2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)

The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A was the 84th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest tier professional basketball league in Hungary. The season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous season was cancelled in March 2020.[1]

Női NB I. A csoport
Season2020–21
DurationOctober 2, 2020 - March 10, 2021 (regular season)
March 25 – May 7, 2021 (playoffs)
Games played132 (regular season)
Teams12
TV partnerM4 Sport
Finals
ChampionsSopron Basket (14th title)
Runners-upAtomerőmű KSC Szekszárd
Semi-finalistsUNI Győr Mély-Út
Aluinvent DVTK
Statistical leaders
Points United States Keyona Hayes 23.92
Rebounds Lithuania Daugilė Šarauskaitė 12.11
Assists Hungary Dóra Medgyessy 8.18
Index Rating United States Keyona Hayes 33.25
Records
Biggest home winSopron Basket 98–33 Ludovika-FCSM Csata
(13 February 2021)
Biggest away winZalaegerszegi TE NKK 42–129 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd
(21 October 2020)

Teams

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The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2020–21 season.

Team City Arena Capacity
ELTE BEAC Újbuda Budapest Gabányi László Sportcsarnok 400
VBW CEKK Cegléd Cegléd Gál János Sportcsarnok 1,200
Ludovika-FCSM Csata Budapest Ludovika Aréna 1,500
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc Generali Aréna 1,688
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT Győr Egyetemi Csarnok 1,378
TFSE-MTK Budapest Városmajori Csarnok 400
PEAC-Pécs Pécs Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok 2,791
PINKK-Pécsi 424 Pécs Gandhi-csarnok 300
Sopron Basket Sopron Novomatic Aréna 2,200
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd Szekszárd City Sports Hall 1,100
Vasas Akadémia Budapest Pasaréti Sportcentrum 300
Zalaegerszegi TE NKK Zalaegerszeg Városi Sportcsarnok 2,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ELTE BEAC Újbuda Hungary Judit Balogh
VBW CEKK Cegléd Greece Kostas Keramidas
Ludovika-FCSM Csata Hungary Krisztián Tursics
Aluinvent DVTK Hungary Attila Földi
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT Hungary Dalma Iványi
TFSE-MTK Hungary Bianka Magyar
PEAC-Pécs Hungary Ferenc Csirke
PINKK Pécsi 424 Serbia Vanja Miljković
Sopron Basket Hungary Dávid Gáspár
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd Serbia Željko Djokić
Vasas Akadémia Serbia Miloš Pavlović
Zalaegerszegi TE NKK Hungary Péter Ambrus

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Zalaegerszegi TE NKK Hungary Zsófia Horváth Signed by Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd as an Assistant coach End of 2019–20 season Pre-season Hungary Péter Ambrus August 2020[2]

Regular season

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sopron Basket 22 22 0 1932 1221 +711 44 Playoffs
2 Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 22 19 3 1819 1532 +287 41
3 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 22 18 4 1850 1527 +323 40
4 Aluinvent DVTK 22 13 9 1726 1590 +136 35
5 PEAC-Pécs 22 12 10 1485 1437 +48 34
6 Ludovika-FCSM Csata 22 12 10 1658 1608 +50 34
7 TFSE-MTK 22 10 12 1650 1677 27 32
8 Vasas Akadémia 22 9 13 1532 1672 140 31
9 VBW CEKK Cegléd 22 9 13 1515 1528 13 31 Play-out
10 ELTE BEAC Újbuda 22 5 17 1546 1777 231 27
11 PINKK-Pécsi 424 22 3 19 1435 1792 357 25
12 Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 22 0 22 1281 2068 787 22
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2021. Source: hunbasket.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

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Home \ Away DVTK SZEK BEAC CSATA PEAC PINK SOP MTK GYŐR VAS CEKK ZTE
Aluinvent DVTK 79–93 108–65 73–79 75–69 90–73 66–73 87–79 57–77 87–68 71–69 90–57
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 67–57 99–70 87–83 87–76 114–66 49–74 81–75 78–84 96–69 94–83 96–62
ELTE BEAC Újbuda 68–73 79–92 80–88 64–71 87–71 52–77 63–78 65–82 56–70 69–86 73–64
Ludovika-FCSM Csata 85–84 78–99 106–66 65–76 86–59 62–82 75–69 77–66 54–42 61–69 99–47
PEAC-Pécs 66–71 51–54 65–59 76–65 69–60 53–72 76–59 54–69 81–69 68–58 110–47
PINKK-Pécsi 424 63–81 71–85 93–95 47–85 48–60 53–104 76–75 63–97 61–76 59–64 76–56
Sopron Basket 82–62 79–56 86–55 98–33 88–53 105–52 98–67 83–50 89–69 74–51 104–48
TFSE-MTK 92–84 54–75 82–64 69–72 83–62 76–63 38–97 71–74 87–75 71–57 90–57
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 73–70 75–64 95–89 92–75 88–56 92–78 79–85 91–82 98–70 93–60 98–76
Vasas Akadémia 64–70 63–90 63–58 88–83 42–58 73–72 71–100 82–83 71–83 66–61 86–62
VBW CEKK Cegléd 65–78 57–65 54–61 80–56 58–53 68–59 55–78 93–89 66–71 69–73 102–70
Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 63–113 42–129 74–108 59–91 56–82 54–72 47–104 75–81 42–92 74–82 49–90
Source: hunbasket.hu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistical leaders

