2020–21 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

The 2020–21 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 115th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary.

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season	2020–21
Duration	August 29, 2020 – May 1, 2021 (Regular season)
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	M4 Sport
Statistical leaders
Points Mátyás Pásztor(90 goals)
Records
Biggest home win	OSC 25–6 Szentes (4 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Debrecen 1–19 OSC (27 October 2020)
Winning streak	16 games Szolnok
Losing streak	14 games Tatabánya
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of March 31, 2021. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

Team information

Eger

Miskolc

Debrecen

Szolnok

Szeged

Szentes

PVSK

Kaposvár

Tatabánya

Budapest

Budapest teams
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
KSI
OSC
UVSE
Vasas

Location of teams in 2020-21 Országos Bajnokság I

BVSC

FTC

Honvéd

KSI

OSC

UVSE

Vasas

Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 16 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2020–21 season:

Team	Home city	Pool	Colours
BVSC	Budapest (XIV. ker)	Szőnyi úti Uszoda
Debrecen	Debrecen	Debreceni Sportuszoda
Eger	Eger	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda
FTC	Budapest (IX. ker)	FTC uszoda, Népliget
Honvéd	Budapest (XIX. ker)	Kőér utcai Uszoda
Kaposvár	Kaposvár	Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda
KSI	Budapest	Széchy Tamás Uszoda
Miskolc	Miskolc	Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda
OSC	Budapest (XI. ker)	Nyéki Imre Uszoda
PVSK	Pécs	Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda
Szeged	Szeged	Tiszavirág Sportuszoda
Szentes	Szentes	Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda
Szolnok	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Uszoda
Tatabánya	Tatabánya	Tatabányai Sportuszoda
UVSE	Budapest (IV. ker)	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Vasas	Budapest (XIII. ker)	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Captain	Cap manufacturer	Cap sponsors
BVSC	Kristóf Kemény	Mátyás Pásztor	Diapolo	MKB-Euroleasing
Debrecen	Miroslav Bajin	Máté Süveges	Diapolo	none
Eger	Márton Petrovai	Máté Sántavy	Diapolo	Tigra, ZF
FTC	Zsolt Varga	Dénes Varga	Diapolo	Telekom, MVM
Honvéd	Márton Szívós		Arena	none
Kaposvár	László Surányi	Ferenc Vindisch	Seles	none
KSI	Dániel Horváth		Diapolo	none
Miskolc	István Kis	Lukáš Seman	Diapolo	PannErgy
OSC	Dániel Varga	Balázs Erdélyi	Diapolo	MOL
PVSK	Viktor Török		Diapolo	none
Szeged	Zoltán Szabó	Csaba Kiss	Diapolo	none
Szentes	Csaba Pellei	Balázs Somogyi	Yordo	metALCOM
Szolnok	Živko Gocić	Dániel Angyal	Arena	none
Tatabánya	Tamás Zantleitner	Márton Keresztúri	Arena	none
UVSE	Balázs Vincze	Balázs Korényi	Diapolo	none
Vasas	Lajos Vad	Bence Bátori	Diapolo	A-Híd, Plaket

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Szolnoki Dózsa	30	27	2	1	470	239	+231	83	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	OSC Újbuda	30	25	3	2	437	229	+208	78[a]
3	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	30	26	0	4	441	233	+208	78[a]
4	BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing	30	23	2	5	431	264	+167	71
5	A-HÍD VasasPlaket	30	22	1	7	342	215	+127	67
6	Budapesti Honvéd SE	30	15	3	12	322	302	+20	48
7	UVSE Hunguest Hotels	30	13	5	12	283	318	−35	44
8	Tigra-ZF-Eger	30	13	4	13	303	328	−25	43
9	PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc	30	11	5	14	288	325	−37	38
10	PVSK Mecsek Füszért	30	9	5	16	279	333	−54	32[b]
11	Metalcom Szentes	30	10	2	18	252	367	−115	32[b]
12	Kaposvári VK	30	10	1	19	290	393	−103	31
13	Szegedi VE	30	7	3	20	256	337	−81	24
14	Debrecen	30	4	1	25	239	415	−176	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Tatabányai VSE	30	3	1	26	213	403	−190	10	Relegation to the Országos Bajnokság I/B
16	KSI SE	30	2	2	26	281	426	−145	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2021. Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian), FlashScore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference according to the overall result; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[1]
Notes:

1. OSC are ranked ahead of Ferencváros on head-to-head points: OSC 9–7 Ferencváros, Ferencváros 12–16 OSC.
2. PVSK are ahead of Szentes on head-to-head goal difference: PVSK 10–6 Szentes, Szentes 6–5 PVSK.

