Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Founded | 1933 |
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First season | 1933 |
Country | Hungary |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Number of teams | 14 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | NB I/B |
Domestic cup(s) | Magyar Kupa |
International cup(s) | Basketball Champions League FIBA Europe Cup |
Current champions | Falco (4th title) (2021–22) |
Most championships | Honvéd (33 titles) |
TV partners | M4 Sport |
Website | hunbasket.hu |
2021–22 NB I/A season |
The Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (English: National Championship I/A, commonly abbreviated NB I/A) is the highest level league of club men's basketball in Hungary.[1][2]
Format
The league comprises 14 teams. A NB I/A season is split into a league stage and a playoff/playout stage. At the end of the league stage (14 teams) the top 5 teams play another league stage, another 5 play with each other, and then the top 8 teams qualify for the playoff stage. The playoffs are played in "Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are the champions of that season.
The two bottom teams play with each other in "Best of three" format. The losing team gets relegated.
Current season
Teams of the 2022–23 season
Team | City | Hall | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Alba Fehérvár | Székesfehérvár | Vodafone Sportcsarnok | 2,400 |
Atomerőmű SE | Paks | ASE Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
Budapest Honvéd | Budapest | Ludovika Aréna | 1,320 |
DEAC | Debrecen | Oláh Gábor utcai Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
Egis Körmend | Körmend | Szentély Sportcsarnok | 2,000 |
Falco KC Szombathely | Szombathely | Arena Savaria | 4,000 |
Hübner Nyíregyháza BS | Nyíregyháza | Continental Arena | 2,500 |
Kaposvári KK | Kaposvár | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
KTE-Duna Aszfalt | Kecskemét | Messzi István Sportcsarnok | 1,600 |
Naturtex SZTE-Szedeák | Szeged | Újszegedi Sportcsarnok | 3,200 |
Pécsi VSK Panthers | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 1,983 |
Sopron KC | Sopron | Aréna Sopron | 2,500 |
Szolnoki Olaj KK | Szolnok | Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok | 2,080 |
Zalakerámia ZTE | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 1,800 |
Champions
- 1933 : Közgazdasági Egyetem
- 1934 : BSZKRT Előre
- 1934/35 : TFSE
- 1935/36 : MAFC
- 1936/37 : BSZKRT Előre (2)
- 1937/38 : BSZKRT Előre (3)
- 1938/39 : BSZKRT Előre (4)
- 1939/40 : BSZKRT Előre (5)
- 1940/41 : BSZKRT Előre (6)
- 1941/42 : BEAC
- 1943 : BSZKRT Előre (7)
- MAFC (2) 1944 :
- 1945 : BSZKRT Előre (8)
- 1945/46 : Bp. Kinizsi TE
- 1946/47 : Bp. Postás
- 1947/48 : MÁVAG
- 1948/49 : BSZKRT Előre (9)
- 1949/50 : MAFC (3)
- 1950 : MÁVAG
- MAFC (4) 1951 :
- Bp. Honvéd 1952 :
- Bp. Honvéd (2) 1953 :
- Bp. Honvéd (3) 1954 :
- Bp. Honvéd (4) 1955 :
- MAFC (5) 1956 :
- Bp. Honvéd (5) 1957 :
- 1957/58 : Bp. Honvéd (6)
- 1958/59 : Bp. Honvéd (7)
- 1959/60 : Bp. Honvéd (8)
- 1960/61 : Bp. Honvéd (9)
- 1961/62 : Bp. Honvéd (10)
- 1962/63 : Bp. Honvéd (11)
- Bp. Honvéd (12) 1964 :
- Bp. Honvéd (13) 1965 :
- Bp. Honvéd (14) 1966 :
- Bp. Honvéd (15) 1967 :
- Bp. Honvéd (16) 1968 :
- Bp. Honvéd (17) 1969 :
- MAFC (6) 1970 :
- Bp. Honvéd (18) 1971 :
- Csepel 1972 :
- Csepel (2) 1973 :
- Bp. Honvéd (19) 1974 :
- MAFC (7) 1975 :
- Bp. Honvéd (20) 1976 :
- Bp. Honvéd (21) 1977 :
