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

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (in English: National Championship I/A) was the 88th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Szolnoki Olaj was the defending champion.
The season ended on 21 June 2019, when Falco Vulcano won its second national championship after sweeping Egis Körmend in the finals.

## Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2018–19 season. TF Budapest was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2018–19 NB I/B. MAFC left the league.

### Arenas and locations

| Team | City | Hall | Capacity |
| Alba Fehérvár | Székesfehérvár | Vodafone Sportcsarnok | 1,850 |
| Atomerőmű SE | Paks | ASE Sportcsarnok | 1,500 |
| DEAC | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor utcai Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Szombathely | Arena Savaria | 3,070 |
| Jászberényi KSE | Jászberény | Bercsényi Tornacsarnok | 1,070 |
| Kaposvári KK | Kaposvár | Városi Sportcsarnok | 990 |
| Kecskeméti TE | Kecskemét | Messzi István Sportcsarnok | 1,900 |
| BC Körmend | Körmend | Körmend Aréna | 2,002 |
| Pécsi VSK | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 3,548 |
| Sopron KC | Sopron | Novomatic Aréna | 2,000 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,017 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok | 2,122 |
| Tehetséges Fiatalok | Budapest | Ludovika Aréna | 1,500 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,816 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alba Fehérvár | Branislav Džunić | Péter Lóránt | Spalding | tippmix, Hungrana, Huawei |
| Atomerőmű SE | Teo Čizmić | Máté Medve | adidas | tippmix, MVM Atomerőmű |
| Debreceni EAC | Sándor Berényi | | adidas | tippmix |
| Falco KC Szombathely | Gašper Okorn | 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 | Gašper Potočnik | Csaba Ferencz | Spalding | tippmix, EGIS |
| PVSK-Panthers | Ferenc Csirke | Veljko Budimir | McNut | tippmix, Veolia, GP Consulting, Terra21 |
| TF-Budapest | Merim Mehmedović | Gábor Beák | Toti Sport | tippmix |
| 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
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Szolnoki Olaj KK | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2294 | 2054 | +240 | 46 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 2 | Egis Körmend | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2218 | 1997 | +221 | 46 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 3 | Falco-Vulcano KC Szombathely | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2099 | 1958 | +141 | 43 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 4 | JP Auto-JKSE | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2017 | 1985 | +32 | 43 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 5 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2080 | 2015 | +65 | 40 | Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches |
| 6 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2059 | 2071 | −12 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 7 | DEAC | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2224 | 2271 | −47 | 39 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 8 | Atomerőmű SE | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2129 | 2091 | +38 | 38 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 9 | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2170 | 2209 | −39 | 38 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 10 | Soproni KC | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2132 | 2114 | +18 | 38 | Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches |
| 11 | Alba Fehérvár | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2054 | 2035 | +19 | 38 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 12 | Kaposvári KK | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2121 | 2116 | +5 | 37 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 13 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1929 | 2075 | −146 | 33 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |
| 14 | Serco TF-BP | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1792 | 2327 | −535 | 28 | Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ATO | DEA | FAL | JAS | KAP | KTE | KOR | SZE | PVS | TFB | SOP | SZO | ZTE |
| Alba Fehérvár | — | 74–88 | 92–82 | 80–75 | 74–79 | 87–83 | 81–75 | 88–59 | 97–68 | 71–88 | 113–51 | 65–87 | 63–73 | 89–84 |
| Atomerőmű | 74–57 | — | 85–76 | 75–82 | 71–72 | 83–81 | 81–75 | 73–86 | 87–94 | 84–75 | 105–64 | 105–85 | 63–76 | 93–81 |
| DEAC | 91–78 | 88–92 | — | 95–88 | 73–80 | 80–65 | 89–86 | 82–78 | 83–71 | 74–58 | 74–70 | 104–97 | 96–90 | 91–72 |
| Falco KC Szombathely | 72–70 | 83–72 | 103–96 | — | 78–58 | 79–60 | 74–71 | 68–76 | 75–67 | 68–53 | 91–48 | 75–74 | 78–77 | 88–75 |
| Jászberényi KSE | 81–82 | 91–90 | 92–82 | 73–67 | — | 91–70 | 81–63 | 88–90 | 85–68 | 95–94 | 73–67 | 83–74 | 80–79 | 71–69 |
| Kaposvár | 89–67 | 88–77 | 103–79 | 90–84 | 90–75 | — | 78–79 | 87–92 | 63–82 | 89–72 | 100–61 | 90–67 | 91–98 | 84–69 |
| Kecskemétt TE | 94–79 | 83–80 | 95–81 | 80–95 | 67–72 | 104–102 | — | 88–85 | 83–78 | 84–82 | 78–68 | 73–72 | 70–71 | 97–91 |
| BC Körmend | 83–65 | 86–73 | 113–82 | 92–88 | 90–72 | 88–66 | 80–79 | — | 93–84 | 86–77 | 123–60 | 95–78 | 104–72 | 96–86 |
| SZTE-Szedeák | 68–78 | 63–64 | 88–82 | 77–85 | 74–82 | 81–73 | 85–68 | 62–83 | — | 78–86 | 90–85 | 96–89 | 69–92 | 75–85 |
| Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 78–73 | 85–68 | 93–89 | 57–65 | 79–55 | 82–67 | 85–78 | 97–80 | 85–76 | — | 76–77 | 83–75 | 83–78 | 83–92 |
| TF Budapest | 78–102 | 69–93 | 69–81 | 65–93 | 70–84 | 79–81 | 64–86 | 70–77 | 60–57 | 53–85 | — | 87–92 | 72–86 | 62–87 |
| Soproni KC | 70–80 | 77–67 | 102–85 | 86–77 | 78–67 | 79–57 | 72–73 | 80–79 | 74–62 | 83–74 | 108–83 | — | 82–81 | 93–99 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 76–66 | 94–77 | 99–75 | 88–68 | 76–71 | 96–78 | 80–74 | 95–79 | 64–58 | 104–75 | 109–97 | 83–74 | — | 85–79 |
| Zalakerámia ZTE | 89–83 | 99–98 | 112–114 | 75–88 | 70–66 | 85–96 | 64–56 | 83–94 | 74–57 | 73–95 | 83–63 | 91–84 | 75–96 | — |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egis Körmend | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2975 | 2703 | +272 | 59 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Falco-Vulcano KC Szombathely | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2814 | 2539 | +275 | 58 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Szolnoki Olaj KK | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2853 | 2682 | +171 | 57 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2727 | 2663 | +64 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | JP Auto-JKSE | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2573 | 2657 | −84 | 52 | Advance to playoffs |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KOR | FAL | JAS | PVS | SZO |
| Egis Körmend | — | 95–88 | 83–59 | 84–70 | 88–68 |
| Falco-Vulcano KC Szombathely | 94–70 | — | 91–60 | 88–53 | 96–71 |
| JP Auto-JKSE | 84–92 | 57–78 | — | 82–84 | 90–82 |
| Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 98–85 | 91–95 | 77–56 | — | 108–87 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 88–84 | 84–85 | 85–68 | 71–66 | — |

