# 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Fehérvár is the defending champion.

## Teams

DEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016–17 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | Position 2016–17 | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár | Champion | Székesfehérvár | Vodafone Sportcentrum | 1,963 |
| Atomerőmű SE | 11th | Paks | ASE Sportcsarnok | 1,520 |
| Debreceni EAC | 1st (NB I/B) | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor Sports Hall | 1,200 |
| Falco KC | Runner-up | Szombathely | Arena Savaria | 3,500 |
| Jászberényi KSE | 12th | Jászberény | Belvárosi Általános Iskola | 1,000 |
| Kaposvári KK | 7th | Kaposvár | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,270 |
| Kcskeméti TE | 8th | Kecskemét | Messzi István Sportcsarnok | 1,600 |
| BC Körmend | 4th | Körmend | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,020 |
| MAFC | 14th | Budapest | Gabányi László Sportcsarnok | 1,000 |
| PVSK Panthers | 6th | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 2,191 |
| Soproni KC | 10th | Sopron | NOVOMATIC Aréna | 2,500 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 5th | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok | 2,122 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | 9th | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,000 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Third place | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,816 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alba Fehérvár | Branislav Džunić | Péter Lóránt | Spalding | tippmi, Hungrana, Huawei |
| Atomerőmű SE | Teo Čizmić | Máté Medve | adidas | tippmix, MVM Atomerőmű |
| Debreceni EAC | Sándor Berényi | | adidas | tippmix |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Srećko Sekulović | Norbert Tóth | Zeus | tippmix, Vulcano energia, Autófókusz |
| Jászberényi KSE | Nikola Lazić | György Cseh | Spalding | tippmix, Mercedes-Benz, Jász-Plasztik |
| Kaposvári KK | Ádám Fekete | Roland Hendlein | Spalding | tippmix, SEAT |
| Kecskeméti TE | Gábor Forray | Gergely Hegedűs | Kipsta | UltraTech, Duna Aszfalt, tippmix |
| BC Körmend | Gasper Potocnik | Csaba Ferencz | Spalding | tippmix, EGIS |
| MAFC | Jovica Arsić | | Spalding | tippmix |
| PVSK-Panthers | Ferenc Csirke | Veljko Budimir | | tippmix, Veolia, GP Consulting, Terra21 |
| Soproni KC | Kornél Váradi | | Peak | tippmix |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Anđelko Mandić | Andrija Ćirić | Toti Sport | tippmix, Naturtex, Continental |
| Szolnoki Olaj | Dragan Aleksić | Dávid Vojvoda | Nike | MOL |
| Zalaegerszeg | Tamás Bencze | Máté Mohácsi | adidas | Zalakerámia, tippmix, HunGast |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Szolnoki Olaj | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2191 | 1945 | +246 | 47 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2337 | 2097 | +240 | 45 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2106 | 1941 | +165 | 44 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 4 | Egis Körmend | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2128 | 2037 | +91 | 44 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 5 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2038 | 1989 | +49 | 41 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 6 | Zalakerámia ZTE | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2115 | 2106 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 7 | Atomerőmű | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2065 | 2075 | −10 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 8 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2073 | 2088 | −15 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 9 | Kaposvár | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2067 | 2108 | −41 | 38 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 10 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1996 | 1997 | −1 | 37 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 11 | JP Auto-JKSE | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1936 | 2070 | −134 | 35 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 12 | DEAC | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2037 | 2223 | −186 | 34 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 13 | Sopron | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1990 | 2173 | −183 | 32 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 14 | MAFC | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1916 | 2146 | −230 | 32 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALBA | ASE | DEAC | FAL | JKSE | KAP | KTE | KÖR | MAFC | PVSK | SOP | SZOL | SZTE | ZTE |
| Alba Fehérvár | | 89–82 | 91–72 | 89–85 | 68–55 | 73–64 | 75–79 | 115–75 | 98–86 | 92–71 | 96–72 | 60–70 | 94–68 | 98–86 |
| Atomerőmű SE | 60–67 | | 99–75 | 84–68 | 66–74 | 97–67 | 78–96 | 92–73 | 74–65 | 84–69 | 95–74 | 57–90 | 76–78 | 79–95 |
| Debreceni EAC | 65–83 | 87–69 | | 62–92 | 73–62 | 83–89 | 79–84 | 70–110 | 71–87 | 83–73 | 89–96 | 81–87 | 66–78 | 83–71 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | 94–66 | 100–69 | 95–86 | | 85–65 | 106–82 | 99–75 | 83–79 | 96–61 | 80–61 | 114–109 | 95–77 | 96–81 | 88–82 |
| JP Auto-JKSE | 82–72 | 70–88 | 98–94 | 71–90 | | 89–76 | 97–80 | 71–85 | 77–66 | 81–72 | 108–92 | 70–74 | 78–94 | 73–82 |
| Kaposvári KK | 78–64 | 74–72 | 69–75 | 104–105 | 76–67 | | 64–66 | 86–78 | 106–82 | 77–79 | 85–79 | 97–89 | 76–60 | 80–91 |
| KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 75–89 | 64–70 | 79–70 | 92–81 | 68–73 | 82–68 | | 93–77 | 83–77 | 72–73 | 72–76 | 67–79 | 62–58 | 85–75 |
| Egis Körmend | 79–67 | 91–94 | 100–93 | 91–76 | 77–61 | 94–77 | 91–85 | | 69–67 | 87–74 | 96–57 | 76–74 | 77–72 | 81–69 |
| MAFC | 54–79 | 89–78 | 70–75 | 78–88 | 73–72 | 81–91 | 81–90 | 62–73 | | 95–65 | 66–74 | 77–88 | 73–61 | 72–96 |
| PVSK-PANNONPOWER | 79–47 | 84–86 | 81–88 | 110–106 | 87–78 | 96–92 | 84–93 | 89–77 | 93–69 | | 84–57 | 72–91 | 75–67 | 88–89 |
| Sopron KC | 77–80 | 87–99 | 80–86 | 65–83 | 80–68 | 74–79 | 66–76 | 85–60 | 69–70 | 60–76 | | 74–78 | 86–63 | 84–91 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 88–89 | 91–86 | 97–68 | 84–74 | 85–58 | 76–65 | 79–67 | 74–75 | 102–73 | 78–69 | 86–64 | | 85–70 | 93–89 |
| Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 63–85 | 86–54 | 84–75 | 98–77 | 85–70 | 72–73 | 70–62 | 79–80 | 108–85 | 81–88 | 77–67 | 87–88 | | 87–68 |
| Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 82–80 | 72–77 | 99–88 | 76–81 | 82–68 | 78–72 | 60–91 | 72–77 | 70–57 | 78–81 | 96–86 | 85–88 | 81–69 | |

