2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

The 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A season, also known as Tippmix Férfi NB I/A for sponsorship reasons, is the 91st season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Falco Vulcano is the defending champion. It started on 21 September 2021 with the first round of the regular season and will end on 26 June 2022 with the last game of the finals.^[1]

Tippmix Férfi NB I/A1
Season	2021–22
Dates	21 September 2021 – 26 June 2022
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely
Relegated	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA
Finals
Champions	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely (4th title)
Runners-up	Egis Körmend
Third place	Alba Fehérvár
Fourth place	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét
← 2020–21 2022–23 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Tippmix.

Teams

Alba

Atomerőmű

DEAC

Falco

Kaposvár

KTE

Körmend

Nyíregyháza

Oroszlány

PVSK

Sopron

Szedeák

Szolnok

ZTE

Location of teams in 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

Team changes

Promoted from Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B	Relegated from Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
HÜBNER Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	Jászberényi KSE

Arenas and locations

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	2020–21
Alba Fehérvár	Székesfehérvár	Alba Regia Sportcsarnok	1,850	5th
Atomerőmű SE	Paks	ASE Sportcsarnok	1,560	6th
DEAC	Debrecen	Oláh Gábor utcai Sportcsarnok	1,500	4th
Falco KC Szombathely	Szombathely	Arena Savaria	3,500
Kaposvári KK	Kaposvár	Kaposvár Aréna	2,931	12th
Kecskeméti TE	Kecskemét	Messzi István Sportcsarnok	1,851	9th
BC Körmend	Körmend	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,002	7th
OSE Lions	Oroszlány	Krajnyik András Sportcsarnok	1,400	10th
Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	Nyíregyháza	Continental Aréna	3,328	1st (NB I/B - Red)
PVSK Panthers	Pécs	Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok	3,548	11th
Soproni KC	Sopron	Novomatic Aréna	1,250	8th
SZTE-Szedeák	Szeged	Városi Sportcsarnok	3,017
Szolnoki Olajbányász	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok	2,122
Zalaegerszegi TE	Zalaegerszeg	Városi Sportcsarnok	2,210	13th

Personnel and kits

All teams are obligated to have the logo of the Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsor. Their logo is therefore present on all team kits.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Alba Fehérvár	Matthias Zollner		Hummel	Endo Plus Service
Atomerőmű SE	Jan Pavlík	Ákos Kovács	Adidas	Atomerőmű
DEAC	Sándor Berényi	László Polyák	Adidas	Tungsram
Falco KC Szombathely	Miloš Konakov	Benedek Váradi	Spalding	Vulcano energia,
Kaposvári KK	Nikola Lazić	Roland Hendlein	Zeus	Kaposvár
Kecskeméti TE	Gábor Forray		Ziccer	Duna Aszfalt
BC Körmend	Antonis Constantinides	Csaba Ferencz	Zeus	Egis
OSE Lions	Sebastjan Krašovec		DRK	MVM, Pon-go Bridgestone
Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	Ákos Pethő		Jako	Hübner
PVSK Panthers	Dražen Brajković		McNut	Veolia, Terra21
Soproni KC	Kostas Flevarakis		DRK	Sopron
SZTE-Szedeák	Árpád Simándi		Toti Sport	Naturtex, Szeged
Szolnoki Olajbányász	Gašper Potočnik		Spalding	Duna Aszfalt
Zalaegerszegi TE	Emir Mutapčić		Spalding	Zalakerámia, HunGast

