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
League	Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Sport	Team handball
Duration	4 September 2011 – 19 May 2012
Regular season
Top scorer	Anita Bulath (HUN) (159 goals)
Playoffs
NB I champions	Győri ETO KC
NB I runners-up	Ferencvárosi TC
Nemzeti Bajnokság I seasons
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

 

 

Székesfehérvár

 

Békéscsaba

 

Dunaújváros

 

Debrecen

 

Érd

 

Ferencváros

 

Győr

 

Siófok

 

Vác

 

Szekszárd

 

Kiskunhalas

 

Veszprém

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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^[a]	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:^{[citation needed]}
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

Top scorers Rank^[8] Player Club Matches Goals 1   Anita Bulath Veszprém Barabás KC 20 159 2   Bernadett Ferling Dunaújvárosi NKS 21 158 3   Kinga Klivinyi Alcoa FKC-RightPhone 21 151 4   Kristina Trishchuk Alcoa FKC-RightPhone 19 142 5   Éva Barna Kiskunhalas NKSE 21 137 6   Anita Görbicz Győri Audi ETO KC 21 135 7   Tamara Tilinger Alcoa FKC-RightPhone 22 134 8   Heidi Løke Győri Audi ETO KC 18 122   Katalin Jenőfi UKSE Szekszárd 22 10   Ivett Szepesi UKSE Szekszárd 21 121

Worst disciplines Rank^[9] Player Club YC 2m RC 1   Leposava Glušica Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE 9 26 3 2   Krisztina Gulya UKSE Szekszárd 9 26 1 3   Gabriella Gáspár Dunaújvárosi NKS 13 23 1   Szabina Mayer Veszprém Barabás KC 9 20 3 5   Klára Szekeres ÉTV-Érdi VSE 12 21 1 6   Dusmáta Takács Dunaújvárosi NKS 10 19 2   Ivana Ljubas Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE 12 23 0   Katalin Jenőfi UKSE Szekszárd 11 21 1 9   Sara Vukčević ÉTV-Érdi VSE 7 17 3 10   Eduarda Amorim Győri Audi ETO KC 14 15 1

Team statistics

Overall

• Most wins – Győri Audi ETO KC (22)
• Fewest wins – UKSE Szekszárd (2)
• Most losses – UKSE Szekszárd and Kiskunhalas NKSE (17)
• Fewest losses – Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
• Most goals scored – Győri Audi ETO KC (888)
• Fewest goals scored – UKSE Szekszárd (574)
• Most goals conceded – Dunaújvárosi NKS (732)
• Fewest goals conceded - Győri Audi ETO KC (530)
• Best goal difference – Győri Audi ETO KC (+358)
• Worst goal difference – UKSE Szekszárd (–137)

Home

• Most wins – Győri Audi ETO KC (11)
• Fewest wins – UKSE Szekszárd (1)
• Most losses – Kiskunhalas NKSE (9)
• Fewest losses – Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
• Most goals scored – Győri Audi ETO KC (443)
• Fewest goals scored – Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE (287)
• Most goals conceded – Dunaújvárosi NKS (370)
• Fewest goals conceded – Győri Audi ETO KC (251)

Away

• Most wins – Győri Audi ETO KC (11)
• Fewest wins – UKSE Szekszárd and Kiskunhalas NKSE (1)
• Most losses – Alcoa FKC-RightPhone, DVSC-Fórum, Dunaújvárosi NKS and UKSE Szekszárd (9)
• Fewest losses – Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
• Most goals scored – Győri Audi ETO KC (445)
• Fewest goals scored – Alcoa FKC-RightPhone (280)
• Most goals conceded – Kiskunhalas NKSE (377)
• Fewest goals conceded – Győri Audi ETO KC (279)

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 28 goals –
  • Győri Audi ETO KC 46–18 DVSC-Fórum (15 February 2012)
• Most goals in a match: 82 goals –
  • FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 45–37 Kiskunhalas NKSE (1 February 2012)
• Fewest goals in a match: 45 goals –
  • Budapest Ban-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE 23–22 UKSE Szekszárd (14 January 2012)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 38 goals –
  • Dunaújvárosi NKS 38–41 Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE (19 January 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by one player: 14 goals –
  • Éva Barna for Kiskunhalas NKSE against Dunaújvárosi NKS (2 March 2012)
  • Anita Bulath for Veszprém Barabás KC against UKSE Szekszárd (9 December 2011)
  • Heidi Løke for Győri Audi ETO KC against FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (11 January 2012)

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:^{[citation needed]}
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:^{[citation needed]}

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:^{[citation needed]}
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:^{[citation needed]}

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

	Semifinals				Finals
	Győri Audi ETO KC	2
	ÉTV-Érdi VSE	0
					Győri Audi ETO KC	2
					FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	0
	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	2
	Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő	0
					Third place playoffs
					ÉTV-Érdi VSE	1
					Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő	2

Semi-finals

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
	3×  2×		3×  7×  1×

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
	3×  6×		3×  4×

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×  6×  1×		3×  9×

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×  4×		3×  6×

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×  4×		3×  5×

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
	3×  4×		3×  4×

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
	3×  5×		3×  5×

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
	3×  5×		3×  8×

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
	3×  6×		3×  3×

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 round^1
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' Cup^2
8	DVSC-Fórum
9	Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai Előre NKSE	2012–13 EHF Cup Winners' Cup^3
10	Dunaújvárosi NKS^4
11	Kiskunhalas NKSE^5
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

• List of Hungarian women's handball transfers summer 2011

References

1. "Az 50. percig vezetett a Fradi Győrben, de előnyben a címvédő" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
2. "Pálinger utolsó védése is kellett a győri kéziaranyhoz" (in Hungarian). Origo. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
3. . European Handball Federation. 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
4. (in Hungarian). Váci NKSE Official Website. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
5. (in Hungarian). DVSC Official Website. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
6. "Megváltozott a végeredmény" [The full time result is changed] (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
7. "Table – Division 1 women's". Worldhandball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
8. "Division 1 women's – Score list". Worldhandball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
9. "Division 1 women's – Fair play list". Worldhandball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

External links

• Worldhandball – IT help