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

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Season	2018–19
Teams	14
Games played	182 (regular season)
Dates	28 September 2018 - 2019
TV
Final positions
Champions	Sopron Basket (13th title)
Runners-up	Aluinvent DVTK
Semifinalists	;
	← 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 82nd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Sopron Basket is the defending champion.

Teams[]

Sopron

Budapest

Budapest teams

MTK

Location of teams in 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2018–19 season. was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2018–19 NB I/B.

Arenas and locations[]

Team	City	Hall	Capacity
	Budapest	Gabányi László Sportcsarnok	1,000
	Cegléd	Gál József Sportcsarnok	1,100
	Budapest		1,500
Diósgyőri VTK	Miskolc	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,900
	Győr	Egyetemi Csarnok	3,036
MTK-Budapest	Budapest	MTK Kosárlabda Csarnok	299
PEAC-Pécs	Pécs	Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok	2,191
PINKK-Pécsi 424	Pécs	Kozármisleny Sportcsarnok	1,500
Sopron Basket	Sopron	Novomatic Aréna	2,200
KSC Szekszárd	Szekszárd	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,270
	Budapest	Vasas Pasaréti Sportcentrum	299
	Zalaegerszeg	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,800

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
BEAC	Judit Balogh	Toti Sport	tippmix¹
Ceglédi EKK	Petar Janković	Toti Sport	VBW, tippmix¹
NKE-Csata	Krisztián Tursics	Spalding	tippmix¹
Diósgyőri VTK		2Rule	Aluinvent, Borsodi, Apollo Tyres, tippmix¹
UNI Győr	Sandro Orlando	Spalding	CBM Cargo, tippmix¹
MTK-Budapest	Dorottya Nagy	Spalding	tippmix¹
PEAC-Pécs	Róbert Meszlényi	Peak	tippmix¹, Pannonpower
PINKK-Pécsi 424	Miklós Laczka	Toti Sport	tippmix¹
Sopron Basket	Roberto Íñiguez	Toti Sport	tippmix¹
KSC Szekszárd	Željko Đokić	Toti Sport	Tarr TV, tippmix¹
Vasas Akadémia	Attila Földi	Toti Sport	Car-Net, tippmix¹
Zalaegerszegi TE	Dávid Gáspár	Spalding	tippmix¹

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
		Signed by Diósgyőri VTK	End of	Pre-season	Petar Janković	2 May 2018^[1]
Diósgyőri VTK	Erzsébet Ambrus	End of caretaker spell	End of	Pre-season		19 June 2016^[2]

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sopron Basket	22	22	0	1869	1213	+656	44	Qualificiation for Playoffs
2	Aluinvent DVTK	22	18	4	1820	1516	+304	40
3	Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd	22	17	5	1638	1390	+248	39
4	PEAC-Pécs	22	14	8	1642	1517	+125	36
5		22	14	8	1616	1479	+137	36
6		22	12	10	1686	1530	+156	34
7		22	11	11	1557	1544	+13	33
8		22	7	15	1527	1656	−129	29
9		22	6	16	1451	1670	−219	28	Qualification for Playout
10		22	5	17	1423	1812	−389	27
11	PINKK-Pécsi 424	22	4	18	1348	1700	−352	26
12	MTK-Budapest	22	2	20	1221	1771	−550	24

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2019. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points for; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Results[]

Home \ Away				DIÓ		MTK	PEA	PIN	SOP	SZE
	—	62–68	51–67	81–121	60–101	65–60	56–83	55–56	54–84	54–73	84–80	58–81
	76–79	—	72–66	71–79	65–63	78–68	70–71	84–70	65–90	57–69	71–89	84–78
	108–81	72–50	—	64–76	84–62	74–47	75–81	71–58	58–104	54–61	73–78	80–63
Diósgyőri VTK	95–67	79–61	64–67	—	87–78	94–57	86–75	101–60	58–72	83–73	80–71	67–50
	100–76	91–86	92–60	74–79	—	85–71	74–61	77–63	53–82	68–78	90–75	63–65
MTK-Budapest	49–80	48–77	45–70	61–96	48–84	—	75–86	68–65	64–83	60–74	61–83	44–83
PEAC-Pécs	101–46	73–68	88–72	77–82	64–71	76–47	—	78–52	55–75	58–88	87–67	81–68
PINKK-Pécsi 424	73–66	77–70	56–87	77–104	53–79	56–63	56–80	—	54–82	71–92	72–70	38–62
Sopron	96–45	96–53	93–55	82–65	71–52	100–45	92–43	75–51	—	82–48	88–40	81–54
KSC Szekszárd	86–55	87–77	79–74	67–72	68–64	102–51	55–50	82–55	56–67	—	81–54	64–58
	60–72	64–63	64–68	51–81	59–96	80–45	62–83	70–59	73–79	51–88	—	57–60
	94–76	85–61	79–58	80–71	75–69	80–45	81–91	84–76	72–95	75–67	89–53	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2019. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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			Semi-finals				Finals

1	Sopron Basket	2
8		0
			1	Sopron Basket	2

			5		0
4	PEAC-Pécs	0

5		2
							1	Sopron Basket	3
							2	Aluinvent DVTK	0
2	Aluinvent DVTK	2
7		0
			2	Aluinvent DVTK	2	Third place

			6		1
3	KSC Szekszárd	1					5		2

6		2					6		1

Quarter-finals[]

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two 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 (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sopron Basket	3–0	90–34	75–31	–
PEAC-Pécs	0–2	72–77	75–58	–
Aluinvent DVTK	2–0	81–70	69–49	–
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd	1–2	70–48	60–57	60–65

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 (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sopron Basket	2–0		72–37	90–62	–
Aluinvent DVTK	2–1		64–52	82–87	75–61

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
Sopron Basket	3–0	Aluinvent DVTK	74–60	62–45	67–53	–	–

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
	2–1		68–74	69–49	80–60

Hungarian clubs in European competitions[]

Club	Competition	Progress
Sopron Basket	EuroLeague	Fourth place
KSC Szekszárd	EuroLeague	Qualifying round
KSC Szekszárd	EuroCup	Round of 8
		Regular season
		Regular season
Diósgyőri VTK		Round of 16

References[]

^ "Női kosár NB I: új vezetőedzőt nevezett ki a Cegléd". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 May 2018.
^ "Női kosár NB I: a ceglédi sikerkovács a DVTK kispadján". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 19 June 2018.

External links[]

Hungarian Basketball Federaration (in Hungarian and English)

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[1] "Női kosár NB I: új vezetőedzőt nevezett ki a Cegléd". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 2 May 2018.

[2] "Női kosár NB I: a ceglédi sikerkovács a DVTK kispadján". nso.hu (in Hungarian). 19 June 2018.

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v t 2018–19 in European women's basketball
Domestic leagues	Hungary Iceland Romania Russia Serbia Spain Turkey
Regional leagues	Adriatic League
Domestic cups	Hungary Serbia Spain
Continental competitions	EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup
International competitions	FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 Qualification Games of the Small States of Europe