### 6th – 10th Placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Atomerőmű SE | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2897 | 2781 | +116 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2707 | 2768 | −61 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 8 | Soproni KC | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2847 | 2835 | +12 | 51 | Advance to playoffs |
| 9 | DEAC | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2908 | 2946 | −38 | 51 | |
| 10 | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2857 | 2927 | −70 | 48 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ATO | DEA | KTE | SOP | ZTE |
| Atomerőmű SE | — | 118–80 | 92–69 | 101–83 | 100–86 |
| DEAC | 84–72 | — | 72–77 | 81–91 | 100–79 |
| KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 83–81 | 55–82 | — | 96–105 | 98–95 |
| Soproni KC | 112–119 | 82–99 | 83–79 | — | 70–66 |
| Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 93–85 | 101–86 | 87–91 | 80–89 | — |

### 11th – 14th Placement matches

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 11 | Alba Fehérvár | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2518 | 2483 | +35 | 47 | |
| 12 | Kaposvári KK | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2596 | 2605 | −9 | 45 | |
| 13 | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2378 | 2499 | −121 | 43 | Qualification for play-out |
| 14 | Serco TF-BP | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2251 | 2813 | −562 | 37 | Qualification for play-out |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | KAP | SZE | TFB |
| Alba Fehérvár | — | 79–68 | 64–70 | 91–76 |
| Kaposvári KK | 89–97 | — | 86–69 | 86–81 |
| Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 75–68 | 71–66 | — | 97–66 |
| Serco TF-BP | 70–65 | 92–80 | 74–67 | — |

## 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 | Egis Körmend | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sopron | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sopron | 0 | 1 | Egis Körmend | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 3 | 4 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 2 | | | |
| 5 | JP Auto-JKSE | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | JP Auto-JKSE | 0 | | | | 1 | Egis Körmend | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 |
| 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 |
| 7 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 0 | | | |
| 7 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 0 | 2 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Szolnoki Olaj | 0 |
| 3 | Szolnoki Olaj | 3 | 3 | Szolnoki Olaj | 0 | 3 | Szolnoki Olaj | 0 |
| 6 | Atomerőmű | 0 | | | | 4 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 2 |

