# 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball)

The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B is the 54th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, the second tier handball league in Hungary. This season the competition is being contested by 20 clubs split geographically across two groups of 10 teams, which began on 10 September 2021 and will conclude in 19 June 2022.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II | Relegated from 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Promoted to 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I | Relegated to 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| Komárom VSE Csépe Salgótarjáni SKC Százhalombattai KE | Ceglédi KKSE Orosházi FKSE - Linamar | Budai Farkasok-Rév Group HÉP-Cegléd | Mezőkövesdi KC FTC-Diagnosticum (U21) Komárom VSE Pécsi VSE |

### Western Group

| Team | Location | Arena | 2020–21 |
| BFKA-Balatonfüred | Balatonfüred | Eötvös Sportcsarnok | 6th |
| Budai Farkasok KKUK | Budaörs | Városi Uszoda és Sportcsarnok | 5th |
| ETO-SZESE Győr FKC | Győr | Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok | 8th |
| Komárom VSE | Komárom | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1st (NB II - Northwest) |
| Pécsi VSE | Pécs | Sportközpont (Komló) | 7th |
| PLER-Budapest | Budapest, XVIII. ker | Sportkastély | 4th |
| Százhalombattai KE | Százhalombatta | Városi Szabadidő Központ | 1st (NB II - South) |
| Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | Szigetszentmiklós | Kézilabda Csarnok | 9th |
| Tatai AC | Tata | Güntner Aréna | 3rd |
| BFKA-Veszprém | Veszprém | DEVM Sportcsarnok | 2nd |

### Eastern Group

| Team | Location | Arena | 2020–21 |
| Békési FKC | Békés | Városi Sportcsarnok | 7th |
| Ceglédi KKSE | Cegléd | Gál József Sportcsarnok | 13th (NB I) |
| DEAC | Debrecen | DEAC Sportcsarnok | 8th |
| Ferencvárosi TC (U21) | Budapest, IX. ker | Elek Gyula Aréna | 3rd |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | Mezőkövesd | Városi Sportcsarnok | 4th |
| Orosházi FKSE | Orosháza | Városi Sportcsarnok | 14th (NB I) |
| Ózdi KC | Ózd | Marosi István Sportcsarnok | 6th |
| Salgótarjáni SKC | Salgótarján | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1st (NB II - North) |
| SC Pick Szeged (U21) | Szeged | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2nd |
| Vecsés SE | Vecsés | Városi Sportcsarnok (Üllő) | 9th |

## Regular season
### Western Group
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budai Farkasok-Rév Group | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 530 | 459 | +71 | 29 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 2 | BFKA-Veszprém | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 553 | 492 | +61 | 27 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 3 | PLER-Budapest | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 567 | 465 | +102 | 26 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 4 | Tatai AC | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 494 | 467 | +27 | 21 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 5 | Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 497 | 501 | −4 | 19 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 6 | BFKA-Balatonfüred | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 486 | 509 | −23 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 7 | Agrofeed ETO UNI Győr | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 490 | 496 | −6 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Százhalombattai KE | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 523 | 551 | −28 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Komárom VSE | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 445 | 527 | −82 | 6 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Pécsi VSE | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 444 | 562 | −118 | 2 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Szigetszentmiklósi KSK 3, BFKA-Balatonfüred 1.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BFKB | BFAR | GYŐR | KOM | PÉCS | PLER | SZÁZ | SZIG | TAC | BFKV |
| BFKA-Balatonfüred | — | 23–22 | 32–25 | 27–25 | 33–27 | 28–25 | 30–32 | 23–28 | 23–30 | 27–37 |
| Budai Farkasok KKUK | 30–20 | — | 32–22 | 37–30 | 33–24 | 24–29 | 37–29 | 30–24 | 31–27 | 28–28 |
| ETO-SZESE Győr | 29–24 | 21–26 | — | 33–28 | 34–24 | 25–26 | 26–21 | 26–33 | 24–35 | 27–28 |
| Komárom VSE | 26–28 | 16–22 | 19–25 | — | 25–30 | 15–36 | 23–24 | 26–35 | 30–27 | 31–31 |
| Pécsi VSE | 32–33 | 24–31 | 23–32 | 22–27 | — | 24–37 | 28–37 | 20–25 | 24–25 | 21–24 |
| PLER-Budapest | 29–29 | 21–26 | 37–28 | 29–29 | 40–23 | — | 35–33 | 36–22 | 31–32 | 30–21 |
| Százhalombattai KE | 29–31 | 34–35 | 28–25 | 32–26 | 37–24 | 26–36 | — | 28–29 | 22–22 | 27–38 |
| Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 22–22 | 29–31 | 26–31 | 27–26 | 27–26 | 28–38 | 34–35 | — | 35–25 | 26–23 |
| Tatai AC | 31–23 | 24–26 | 25–31 | 23–18 | 30–24 | 22–23 | 31–20 | 28–21 | — | 30–27 |
| BFKA-Veszprém | 30–30 | 34–29 | 29–26 | 39–25 | 32–24 | 30–29 | 41–29 | 27–26 | 34–27 | — |

