Nemzeti Bajnokság II (rugby union)

Hungarian National Championship II
Current season or competition:
2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Rugby union) season
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1989
Number of teams 4
Country  Hungary
Holders Szentesi VSC 91-esek Rögbi Szakosztály (2009-10, promoted to Nemzeti Bajnokság I)

The National Championship II (Hungarian: Nemzeti Bajnokság II, also DHL Nemzeti Bajnokság II for sponsorship reasons) is the third and lowest level of domestic club rugby union in Hungary after the Extraliga and the National Championship I. The competition was introduced in 1989. It has undergone a major overhaul for the 2011-12 season, changing into a championship for some of the newer teams where promotion is unlikely.

Format and structure

For the 2011-12 season, the league is played by five teams who play in a number of centralized tournaments (tournaments held in one location). Matches consist of two halves of twenty minutes.[1]

Current teams

2011–12 season

Location of teams in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II 2011-12
ClubFull nameCityStadium
Cegléd Ceglédi Rugby Club Cegléd Bedei pálya
Gödöllői Ördögök Gödöllői Ördögök Rögbi Csapat Gödöllő ?
Gyöngyösi Farkasok Gyöngyösi Farkasok Rugby Klub Gyöngyös Mátra Szakképzõ Iskola sportpályája, Mátrafüred
SZTE EHÖK Szegedi Tudományegyetem Egyetemi Hallgatói Önkormányzat Sport Egyesület Szeged Etelka sori stadion
  • Gyulai Várvédők RK were originally slated to play in this tournament as well, but they seem to have withdrawn altogether, due to lack of playing numbers.

Champions

Notes and references

  1. ↑ (in Hungarian) Hungarian National Championship II
  2. 1 2 (in Hungarian) gas.hu Battai Bulldogok Rögbi Klub Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Budapest Exiles RFC History Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 3 4 (in Hungarian) Esztergomi Vitézek Suzuki Rugby SE - eredményeink Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 (in Hungarian) Szentes 91-esek Rögbi Klub
  6. ↑ (in Hungarian) Pécsi Indiánok története Archived 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine.

See also

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