2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)


The 2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the fifty-ninth series of the national team handball championship for Hungarian women. Győri ETO KC were the defending champions and they retained the championship by going undefeated throughout the season. The competition began on 2 September 2009, and ended on 27 March 2010. The playoffs ended on 15 May, with Váci NKSE beating Békéscsabai ENKSE thus taking the bronze medal.

Overview

Teams

and PTE-PEAC were relegated to the 2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B after finishing the 2008–09 season in the bottom two places. 1982 European Champions Cup winners, Vasas SC, ended a forty-two-year spell in the top division, having played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I since 1967. Newcomers PTE-PEAC, the handball team of the University of Pécs, suffered relegation after just one season.
Despite ranking seventh in the last year's championship, Tajtavill-Nyíradony had to leave the competition, after they lost many of their sponsors and faced serious financial trouble. Team president János Tajta, who spent about 200–300 million Hungarian forint on the team during his five-year ownership, announced on 8 July 2010, that the club was finished and withdrew from all competitions.
The three teams were replaced by newly promoted Hunnia KSK, Veszprém Barabás KC and Siófok KC.
The league comprised two teams from Budapest, three clubs from Central Transdanubia, three teams from the Southern Great Plain ; and one each from Western Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia, Central Hungary and the Northern Great Plain.
In the regular season, the sides played twice against each other side, on a home leg and an away leg. The top four teams qualified for the playoffs, in which a best-of-three system was used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth, and tenth to twelfth, decided their final rank in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. They were also awarded bonus points according their final position in the regular season.
League champions and runners-up enter the 2010–2011 EHF Champions League, while the next two teams following them have the right to take part in the 2010–11 EHF Cup. The bottom two clubs get relegated.

Arenas and locations

TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Alcoa Fehérvár KCSzékesfehérvárKöfém Sportcsarnok
ASA-Consolis HNKCHódmezővásárhelyBalogh Imsi Sportcsarnok
Dunaújvárosi NKKSEDunaújvárosDunaújvárosi Sportcsarnok
DVSC-KorvexDebrecenHódos Imre Rendezvénycsarnok
Ferencvárosi TCFerencváros, BudapestFőtáv FTC Kézilabda Aréna
Győri Audi ETO KCGyőrMagvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok
Hunnia KSKBudapestVasas Sportcsarnok
Kiskunhalas NKSE-BravotelKiskunhalasÁltalános Művelődési Központ
Mondi Békéscsabai ENKSEBékéscsabaVárosi Sportcsarnok
Siófok KCSiófokBeszédes József Sportcsarnok
Váci NKSEVácVárosi Sportcsarnok
Veszprém Barabás KCVeszprémVeszprém Aréna

Regular season

Results

League table

Individual statistics

Top scorers

Worst disciplines

Team statistics

Overall

The postseason was officially called Arany Ászok Rájátszás, after brewing company SABMiller bought the naming rights and changed its name to promote the Arany Ászok beer. The playoffs started on 10 April 2010 and ran until 15 May 2010.

Classification round 9–12

Bottom four teams after the regular season entered a classification round, in which they tried to avoid relegation. The sides faced each other in a double round robin system and were given additional points according to their final position in the regular season. Ninth placed Veszprém Barabás KC got four points, tenth placed Hódmezővásárhely were awarded three, Kiskunhalas took two points and even last placed Hunnia KSK were given one point.

Results

Table

Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in the bonus points column.

Classification round 5–8

Teams ranked between fifth and eighth place, after the first part of the season, were drawn into another group. Similar to the classification round for 9–12 places, clubs were rewarded with bonus points depending on their position in the regular season.

Results

Table

Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in bonus points column.

Championship playoff

The top four teams of the regular season continued the battle for the title in a best-of-three playoff system, in which if a match ends with a draw, the winner is decided by penalty shootout. Top ranked Győr met with Békéscsaba, while Vác enjoyed home court advantage over DVSC, after topping the Debrecen-based club by one point in the regular season.

Bracket

Semifinals

Győri Audi ETO KC vs. Mondi Békéscsabai ENKSE
DVSC-Korvex vs. Váci NKSE

Third place playoffs

Finals

Final standing

RankTeamQualification or relegation
1Győri Audi ETO KC2010–11 EHF Champions League Group stage
2DVSC-Korvex2010–11 EHF Champions League Second qualifying round
3Váci NKSE2010–11 EHF Cup Second round
4Mondi Békéscsabai Előre NKSE2010–11 EHF Cup Second round
5Ferencvárosi TC2010–11 EHF Cup Winners' Cup Third round 1
6Dunaújvárosi NKKSE
7Siófok KC
8Alcoa Fehérvár KC
9Veszprém Barabás KC
10ASA-Consolis HNKC 2
11Kiskunhalas NKSE-BravotelRelegation to the 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
12Hunnia KSKRelegation to the 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

Eduarda Amorim, Aurelia Brădeanu, Dóra Deáki, Anita Görbicz, Ágnes Hornyák, Boglárka Hosszu, Anett Kisfaludy, Anikó Kovacsics, Szabina Mayer, Katarína Mravíková, Viktória Oguntoye, Adrienn Orbán, Katalin Pálinger, Fruzsina Palkó, Szimonetta Planéta, Simona Spiridon, Orsolya Szegedi, Patricia Szölösi, Szilvia Tarjányi, Eszter Tóth, Orsolya Vérten and Vivien Víg.
Head Coach: Csaba Konkoly.