atomerőmű SE | 35 | 13 | 22 | |
| 14 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA (R) | 35 | 9 | 26 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |

## Statistics
### Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties :
| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Vas | 2 | Falco KC Szombathely and BC Körmend |
| 2 | Baranya | 1 | PVSK Panthers |
| 2 | Bács-Kiskun | 1 | Kecskeméti TE |
| 2 | Csongrád-Csanád | 1 | SZTE-Szedeák |
| 2 | Fejér | 1 | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 1 | Soproni KC |
| 2 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | DEAC |
| 2 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 1 | Szolnoki Olajbányász |
| 2 | Komárom-Esztergom | 1 | OSE Lions |
| 2 | Somogy | 1 | Kaposvári KK |
| 2 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 1 | Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks |
| 2 | Tolna | 1 | Atomerőmű SE |
| 2 | Zala | 1 | Zalaegerszegi TE |
Number of teams by regions :
| Transdanubia | Great Plain and North |
| Alba Fehérvár Atomerőmű SE Falco KC Szombathely Kaposvári KK BC Körmend OSE Lions PVSK Panthers Soproni KC Zalaegerszegi TE | DEAC Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks Kecskeméti TE SZTE-Szedeák Szolnoki Olajbányász |
| 9 Team | 5 Team |

## Hungarian clubs in European competitions

| | Competition | Team | Progress | Result | Total W–L |
| FIBA |
| FIBA | Champions League | Falco Vulcano | Second round | 4th of 4 teams (1–5) | 6-6 |
| FIBA | Champions League | Falco Vulcano | Regular season | 1st of 4 teams (5–1) | 6-6 |
| FIBA | Europe Cup | Szolnoki Olajbányász | Regular season | 4th of 4 teams (1–5) | 1–5 |
| FIBA | Europe Cup | Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák | Qualification semifinal | vs Medi Bayreuth (L) | 1-1 |
| FIBA | Europe Cup | Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák | Qualification quarterfinal | vs TFT Skopje (W) | 1-1 |