2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)


The 2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I was the 111th season of the Országos Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Water polo league.

Team information

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2016–17 season:

Head coaches

Regular season

Group A

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results:

Group B

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results:

Second round

Championship round

The top four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season. Key numbers for pairing determination :
TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPtsQualification
1 ZF-Eger2220119563+3261Qualification to [|1st – 4th Placement matches]
2 Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP22200210847+6160Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
3 A-HÍD OSC Újbuda2216247673+350Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
4 FTC-PQS Waterpolo2213457178−743Qualification to 1st – 4th Placement matches
5 PannErgy-Miskolci VLC22104878101−2334Qualification to [|5th – 8th Placement matches]
6 MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló2210397486−1233Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches
7 ContiTech-Szeged Diapolo2277878101−2328Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches
8 VasasPlaket2282126697−3126Qualification to 5th – 8th Placement matches

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results:

Relegation round

The bottom four teams, from two groups advance from the regular season. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season.
TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPtsQualification
9 RacioNet Honvéd2213369768+2942Qualification to [|9th – 12th Placement matches]
10 PVSK-Mecsek Füszért2293107169+230Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
11 Kaposvári VK2292119775+2229Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
12 Debreceni VSE2273129382+1124Qualification to 9th – 12th Placement matches
13 UVSE2271148177+422Qualification to [|13th – 16th Placement matches]
14 EBP Tatabánya2242167278−614Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches
15 Metalcom-Szentes2231186896−2810Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches
16 KSI SE22102166100−343Qualification to 13th – 16th Placement matches

Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

Results:

[|Final] round

1st – 4th Placement matches

;Game 1
ZF-Eger won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Final.
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;Game 2
;Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won the series 9–6 with points ratio, and advanced to the Final.

Final

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 and Game 3 plus Game 5 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2 plus Game 4 if necessary.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
ZF-Eger0–3 Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP7-136-93-8——

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Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP won the FINAL series 3–0.
2016–17 Országos Bajnokság I
Champion

Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP
9th title

Third place

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
A-HÍD OSC Újbuda2–0 FTC-PQS Waterpolo9-711-7—

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A-HÍD OSC Újbuda won the Third place.

5th – 8th Placement matches

;Fifth place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
PannErgy-Miskolci VLC2–1 MKB-Euroleasing-BVSC-Zugló8-67-811-6

;Seventh place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
ContiTech-Szeged Diapolo2–0 VasasPlaket11-710-9—

9th – 12th Placement matches

;Ninth place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
RacioNet Honvéd2–0 Kaposvári VK9-511-7—

;Eleventh place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
PVSK-Mecsek Füszért0–2 Debreceni VSE10-1113-12 —

13th – 16th Placement matches

;Thirteenth place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
UVSE2–0 EBP Tatabánya14-118-7—

;Fifteenth place game
Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
Team 1Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3
Metalcom-Szentes2–0 KSI SE12-713-9—

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Dénes Varga Szolnok87
2 Márton Szívós Honvéd70
3 Alex Bowen MVLC67
4 Saša Mišić MVLC59
5 Krisztián Manhercz Szeged53
5 Tamás Gyárfás Honvéd53
7 Dániel Francsics Tatabánya52
8 Andrija Prlainović Szolnok49
9 Ferenc Salamon OSC48
10 Márton Vámos Szolnok45

Top exclusions

RankPlayerTeamFouls
1 Kristián Polovic Kaposvár56
2 Dávid Jansik Szolnok55
2 András Krizsán PVSK55
4 Dénes Dorián Lukács MVLC54
4 Sebastiaan van Mil Szentes54
6 Erik Bundschuch OSC53
7 Gyula Kiss Tatabánya52
8 Miklós Gór-Nagy OSC51
8 Adrián Simon Honvéd51
8 Bálint Takács Vasas51

[Most valuable player]

RankPlayerTeamRating
1 Saša Mišić MVLC97.2
2 Dénes Varga Szolnok85.8
3 Márton Szívós Honvéd77.5
4 Lukáš Ďurík DVSE58.3
5 Balázs Máthé Tatabánya51.9
6 Alex Bowen MVLC50.3
7 Ferenc Vindisch Kaposvár49.3
8 dr. Ádám Steinmetz Vasas49.0
9 Miloš Vukićević Szeged47.6
10 Andrija Prlainović Szolnok47.1

Discipline

Awards