Schedule and results

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

Home \ Away	BVSC	DVSE	EGER	FTC	BHSE	KAP	KSI	MIS	OSC	PVSK	SZEG	SZEN	SZOL	TVSE	UVSE	VAS
BVSC	—	18–8	7–3	11–10	13–9	18–7	19–6	21–12	11–12	13–8	19–9	23–11	8–8	21–7	21–8	10–7
Debrecen	13–20	—	10–15	6–14	10–15	11–13	13–12	8–12	1–19	7–12	9–9	10–9	7–15	7–10	4–8	1–19
Eger	6–11	17–10	—	14–16	13–17	9–4	14–13	10–10	11–16	18–11	10–9	5–3	12–19	14–4	9–13	6–8
FTC	13–9	23–7	16–8	—	13–5	13–9	17–9	18–10	12–16	15–4	16–6	18–9	14–15	23–7	14–8	18–8
Bp. Honvéd	10–18	12–9	11–8	7–12	—	15–6	17–8	9–10	5–11	7–12	20–2	11–9	6–15	15–6	8–9	7–6
Kaposvár	12–19	14–13	10–15	8–17	7–18	—	16–15	17–10	6–15	13–11	14–12	14–15	7–18	10–9	11–12	9–10
KSI	10–20	11–12	10–13	7–17	12–15	9–10	—	0–5[a]	5–17	9–9	8–10	9–13	5–15	14–12	11–11	9–15
Miskolc	8–11	16–10	9–9	4–17	6–7	13–12	15–10	—	8–15	12–9	8–8	11–11	10–11	14–5	11–11	3–9
OSC	10–9	18–9	14–5	9–7	10–10	10–5	21–8	16–6	—	14–6	19–10	25–6	15–15	17–6	14–10	8–8
PVSK	12–12	16–5	8–9	5–14	9–9	16–9	18–13	10–9	6–12	—	9–7	10–6	11–22	11–10	7–9	10–16
Szeged	5–8	10–6	11–12	8–9	8–9	8–9	15–10	6–17	7–15	8–8	—	11–5	6–16	11–9	13–10	7–9
Szentes	6–13	9–10	7–7	6–21	13–9	9–8	11–9	9–14	6–20	6–5	6–5	—	4–15	16–10	9–7	7–16
Szolnok	13–12	18–5	23–6	7–11	18–8	16–8	17–9	19–4	10–7	18–7	13–5	16–9	—	17–5	14–8	17–8
Tatabánya	4–18	6–4	9–9	3–10	7–13	6–7	9–11	8–14	3–18	9–8	10–14	10–11	5–20	—	9–13	1–9
UVSE	10–13	13–9	8–11	3–15	10–10	9–9	15–10	7–3	7–16	8–8	15–8	9–8	8–19	11–8	—	9–7
Vasas	7–5	12–5	11–5	5–8	12–8	22–6	15–9	12–4	11–8	14–3	9–8	16–3	9–11	23–6	9–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2021. Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian), FlashScore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. The KSI v Miskolc match was awarded as a 5–0 win to Miskolc.

Play-off

Semi-finals

Team 1	Points	Team 2	Regular season	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Szolnoki Dózsa (1)	7–1	(4) BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing	13−12	8−8	11−7	／
OSC Újbuda (2)	6–3	(3) FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	9−7	16−12	2-7	−

Matches

5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 18:00	Report	Szolnoki Dózsa	11–7	BVSC-Zugló MKB-Euroleasing	Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok Referees: Tóth, ifj. Kenéz
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 4–2, 1–2
		three players 2	Goals	Pásztor 3

Szolnoki Dózsa won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

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5 May 2021 (2021-05-05) 19:30	Report	OSC Újbuda	2–7	FTC-Telekom Waterpolo	Nyéki Imre uszoda, Budapest Referees: Kun, Marjay
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–3, 0–1, 1–1
		Hárai, Salamon 1	Goals	Varga 2