2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 62nd season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.

NB I

Season	2013–14
Champions	Veszprém (22nd title)
Relegated	Vác ETO-SZESE
Champions League	Veszprém Szeged
EHF Cup	Balatonfüred Tatabánya Orosháza
Matches played	203
Goals scored	10,836 (53.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jonas Larholm (133 goals)
Biggest home win	Veszprém 43–16 Cegléd
Biggest away win	Cegléd 18–43 Szeged
Highest scoring	Veszprém 43–30 Gyöngyös
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Team information

Veszprém

Balatonfüred

Csurgó

Tatabánya

Győr

PLER

Vác

Gyöngyös

Mezőkövesd

Cegléd

Szeged

Orosháza

Locations of the 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

The following 13 clubs compete in the NB I during the 2013–14 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Balatonfüred	Balatonfüred	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ	712
Cegléd	Cegléd	Gál József Sportcsarnok	1,200
Csurgó	Csurgó	Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok	800
Gyöngyös	Gyöngyös	Városi Sportcsarnok	1,100
Mezőkövesd	Mezőkövesd	Városi Sportcsarnok	800
Orosháza	Orosháza	Eötvös Sportcsarnok	600
PLER	Budapest	Lőrinci Sportcsarnok	700
Szeged	Szeged	Városi Sportcsarnok	3,200
ETO-SZESE	Győr	Győr Városi Egyetemi Csarnok	3,000
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok	1,000
Vác	Vác	Városi Sportcsarnok	800
Veszprém	Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna	5,096

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2013–14 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Balatonfüred	László Csima	László Sótonyi	Erima	Sennebogen, 77 Elektronika
Cegléd	István Borsos	István Kökény	Erima	BSS 2000
Csurgó	János Varga	Vilmos Imre	hummel	R csoport, Patrik & Varga
Gyöngyös	Zsolt Marczin	Károly Nagy	Puma	B. Braun
Mezőkövesd	Gábor Mikulás	László Skaliczki	Kempa	Mátrai Erőmű Zrt.
Orosháza	István Rajki	Vladan Jordović	ASICS	Linamar, Swietelsky
PLER	László Németh	István Hutvágner	Erima	HungaroControl, Natur Aqua
Szeged	Richárd Mezei	Juan Carlos Pastor	adidas	Pick, OTP Bank
ETO-SZESE	Dr. László Hoffmann	Miklós Rosta	mass	Árkád Győr
Tatabánya	László Marosi	Viktor Debre	Jako	Grundfos
Vác	Dr. Attila Schoffer	István Rosta	Kempa	—
Veszprém	Ákos Hunyadfalvy	Antonio Carlos Ortega	adidas	MKB Bank, MVM

Regular season

Standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
1	MKB-MVM Veszprém	24	23	0	1	845	543	+302	46
2	Pick Szeged	24	23	0	1	757	533	+224	46
3	Csurgói KK	24	17	3	4	698	601	+97	37
4	Balatonfüredi KSE	24	14	3	7	653	595	+58	31
5	B.Braun Gyöngyös	24	13	5	6	651	648	+3	31
6	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	24	13	4	7	608	576	+32	30
7	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	24	6	5	13	576	652	−76	17
8	Ceglédi KKSE	24	8	0	16	590	695	−105	16
9	Váci KSE	24	7	1	16	564	619	−55	15
10	Hungary (junior) *	24	6	2	16	594	698	−104	14
11	Mezőkövesdi KC	24	5	1	18	566	726	−160	11
12	ETO-SZESE Győr	24	5	1	18	570	674	−104	11
13	PLER Budapest	24	3	1	20	598	714	−116	7

* : Hungary national junior handball team played only in regular season.

	Championship Playoff
	Relegation Playoff

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

					JUN
Balatonfüred		32–24	26–31	31–31	33–18	39–18	30–25	28–23	20–28	26–16	32–26	30–20	25–39
Cegléd	20–21		28–38	26–28	28–23	28–21	28–21	30–23	18–43	33–30	18–23	27–25	25–40
Csurgó	29–24	36–26		26–18	31–25	35–27	34–18	36–18	27–28	27–23	26–26	24–22	26–31
Gyöngyös	22–22	33–26	26–26		29–26	33–24	28–25	29–28	27–35	25–24	26–25	29–29	20–30
Hungary (junior)	25–29	27–25	24–36	23–24		28–25	27–27	29–24	23–29	19–25	19–27	26–25	21–34
Mezőkövesd	19–28	25–27	25–27	23–34	32–38		22–22	28–24	25–34	25–24	19–28	22–18	23–36
Orosháza	18–23	24–20	24–25	25–25	30–26	35–24		29–29	22–29	20–21	21–21	26–25	24–34
PLER	23–29	30–23	20–28	21–22	29–32	28–30	32–28		26–37	28–24	27–30	26–27	23–33
Szeged	35–25	34–22	32–20	36–30	30–16	28–20	33–20	41–20		35–25	26–16	29–20	23–22
ETO-SZESE Győr	27–25	20–28	24–35	23–29	29–29	25–26	22–24	25–22	19–31		19–31	25–23	26–33
Tatabánya	22–22	29–20	27–27	28–31	28–24	34–19	32–27	28–26	23–28	23–22		18–14	21–27
Vác	22–30	26–22	20–25	23–22	30–25	32–24	20–22	27–20	23–31	35–26	21–22		20–34
Veszprém	34–23	43–16	39–23	43–30	39–21	41–20	42–20	41–28	25–22	42–26	29–20	34–17

