2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

The 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the sixty-first edition of the top level championship in the Hungarian team handball for women. The regular season began on 4 September 2011 and concluded on 31 March 2011, followed by the classification rounds and the playoff finals.

2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
LeagueNemzeti Bajnokság I
SportTeam handball
Duration4 September 2011 – 19 May 2012
Regular season
Top scorer Anita Bulath (HUN)
(159 goals)
Playoffs
NB I championsGyőri ETO KC
  NB I runners-upFerencvárosi TC

Defending champions Győri Audi ETO KC won the regular season with a perfect performance and easily absolved their semi-finals matches as well, and marched into the finals where they met FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, which overcame Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő with a double victory. In the closest final of the recent years, ETO eventually managed to retain their league title: they won the first leg of the finals to 37–33, coming back from 6 goals behind,[1] while in the second leg the teams went head to head till the dying minutes, when by a one-goal ETO lead, with no time left on the clock, Ferencváros was awarded a penalty. Jelena Živković stepped to the 7 meters line with the chance to equalize the match and save it for penalty shootouts. However, retiring goalkeeper Katalin Pálinger, who played her last match in Győr saved the penalty shot and ETO celebrated their fifth championship in a row and ninth overall.[2]

Overview
Locations of the 2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I teams

Teams

A total of twelve teams will compete in the league, including eleven clubs that participated in the past season's championship, joined by freshly promoted Kiskunhalas NKSE. Although officially bottom two teams get relegated and replaced by the Eastern and Western group winners of the second division, Mohácsi TE expressed that they have no desire to advance to the top division mostly for financial reasons. Therefore, following the decision of the Hungarian Handball Federation, eleventh placed UKSE Szekszárd could maintain its Nemzeti Bajnokság I membership. Twelfth placed Újbuda TC could not avoid relegation, after recorded only one victory during the whole season. Newcomers Kiskunhalas debuted in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 2004 and achieved their best result during the 2005–2006 season, when they finished sixth. In 2010 they suffered a level drop, but climbed back to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I immediately.

League winners Győri Audi ETO KC also entered the EHF Champions League in the group phase, while runners-up DVSC-Fórum began their European adventure in the qualifying stage of the competition. 2011 bronze medalists FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria entered the EHF Cup Winners' Cup as title holders, having defeated CB Mar Alicante in the previous year's finals to 57–52.[3] Since both 2010–2011 Hungarian cup finalists qualified for the EHF Champions League via their league position, the spot reserved for the Magyar Kupa winners was passed to cup third Alcoa FKC RightPhone, which joined Ferencvárosi TC in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Fourth placed Váci NKSE, that reached the quarterfinals of the EHF Cup in the past season, had the chance to repeat their good run, while Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE, which made an early exit in the 2010–11 EHF Cup, got the opportunity to improve their European balance this time.

Sponsorship changes

Previous season's semifinalist Vác announced yet during the summer break, that they have split with their main sponsor SYMA, which could not guarantee the financial background they did earlier and eventually stepped down. As a result, the team have lost some of their key players and entered the season with a number of youngsters promoted from the second team, competing under their old name Váci NKSE.[4] Meanwhile, DVSC agreed on a deal with the local mall center Fórum Debrecen, which became the club's new main sponsor, altering its name to DVSC-Fórum. In addition, on the same day they have signed a media contract with regional television Alföld TV, and under the terms of the agreement all of their matches will be live broadcast by the television station.[5]

Arenas and locations
Team Location Arena Capacity
Alcoa FKC RightPhone Székesfehérvár Köfém Sportcsarnok 1,200
Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE Békéscsaba Városi Sportcsarnok 2,300
Dunaújvárosi NKS Dunaújváros Dunaújvárosi Sportcsarnok 1,200
DVSC-Fórum Debrecen Hódos Imre Rendezvénycsarnok 1,800
ÉTV-Érdi VSE Érd Batthyány Sportcsarnok 500
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Ferencváros, Budapest Főtáv FTC Kézilabda Aréna 1,300
Győri Audi ETO KC Győr Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok 2,800
Kiskunhalas NKSE Kiskunhalas Vári Szabó István Sportcsarnok 500
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő Siófok Beszédes József Sportcsarnok 550
UKSE Szekszárd Szekszárd Városi Sportközpont 1,200
Váci NKSE Vác Városi Sportcsarnok 1,200
Veszprém Barabás KC Veszprém Március 15. úti Sportcsarnok 2,500

