# 2012–13 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2012–13 Országos Bajnokság I is the 107th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

## Team information

| Team | Location | Swimming Pool | Capacity |
| BVSC | Budapest | BVSC Sportuszoda | |
| Debreceni VSE | Debrecen | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex | 2,000 |
| Eger | Eger | Aladár Bistkey Swimming Pool | 3,000 |
| EKF-Eger | Eger | Aladár Bistkey Swimming Pool | 3,000 |
| Ferencváros | Budapest | Népliget Sportuszoda | 300 |
| Honvéd | Budapest | Kőér Street Swimming Pool | 700 |
| Junior álogatott | Budapest | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium | |
| Kaposvári VK | Kaposvár | Virágfürdő | |
| Orvosegyetem SC | Budapest | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium | |
| Pécsi VSK | Pécs | Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda | |
| Szeged Beton | Szeged | Városi Sportuszoda | 800 |
| Szentesi VK | Szentes | Szentesi Üdülőközpon | |
| Szolnoki Dózsa | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Uszoda | 500 |
| Vasas | Budapest | Komjádi Swimming Pool | 1,800 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | A-HÍD Szeged | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 321 | 190 | +131 | 73 |
| 2 | ZF-Eger | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 318 | 149 | 169 | 71 |
| 3 | TEVA-Vasas | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 278 | 171 | +107 | 69 |
| 4 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 307 | 154 | +153 | 58 |
| 5 | Debrecen | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 261 | 208 | +53 | 50 |
| 6 | Grupama-Honvéd | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 209 | 206 | +3 | 43 |
| 7 | BVSC-Zugló | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 230 | 222 | +8 | 42 |
| 8 | Valdor-Szentes | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 232 | 276 | −44 | 33 |
| 9 | Orvosegyetem SC | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 209 | 261 | −52 | 30 |
| 10 | EKF-EgerFood-Imo | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 171 | 269 | −98 | 17 |
| 11 | Junior válogatott | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 226 | 312 | −86 | 17 |
| 12 | Ferencváros | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 173 | 267 | −94 | 14 |
| 13 | Pécsi VSK | 26 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 210 | 322 | −112 | 12 |
| 14 | Kaposvár | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 175 | 313 | −138 | 7 |
* 1 to 8 Playoff
* 9 to 14 Playoff

### Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| | BVSC | DVSE | EGER | EKF | FTC | HON | JUN | KAP | OSC | PVSK | SZEG | SZEN | SZOL | VAS |
| BVSC-Zugló | | 9–15 | 4–9 | 13–2 | 11–9 | 10–9 | 12–8 | 12–4 | 8–6 | 13–11 | 10–13 | 9–5 | 5–6 | 5–10 |
| Debrecen | 14–10 | | 3–9 | 13–6 | 11–6 | 6–9 | 14–7 | 14–7 | 10–10 | 15–6 | 9–10 | 16–7 | 5–5 | 5–10 |
| ZF-Eger | 8–1 | 12–7 | | 15–8 | 16–4 | 15–3 | 15–7 | 15–4 | 22–3 | 20–6 | 11–8 | 20–6 | 7–6 | 7–7 |
| EKF-EgerFood-Imo | 7–6 | 9–12 | 7–13 | | 5–5 | 10–11 | 7–7 | 5–8 | 6–8 | 10–8 | 8–13 | 6–7 | 3–13 | 8–14 |
| Ferencváros | 7–11 | 8–15 | 6–9 | 6–8 | | 6–10 | 6–12 | 10–6 | 4–7 | 11–8 | 3–17 | 7–11 | 4–9 | 7–10 |
| Grupama-Honvéd | 10–6 | 2–4 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 8–6 | | 10–5 | 12–4 | 10–6 | 11–6 | 5–9 | 14–8 | 5–11 | 3–8 |
| Junior válogatott | 8–9 | 11–16 | 7–15 | 6–8 | 8–10 | 13–5 | | 14–11 | 8–9 | 11–8 | 10–18 | 8–14 | 4–17 | 11–20 |
| Kaposvár | 8–16 | 7–10 | 5–13 | 5–8 | 7–7 | 9–11 | 7–9 | | 7–12 | 14–9 | 7–14 | 7–9 | 6–17 | 5–11 |
| Orvosegyetem SC | 6–10 | 6–9 | 6–14 | 11–8 | 4–7 | 9–9 | 10–10 | 13–4 | | 14–7 | 7–19 | 14–13 | 5–13 | 6–9 |
| Pécsi VSK | 7–9 | 5–12 | 2–9 | 11–9 | 12–9 | 8–13 | 10–9 | 12–11 | 10–13 | | 11–13 | 9–11 | 6–17 | 7–9 |
| A-HÍD Szeged | 14–10 | 11–6 | 9–7 | 15–7 | 11–5 | 7–6 | 17–9 | 17–7 | 12–5 | 13–6 | | 13–8 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Valdor-Szentes | 6–7 | 8–9 | 7–12 | 11–7 | 11–10 | 6–9 | 12–9 | 14–6 | 7–6 | 15–11 | 8–15 | | 7–13 | 6–11 |
| Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 12–7 | 6–5 | 10–11 | 19–3 | 18–6 | 12–4 | 14–5 | 18–5 | 14–7 | 19–7 | 5–7 | 15–8 | | 6–7 |
| TEVA-Vasas | 8–7 | 12–6 | 7–7 | 11–3 | 12–4 | 12–6 | 18–10 | 11–4 | 11–6 | 12–7 | 7–11 | 13–7 | 9–8 | |
* $^*$match awarded