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Top goalscorers

#	Player	Goals	Team
1	Jonas Larholm	133	Szeged
2	Balázs Bíró	130	Cegléd
3	Gergely Harsányi	129	Tatabánya
4	Balázs Szöllősi	113	Balatonfüred
5	Barys Pukhouski	103	Csurgó
6	Tamás Frey	100	Gyöngyös
	Levente Halász	100	ETO-SZESE
8	Dániel Buday	95	Orosháza
9	Ivan Perišić	94	Cegléd
	Filipe Mota	94	ETO-SZESE

Source:

Championship 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.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	MKB-MVM Veszprém	38	30
	4	Balatonfüredi KSE	27	26	29			4	Balatonfüredi KSE	26	25
	5	B.Braun Gyöngyös	21	28	25										1	MKB-MVM Veszprém	30	28
															2	Pick Szeged	21	24
								2	Pick Szeged	30	28
	3	Csurgói KK	35	23	29			3	Csurgói KK	23	22
	6	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	26	25	28

Quarter-finals

1st leg

22 March 12:50 (UTC+2)	Balatonfüredi KSE	27 – 21	B.Braun Gyöngyös	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ, Balatonfüred Attendance: 600 Referees: Dr. Kálmán Soós, Győző Márczi
	Bóka, Zdolik 5	(11–8)	Frey, Hajdú, Koller 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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26 March 18:00 (UTC+2)	Csurgói KK	35 – 26	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	Városi Sportcsarnok, Csurgó Attendance: 700 Referees: József Szalai, Csaba Marczinka
	Gazdag, Lele, Grebenár 6	(18–12)	Harsányi 7
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 3×

2nd leg

26 March 18:00 (UTC+2)	B.Braun Gyöngyös	28 – 26	Balatonfüredi KSE	Városi Sportcsarnok, Gyöngyös Attendance: 700 Referees: Bertalan Nyárádi, Sándor Hanufer
	Sándor 6	(14–14)	Faluvégi 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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9 April 18:00 (UTC+2)	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	25 – 23	Csurgói KK	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 900 Referees: Péter Horváth, Balázs Márton
	Díaz 7	(15–13)	Lele 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 9× 1×

3rd leg

29 March 18:00 (UTC+2)	Balatonfüredi KSE	29 – 25	B.Braun Gyöngyös	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ, Balatonfüred Attendance: 700 Referees: Gyula Demény, Péter Éles
	Grigorev, Tombor, Zdolik 6	(16–12)	Frey 8
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Balatonfüredi KSE won series 2–1 and advanced to Semifinals.

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16 April 18:00 (UTC+2)	Csurgói KK	29 – 28 (ET)	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	Városi Sportcsarnok, Csurgó Attendance: 700 Referees: Péter Horváth, Balázs Márton
	Gazdag 7	(12–13)	Katzirz 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 8× 1×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 3–2

Csurgói KK won series 2–1 and advanced to Semifinals.

Semifinals

1st leg

8 April 18:00 (UTC+2)	MKB-MVM Veszprém	38 – 26	Balatonfüredi KSE	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Attila Heim, Csaba Jolántai
	Ilić, Jamali 6	(19–15)	Zdolik 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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24 April 18:00 (UTC+2)	Pick Szeged	30 – 23	Csurgói KK	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Péter Herczeg, Péter Südi
	Larholm 6	(14–8)	Aguirrezabalaga, Gazdag 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

2nd leg

29 April 18:00 (UTC+2)	Balatonfüredi KSE	25 – 30	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ, Balatonfüred Attendance: 700 Referees: Miklós Andorka, Győző Márczi
	Győri 6	(11–14)	Vilovski 8
	2×	Report	2× 2×

MKB-MVM Veszprém won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

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30 April 20:00 (UTC+2)	Csurgói KK	22 – 28	Pick Szeged	Városi Sportcsarnok, Csurgó Attendance: 650 Referees: Csaba Kékes, Pál Kékes
	Lele 5	(9–13)	Balogh 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Pick Szeged won series 2–0 and advanced to Final.

