# 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (men's handball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B is the 50th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, Hungary's second tier Handball league.

## Team information

There are 14–14 clubs in the 2 group, with three-three promoted teams from Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

### Stadia and locations
## League table
### Western Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Vecsés SE ÉL-TEAM (C, P) | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 771 | 654 | +117 | 44 | Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 2 | AGROFEED ETO-SZESE | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 709 | 602 | +107 | 42 | |
| 3 | PLER-Budapest | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 699 | 565 | +134 | 40 | |
| 4 | Veszprémi KSE | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 680 | 620 | +60 | 33 | |
| 5 | Telekom Veszprém (U20) | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 750 | 702 | +48 | 32 | |
| 6 | Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 682 | 659 | +23 | 29 | |
| 7 | Balatonfüredi KSE (U20) | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 685 | 648 | +37 | 27 | |
| 8 | NEKA | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 702 | 703 | −1 | 25 | |
| 9 | Pécsi VSE | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 655 | 656 | −1 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tatai AC | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 614 | 638 | −24 | 23 | |
| 11 | Százhalombattai KE | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 671 | 723 | −52 | 22 | |
| 12 | KK Ajka | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 636 | 701 | −65 | 12 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 13 | Grundfos Tatabánya KC (U20) | 26 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 597 | 750 | −153 | 9 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 14 | Csurgói KK (U20) | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 589 | 819 | −230 | 2 | 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 | AJKA | BKSE | CSKK | GYŐR | NEKA | PVSE | PLER | SZÁZ | SZIG | TAC | TAT | VECS | VESZ | VKSE |
| KK Ajka | | 26–27 | 28–27 | 22–25 | 25–25 | 22–29 | 23–31 | 25–21 | 19–20 | 20–24 | 32–18 | 23–25 | 24–31 | 25–28 |
| Balatonfüredi KSE (U20) | 29–26 | | 36–21 | 23–30 | 27–28 | 22–16 | 25–26 | 34–25 | 31–25 | 29–22 | 27–22 | 33–27 | 27–27 | 22–22 |
| Csurgói KK (U20) | 25–30 | 26–35 | | 25–27 | 19–28 | 20–26 | 19–29 | 28–32 | 24–30 | 22–19 | 20–22 | 25–36 | 30–35 | 20–28 |
| ETO - SZESE Győr FKC | 28–21 | 28–25 | 29–17 | | 29–27 | 29–25 | 21–19 | 37–19 | 29–17 | 32–25 | 33–21 | 23–27 | 26–26 | 28–30 |
| NEKA | 28–23 | 20–28 | 41–23 | 32–29 | | 22–30 | 24–33 | 29–25 | 35–30 | 32–28 | 32–23 | 25–30 | 26–22 | 21–27 |
| Pécsi VSE | 36–32 | 27–21 | 29–18 | 23–22 | 31–26 | | 21–28 | 30–29 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 26–16 | 30–29 | 21–24 | 21–24 |
| PLER-Budapest | 32–23 | 24–20 | 37–19 | 19–22 | 28–25 | 30–20 | | 33–25 | 18–17 | 24–24 | 29–22 | 22–18 | 30–24 | 25–20 |
| Százhalombattai KE | 31–30 | 30–26 | 24–22 | 17–24 | 23–24 | 27–22 | 24–23 | | 26–25 | 22–22 | 27–20 | 30–32 | 31–34 | 20–20 |
| Szigetszentmiklósi KSK | 39–24 | 27–25 | 33–25 | 28–33 | 25–23 | 30–25 | 27–25 | 29–20 | | 23–23 | 27–24 | 28–30 | 29–30 | 25–21 |
| Tatai AC | 21–21 | 19–20 | 35–23 | 18–22 | 29–26 | 28–27 | 17–28 | 21–28 | 23–19 | | 32–21 | 26–29 | 25–35 | 19–19 |
| Tatabánya KC (U20) | 24–30 | 24–24 | 35–29 | 23–38 | 25–22 | 23–20 | 20–34 | 28–29 | 25–33 | 20–25 | | 27–31 | 26–36 | 20–33 |
| Vecsés SE | 29–21 | 31–25 | 38–20 | 22–23 | 28–22 | 33–27 | 24–23 | 37–27 | 28–21 | 25–18 | 34–24 | | 36–32 | 40–33 |
| Telekom Veszprém (U20) | 28–23 | 27–26 | 40–18 | 28–28 | 30–33 | 30–23 | 23–23 | 38–34 | 28–32 | 22–25 | 21–19 | 22–27 | | 30–34 |
| Veszprémi KSE | 20–18 | 22–18 | 37–24 | 23–24 | 33–26 | 26–22 | 18–26 | 30–25 | 20–23 | 26–21 | 36–25 | 24–25 | 26–27 | |