## 1 to 8 Playoff

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | A-HÍD Szeged | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valdor-Szentes | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Valdor-Szentes | 7 | 5 | 1 | A-HÍD Szeged | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 12 | 8 | 4 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Debrecen | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Debrecen | 6 | 4 | | | | | 4 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 7 | 6 | 9 | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | ZF-Eger | 9 | 7 | 10 | | |
| 3 | TEVA-Vasas | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | ZF-Eger | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | Grupama-Honvéd | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Grupama-Honvéd | 7 | 7 | 3 | TEVA-Vasas | 10 | 6 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | 2 | ZF-Eger | 13 | 8 |
| 2 | ZF-Eger | 16 | 13 | 2 | ZF-Eger | 13 | 8 | 1 | A-HÍD Szeged | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | BVSC-Zugló | 5 | 8 | | | | | 3 | TEVA-Vasas | 8 | 8 | |

### Quarter-finals
#### 1st leg

| April 19 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | A-HÍD Szeged | 14–7 | Valdor-Szentes | Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: László Bors, István Vojvoda |
| Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: László Bors, István Vojvoda |||
| April 19 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Molnár, Kayes 3 | Goals | Tóth 3 | Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: László Bors, István Vojvoda |
| April 20 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | ZF-Eger | 16–5 | BVSC-Zugló | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: Csaba Horváth, Szabolcs Dodog |
| Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: Csaba Horváth, Szabolcs Dodog |||
| April 20 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Varga 3 | Goals | five players 1 | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: Csaba Horváth, Szabolcs Dodog |
| April 20 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | TEVA-Vasas | 8–7 | Grupama-Honvéd | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: András Németh, dr. Balázs Fekete |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: András Németh, dr. Balázs Fekete |||
| April 20 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Brguljan 3 | Goals | Fülöp 4 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: András Németh, dr. Balázs Fekete |
| April 20 14:15 (UTC+2) | Report | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 12–6 | Debrecen | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Zsolt Füzesi, Balázs Székely |
| Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Zsolt Füzesi, Balázs Székely |||
| April 20 14:15 (UTC+2) | Report | Aleksić 3 | Goals | Letica 2 | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Zsolt Füzesi, Balázs Székely |

#### 2nd leg

| April 20 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Valdor-Szentes | 5–17 | A-HÍD Szeged | Szentesi uszoda, Szentes Referees: Zsolt Csanádi, Miklós Marnitz |
| Szentesi uszoda, Szentes Referees: Zsolt Csanádi, Miklós Marnitz |||
| April 20 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Bálint, Szabó 2 | Goals | Szivós 7 | Szentesi uszoda, Szentes Referees: Zsolt Csanádi, Miklós Marnitz |
A-HÍD Szeged won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.
| April 24 19:45 (UTC+2) | Report | BVSC-Zugló | 8–13 | ZF-Eger | Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Károly Rubos, dr. Balázs Fekete |
| Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Károly Rubos, dr. Balázs Fekete |||
| April 24 19:45 (UTC+2) | Report | Létay 3 | Goals | four players 2 | Szőnyi úti uszoda, Budapest Referees: Károly Rubos, dr. Balázs Fekete |
ZF-Eger won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.
| April 24 20:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Grupama-Honvéd | 7–9 | TEVA-Vasas | Kőér utcai uszoda, Budapest Referees: Balázs Székely, Gábor Vogel |
| Kőér utcai uszoda, Budapest Referees: Balázs Székely, Gábor Vogel |||
| April 24 20:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Fülöp 2 | Goals | Vámos 4 | Kőér utcai uszoda, Budapest Referees: Balázs Székely, Gábor Vogel |
TEVA-Vasas won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.
| April 24 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Debrecen | 4–8 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | Debreceni uszoda, Debrecen Referees: ifj. György Juhász, György Kun |
| Debreceni uszoda, Debrecen Referees: ifj. György Juhász, György Kun |||
| April 24 19:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Vindisch 2 | Goals | Aleksić 3 | Debreceni uszoda, Debrecen Referees: ifj. György Juhász, György Kun |
Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép won series 2–0 and advanced to Semifinals.