Regular season

Results
Home \ Away ALC BEK DUN DFO ERD FTC GYO KIS SKC USZ VAC VKC
Alcoa FKC RightPhone 28–19 36–29 36–28 25–26 29–36 21–49 30–27 21–28 24–24 28–26 29–29
Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE 24–20 22–33 28–27 26–31 29–28 24–36 29–36 29–29 23–22 27–28 26–26
Dunaújvárosi NKS 31–30 38–41 42–32 26–27 33–47 28–45 28–28 27–32 31–32 29–25 36–31
DVSC-Fórum 28–24 28–20 31–26 32–30 24–36 22–43 30–27 31–26 31–24 25–29 24–26
ÉTV-Érdi VSE 31–30 27–22 35–26 28–22 32–36 30–47 41–20 25–23 36–27 31–21 28–24
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 30–27 38–26 43–32 32–27 34–25 30–41 45–37 40–28 46–28 29–25 39–30
Győri Audi ETO KC 44–21 33–25 37–24 46–18 47–22 37–20 39–25 30–20 49–27 37–23 44–26
Kiskunhalas NKSE 27–28 22–33 35–34 27–32 25–27 27–31 31–41 26–31 26–20 23–40 27–31
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 32–25 27–27 33–30 33–25 32–29 33–37 22–32 31–24 28–26 28–25 25–24
UKSE Szekszárd 27–29 31–20 23–31 25–35 23–29 28–37 17–42 36–36 29–33 27–27 27–34
Váci NKSE 31–26 26–25 37–31 34–21 10–0[lower-alpha 1] 26–27 27–35 38–24 29–28 29–21 34–26
Veszprém Barabás KC 26–20 34–28 30–25 29–26 26–23 31–35 27–34 30–29 29–30 35–30 27–26
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Competition Commission awarded the match to Váci NKSE with a scoreline of 10–0 because of Melinda Vincze's unauthorized appearance for ÉTV-Érdi VSE.[6]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Győri Audi ETO KC 22 22 0 0 888 530 +358 44 Qualified for the Play-off Round
2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22 19 0 3 776 655 +121 38
3 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 22 13 2 7 632 620 +12 28
4 ÉTV-Érdi VSE 22 14 0 8 613 604 +9 28
5 Váci NKSE 22 12 1 9 616 575 +41 25 Qualified for the Classification Round 5–8
6 Veszprém Barabás KC 22 11 2 9 631 645 −14 24
7 DVSC-Fórum 22 9 0 13 599 671 −72 18
8 Alcoa FKC-RightPhone 22 7 2 13 587 652 −65 16
9 Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE 22 6 3 13 573 648 −75 15 Qualified for the Classification Round 9–12
10 Dunaújvárosi NKS 22 6 1 15 670 732 −62 13
11 Kiskunhalas NKSE 22 3 2 17 609 725 −116 8
12 UKSE Szekszárd 22 2 3 17 574 711 −137 7
Source: [7]

Individual statistics

Overall

Home

Away

Scoring

Postseason

Classification round 9–12

Teams finished in bottom four places after the regular season entered a classification round, in which a double round-robin system was use. According to their final position in the regular season, these four teams were awarded bonus points. Ninth placed Békéscsaba got four points, tenth placed Dunaújváros were awarded three, eleventh placed Kiskunhalas got two points and finally last placed Szekszárd received one point.

Results
Home \ Away BEK DUN KIS USZ
Békéscsabai Előre NKSE 32–27 35–25 25–16
Dunaújvárosi NKS 35–35 42–32 29–32
Kiskunhalas NKSE 33–31 27–31 33–36
UKSE Szekszárd 24–22 28–29 29–30
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE 6 3 1 2 180 160 +20 4 11
2 Dunaújvárosi NKS 6 3 1 2 193 186 +7 3 10
3 UKSE Szekszárd 6 3 0 3 165 168 −3 1 7
4 Kiskunhalas NKSE 6 2 0 4 180 204 −24 2 6
Source:

Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in bonus points column.

Classification round 5–8

Teams finished between fifth and eight place also played a classification round. Similarly to the Classification round 9–12, these four teams were given bonus points depending on their position in the regular season.

Results
Home \ Away ALC DEB VAC VBK
Alcoa FKC-Right Phone 31–29 25–20 20–31
DVSC-Fórum 25–27 22–27 30–37
Váci NKSE 15–21 28–28 30–30
Veszprém Barabás KC 25–26 34–27 32–26
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 Veszprém Barabás KC 6 4 1 1 189 159 +30 3 12
2 Alcoa FKC-Right Phone 6 5 0 1 150 145 +5 1 11
3 Váci NKSE 6 1 2 3 146 158 −12 4 8
4 DVSC-Fórum 6 0 1 5 161 184 −23 2 3
Source:

Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in the bonus points column.

Championship playoff

Once again, title holders Győri Audi ETO KC have finished the regular season without a single defeat. Ferencváros, the club of the IXth district of Budapest, finished just behind the defending champions. The two other semi-finalists, Siófok and Érd both played in the classification round 9-12 last season, but this year they reached the last table, and fought for their first medal in the elite championship and a spot in a European cup.

