2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (transl. National Championship I/A) is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Fehérvár is the defending champion.

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Competition details
Season 2017–18
Teams 14
Games played 182 (regular season)
Dates 7 October 2017 - 18 June 2018
TV M4 Sport
Final positions
Champions Szolnoki Olaj KK (8th title)
Runners-up Falco-Vulcano KC Szombathely
Semifinalists Alba Fehérvár
EGIS Körmend
Relegated MAFC

Teams
Location of teams in 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

DEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016–17 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.

Arenas and locations
Team Position
2016–17		 City Arena Capacity
Alba Fehérvár
Székesfehérvár Vodafone Sportcentrum 1,963
Atomerőmű SE
11th
Paks ASE Sportcsarnok 1,520
Debreceni EAC
1st (NB I/B)
 Debrecen Oláh Gábor Sports Hall 1,200
Falco KC
Szombathely Arena Savaria 3,500
Jászberényi KSE
12th
Jászberény Belvárosi Általános Iskola 1,000
Kaposvári KK
7th
Kaposvár Városi Sportcsarnok 1,270
Kcskeméti TE
8th
Kecskemét Messzi István Sportcsarnok 1,600
BC Körmend
4th
Körmend Városi Sportcsarnok 2,020
MAFC
14th
Budapest Gabányi László Sportcsarnok 1,000
PVSK Panthers
6th
Pécs Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok 2,191
Soproni KC
10th
Sopron NOVOMATIC Aréna 2,500
Szolnoki Olaj KK
5th
Szolnok Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok 2,122
SZTE-Szedeák
9th
Szeged Újszegedi Sportcsarnok 3,000
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszeg Városi Sportcsarnok 2,816

Personnel and kits
Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alba Fehérvár Branislav Dzunić Péter Lóránt Spalding tippmi1, Hungrana, Huawei
Atomerőmű SE Teo Čizmić Máté Medve adidas tippmix1, MVM Atomerőmű
Debreceni EAC Sándor Berényi adidas tippmix1
Falco KC Szombathely Srećko Sekulović Norbert Tóth Zeus tippmix1, Vulcano energia, Autófókusz
Jászberényi KSE Nikola Lazić György Cseh Spalding tippmix1, Mercedes-Benz, Jász-Plasztik
Kaposvári KK Ádám Fekete Roland Hendlein Spalding tippmix1, SEAT
Kecskeméti TE Gábor Forray Gergely Hegedűs Kipsta UltraTech, Duna Aszfalt, tippmix1
BC Körmend Gasper Potocnik Csaba Ferencz Spalding tippmix1, EGIS
MAFC Jovica Arsić Spalding tippmix1
PVSK-Panthers Ferenc Csirke Veljko Budimir tippmix1, Veolia, GP Consulting, Terra21
Soproni KC Kornél Váradi Peak tippmix1
SZTE-Szedeák Anđelko Mandić Andrija Ćirić Toti Sport tippmix1, Naturtex, Continental
Szolnoki Olaj Dragan Aleksić Dávid Vojvoda Nike MOL
Zalaegerszeg Tamás Bencze Máté Mohácsi adidas Zalakerámia, tippmix1, HunGast

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Szolnoki Olaj 26 21 5 2191 1945 +246 47 Qualificiation for 1st–5th placement matches
2 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 26 19 7 2337 2097 +240 45
3 Alba Fehérvár 26 18 8 2106 1941 +165 44
4 Egis Körmend 26 18 8 2128 2037 +91 44
5 KTE-Duna Aszfalt 26 15 11 2038 1989 +49 41
6 Zalakerámia ZTE 26 13 13 2115 2106 +9 39 Qualification for 6th–10th placement matches
7 Atomerőmű 26 13 13 2065 2075 −10 39
8 Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA 26 13 13 2073 2088 −15 39
9 Kaposvár 26 12 14 2067 2108 −41 38
10 Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák 26 11 15 1996 1997 −1 37
11 JP Auto-JKSE 26 9 17 1936 2070 −134 35 Qualification for 11th–14th placement matches
12 DEAC 26 8 18 2037 2223 −186 34
13 Sopron 26 6 20 1990 2173 −183 32
14 MAFC 26 6 20 1916 2146 −230 32
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2018. 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 ASE DEAC FAL JKSE KAP KTE KÖR MAFC PVSK SOP SZOL SZTE ZTE
Alba Fehérvár 89–82 91–72 89–85 68–55 73–64 75–79 115–75 98–86 92–71 96–72 60–70 94–68 98–86
Atomerőmű SE 60–67 99–75 84–68 66–74 97–67 78–96 92–73 74–65 84–69 95–74 57–90 76–78 79–95
Debreceni EAC 65–83 87–69 62–92 73–62 83–89 79–84 70–110 71–87 83–73 89–96 81–87 66–78 83–71
Falco KC Szombathely 94–66 100–69 95–86 85–65 106–82 99–75 83–79 96–61 80–61 114–109 95–77 96–81 88–82
JP Auto-JKSE 82–72 70–88 98–94 71–90 89–76 97–80 71–85 77–66 81–72 108–92 70–74 78–94 73–82
Kaposvári KK 78–64 74–72 69–75 104–105 76–67 64–66 86–78 106–82 77–79 85–79 97–89 76–60 80–91
KTE-Duna Aszfalt 75–89 64–70 79–70 92–81 68–73 82–68 93–77 83–77 72–73 72–76 67–79 62–58 85–75
Egis Körmend 79–67 91–94 100–93 91–76 77–61 94–77 91–85 69–67 87–74 96–57 76–74 77–72 81–69
MAFC 54–79 89–78 70–75 78–88 73–72 81–91 81–90 62–73 95–65 66–74 77–88 73–61 72–96
PVSK-PANNONPOWER 79–47 84–86 81–88 110–106 87–78 96–92 84–93 89–77 93–69 84–57 72–91 75–67 88–89
Sopron KC 77–80 87–99 80–86 65–83 80–68 74–79 66–76 85–60 69–70 60–76 74–78 86–63 84–91
Szolnoki Olaj KK 88–89 91–86 97–68 84–74 85–58 76–65 79–67 74–75 102–73 78–69 86–64 85–70 93–89
Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák 63–85 86–54 84–75 98–77 85–70 72–73 70–62 79–80 108–85 81–88 77–67 87–88 87–68
Zalakerámia ZTE KK 82–80 72–77 99–88 76–81 82–68 78–72 60–91 72–77 70–57 78–81 96–86 85–88 81–69
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