## Second round
### 1st – 5th placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Szolnoki Olaj | 34 | 27 | 7 | 2850 | 2570 | +280 | 61 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 34 | 24 | 10 | 3033 | 2745 | +288 | 58 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2749 | 2529 | +220 | 57 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Egis Körmend | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2740 | 2704 | +36 | 54 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2631 | 2664 | −33 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALBA | FAL | KTE | KÖR | SZOL |
| Alba Fehérvár | | 71–70 | 85–60 | 88–69 | 84–67 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | 82–72 | | 87–74 | 89–75 | 85–86 |
| KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 67–77 | 93–88 | | 89–80 | 66–86 |
| Egis Körmend | 92–87 | 78–95 | 84–67 | | 74–85 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 81–79 | 99–100 | 88–77 | 67–60 | |

### 6th – 10th placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2746 | 2760 | −14 | 53 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Zalakerámia ZTE | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2827 | 2768 | +59 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Atomerőmű | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2715 | 2722 | −7 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | Kaposvár | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2728 | 2755 | −27 | 50 | |
| 10 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2583 | 2652 | −69 | 46 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASE | KAP | PVSK | SZTE | ZTE |
| Atomerőmű SE | | 82–73 | 84–91 | 68–59 | 85–79 |
| Kaposvári KK | 81–70 | | 94–78 | 73–78 | 94–92 |
| PVSK-PANNONPOWER | 76–75 | 94–91 | | 97–87 | 106–95 |
| Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 82–96 | 65–78 | 80–57 | | 81–83 |
| Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 106–90 | 88–77 | 87–74 | 82–55 | |

