# 2020–21 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2020–21 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 115th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary.

## Team information

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2020–21 season:
| Team | Home city | Pool |
| BVSC | Budapest (XIV. ker) | Szőnyi úti Uszoda |
| Debrecen | Debrecen | Debreceni Sportuszoda |
| Eger | Eger | Bitskey Aladár Uszoda |
| FTC | Budapest (IX. ker) | FTC uszoda, Népliget |
| Honvéd | Budapest (XIX. ker) | Kőér utcai Uszoda |
| Kaposvár | Kaposvár | Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda |
| KSI | Budapest | Széchy Tamás Uszoda |
| Miskolc | Miskolc | Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda |
| OSC | Budapest (XI. ker) | Nyéki Imre Uszoda |
| PVSK | Pécs | Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda |
| Szeged | Szeged | Tiszavirág Sportuszoda |
| Szentes | Szentes | Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda |
| Szolnok | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Uszoda |
| Tatabánya | Tatabánya | Tatabányai Sportuszoda |
| UVSE | Budapest (IV. ker) | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda |
| Vasas | Budapest (XIII. ker) | Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda |

### Personnel and sponsors

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Cap manufacturer | Cap sponsors |
| BVSC | Kristóf Kemény | Mátyás Pásztor | Diapolo | MKB-Euroleasing |
| Debrecen | Miroslav Bajin | Máté Süveges | Diapolo | none |
| Eger | Márton Petrovai | Máté Sántavy | Diapolo | Tigra, ZF |
| FTC | Zsolt Varga | Dénes Varga | Diapolo | Telekom, MVM |
| Honvéd | Márton Szívós | | Arena | none |
| Kaposvár | László Surányi | Ferenc Vindisch | Seles | none |
| KSI | Dániel Horváth | | Diapolo | none |
| Miskolc | István Kis | Lukáš Seman | Diapolo | PannErgy |
| OSC | Dániel Varga | Balázs Erdélyi | Diapolo | MOL |
| PVSK | Viktor Török | | Diapolo | none |
| Szeged | Zoltán Szabó | Csaba Kiss | Diapolo | none |
| Szentes | Csaba Pellei | Balázs Somogyi | Yordo | metALCOM |
| Szolnok | Živko Gocić | Dániel Angyal | Arena | none |
| Tatabánya | Tamás Zantleitner | Márton Keresztúri | Arena | none |
| UVSE | Balázs Vincze | Balázs Korényi | Diapolo | none |
| Vasas | Lajos Vad | Bence Bátori | Diapolo | A-Híd, Plaket |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Szolnoki Dózsa | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 470 | 239 | +231 | 83 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | OSC Újbuda | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 437 | 229 | +208 | 78 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 441 | 233 | +208 | 78 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing | 30 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 431 | 264 | +167 | 71 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | A-HÍD VasasPlaket | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 342 | 215 | +127 | 67 | |
| 6 | Budapesti Honvéd SE | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 322 | 302 | +20 | 48 | |
| 7 | UVSE Hunguest Hotels | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 283 | 318 | −35 | 44 | |
| 8 | Tigra-ZF-Eger | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 303 | 328 | −25 | 43 | |
| 9 | PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 288 | 325 | −37 | 38 | |
| 10 | PVSK Mecsek Füszért | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 279 | 333 | −54 | 32 | |
| 11 | Metalcom Szentes | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 252 | 367 | −115 | 32 | |
| 12 | Kaposvári VK | 30 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 290 | 393 | −103 | 31 | |
| 13 | Szegedi VE | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 256 | 337 | −81 | 24 | |
| 14 | Debrecen | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 239 | 415 | −176 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Tatabányai VSE | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 213 | 403 | −190 | 10 | Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B |
| 16 | KSI SE | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 281 | 426 | −145 | 8 | Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B |
* 1 2 OSC are ranked ahead of Ferencváros on head-to-head points: OSC 9–7 Ferencváros, Ferencváros 12–16 OSC.
* 1 2 PVSK are ahead of Szentes on head-to-head goal difference: PVSK 10–6 Szentes, Szentes 6–5 PVSK.

### Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
| Home \ Away | BVSC | DVSE | EGER | FTC | BHSE | KAP | KSI | MIS | OSC | PVSK | SZEG | SZEN | SZOL | TVSE | UVSE | VAS |
| BVSC | — | 18–8 | 7–3 | 11–10 | 13–9 | 18–7 | 19–6 | 21–12 | 11–12 | 13–8 | 19–9 | 23–11 | 8–8 | 21–7 | 21–8 | 10–7 |
| Debrecen | 13–20 | — | 10–15 | 6–14 | 10–15 | 11–13 | 13–12 | 8–12 | 1–19 | 7–12 | 9–9 | 10–9 | 7–15 | 7–10 | 4–8 | 1–19 |
| Eger | 6–11 | 17–10 | — | 14–16 | 13–17 | 9–4 | 14–13 | 10–10 | 11–16 | 18–11 | 10–9 | 5–3 | 12–19 | 14–4 | 9–13 | 6–8 |
| FTC | 13–9 | 23–7 | 16–8 | — | 13–5 | 13–9 | 17–9 | 18–10 | 12–16 | 15–4 | 16–6 | 18–9 | 14–15 | 23–7 | 14–8 | 18–8 |
| Bp. Honvéd | 10–18 | 12–9 | 11–8 | 7–12 | — | 15–6 | 17–8 | 9–10 | 5–11 | 7–12 | 20–2 | 11–9 | 6–15 | 15–6 | 8–9 | 7–6 |
| Kaposvár | 12–19 | 14–13 | 10–15 | 8–17 | 7–18 | — | 16–15 | 17–10 | 6–15 | 13–11 | 14–12 | 14–15 | 7–18 | 10–9 | 11–12 | 9–10 |
| KSI | 10–20 | 11–12 | 10–13 | 7–17 | 12–15 | 9–10 | — | 0–5 | 5–17 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–13 | 5–15 | 14–12 | 11–11 | 9–15 |
| Miskolc | 8–11 | 16–10 | 9–9 | 4–17 | 6–7 | 13–12 | 15–10 | — | 8–15 | 12–9 | 8–8 | 11–11 | 10–11 | 14–5 | 11–11 | 3–9 |
| OSC | 10–9 | 18–9 | 14–5 | 9–7 | 10–10 | 10–5 | 21–8 | 16–6 | — | 14–6 | 19–10 | 25–6 | 15–15 | 17–6 | 14–10 | 8–8 |
| PVSK | 12–12 | 16–5 | 8–9 | 5–14 | 9–9 | 16–9 | 18–13 | 10–9 | 6–12 | — | 9–7 | 10–6 | 11–22 | 11–10 | 7–9 | 10–16 |
| Szeged | 5–8 | 10–6 | 11–12 | 8–9 | 8–9 | 8–9 | 15–10 | 6–17 | 7–15 | 8–8 | — | 11–5 | 6–16 | 11–9 | 13–10 | 7–9 |
| Szentes | 6–13 | 9–10 | 7–7 | 6–21 | 13–9 | 9–8 | 11–9 | 9–14 | 6–20 | 6–5 | 6–5 | — | 4–15 | 16–10 | 9–7 | 7–16 |
| Szolnok | 13–12 | 18–5 | 23–6 | 7–11 | 18–8 | 16–8 | 17–9 | 19–4 | 10–7 | 18–7 | 13–5 | 16–9 | — | 17–5 | 14–8 | 17–8 |
| Tatabánya | 4–18 | 6–4 | 9–9 | 3–10 | 7–13 | 6–7 | 9–11 | 8–14 | 3–18 | 9–8 | 10–14 | 10–11 | 5–20 | — | 9–13 | 1–9 |
| UVSE | 10–13 | 13–9 | 8–11 | 3–15 | 10–10 | 9–9 | 15–10 | 7–3 | 7–16 | 8–8 | 15–8 | 9–8 | 8–19 | 11–8 | — | 9–7 |
| Vasas | 7–5 | 12–5 | 11–5 | 5–8 | 12–8 | 22–6 | 15–9 | 12–4 | 11–8 | 14–3 | 9–8 | 16–3 | 9–11 | 23–6 | 9–4 | — |
* ↑ The KSI v Miskolc match was awarded as a 5–0 win to Miskolc.

## Play-off
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Points | Team 2 | Regular season | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Szolnoki Dózsa (1) | 7–1 | (4) BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing | 13−12 | 8−8 | 11−7 | ／ |
| OSC Újbuda (2) | 6–3 | (3) FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | 9−7 | 16−12 | 2-7 | − |

### Matches

| 5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 18:00 | Report | Szolnoki Dózsa | 11–7 | BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Tóth, ifj. Kenéz |
| Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Tóth, ifj. Kenéz |||
| 5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 18:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Pásztor 3 | Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Tóth, ifj. Kenéz |
Szolnoki Dózsa won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.
| 5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 19:30 | Report | OSC Újbuda | 2–7 | FTC-Telekom Waterpolo | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Referees: Kun, Marjay |
| Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Referees: Kun, Marjay |||
| 5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 19:30 | Report | Hárai, Salamon 1 | Goals | Varga 2 | Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Referees: Kun, Marjay |