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Ref.
Zalaegerszegi TE	Róbert Heinrich	End of caretaker spell	26 April 2021	Pre-season	Teo Čizmić	26 April 2021	[2]
DEAC	Anđelko Mandić		7 June 2021		Milenko Topić	7 June 2021	[3]
Alba Fehérvár	Gábor Forray	Sacked	15 June 2021		Dejan Mihevc	15 June 2021	[4][5]
Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	Boris Maljković	End of contract	18 June 2021		Ákos Pethő	16 June 2021	[6]
Falco KC Szombathely	Gašper Okorn	Resigned			Milos Konakov	18 June 2021	[7][8]
Kecskeméti TE	Kornél Váradi	Signed by Hungary men's U18	19 October 2021	5th	Gábor Forray	19 October 2021	[9]
SZTE-Szedeák	Srećko Sekulović	Resigned	8 November 2021	10th	Árpád Simándi	8 November 2021	[10][11]
DEAC	Milenko Topić		13 November 2021	5th	Georgios Vovoras	18 November 2021	[12][13]
Soproni KC	Branislav Dzunić	Mutual consent	15 November 2021	12th	Kostas Flevarakis	21 November 2021	[14][15]
Alba Fehérvár	Dejan Mihevc	Sacked	19 November 2021	11th	Matthias Zollner	19 November 2021	[16][17]
Zalaegerszegi TE	Teo Čizmić		23 November 2021	13th	Emir Mutapčić	23 November 2021	[18]
Atomerőmű SE	Teo Hojč		24 November 2021	14th	Petar Mijović	27 November 2021	[19][20]
PVSK Panthers	Dragan Aleksić		20 December 2021	12th	Andrija Ćirić	27 November 2021	[21]
DEAC	Georgios Vovoras		7 February 2022	6th	Sándor Berényi	7 February 2022	[22]
Atomerőmű SE	Petar Mijović	Mutual consent	14 March 2022	14th	Jan Pavlík	14 March 2022	[23]
PVSK Panthers	Andrija Ćirić		19 April 2022	14th	Dražen Brajković	19 April 2022	[24][25]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	26	23	3	2288	1948	+340	49	Qualification for 1st–5th placement matches
2	Szolnoki Olajbányász	26	18	8	2068	1976	+92	44
3	Egis Körmend	26	15	11	2164	2099	+65	41
4	Alba Fehérvár	26	15	11	2246	2252	−6	41
5	Soproni KC	26	15	11	2153	2135	+18	41
6	Kaposvári KK	26	14	12	2071	2042	+29	40	Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches
7	DEAC-Tungsram	26	13	13	2142	2101	+41	39
8	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	26	13	13	2071	2165	−94	39
9	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	26	12	14	2224	2196	+28	38
10	MVM-OSE Lions	26	11	15	1981	2005	−24	37
11	Zalakerámia ZTE KK	26	9	17	2003	2103	−100	35	Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches
12	HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS	26	9	17	2185	2282	−97	35
13	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	26	8	18	2090	2266	−176	34
14	Atomerőmű SE	26	7	19	2068	2184	−116	33

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2022. Source: Kosarsport.hu
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points scored; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.

Schedule and results

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

Home \ Away	ALBA	ASE	DEAC	FAL	KAP	KTE	KÖR	OSE	NYÍR	PVSK	SOP	SZEG	SZOL	ZTE
Alba Fehérvár	—	73–85	80–90	66–98	96–92	91–93	77–76	85–82	93–78	103–68	80–83	90–81	81–88	103–93
Atomerőmű SE	104–106	—	80–74	65–82	64–81	76–80	106–87	73–82	82–73	89–66	82–83	84–90	67–90	72–80
DEAC	88–73	90–82	—	90–88	82–80	86–93	76–89	79–59	79–65	102–79	79–72	79–97	63–74	88–66
Falco KC Szombathely	91–93	98–78	80–70	—	85–70	97–76	79–73	81–73	109–79	99–77	95–64	93–72	82–69	86–73
Kaposvári KK	97–82	74–90	96–91	61–67	—	77–61	87–61	63–68	86–78	82–75	67–76	90–77	75–80	72–65
Kecskeméti TE	83–86	81–71	85–94	83–87	62–74	—	93–67	74–72	101–99	91–89	91–71	100–86	74–81	68–65
BC Körmend	91–83	75–76	89–73	78–86	89–70	105–78	—	77–65	107–99	84–71	84–77	97–74	82–93	85–71
OSE Lions	79–86	86–65	79–74	55–73	74–83	89–80	72–78	—	80–74	73–61	72–80	90–83	69–70	86–84
Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	105–79	83–74	62–89	77–90	90–82	75–77	95–94	92–81	—	104–110	81–88	86–81	84–92	76–78
PVSK Panthers	103–99	69–67	63–88	77–88	88–97	95–74	80–84	61–71	93–85	—	87–93	93–115	81–89	77–68
Soproni KC	82–95	109–107	100–75	90–83	92–94	72–75	85–75	86–80	82–90	70–76	—	95–77	83–78	77–54
SZTE-Szedeák	78–89	100–79	100–98	75–91	75–76	102–67	70–82	64–73	86–84	106–95	100–83	—	81–57	93–75
Szolnoki Olajbányász	71–74	84–63	79–78	69–84	94–68	81–63	83–71	90–86	85–86	80–78	73–76	77–76	—	63–74
Zalaegerszegi TE	73–83	88–87	91–67	95–96	80–77	77–68	80–84	89–85	84–85	65–78	85–84	73–85	77–78	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2022. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Second round