Final

1st leg

7 May 20:00 (UTC+2)	MKB-MVM Veszprém	30 – 21	Pick Szeged	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Csaba Kékes, Pál Kékes
	Ilić 7	(15–9)	Balogh, Larholm 5
	3× 4×	Report	1× 2×

2nd leg

11 May 19:15 (UTC+2)	Pick Szeged	24 – 28	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Csaba Dobrovits, Dr. Péter Tájok
	Ancsin, Prce 5	(13–13)	Nagy 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

MKB-MVM Veszprém won Championship final series 2–0.

NB I 2013–14 Champions
MKB-MVM Veszprém 22nd Title

Team roster

1 Nándor Fazekas, 2 Uros Vilovski, 3 Péter Gulyás, 4 Gergő Iváncsik, 5 Timuzsin Schuch, 9 Tamás Iváncsik, 11 Carlos Ruesga, 13 Momir Ilić, 18 Tamás Mocsai, 19 László Nagy, 21 Iman Jamali, 23 Cristian Ugalde, 25 Chema Rodriguez, 30 Mirsad Terzić, 32 Mirko Alilović, 33 Renato Sulić and 35 Živan Pešić
Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

Third Place

4 May 18:30 (UTC+2)	Balatonfüredi KSE	23 – 26	Csurgói KK	Észak-Balatoni Reg. Konf. Központ, Balatonfüred Attendance: 700 Referees: József Bács, Tamás Bán
	Szőlősi 7	(9–14)	Pukhouski 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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10 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	Csurgói KK	31 – 38	Balatonfüredi KSE	Városi Sportcsarnok, Csurgó Attendance: 600 Referees: Gábor I. Hargitai, Gábor Markó
	Gazdag 9	(11–20)	Szőlősi 13
	3× 5×	Report	2× 10× 1×

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14 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	Csurgói KK	30 – 34	Balatonfüredi KSE	Városi Sportcsarnok, Csurgó Attendance: 800 Referees: Csaba Dobrovits, Dr. Péter Tájok
	Pukhouski 9	(14–15)	Szőlősi 10
	3× 1× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

Balatonfüredi KSE won series 2–1 and won the Third Place.

5th place

4 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	36 – 26	B.Braun Gyöngyös	Földi Imre Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya Attendance: 400 Referees: Róbert Medve, László I. Nagy
	Törő 8	(14–10)	Debreczeni 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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10 May 18:00 (UTC+2)	B.Braun Gyöngyös	21 – 27	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	Városi Sportcsarnok, Gyöngyös Attendance: 500 Referees: Tamás Tomecskó-Hunyadi, Tamás Unyatinszki
	Varsandán 5	(14–17)	Bodó 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Grundfos-Tatabánya KC won series 2–0 and won 5th Place.

Relegation round

Final standings

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Relegation
7	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	20	12	3	5	526	496	+30	27
8	PLER Budapest	20	10	2	8	544	543	+1	22
9	Ceglédi KKSE	20	10	1	9	544	542	+2	21
10	Mezőkövesdi KC	20	9	3	8	508	528	−20	21
11	Váci KSE	20	8	2	10	507	485	+22	18	Relegation to the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
12	ETO-SZESE Győr	20	5	1	14	526	561	−35	11

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Cegléd		28–27	30–36	31–33	25–25	26–24
Mezőkövesd	27–22		28–26	27–24	38–36	20–20
Orosháza	23–22	26–23		28–26	36–27	24–27
PLER	36–34	31–26	25–25		27–26	22–21
ETO-SZESE Győr	41–34	28–21	23–26	28–30		25–29
Vác	25–26	24–24	22–25	26–28	31–25

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Final standing

Rank	Team	Qualification or relegation
	MKB-MVM Veszprém (C)	2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage
	Pick Szeged
	Balatonfüredi KSE	2014–15 EHF Cup round 2
4	Csurgói KK	Ineligible for 2014–15 European competitions[3]
5	Grundfos-Tatabánya KC	2014–15 EHF Cup round 2 1
6	B.Braun Gyöngyös	Ineligible for 2014–15 European competitions[4]
7	Orosházi FKSE-LINAMAR	2014–15 EHF Cup round 1
8	PLER Budapest
9	Ceglédi KKSE
10	Mezőkövesdi KC
11	Váci KSE (R)	Relegation to the 2014–15 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
12	ETO-SZESE Győr (R)

(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

1 Since 2013–14 Magyar Kupa both finalists MKB-MVM Veszprém and Pick Szeged qualified for the 2014–15 EHF Champions League Group Phase, the EHF Cup spot was passed to cup third Grundfos-Tatabánya KC.