### Semifinals
#### 1st leg

| May 5 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | A-HÍD Szeged | 9–11 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |
| Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |||
| May 5 11:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Kayes 3 | Goals | Aleksić 3 | Szegedi Sportuszoda, Szeged Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |
| May 4 17:15 (UTC+2) | Report | ZF-Eger | 13–10 | TEVA-Vasas | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, István Vojvoda |
| Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, István Vojvoda |||
| May 4 17:15 (UTC+2) | Report | Biros 4 | Goals | Katonás, Steinmetz Á. 3 | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, István Vojvoda |

#### 2nd leg

| May 8 18:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 11–8 | A-HÍD Szeged | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: András Németh, György Kun |
| Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: András Németh, György Kun |||
| May 8 18:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Nyéki, Aleksić 4 | Goals | Szívós, Kayes 2 | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: András Németh, György Kun |
Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.
| May 7 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | TEVA-Vasas | 6–8 | ZF-Eger | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |
| Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |||
| May 7 19:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Katonás 3 | Goals | Biros 2 | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda, Budapest Referees: ifj. György Juhász, Balázs Székely |
ZF-Eger won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

### Final
#### 1st leg

| May 15 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | ZF-Eger | 9–7 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, Csaba Horváth |
| Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, Csaba Horváth |||
| May 15 18:00 (UTC+2) | Report | Bátori 3 | Goals | Kis G. 2 | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, Csaba Horváth |

#### 2nd leg

| May 18 16:15 (UTC+2) | Report | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | 6–7 | ZF-Eger | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Balázs Székely, ifj. György Juhász |
| Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Balázs Székely, ifj. György Juhász |||
| May 18 16:15 (UTC+2) | Report | Aleksić 3 | Goals | Salamon 4 | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Balázs Székely, ifj. György Juhász |

#### 3rd leg

| May 21 18:30 (UTC+2) | Report | ZF-Eger | 10–9 | Szolnoki Dózsa-Közgép | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, György Kun |
| Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, György Kun |||
| May 21 18:30 (UTC+2) | Report | Bátori 3 | Goals | Nyéki, Hosnyánszky, Gocić 2 | Bitskey Aladár Sportuszoda, Eger Referees: András Németh, György Kun |
ZF-Eger won Championship final series 3–0.

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2013–14 LEN Champions League
* Qualified for the 2013–14 LEN Euro Cup
* Relegation to the 2013–14 OB I/B
| Rank | Team |
| | ZF-Eger |
| | Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP |
| | A-HÍD Szeged |
| 4 | TEVA-Vasas |
| 5 | Debrecen |
| 6 | Grupama Honvéd |
| 7 | BVSC-Zugló |
| 8 | Szentes |
| 9 | Orvosegyetem SC |
| 10 | Hungary national junior water polo team |
| 11 | EKF-EgerFood-Imola |
| 12 | Széchenyi Bank-FTC |
| 13 | PVSK-Fűszért |
| 14 | Kaposvár |
* 2012–13 OB I Champions
* ZF-Eger 2nd Title
* 1 Zoltán Szécsi, 2 Willem Wouter Gerritse, 3 Bence Bátori, 4 Kevin Graham 5 Ferenc Salamon, 6 Gábor Kovács, 7 Tamás Mezei, 8 Zsolt Varga 9 Lukaš Seman, 10 Miklós Gór-Nagy, 11 Bálint Lőrincz 12 Erik Bundschuch, 13 Péter Biros (c), 14 Dávid Bisztritsányi
* Head coach
* György Gerendás