### Eastern Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mezőkövesdi KC (C, P) | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 720 | 636 | +84 | 37 | Promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I |
| 2 | Békés-Drén KC | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 662 | 615 | +47 | 36 | |
| 3 | Balmazújvárosi KK | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 702 | 612 | +90 | 36 | |
| 4 | KTE-automatika.hu | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 628 | 591 | +37 | 31 | |
| 5 | Nyíregyházi SN | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 655 | 635 | +20 | 29 | |
| 6 | ContiTech FKSE-Algyő | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 686 | 681 | +5 | 27 | |
| 7 | Debreceni EAC | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 624 | 633 | −9 | 23 | |
| 8 | Balassagyarmati Kábel SE | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 651 | 644 | +7 | 21 | |
| 9 | ÓAM-Ózdi KC | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 635 | 644 | −9 | 19 | |
| 10 | Törökszentmiklósi Székács | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 637 | 691 | −54 | 18 | |
| 11 | Mizse KC | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 608 | 639 | −31 | 17 | |
| 12 | Törökszentmiklósi KE | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 636 | 711 | −75 | 12 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 13 | MOL-Pick Szeged (U20) | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 593 | 705 | −112 | 6 | 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 | ALGY | Bgy | BKK | BFKC | DEAC | KTE | MKC | MIZSE | NYÍR | ÓZD | SZEG | TKE | TSZÉK |
| FKSE Algyő | | 33–33 | 23–30 | 29–26 | 28–21 | 26–26 | 31–33 | 33–29 | 23–29 | 23–23 | 27–23 | 30–24 | 35–28 |
| Balassagyarmati Kábel SE | 31–29 | | 26–29 | 26–28 | 25–22 | 27–26 | 22–27 | 32–23 | 27–27 | 27–27 | 27–26 | 36–25 | 36–29 |
| Balmazújvárosi KK | 29–25 | 31–28 | | 27–29 | 25–23 | 27–31 | 38–27 | 35–25 | 35–26 | 31–28 | 35–25 | 30–20 | 19–20 |
| Békési FKC | 25–20 | 31–28 | 25–24 | | 31–29 | 29–28 | 19–18 | 30–23 | 27–18 | 33–29 | 25–18 | 40–28 | 26–21 |
| Debreceni EAC | 32–33 | 24–22 | 24–30 | 30–23 | | 26–28 | 24–25 | 26–26 | 29–26 | 24–23 | 29–24 | 28–28 | 38–27 |
| Kecskeméti TE | 26–27 | 28–27 | 22–25 | 29–21 | 28–24 | | 23–23 | 24–25 | 26–30 | 29–26 | 25–20 | 23–20 | 28–21 |
| Mezőkövesdi KC | 30–25 | 32–27 | 30–26 | 35–30 | 36–21 | 25–25 | | 26–26 | 38–25 | 35–29 | 34–29 | 35–27 | 34–23 |
| Mizse KC | 21–24 | 24–29 | 20–24 | 22–27 | 27–27 | 18–22 | 32–34 | | 18–20 | 24–21 | 30–24 | 34–28 | 24–27 |
| Nyíregyházi SN | 33–27 | 24–22 | 28–26 | 26–23 | 20–20 | 25–28 | 31–35 | 28–25 | | 22–26 | 38–22 | 21–21 | 29–21 |
| Ózdi KC | 27–31 | 23–21 | 27–29 | 27–25 | 23–24 | 26–28 | 30–27 | 29–31 | 26–32 | | 29–19 | 29–25 | 28–32 |
| SC Pick Szeged (U20) | 30–34 | 26–25 | 25–31 | 29–30 | 23–26 | 25–27 | 21–29 | 19–27 | 30–34 | 25–26 | | 29–27 | 31–27 |
| Törökszentmiklósi KE | 34–35 | 26–22 | 27–35 | 26–32 | 26–27 | 25–25 | 24–24 | 28–26 | 29–34 | 25–31 | 31–23 | | 34–34 |
| Törökszentmiklósi Székács KE | 38–35 | 24–25 | 28–31 | 25–27 | 26–26 | 23–23 | 28–28 | 22–28 | 31–29 | 22–22 | 32–27 | 28–28 | |