2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2021–22 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 116th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary.

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season2021–22
Teams14
DatesSeptember 8, 2021 – May 1, 2022
(Regular season)
TVM4 Sport
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of January 13, 2022.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

Teams
Location of teams in 2021-22 Országos Bajnokság I
Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2021–22 season:

TeamHome cityPoolColours2020–21
BVSC Budapest (XIV. ker) Szőnyi úti Uszoda     4th
Debrecen Debrecen Debreceni Sportuszoda     14th
Eger Eger Bitskey Aladár Uszoda     8th
Ferencváros Budapest (IX. ker) FTC uszoda, Népliget    
Bp. Honvéd Budapest (XIX. ker) Kőér utcai Uszoda       6th
Kaposvár Kaposvár Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda     12th
Miskolc Miskolc Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda     9th
OSC Budapest (XI. ker) Nyéki Imre Uszoda    
PVSK Pécs Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda     10th
Szeged Szeged Tiszavirág Sportuszoda     13th
Szentes Szentes Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda     11th
Szolnok Szolnok Vízilabda Aréna    
UVSE Budapest (IV. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     7th
Vasas Budapest (XIII. ker) Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda     5th

Personnel and sponsors
Team Head coach Captain Cap manufacturer Cap sponsors
BVSC Kristóf Kemény Mátyás Pásztor Diapolo none
Debrecen Máté Süveges Diapolo none
Eger Márton Petrovai Máté Sántavy Diapolo Tigra, ZF
Ferencváros Zsolt Varga Dénes Varga Diapolo Telekom, MVM
Bp. Honvéd Márton Szívós Norbert Hosnyánszky Arena none
Kaposvár László Surányi Ferenc Vindisch Seles none
Miskolc István Kis Lukáš Seman Diapolo PannErgy
OSC Dániel Varga Balázs Hárai 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
UVSE Balázs Vincze Balázs Korényi Diapolo none
Vasas Slobodan Nikić Bence Bátori Diapolo A-Híd, Plaket

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ref.
Debrecen Miroslav Bajin Signed by Vojvodina 21 June 2021 Pre-season Máté Süveges 21 June 2021 [1]
Vasas Lajos Vad Sacked 12 October 2021 5th Slobodan Nikić 29 October 2021 [2][3]

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FTC-Telekom 26 23 2 1 352 215 +137 71 Qualification for the Play-off
2 Szolnoki Dózsa 26 21 2 3 350 204 +146 65
3 Genesys OSC-Újbuda 26 20 4 2 360 216 +144 64
4 A-HÍD VasasPlaket 26 19 3 4 287 193 +94 60
5 BVSC-Zugló 26 15 3 8 303 246 +57 48 Qualification for 5th–8th placement matches
6 Budapesti Honvéd SE 26 14 3 9 272 239 +33 45
7 Szegedi VE 26 10 1 15 227 263 −36 31
8 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért 26 9 3 14 222 285 −63 30
9 Tigra-ZF-Eger 26 9 1 16 276 322 −46 28 Qualification for 9th–12th placement matches
10 Kaposvári VK 26 7 4 15 263 319 −56 25
11 UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram 26 7 2 17 230 324 −94 23
12 PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc 26 6 3 17 248 329 −81 21
13 Metalcom Szentes 26 2 3 21 214 335 −121 9[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 DVSE-Master Good 26 3 0 23 216 330 −114 9[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2022. Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference according to the overall result; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[4]
Notes:
  1. Szentes are ranked ahead of Debrecen on head-to-head goal difference: Szentes 12–7 Debrecen, Debrecen 13–9 Szentes.

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 MIS OSC PVSK SZEG SZEN SZOL UVSE VAS
BVSC — 14–8 15–5 11–14 11–10 11–13 13–8 9–16 13–7 14–7 12–7 5–13 15–6 11–8
Debrecen 9–12 — 9–8 8–16 11–12 14–13 11–12 7–19 5–7 3–9 13–9 6–13 11–13 6–10
Eger 8–19 17–2 — 9–14 13–15 10–7 18–13 7–17 14–6 15–11 11–10 8–13 20–16 9–17
Ferencváros 7–6 19–11 17–11 — 6–5 22–10 15–9 7–6 23–7 13–9 13–6 10–7 14–8 11–5
Bp. Honvéd 10–10 13–6 12–7 7–14 — 12–11 14–9 8–8 6–7 7–5 13–11 7–10 18–9 7–8
Kaposvár 9–15 11–9 10–8 8–16 8–12 — 13–13 7–16 14–12 10–8 17–6 7–15 12–12 8–11
Miskolc 8–13 15–12 13–12 10–11 8–12 12–12 — 7–21 7–8 6–9 7–7 4–18 12–7 10–17
OSC 16–11 11–7 17–9 10–10 13–6 17–11 20–7 — 16–11 16–8 23–13 11–11 14–7 11–11
PVSK 10–10 14–9 8–10 5–16 12–10 13–9 13–9 7–12 — 6–10 12–9 5–11 10–9 6–9
Szeged 9–10 9–7 11–11 8–12 6–11 10–8 8–11 7–14 10–7 — 13–6 8–13 9–6 9–10
Szentes 13–10 12–7 12–15 12–21 4–12 7–7 9–10 5–9 9–9 7–11 — 6–17 10–13 5–15
Szolnok 11–11 15–9 13–6 11–10 16–10 15–9 15–11 8–9 17–7 21–5 20–9 — 19–8 9–8
UVSE 4–15 12–8 10–7 7–12 7–14 15–10 9–8 7–12 8–8 9–14 13–7 6–14 — 3–13
Vasas 10–7 15–8 15–8 9–9 9–9 8–9 12–9 8–6 10–5 10–4 12–3 9–5 18–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 March 2022. Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian), FlashScore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Second round

Semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
FTC-Telekom (1)4–1(4) A-HÍD VasasPlaket15−99−9−
Szolnoki Dózsa (2)1–4(3) Genesys OSC-Újbuda8−911−11−

Semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
BVSC-Zugló (5)4–1(8) PVSK-Mecsek Füszért13−710−10−
Budapesti Honvéd SE (6)6–0(7) Szegedi VE7−511−6−

Semi-finals
Team 1 Points Team 2 Regular season Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Tigra-ZF-Eger (9)3–3(12) PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc18−1312−13−
Kaposvári VK (10)1–4(11) UVSE-Hunguest Hotels, Tungsram12−1210−15−

Statistics

Number of teams by counties and regions
Number of teams by counties
Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1 Budapest 6 BVSC, FTC, Bp. Honvéd, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2 Csongrád-Csanád 2 Szeged, Szentes
3 Baranya 1 PVSK
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 Miskolc
Hajdú-Bihar 1 Debrecen
Heves 1 Eger
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 Szolnok
Somogy 1 Kaposvár
Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia Central Hungary Great Plain and North
2 Team 6 Team 6 Team

See also
  • 2021 Magyar Kupa

References
  1. "Férfi OB I: változás a Debrecen kispadján". vizipolo.hu (in Hungarian). 21 June 2021.
  2. "Férfi vízilabda ob I: Vad Lajost menesztette a Vasas". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 12 October 2021.
  3. "Férfi vízilabda: Szlobodan Nikics a Vasas új vezetőedzője". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 29 October 2021.
  4. "E.ON Férfi OB I Osztályú Országos Vízilabda Bajnokság 2021/2022. évi Versenykiírása" (PDF). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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