- Bp. Honvéd (22) 1978 :
- Bp. Honvéd (23) 1979 :
- 1980/81 : Bp. Honvéd (24)
- 1981/82 : Bp. Honvéd (25)
- 1982/83 : Bp. Honvéd (26)
- 1983/84 : Bp. Honvéd (27)
- 1984/85 : Bp. Honvéd (28)
- 1985/86 : Bp. Honvéd (29)
- 1986/87 : Körmend
- 1987/88 : Zalaegerszegi TE
- 1988/89 : Csepel (3)
- 1989/90 : Zalaegerszegi TE (2)
- 1990/91 : Szolnoki Olaj
- 1991/92 : Zalaegerszegi TE (3)
- 1992/93 : Bp. Honvéd (30)
- 1993/94 : Bp. Honvéd (31)
- 1994/95 : Bp. Honvéd (32)
- 1995/96 : Körmend (2)
- 1996/97 : Bp. Honvéd (33)
- 1997/98 : Alba Fehérvár
- 1998/99 : Alba Fehérvár (2)
- 1999/00 : Alba Fehérvár (3)
- 2000/01 : Kaposvár
- 2001/02 : Atomerőmű
- 2002/03 : Körmend (3)
- 2003/04 : Kaposvár (2)
- 2004/05 : Atomerőmű (2)
- 2005/06 : Atomerőmű (3)
- 2006/07 : Szolnoki Olaj (2)
- 2007/08 : Falco
- 2008/09 : Atomerőmű (4)
- 2009/10 : Zalaegerszegi TE (4)
- 2010/11 : Szolnoki Olaj (3)
- 2011/12 : Szolnoki Olaj (4)
- 2012/13 : Alba Fehérvár (4)
- 2013/14 : Szolnoki Olaj (5)
- 2014/15 : Szolnoki Olaj (6)
- 2015/16 : Szolnoki Olaj (7)
- 2016/17 : Alba Fehérvár (5)
- 2017/18 : Szolnoki Olaj (8)
- 2018/19 : Falco-Vulcano (2)
- 2019/20 : —
- 2020/21 : Falco-Vulcano (3)
- 2021/22 : Falco Volvo Alpok Autó Szombathely (4)
No. | Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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83
|
Szolnoki Olaj | 3–0
|
Atomerőmű SE | Sopron | Kaposvári | |
84
|
Szolnoki Olaj | 3–0
|
Alba Fehérvár | Körmend | Atomerőmű SE | |
85
|
Szolnoki Olaj | 3–1
|
KTE | Atomerőmű SE | Sopron | |
86
|
Alba Fehérvár | 3–2
|
Falco | ZTE | Körmend | |
87
|
Szolnoki Olaj | 3–1
|
Falco | Alba Fehérvár | Körmend | |
88
|
Falco | 3–0
|
Körmend | PVSK Panthers | Szolnoki Olaj | |
89
|
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
90
|
Falco | 3–2
|
Szolnoki Olajbányász | Szedeák | DEAC | |
91
|
Falco | 3–2
|
Körmend | Alba Fehérvár | Kecskeméti TE |
Titles by club
Club | Winners | Years won |
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Honvéd | 33
|
1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97 |
BSZKRT Előre | 9
|
1934, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1945, 1948–49 |
Szolnoki Olaj | 8
|
1990–91, 2006–07, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 |
MAFC | 7
|
1935–36, 1944, 1949–50, 1951, 1956, 1970, 1975 |
Alba Fehérvár | 5
|
1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2012–13, 2016–17 |
Atomerőmű | 4
|
2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09 |
ZTE | 4
|
1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 2009–10 |
Falco | 4
|
2007–08, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
Csepel | 3
|
1972, 1973, 1988–89 |
Körmend | 3
|
1986–87, 1995–96, 2002–03 |
Kaposvár | 2
|
2000–01, 2003–04 |
BEAC | 2
|
1941–42, 1942–43 |
MÁVAG | 2
|
1947–48, 1950 |
Közgazdasági Egyetem | 1
|
1933 |
TFSE | 1
|
1934–35 |
Budapesti Kinizsi TE | 1
|
1946 |
Budapesti Postás | 1
|
1946–47 |
Format
As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1933 with ten teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.
Season | Number of teams |
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in 1933 | 10 teams |
from 1934 to 1934–35 | 7 teams |
from 1935–36 to 1940–41 | 8 teams |
from 1941–42 to 1943 | 10 teams |
in 1944 | 12 teams |
in 1945 | 21 teams |
in 1945–46 | 12 teams |
from 1946–47 to 1947–48 | 16 teams |
in 1948–49 | 17 teams |
from 1949–50 to 1950 | 16 teams |
from 1951 to 1953 | 6 teams* |
from 1954 to | 14 teams |