### Eastern Group
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Orosházi FKSE-Tokai | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 499 | 480 | +19 | 26 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 2 | Csépe Salgótarjáni SKC | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 491 | 478 | +13 | 23 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 3 | HÉP-Cegléd | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 460 | 403 | +57 | 20 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 4 | Optimum Solar-Békési FKC | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 516 | 495 | +21 | 19 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 5 | ÓAM-Ózdi KC | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 440 | 441 | −1 | 19 | Qualification for the Promotion round |
| 6 | Pick Szeged (U21) | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 484 | 477 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 7 | Vecsés SE | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 511 | 533 | −22 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | DEAC | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 462 | 484 | −22 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Mezőkövesdi KC | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 486 | 494 | −8 | 14 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | FTC-Diagnosticum (U21) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 478 | 542 | −64 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Optimum Solar-Békési FKC 4, ÓAM-Ózdi KC 0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: DEAC 4, Mezőkövesdi KC 0.

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BFKC | CEG | DEAC | FTC | MKC | ORO | ÓZD | SAL | SZEG | VECS |
| Békési FKC | — | 27–20 | 34–25 | 34–26 | 32–22 | 28–30 | 30–26 | 24–25 | 33–33 | 33–29 |
| Ceglédi KKSE | 30–16 | — | 21–22 | 30–27 | 27–29 | 25–26 | 34–19 | 33–17 | 30–20 | 36–29 |
| DEAC | 22–25 | 25–32 | — | 33–30 | 28–24 | 24–24 | 17–23 | 26–23 | 29–27 | 28–30 |
| Ferencvárosi TC (U21) | 35–32 | 20–24 | 28–27 | — | 28–27 | 24–26 | 29–28 | 25–31 | 33–28 | 31–28 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | 27–24 | 21–21 | 19–21 | 36–25 | — | 26–30 | 22–22 | 32–28 | 34–30 | 32–26 |
| Orosházi FKSE | 27–24 | 23–29 | 28–24 | 37–28 | 32–31 | — | 23–18 | 26–31 | 28–24 | 31–28 |
| Ózdi KC | 24–29 | 23–23 | 26–26 | 27–16 | 26–25 | 24–24 | — | 32–26 | 22–19 | 28–27 |
| Salgótarjáni SKC | 29–30 | 24–21 | 23–22 | 32–26 | 35–32 | 34–29 | 23–22 | — | 26–26 | 28–23 |
| SC Pick Szeged (U21) | 33–31 | 10–0 | 28–27 | 31–23 | 31–22 | 26–29 | 24–26 | 27–26 | — | 33–28 |
| Vecsés SE | 32–30 | 25–24 | 39–36 | 31–24 | 28–25 | 32–26 | 24–24 | 22–30 | 30–34 | — |
* ↑ The SC Pick Szeged (U21) v Ceglédi KKSE match was awarded as a 10–0 win to Szeged.