### 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 |
| Egis Körmend | 3–0 | Soproni KC | 104–72 | 90–89 | 78–56 | — | — |
| Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3–0 | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 102–60 | 85–56 | 97–64 | — | — |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 3–0 | Atomerőmű SE | 83–80 | 103–97 | 92–87 | — | — |
| Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 3–0 | JP Auto-JKSE | 77–73 | 76–68 | 88–76 | — | — |

### 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 |
| Egis Körmend | 3–2 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 88–75 | 83–77 | 72–87 | 68–64 | 97–71 |
| Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 3–0 | Szolnoki Olaj KK | 78–65 | 87–71 | 102–75 | — | — |

### 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 |
| Egis Körmend | 0–3 | Falco-Vulcano Szombathely | 70–77 | 77–87 | 89–96 | — | — |

#### Game 3
### 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 |
| Szolnoki Olaj KK | 0–2 | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 68–106 | 96–77 | — |

## 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 |
| Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 2–0 | Serco TF-BP | 81–73 | 78–77 | 0 |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification |
| 1 | Falco (C) | 43 | 33 | 10 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds |
| 2 | Körmend | 45 | 31 | 14 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 3 | PVSK Panthers | 42 | 23 | 19 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 4 | Szolnoki Olaj | 41 | 25 | 16 | |
| 5 | JP Auto-JKSE | 37 | 18 | 19 | |
| 6 | Atomerőmű SE | 37 | 17 | 20 | |
| 7 | KTE | 37 | 17 | 20 | |
| 8 | Soproni KC | 37 | 17 | 20 | |
| 9 | DEAC | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
| 10 | ZTE | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 11 | Alba Fehérvár | 32 | 15 | 17 | |
| 12 | Kaposvári | 32 | 13 | 19 | |
| 13 | SZTE-Szedeák (O) | 24 | 11 | 13 | |
| 14 | TF Budapest (R) | 32 | 5 | 27 | Relegation to NB I/B |

## Season statistics
### Individual statistics

    As of 28 June 2019.

#### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| 1. | Damier Pitts | JP Auto-JKSE | 20.00 |
| 2. | Miloš Borisov | DEAC | 19.71 |
| 3. | Donte Clark | Serco TF-BP | 19.50 |
| 4. | Angelo Warner | Sopron KC | 19.35 |
| 5. | Kammron Taylor | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 18.58 |

#### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| 1. | Wesley Gordon | Sopron KC | 10.27 |
| 2. | Jonas Zohore | Serco TF-BP | 9.63 |
| 3. | Roland Hendlein | Kaposvári KK | 9.19 |
| 4. | Kemal Karahodžić | KTE-Duna Aszfalt | 8.46 |
| 5. | Đorđe Pantelić | JP Auto-JKSE | 8.44 |

#### Valuation

| Rank | Name | Team | VPG |
| 1. | Kammron Taylor | Pécsi VSK-Veolia | 28.35 |
| 2. | Wesley Gordon | Sopron KC | 27.88 |
| 3. | Angelo Warner | Sopron KC | 26.15 |
| 4. | Miloš Borisov | DEAC | 25.04 |
| 5. | Andriy Agafonov | Zalakerámia ZTE KK | 24.42 |

#### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| 1. | Marko Boltić | Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák | 7.54 |
| 2. | Henry Dugat | DEAC | 6.00 |
| 3. | Damier Pitts | JP Auto-JKSE | 5.90 |
| 4. | Ákos Kovács | Atomerőmű SE | 5.89 |
| 5. | Emmanuel Ubilla | Kaposvári KK | 5.71 |

### Number of teams by counties

| Pos. | County (megye) | No. of teams | Teams |
| 1 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 2 | Jászberényi KSE and Szolnoki Olaj |
| 1 | Vas | 2 | Falco KC and BC Körmend |
| 2 | Baranya | 1 | PVSK Panthers |
| 2 | Bács-Kiskun | 1 | Kecskeméti TE |
| 2 | Budapest (capital) | 2 | MAFC and Vasas |
| 2 | Csongrád | 1 | SZTE-Szedeák |
| 2 | Hajdú-Bihar | 1 | DEAC |
| 2 | Fejér | 1 | Alba Fehérvár |
| 2 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 1 | Sopron KC |
| 2 | Somogy | 1 | Kaposvári KK |
| 2 | Tolna | 1 | Atomerőmű SE |
| 2 | Zala | 1 | Zalaegerszegi TE |

## Hungarian clubs in European competitions

| Club | Competition | Progress |
| Szolnoki Olaj | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Szolnoki Olaj | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| Alba Fehérvár | FIBA Europe Cup | Quarter-finals |
| Falco Szombathely | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## Hungarian clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Egis Kormend | Alpe Adria Cup | Champions |
| ZTE | Alpe Adria Cup | Quarterfinals |