### 11th – 14th placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 11 | DEAC | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2569 | 2703 | −134 | 44 | |
| 12 | JP Auto-JKSE | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2457 | 2588 | −131 | 44 | |
| 13 | Sopron | 32 | 9 | 23 | 2481 | 2691 | −210 | 41 | Qualification for play-out |
| 14 | MAFC | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2399 | 2657 | −258 | 40 | Qualification for play-out |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DEAC | JKSE | MAFC | SOP |
| DEAC | | 98–92 | 103–81 | 90–72 |
| JP Auto-JKSE | 84–81 | | 84–94 | 90–83 |
| MAFC | 60–76 | 85–80 | | 81–85 |
| Sopron KC | 91–84 | 77–91 | 83–82 | |

## 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 | Szolnoki Olaj | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atomerőmű | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atomerőmű | 0 | 1 | Szolnoki Olaj | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Egis Körmend | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Egis Körmend | 3 | 4 | Egis Körmend | 0 | | | |
| 5 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 2 | | | | 1 | Szolnoki Olaj | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 1 |
| 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 1 |
| 7 | Zalakerámia ZTE | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Zalakerámia ZTE | 1 | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 2 |
| 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 3 | 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 2 | 3 | Alba Fehérvár | 2 |
| 6 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 0 | | | | 4 | Egis Körmend | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, 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 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 |
| Szolnoki Olaj | 3–0 | Atomerőmű | 92–60 | 96–82 | 82–56 | – | – |
| Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3–1 | Zalakerámia ZTE | 91–88 | 104–107 | 93–70 | 95–91 | – |
| Alba Fehérvár | 3–0 | PVSK-PANNONPOWER | 104–74 | 82–79 | 77–58 | – | – |
| Egis Körmend | 3–2 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 77–59 | 78–93 | 104–68 | 72–91 | 70–63 |

### 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 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 |
| Szolnoki Olaj | 3–0 | Egis Körmend | 92–72 | 80–77 | 102–59 | – | – |
| Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3–2 | Alba Fehérvár | 90–88 | 90–94 | 86–82 | 81–112 | 76–69 |

### 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 |
| Szolnoki Olaj | 3–1 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 82–76 | 73–76 | 89–70 | 83–81 | – |

#### Game 4
### 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 |
| Alba Fehérvár | 2–0 | Egis Körmend | 91–71 | 95–83 | |

## Playout

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Sopron | 2–0 | MAFC | 90–74 | 95–92 | – |

## In European competitions

| Club | Competition | Progress |
| Alba Fehérvár | Champions League | Second qualifying round |
| Falco Szombathely | FIBA Europe Cup | Second qualifying round |
| EGIS Körmend | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
| Szolnoki Olaj | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |

## All-star game

The all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest.
* 2 December 2017 17:00 (CET)
| Team East | 133–117 | Team West |
* Tüskecsarnok, Budapest Attendance: 2,000
| Team East | Team West |
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| PG | Kendrick Perry | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
| SG | Dávid Vojvoda | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
| SF | Ivan Lilov | DEAC |
| PF | Levente Juhos | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák |
| C | János Eilingsfeld | Atomerőmű SE |
| Reserves |||
| SG | Marko Boltić | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák |
| | Allen Seth | Atomerőmű SE |
| | James Bernard Thompson | KTE-Duna Aszfalt |
| | Devante Wallace | JP Auto - JKSE |
| F | Quincy Ford | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
| C | Benett Davis | MAFC |
| C | Isaiah Armwood | DEAC |
| Head coach: Dragan Aleksić (Szolnoki Olaj KK) |||
| Pos | Player | Team |
| Starters |||
| PG | Darrin Govens | Falco KC Szombathely |
| SG | Zoltán Perl | Falco KC Szombathely |
| SF | Szilárd Benke | Zalakerámia ZTE KK |
| PF | Péter Lóránt | Alba Fehérvár |
| C | Ákos Keller | Alba Fehérvár |
| Reserves |||
| | Marquis Wright | Egis Körmend |
| | Jabril Durham | PVSK-VEOLIA |
| | Chris Dunn | Kaposvári KK |
| G | Benedek Váradi | Falco KC Szombathely |
| SG | Csaba Ferencz | Egis Körmend |
| | Justin Tuoyo | Egis Körmend |
| C | Ryan Watkins | Soproni KC |
| Head coach: Gašper Potočnik (Egis Körmend) |||