# 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (‹See RfD› transl. National Championship I/A) is the 82nd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Sopron Basket is the defending champion.

## Teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2018–19 season. NKE-Csata was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2018–19 NB I/B.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | City | Hall | Capacity |
| BEAC | Budapest | Gabányi László Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| Ceglédi EKK | Cegléd | Gál József Sportcsarnok | 1,100 |
| NKE-Csata | Budapest | Ludovika Aréna | 1,500 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | Miskolc | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,900 |
| UNI Győr | Győr | Egyetemi Csarnok | 3,036 |
| MTK-Budapest | Budapest | MTK Kosárlabda Csarnok | 299 |
| PEAC-Pécs | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 2,191 |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | Pécs | Kozármisleny Sportcsarnok | 1,500 |
| Sopron Basket | Sopron | Novomatic Aréna | 2,200 |
| KSC Szekszárd | Szekszárd | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,270 |
| Vasas Akadémia | Budapest | Vasas Pasaréti Sportcentrum | 299 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,800 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| BEAC | Judit Balogh | Toti Sport | tippmix |
| Ceglédi EKK | Petar Janković | Toti Sport | VBW, tippmix |
| NKE-Csata | Krisztián Tursics | Spalding | tippmix |
| Diósgyőri VTK | László Cziczás | 2Rule | Aluinvent, Borsodi, Apollo Tyres, tippmix |
| UNI Győr | Sandro Orlando | Spalding | CBM Cargo, tippmix |
| MTK-Budapest | Dorottya Nagy | Spalding | tippmix |
| PEAC-Pécs | Róbert Meszlényi | Peak | tippmix, Pannonpower |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | Miklós Laczka | Toti Sport | tippmix |
| Sopron Basket | Roberto Íñiguez | Toti Sport | tippmix |
| KSC Szekszárd | Željko Đokić | Toti Sport | Tarr TV, tippmix |
| Vasas Akadémia | Attila Földi | Toti Sport | Car-Net, tippmix |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Dávid Gáspár | Spalding | tippmix |

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Ceglédi EKK | László Cziczás | Signed by Diósgyőri VTK | End of 2017–18 season | Pre-season | Petar Janković | 2 May 2018 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | Erzsébet Ambrus | End of caretaker spell | End of 2017–18 season | Pre-season | László Cziczás | 19 June 2016 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sopron Basket | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1869 | 1213 | +656 | 44 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 2 | Aluinvent DVTK | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1820 | 1516 | +304 | 40 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1638 | 1390 | +248 | 39 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | PEAC-Pécs | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1642 | 1517 | +125 | 36 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | ZTE Női Kosárlabda Klub | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1616 | 1479 | +137 | 36 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1686 | 1530 | +156 | 34 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | NKE-FCSM Csata | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1557 | 1544 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 8 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1527 | 1656 | −129 | 29 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 9 | Vasas Akadémia | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1451 | 1670 | −219 | 28 | Qualification for Playout |
| 10 | ELTE BEAC Újbuda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1423 | 1812 | −389 | 27 | Qualification for Playout |
| 11 | PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1348 | 1700 | −352 | 26 | Qualification for Playout |
| 12 | MTK-Budapest | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1221 | 1771 | −550 | 24 | Qualification for Playout |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BEA | CEK | CSA | DIÓ | GYŐ | MTK | PEA | PIN | SOP | SZE | VAS | ZTE |
| BEAC Újbuda | — | 62–68 | 51–67 | 81–121 | 60–101 | 65–60 | 56–83 | 55–56 | 54–84 | 54–73 | 84–80 | 58–81 |
| Cegléd | 76–79 | — | 72–66 | 71–79 | 65–63 | 78–68 | 70–71 | 84–70 | 65–90 | 57–69 | 71–89 | 84–78 |
| NKE-Csata | 108–81 | 72–50 | — | 64–76 | 84–62 | 74–47 | 75–81 | 71–58 | 58–104 | 54–61 | 73–78 | 80–63 |
| Diósgyőri VTK | 95–67 | 79–61 | 64–67 | — | 87–78 | 94–57 | 86–75 | 101–60 | 58–72 | 83–73 | 80–71 | 67–50 |
| UNI Győr | 100–76 | 91–86 | 92–60 | 74–79 | — | 85–71 | 74–61 | 77–63 | 53–82 | 68–78 | 90–75 | 63–65 |
| MTK-Budapest | 49–80 | 48–77 | 45–70 | 61–96 | 48–84 | — | 75–86 | 68–65 | 64–83 | 60–74 | 61–83 | 44–83 |
| PEAC-Pécs | 101–46 | 73–68 | 88–72 | 77–82 | 64–71 | 76–47 | — | 78–52 | 55–75 | 58–88 | 87–67 | 81–68 |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 73–66 | 77–70 | 56–87 | 77–104 | 53–79 | 56–63 | 56–80 | — | 54–82 | 71–92 | 72–70 | 38–62 |
| Sopron | 96–45 | 96–53 | 93–55 | 82–65 | 71–52 | 100–45 | 92–43 | 75–51 | — | 82–48 | 88–40 | 81–54 |
| KSC Szekszárd | 86–55 | 87–77 | 79–74 | 67–72 | 68–64 | 102–51 | 55–50 | 82–55 | 56–67 | — | 81–54 | 64–58 |
| Vasas Akadémia | 60–72 | 64–63 | 64–68 | 51–81 | 59–96 | 80–45 | 62–83 | 70–59 | 73–79 | 51–88 | — | 57–60 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | 94–76 | 85–61 | 79–58 | 80–71 | 75–69 | 80–45 | 81–91 | 84–76 | 72–95 | 75–67 | 89–53 | — |

## Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Sopron Basket | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 0 | 1 | Sopron Basket | 2 | | | |
| | | | 5 | ZTE NKK | 0 | | | |
| 4 | PEAC-Pécs | 0 | 5 | ZTE NKK | 0 | | | |
| 5 | ZTE NKK | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | ZTE NKK | 2 | | | | 1 | Sopron Basket | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Aluinvent DVTK | 0 |
| 2 | Aluinvent DVTK | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Aluinvent DVTK | 0 |
| 7 | NKE-Csata | 0 | | | |
| 7 | NKE-Csata | 0 | 2 | Aluinvent DVTK | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 6 | UNI Győr | 1 |
| 3 | KSC Szekszárd | 1 | 6 | UNI Győr | 1 | 5 | ZTE NKK | 2 |
| 6 | UNI Győr | 2 | | | | 6 | UNI Győr | 1 |

### Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Sopron Basket | 3–0 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 90–34 | 75–31 | – |
| PEAC-Pécs | 0–2 | ZTE Női Kosárlabda Klub | 72–77 | 75–58 | – |
| Aluinvent DVTK | 2–0 | NKE-FCSM Csata | 81–70 | 69–49 | – |
| Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 1–2 | CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR | 70–48 | 60–57 | 60–65 |

### Semi-finals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Sopron Basket | 2–0 | ZTE Női Kosárlabda Klub | 72–37 | 90–62 | – |
| Aluinvent DVTK | 2–1 | CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR | 64–52 | 82–87 | 75–61 |

### Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Sopron Basket | 3–0 | Aluinvent DVTK | 74–60 | 62–45 | 67–53 | – | – |

### Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| ZTE Női Kosárlabda Klub | 2–1 | CMB CARGO UNI GYÔR | 68–74 | 69–49 | 80–60 |

## Hungarian clubs in European competitions

| Club | Competition | Progress |
| Sopron Basket | EuroLeague | Fourth place |
| KSC Szekszárd | EuroLeague | Qualifying round |
| KSC Szekszárd | EuroCup | Round of 8 |
| UNI Győr | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Ceglédi EKK | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Diósgyőri VTK | EuroCup | Round of 16 |