1st–5th Placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	34	29	5	2984	2552	+432	63	Advance to playoffs
2	Szolnoki Olajbányász	34	21	13	2724	2648	+76	55
3	Egis Körmend	34	20	14	2809	2751	+58	54
4	Soproni KC	34	18	16	2796	2835	−39	52
5	Alba Fehérvár	34	18	16	2927	2945	−18	52

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	ALBA	FAL	KÖR	SOP	SZOL
Alba Fehérvár	—	89–94	97–77	85–89	98–85
Falco KC Szombathely	96–72	—	84–72	102–56	89–74
BC Körmend	90–80	85–72	—	86–79	75–69
Soproni KC	83–75	70–81	89–90	—	97–90
Szolnoki Olajbányász	79–85	86–78	82–70	91–80	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2022. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

6th–10th Placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
6	MVM-OSE Lions	34	18	16	2707	2647	+60	52	Advance to playoffs
7	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	34	18	16	2708	2815	−107	52
8	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	34	17	17	2915	2866	+49	51
9	Kaposvári KK	34	16	18	2741	2740	+1	50
10	DEAC-Tungsram	34	14	20	2779	2802	−23	48

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	DEAC	KAP	KTE	OSE	SZEG
DEAC	—	65–93	72–77	83–86	79–80
Kaposvári KK	82–91	—	77–80	93–85	88–96
Kecskeméti TE	90–82	92–89	—	78–80	87–80
OSE Lions	102–83	101–73	84–62	—	103–91
SZTE-Szedeák	91–82	88–75	86–71	79–85	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2022. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

11th–14th Placement matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
11	HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS	32	13	19	2634	2736	−102	45
12	Zalakerámia ZTE KK	32	13	19	2478	2556	−78	45
13	Atomerőmű SE	32	11	21	2540	2616	−76	43	Qualification for Relegation play-out
14	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	32	8	24	2539	2772	−233	40

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

Results

Home \ Away	ASE	NYÍR	PVSK	ZTE
Atomerőmű SE	—	77–53	82–66	69–78
Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks	67–73	—	78–73	73–63
PVSK Panthers	81–90	86–91	—	60–79
Zalaegerszegi TE	87–81	82–87	86–83	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2022. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Relegation play-out

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Atomerőmű SE	2–1	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA	95–77	71–73	75–70

Playoffs

All three rounds (except Third place series) of the playoffs were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth (if it was necessary) game at home.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3
	8	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	1
						1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3
						5	Alba Fehérvár	1
	4	Soproni KC	0
	5	Alba Fehérvár	3
											1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3
											3	Egis Körmend	2
	2	Szolnoki Olajbányász	1
	7	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	3
						7	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	2			Third place
						3	Egis Körmend	3
	3	Egis Körmend	3								5	Alba Fehérvár	2
	6	MVM-OSE Lions	1								7	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3–1	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	105–86	74–80	96–74	87–79	–
Szolnoki Olajbányász	1–3	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	75–86	72–83	95–89	80–79	–
Egis Körmend	3–1	MVM-OSE Lions	74–90	91–86	84–71	86–72	–
Soproni KC	0–3	Alba Fehérvár	90–91	87–72	85–92	–	–

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3–1	Alba Fehérvár	88–78	74–72	83–85	100–98	–
Egis Körmend	3–2	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	86–74	67–73	86–80	76–81	83–80

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	3–2	Egis Körmend	86–76	68–69	78–81	77–62	99–70

Game 1

Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely v Egis Körmend

15 June 2022	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	86–76 (Series: 1–0)	Egis Körmend	Szombathely
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 26–23, 22–22, 22–18
M4 Sport	Pts: Perl 28 Rebs: Váradi 6 Asts: Váradi 8 PIR: Perl 32	Report	Pts: Durázi 17 Rebs: Gordon 13 Asts: White 5 PIR: Gordon 30	Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,070[26] Referees: Tamás Benczur, Péter Papp, Ferenc Tamás

