Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
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Countries | Hungary |
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Confederation | EHF |
Founded | 1951 |
Number of teams | 14 |
Relegation to | Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
Domestic cup(s) | Magyar Kupa |
International cup(s) | Champions League European League |
Current champions | Ferencváros (13th title) |
Most championships | Vasas (15 titles) Győri ETO (15 titles) |
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Website | http://www.keziszovetseg.hu |
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (English: National Championship I, commonly abbreviated NB I) is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.
History[]
The first edition of the women's handball league was when the owner was pregnant, held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. were crowned champions as they got equal points to , but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured the title just ahead of Csepel.
The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985.
Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in the playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics-led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted the championship trophy.
Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi, have won all but two titles.
Current teams[]
![Location of teams in 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Hungary_location_map.svg/450px-Hungary_location_map.svg.png)
![Budapest Budapest](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png)
![Budapest teams Ferencvárosi TC MTK Budapest Vasas SC Budapest teams Ferencvárosi TC MTK Budapest Vasas SC](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TransparentPlaceholder.png/8px-TransparentPlaceholder.png)
- Debreceni VSC Schaeffler
- Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
- Érd NK
- Alba Fehérvár KC
- Ferencvárosi TC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
- Győri Audi ETO KC
- Kisvárda Master Good SE
- Motherson-Mosonmagyaróvári KC
- MTK Budapest
- Siófok KC
- Moyra-Budaörs Handball
- Szombathelyi KKA
- Vasas SC
- Váci NKSE
Competition format[]
At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but the idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. In the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking.
As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.
Season | Number of teams |
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from 1951 to | 4 teams |
in | 6 teams |
in | 12 team |
from to | 4 teams |
in | 12 teams |
from to | 14 teams |
from 1960 to 1964 | 12 teams |
from 1965 to 1975 | 14 teams |
from 1976 to | 12 teams |
from 1983 to | 14 teams |
from to | 16 teams |
from to | 14 teams |
in | 13 teams |
from 1999-00 to 2000-01 | 12 teams |
in | 11 teams |
from to | 12 teams |
from to | 11 teams |
from to 2015-16 | 12 teams |
from 2016-17 to present | 14 teams |
Current format[]
The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated.
Title holders[]
- 1951 : Csepel
- 1952 : Vörös Meteor
- 1953 : Debreceni Petőfi
- 1954 : Csepel
- 1955 : Debreceni VSC
- 1956 : Csepel
- 1957 : Győri ETO
- 1958 : Miskolci VSC
- 1959 : Győri ETO
- 1960 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1961 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1962 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1963 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1964 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1965 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1966 : Ferencváros
- 1967 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1968 : Ferencváros
- 1969 : Ferencváros
- 1970 : Bakony Vegyész
- 1971 : Ferencváros
- 1972 : Vasas
- 1973 : Vasas
- 1974 : Vasas
- 1975 : Vasas
- 1976 : Vasas
- 1977 : Vasas
- 1978 : Vasas
- 1979 : Vasas
- 1980 : Vasas
- 1981 : Vasas
- 1982 : Vasas
- 1983 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1984 : Vasas
- 1985 : Vasas
- 1986 : Bp. Spartacus
- 1987 : Debreceni VSC
- 1988/89 : Bp. Építők
- 1989/90 : Bp. Építők
- 1990/91 : Hargita KC
- 1991/92 : Vasas
- 1992/93 : Vasas
- 1993/94 : Ferencváros
- 1994/95 : Ferencváros
- 1995/96 : Ferencváros
- 1996/97 : Ferencváros
- 1997/98 : Dunaferr
- 1998/99 : Dunaferr
- 1999/00 : Ferencváros
- 2000/01 : Dunaferr
- 2001/02 : Ferencváros
- 2002/03 : Dunaferr
- 2003/04 : Dunaferr
- 2004/05 : Győri ETO
- 2005/06 : Győri ETO
- 2006/07 : Ferencváros
- 2007/08 : Győri ETO
- 2008/09 : Győri ETO
- 2009/10 : Győri ETO
- 2010/11 : Győri ETO
- 2011/12 : Győri ETO
- 2012/13 : Győri ETO
- 2013/14 : Győri ETO
- 2014/15 : Ferencváros
- 2015/16 : Győri ETO
- 2016/17 : Győri ETO
- 2017/18 : Győri ETO
- 2018/19 : Győri ETO
- 2019/20 : Not awarded
- 2020/21 : Ferencváros
- 2021/22 :
Performances[]
By club[]
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning years |
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Győr | ![]() |
, , , , , 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | ||
Vasas Budapest | ![]() |
, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, , , 1984, 1985, , | ||
Ferencváros | ![]() |
1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, , , , , 2000, , , 2015, 2021 | ||
Budapesti Spartacus | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986 | |||
Dunaújváros | , , 2001, , | |||
Csepel | 1951, , | |||
(Budapesti Építők) | , , | |||
Debrecen | , | |||
Veszprém | ||||
Vörös Meteor | 1952 | |||
Miskolc | ||||
Debreceni Petőfi | ||||
Goldberger SE | - | |||
Pécsi Bányász | - | |||
Bp. Szikra | - | |||
Testnevelési Főiskola | - | |||
Békéscsaba | - | |||
BHG SE | - | |||
Érd | - | |||
Tatabányai Bányász | - | |||
Siófok | - | |||
Debreceni Építők | - | |||
Vörös Lobogó | - | |||
Vasas Elzett | - | |||
Bp. Postás | - | |||
Híradótechnika | - | |||
Secotex SE | - | |||
Vác | - | |||
Mosonmagyaróvár | - |
Performance by counties[]
The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary.
County (megye) | Titles | Winning Clubs |
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Budapest | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Győr-Moson-Sopron | ![]() | |
Fejér | ![]() | |
Hajdú-Bihar | ![]() ![]() | |
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | ![]() | |
Veszprém | ![]() |
- The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2019-20 season of the Hungarian League.
- Dunaferr NK as Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
Clubs[]
Since 1951, clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 12-time champions Ferencváros.
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- Notes
- The teams in bold are competing in the 2017–18 season of the Hungarian League.
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Statistics[]
EHF coefficients[]
The following data indicates Hungarian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
EHF League Ranking for 2021/22 season:[1]
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In European competitions[]
Champions League | EHF Cup | Challenge Cup | Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) | |||||||||||||||||
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C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | C | RU | SF | C | Winning year(s) | RU | SF | ||||||
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5 | 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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1 | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | , 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1995 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1978, 2011, 2012 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
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0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1995, 1996 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1981 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 7 title | 10 | 17 | 7 title | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 title | 7 | 7 |
Top scorers by season[]
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Notable foreign players[]
- List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Algeria
Angola
Argentina Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil
Bulgaria
Croatia |
Czech Republic Denmark
France
Germany
Iceland Italy
Japan
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Kazakhstan Lithuania
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
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Poland Romania
Russia
Serbia
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South Korea
Spain Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Tunisia
Ukraine
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Names of the competition[]
- 2016– : K&H női kézilabda liga (K&H liga)
Broadcasting rights[]
See also[]
- Magyar Kupa (National Cup of Hungary)
- Hungarian handball clubs in European competitions
- Hungary women's national handball team
References[]
- ^ "2021/22 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
External links[]
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
- 1951 establishments in Hungary
- Handball leagues in Hungary
- Women's sports leagues in Hungary
- Professional sports leagues in Hungary