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Győri Audi ETO KC2
 
 
 
ÉTV-Érdi VSE0
 
Győri Audi ETO KC2
 
 
 
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria0
 
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria2
 
 
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő0
 
Third place playoffs
 
 
 
 
 
ÉTV-Érdi VSE1
 
 
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő2
Győri Audi ETO KC vs. ÉTV-Érdi VSE
11 April 2012
18:00		 Győri Audi ETO KC 41 – 24 ÉTV-Érdi VSE Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok, Győr
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bacs, Bán (Hungary)
Løke 7 (20–9) Wolf 6
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18 April 2012
18:00		 ÉTV-Érdi VSE 27 – 32 Győri Audi ETO KC Batthyány Sportcsarnok, Érd
Attendance: 350
Referees: Hargitai, Markó (Hungary)
Vincze 7 (12–14) Görbicz 12
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Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs. Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő
14 April 2012
15:00		 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 37 – 27 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő Főtáv-FTC Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (Hungary)
Szamoránsky, Zácsik 9 (16–12) Mörtel 7
3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card 3×Yellow card 9×number 2 in light blue rounded square
27 April 2012
18:00		 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 30 – 33 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Beszédes József Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 600
Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (Hungary)
Szepesi 13 (16–17) Zácsik 11
3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won series 2–0

Third place playoffs
4 May 2012
18:00		 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 23 – 30 ÉTV-Érdi VSE Beszédes József Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 400
Referees: Baranyi, Szloska (Hungary)
Mörtel 8 (10–12) Kovács 9
3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square
8 May 2012
18:00		 ÉTV-Érdi VSE 30 – 32 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő Batthyány Sportcsarnok, Érd
Attendance: 400
Referees: Ágnecz, Sipos (Hungary)
Bognár 7 (14–17) Mörtel 9
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12 May 2012
18:00		 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 30 – 28 ÉTV-Érdi VSE Beszédes József Sportcsarnok, Siófok
Attendance: 600
Referees: Horváth, Marton (Hungary)
Mörtel 11 (15–12) Tóth 9
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Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő won series 2–1

Finals
9 May 2012
18:00		 Győri Audi ETO KC 37 – 33 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok, Győr
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Løke, Jovanka Radičević 8 (17–21) Tomori 10
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16 May 2012
18:15		 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 27 – 28 Győri Audi ETO KC Főtáv-FTC Kézilabda Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Horváth, Marton (Hungary)
Szamoránsky, Tomori 6 (16–17) Løke 7
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Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0

Final standing
Rank Team Qualification or relegation
1 Győri Audi ETO KC 2012–13 EHF Champions League Group stage
2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 2012–13 EHF Champions League Second qualifying round1
3 Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 2012–13 EHF Cup
4 ÉTV-Érdi VSE 2012–13 EHF Cup
5 Veszprém Barabás KC
6 Alcoa FKC RightPhone
7 Váci NKSE 2012–13 EHF Cup Winners' Cup2
8 DVSC-Fórum
9 Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE 2012–13 EHF Cup Winners' Cup3
10 Dunaújvárosi NKS4
11 Kiskunhalas NKSE5
12 UKSE Szekszárd Relegation to the 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
1 Although qualified for the 2012–13 EHF Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria enter the 2012–13 EHF Champions League via their league position, as it is a higher ranked event.

2 Since 2011–2012 Magyar Kupa winners Győri Audi ETO KC qualified for the 2012–13 EHF Champions League as Hungarian champions, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup spot was passed to cup second Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE.

3 Due to FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria's triumph in the 2011–12 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, Hungary was awarded an additional place for the 2012–13 edition of the tournament, which was taken by Hungarian cup third Váci NKSE.

4 Dunaújvárosi NKS withdrew from all competitions and ceased its operation during the summer of 2012. Their place was taken by the team of the local handball academy competing under the name Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA.

5 Although finished in the relegation zone, following Mohácsi TE, winner of the Eastern Group of the second division declined the promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Kiskunhalas NKSE could maintain its top level membership.

2011–12 Nemzeti Bajnokság I champions

Győri Audi ETO KC
Ninth title
Team roster

Eduarda Amorim, Krisztina Bárány, Anita Görbicz, Ana Gros, Ágnes Hornyák, Anikó Kovacsics, Ivett Kurucz, Andrea Lekić, Heidi Løke, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Adrienn Orbán, Katalin Pálinger, Fruzsina Palkó, Szimonetta Planéta, Jovanka Radičević, Nadine Schatzl, Eszter Tóth and Orsolya Vérten.
Head coach: Karl-Erik Bøhn.

See also

References
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