Game 2

Egis Körmend v Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely

18 June 2022	Egis Körmend	69–68 (Series: 1–1)	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	Körmend
15:15 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 19–19, 20–18, 21–18
M4 Sport+	Pts: Gordon 21 Rebs: Gordon 11 Asts: White 8 PIR: Gordon 37	Report	Pts: Váradi 15 Rebs: Keller 9 Asts: seven players 2 PIR: Váradi 19	Arena: Városi Sportcsarnok Attendance: 2,000[27] Referees: Csaba Zsolt Cziffra, Péter Árpád Praksch, Péter Frányó

Game 3

Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely v Egis Körmend

21 June 2022	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	78–81 (Series: 1–2)	Egis Körmend	Szombathely
18:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–13, 19–23, 17–25
Duna World	Pts: Barać 14 Rebs: Benke 6 Asts: Somogyi 6 PIR: Benke 20	Report	Pts: Gordon 16 Rebs: Gordon 8 Asts: White 9 PIR: White 29	Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,070[28] Referees: Gellért Kapitány, Pál Attila Győrffy, József Ádám

Game 4

Egis Körmend v Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely

24 June 2022	Egis Körmend	62–77 (Series: 2–2)	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	Körmend
18:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 15–19, 7–22, 18–15
Duna World	Pts: White 17 Rebs: Gordon 8 Asts: Gordon 3 PIR: Gordon 28	Report	Pts: Barać 17 Rebs: Benke 7 Asts: Benke 4 PIR: Benke, Barać 21	Arena: Városi Sportcsarnok Attendance: 2,100[29] Referees: Tamás Benczur, Tamás Péter Földházi, Péter Papp

Game 5

Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely v Egis Körmend

26 June 2022	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely	99–70 (Series: 3–2)	Egis Körmend	Szombathely
18:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 28–16, 20–11, 24–25
M4 Sport	Pts: Somogyi 22 Rebs: Somogyi 7 Asts: Benke 5 PIR: Somogyi 30	Report	Pts: Gordon 13 Rebs: Gordon 8 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Henry 16	Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,070[30] Referees: Csaba Zsolt Cziffra, Péter Árpád Praksch, Tamás Ferenc Söjtöry

Third place series

The Third place series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Alba Fehérvár	2–0	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	90–70	88–71	–

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Falco-Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely (C)	47	38	9	Qualification to Champions League regular season
2	Egis Körmend	48	28	20	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
3	Alba Fehérvár	43	24	19
4	Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét	45	23	22
5	Szolnoki Olajbányász	38	22	16
6	Soproni KC	37	18	19
7	MVM-OSE Lions	38	19	19
8	Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák	38	18	20
9	Kaposvári KK	34	16	18
10	DEAC-Tungsram	34	14	20
11	HÜBNER Nyíregyháza BS	32	13	19
12	Zalakerámia ZTE KK	32	13	19
13	Atomerőmű SE	35	13	22
14	Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA (R)	35	9	26	Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B

Source: MKOSZ
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties

Pos.	County (megye)		No. of teams	Teams
1		Vas	2	Falco KC Szombathely and BC Körmend
2		Baranya	1	PVSK Panthers
		Bács-Kiskun	1	Kecskeméti TE
		Csongrád-Csanád	1	SZTE-Szedeák
		Fejér	1	Alba Fehérvár
		Győr-Moson-Sopron	1	Soproni KC
		Hajdú-Bihar	1	DEAC
		Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	1	Szolnoki Olajbányász
		Komárom-Esztergom	1	OSE Lions
		Somogy	1	Kaposvári KK
		Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	1	Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks
		Tolna	1	Atomerőmű SE
		Zala	1	Zalaegerszegi TE

Number of teams by regions

Transdanubia	Great Plain and North
Alba Fehérvár Atomerőmű SE Falco KC Szombathely Kaposvári KK BC Körmend OSE Lions PVSK Panthers Soproni KC Zalaegerszegi TE	DEAC Nyíregyháza Blue Sharks Kecskeméti TE SZTE-Szedeák Szolnoki Olajbányász
9 Team	5 Team

Hungarian clubs in European competitions

		Competition		Team	Progress	Result	Total W–L
FIBA
		Champions League		Falco Vulcano	Second round	4th of 4 teams (1–5)	6-6
					Regular season	1st of 4 teams (5–1)
		Europe Cup		Szolnoki Olajbányász	Regular season	4th of 4 teams (1–5)	1–5
				Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák	Qualification semifinal	vs Medi Bayreuth (L)	1-1
					Qualification quarterfinal	vs TFT Skopje (W)

See also

• Basketball portal
• Hungary portal

• 2022 Magyar Kupa