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Points

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Rebounds

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Assists

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Playoffs

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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 Sopron Basket 2
8 Vasas Akadémia 1
1 Sopron Basket 2
4 Aluinvent DVTK 0
4 Aluinvent DVTK 2
5 PEAC-Pécs 0
1 Sopron Basket 3
3 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 1
2 Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 2
7 TFSE-MTK 0
2 Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 0 Third place
3 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 2
3 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 2 4 Aluinvent DVTK 0
6 Ludovika-FCSM Csata 0 2 Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 2

Quarter-finals

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In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are 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 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sopron Basket2–1Vasas Akadémia0–20[note 1]92–40107–35
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT2–0TFSE-MTK93–7585–75
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd2–0Ludovika-FCSM Csata89–6169–63
Aluinvent DVTK2–0PEAC-Pécs20–0[note 2]84–81
  1. The match was originally won by Sopron at 102-44, but due to Megan Walker’s unauthorized play (she didn’t have a valid sports medicine license), the Association judged the victory to be 20-0 to Vasas.[3]
  2. The match, scheduled for 23 March 2021, were assessed by Association after PEAC had several cases of positive CODIV-19 tests and unable to play.[4]

Semi-finals

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In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are 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 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sopron Basket2–0Aluinvent DVTK89–6480–57
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT0–2Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd57–6675–90

Finals

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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 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
Sopron Basket3–1Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd80–5769–7281–4662–54

Game 1

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25 April 2021 Sopron Basket 8057
(Series: 1–0)
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd Sopron
15:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 25–18, 15–14
Pts: T Krajišnik 18
Rebs: J Brooks 8
Asts: J Brooks, B January 6
PIR: J Brooks 30
Report Pts: C Goree 12
Rebs: E McCall 8
Asts: Á Studer 4
PIR: E McCall 19
Arena: Novomatic Aréna
Attendance: BCD
Referees: T Földházi, G Kapitány, K Varga-Záry, (Zs Várhalmi)

Game 2

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28 April 2021 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 7269
(Series: 1–1)
Sopron Basket Szekszárd
15:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 13–15, 27–22, 13–16
Pts: Á Studer 17
Rebs: E McCall 12
Asts: Á Studer 6
PIR: Á Studer, E McCall 24
Report Pts: M Walker 16
Rebs: T Krajišnik 5
Asts: Zs Fegyverneky 5
PIR: M Walker 21
Arena: City Sports Hall
Attendance: BCD
Referees: P Papp, C Tóth, D Tőzsér, (M Faidt)

Game 3

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1 May 2021 Sopron Basket 8146
(Series: 2–1)
Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd Sopron
14:15 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 23–14, 23–7, 18–15
Pts: B Határ 19
Rebs: B Határ 11
Asts: B January 6
PIR: B Határ 38
Report Pts: E McCall 9
Rebs: E McCall 8
Asts: Á Studer, S Krnjić 2
PIR: E McCall 11
Arena: Novomatic Aréna
Attendance: 400
Referees: Cs Cziffra, P Praksch, B Csabai-Kaskötő, (J Dr. Gincsai)

Game 4

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4 May 2021 Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 5462
(Series: 1–3)
Sopron Basket Szekszárd
16:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–12, 9–20, 19–9
Pts: Z Friškovec 17
Rebs: E McCall 11
Asts: Á Studer 3
PIR: Á Studer 17
Report Pts: J Brooks 15
Rebs: J Brooks, T Krajišnik 7
Asts: B January 5
PIR: J Brooks 24
Arena: City Sports Hall
Attendance: 800
Referees: T Földházi, P Győrffy, J Ádám, (I Bodrogváry)

Third place

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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 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT2–0Aluinvent DVTK95–7783–74

Playout

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 VBW CEKK Cegléd 28 13 15 414 384 +30 41
10 ELTE BEAC Újbuda 28 10 18 478 385 +93 38
11 PINKK-Pécsi 424 28 6 22 418 423 5 34
12 Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 28 0 28 353 471 118 28 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2021. Source: hunbasket.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

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Home \ Away BEAC PINK CEKK ZTE
ELTE BEAC Újbuda 70–63 78–66 83–45
PINKK-Pécsi 424 78–99 64–77 85–63
VBW CEKK Cegléd 70–63 54–57 69–48
Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 63–85 60–71 74–78
Source: hunbasket.hu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final standings

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See also

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References

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  1. "Véget értek a magyar kosárlabda-bajnokságok, nem hirdetnek bajnokot" (in Hungarian). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. "Új vezetőedző a csapatnál". zalasport.hu (in Hungarian). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. "A második meccset is megnyerte, mégsem elődöntős a Sopron". m4sport.hu (in Hungarian). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. "A vírus miatt elmarad a DVTK–PEAC kosárnegyeddöntő első meccse". m4sport.hu (in Hungarian). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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