## Play-offs
### Promotion round

The top five teams advanced from the Western- and Eastern Group of the regular season.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Budai Farkasok-Rév Group (C, P) | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 470 | +51 | 27 | Promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 2 | HÉP-Cegléd (P) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 504 | 412 | +92 | 24 | Promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 3 | PLER-Budapest | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 526 | 488 | +38 | 24 | |
| 4 | Tatai AC | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 20 | |
| 5 | Orosházi FKSE-Tokai | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 523 | 535 | −12 | 20 | |
| 6 | BFKA-Veszprém | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 526 | 506 | +20 | 19 | |
| 7 | Optimum Solar-Békési FKC | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 507 | 511 | −4 | 16 | |
| 8 | Csépe Salgótarjáni SKC | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 490 | 534 | −44 | 14 | |
| 9 | Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 520 | 579 | −59 | 10 | |
| 10 | ÓAM-Ózdi KC | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 432 | 525 | −93 | 6 | |

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BFKC | BFAR | CEG | PLER | ORO | ÓZD | SAL | SZIG | TAC | BFKV |
| Békési FKC | — | 27–28 | — | 29–31 | — | — | — | 36–33 | 30–30 | 31–27 |
| Budai Farkasok KKUK | 28–25 | — | 20–20 | — | 39–29 | 41–26 | 36–30 | — | — | — |
| Ceglédi KKSE | — | 28–21 | — | 31–19 | — | — | — | 37–20 | 28–22 | 30–27 |
| PLER-Budapest | 27–23 | — | 25–32 | — | 34–32 | 31–24 | 34–25 | — | — | — |
| Orosházi FKSE | — | 23–23 | — | 32–27 | — | — | — | 30–28 | 39–33 | 35–34 |
| Ózdi KC | — | 22–27 | — | 28–30 | — | — | — | 33–31 | 21–32 | 23–26 |
| Salgótarjáni SKC | — | 24–33 | — | 27–31 | — | — | — | 36–33 | 26–29 | 32–29 |
| Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 28–40 | — | 31–38 | — | 41–33 | 32–27 | 32–31 | — | — | — |
| Tatai AC | 33–33 | — | 24–22 | — | 30–25 | 31–18 | 29–27 | — | — | — |
| BFKA-Veszprém | 35–25 | — | 28–23 | — | 33–37 | 32–22 | 31–23 | — | — | — |

### Relegation round

The bottom five teams advanced from the Western- and Eastern Group of the regular season.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Százhalombattai KE | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 565 | 515 | +50 | 26 | |
| 12 | BFKA-Balatonfüred | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 538 | 520 | +18 | 25 | |
| 13 | Agrofeed ETO UNI Győr | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 544 | 504 | +40 | 24 | |
| 14 | Pick Szeged (U21) | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 530 | 479 | +51 | 22 | |
| 15 | Vecsés SE | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 561 | 544 | +17 | 21 | |
| 16 | DEAC | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 540 | 511 | +29 | 19 | |
| 17 | Mezőkövesdi KC (R) | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 562 | 535 | +27 | 19 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 18 | FTC-Diagnosticum (U21) (R) | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 529 | 570 | −41 | 13 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 19 | Komárom VSE (R) | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 467 | 554 | −87 | 7 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 20 | Pécsi VSE (R) | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 489 | 593 | −104 | 4 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

#### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BFKB | DEAC | GYŐR | FTC | KOM | MKC | PÉCS | SZÁZ | SZEG | VECS |
| BFKA-Balatonfüred | — | 31–30 | — | 34–30 | — | 30–29 | — | — | 31–26 | 29–24 |
| DEAC | 25–24 | — | 35–29 | — | 39–24 | — | 39–26 | 28–34 | — | — |
| ETO-SZESE Győr | — | 32–27 | — | 34–32 | — | 38–33 | — | — | 30–21 | 37–31 |
| Ferencvárosi TC (U21) | 30–31 | — | 36–35 | — | 24–28 | — | 29–32 | 30–32 | — | — |
| Komárom VSE | — | 28–28 | — | 34–34 | — | 29–35 | — | — | 22–33 | 28–28 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | 34–34 | — | 36–27 | — | 42–30 | — | 41–38 | 33–32 | — | — |
| Pécsi VSE | — | 24–30 | — | 31–34 | — | 24–29 | — | — | 18–29 | 37–39 |
| Százhalombattai KE | — | 34–30 | — | 38–28 | — | 36–31 | — | — | 32–31 | 28–25 |
| SC Pick Szeged (U21) | 33–24 | — | 26–28 | — | 32–22 | — | 29–19 | 28–27 | — | — |
| Vecsés SE | 34–32 | — | 28–25 | — | 38–23 | — | 36–30 | 38–32 | — | — |