1st – 5th placement matches
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Szolnoki Olaj 34 27 7 2850 2570 +280 61 Advance to playoffs
2 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 34 24 10 3033 2745 +288 58
3 Alba Fehérvár 34 23 11 2749 2529 +220 57
4 Egis Körmend 34 20 14 2740 2704 +36 54
5 KTE-Duna Aszfalt 34 17 17 2631 2664 −33 51
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. 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 KTE KÖR SZOL
Alba Fehérvár 71–70 85–60 88–69 84–67
Falco KC Szombathely 82–72 87–74 89–75 85–86
KTE-Duna Aszfalt 67–77 93–88 89–80 66–86
Egis Körmend 92–87 78–95 84–67 74–85
Szolnoki Olaj KK 81–79 99–100 88–77 67–60
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

6th – 10th placement matches
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
6 Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA 34 19 15 2746 2760 −14 53 Advance to playoffs
7 Zalakerámia ZTE 34 18 16 2827 2768 +59 52
8 Atomerőmű 34 17 17 2715 2722 −7 51
9 Kaposvár 34 16 18 2728 2755 −27 50
10 Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák 34 12 22 2583 2652 −69 46
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2018. 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 ASE KAP PVSK SZTE ZTE
Atomerőmű SE 82–73 84–91 68–59 85–79
Kaposvári KK 81–70 94–78 73–78 94–92
PVSK-PANNONPOWER 76–75 94–91 97–87 106–95
Naturtex-SZTE-Szedeák 82–96 65–78 80–57 81–83
Zalakerámia ZTE KK 106–90 88–77 87–74 82–55
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

11th – 14th placement matches
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
11 DEAC 32 12 20 2569 2703 −134 44
12 JP Auto-JKSE 32 12 20 2457 2588 −131 44
13 Sopron 32 9 23 2481 2691 −210 41 Qualification for play-out
14 MAFC 32 8 24 2399 2657 −258 40
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 JKSE MAFC SOP
DEAC 98–92 103–81 90–72
JP Auto-JKSE 84–81 84–94 90–83
MAFC 60–76 85–80 81–85
Sopron KC 91–84 77–91 83–82
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                           
  1 Szolnoki Olaj 3  
8 Atomerőmű 0  
  1 Szolnoki Olaj 3  
  4 Egis Körmend 0  
4 Egis Körmend 3
  5 KTE-Duna Aszfalt 2  
    1 Szolnoki Olaj 3
  2 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 1
  2 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 3  
7 Zalakerámia ZTE 1  
  2 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 3 Third place
  3 Alba Fehérvár 2  
3 Alba Fehérvár 3 3 Alba Fehérvár 2
  6 Pécsi VSK-VEOLIA 0   4 Egis Körmend 0

Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Szolnoki Olaj 3–0 Atomerőmű 92–60 96–82 82–56––
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 3–1 Zalakerámia ZTE 91–88 104–107 93–7095–91–
Alba Fehérvár 3–0 PVSK-PANNONPOWER 104–74 82–79 77–58––
Egis Körmend 3–2 KTE-Duna Aszfalt 77–59 78–93 104–6872–9170–63

Semi-finals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Szolnoki Olaj 3–0 Egis Körmend 92–72 80–77 102–59––
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 3–2 Alba Fehérvár 90–88 90–94 86–8281–11276–69

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Szolnoki Olaj 3–1 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 82–76 73–76 89–7083–81–

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Alba Fehérvár 2–0 Egis Körmend 91–71 95–83

Playout

Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Sopron 2–0 MAFC 90–74 95–92 –

In European competitions
ClubCompetitionProgressRef
Alba FehérvárChampions LeagueSecond qualifying round[5]
Falco SzombathelyFIBA Europe CupSecond qualifying round
EGIS KörmendFirst qualifying round
Szolnoki OlajFirst qualifying round

All-star game

The all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest.

2 December 2017
17:00 (CET)
          Team East 133–117      Team West
Tüskecsarnok, Budapest
Attendance: 2,000
Team East
Team West

See also

References
  1. "Férfi kosár NB I: a Szolnok került közelebb az aranyhoz". nso.hu.
  2. "Férfi kosár NB I: nagy hajrával egyenlített a Falco a döntőben". nso.hu.
  3. "Férfi kosár NB I: a Szolnok egy győzelemre az aranytól". nso.hu.
  4. "Férfi kosár NB I: drámai csatában győzött, bajnok a Szolnok". nso.hu.
  5. Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed
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