2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)

The 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (known as the K&H férfi kézilabda liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top men's handball league in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league, which began on 31 August 2025 and concluded on 2 June 2026.[1]

Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Season2025–26
Dates31 August 2025 – 2 June 2026
ChampionONE Veszprém HC (30th title)
RelegatedCarbonex-Komló
CYEB-Budakalász
Champions LeagueONE Veszprém HC
OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
European LeagueMOL Tatabánya KC
Matches played184
Goals scored10,816 (58.78 per match)
Top goalscorerIstván Mátés (171 goals)

ONE Veszprém HC won their thirtieth title.[2]

Teams

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Team changes

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Arenas and locations

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The following 14 clubs competed in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I during the 2025–26 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity
Balatonfüredi KSE[3] Balatonfüred Szabadidőközpont 712
Budai Farkasok-Rév[4] Budaörs Városi Uszoda Sportcsarnok és Strand 905
Budakalász FKC[5] Budakalász Városi Sportcsarnok 400
Csurgói KK[6] Csurgó Sótonyi László Sportcsarnok 1,200
Ferencvárosi TC[7] Budapest (Ferencváros) Elek Gyula Aréna 1,300
Gyöngyösi KK[8] Gyöngyös Dr. Fejes András Sportcsarnok 1,100
Győri ETO-UNI FKC[9] Győr Magvassy Mihály Sportcsarnok 2,800
Komlói BSK[10] Komló Sportközpont 800
NEKA[11] Balatonboglár NEKA Csarnok 678
PLER-Budapest[12] Budapest (Pestszentlőrinc) BUD Aréna 1,000
SC Pick Szeged[13] Szeged Pick Aréna 8,143
Szigetszentmiklósi KSK Szigetszentmiklós SZKSK Kézilabda Csarnok 420
Tatabánya KC[14] Tatabánya Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok 6,200
Veszprém KC[15] Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 5,096

Number of teams by counties and regions

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Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ONE Veszprém HC 26 26 0 0 1033 715 +318 52 Qualification to the Finals
and advance for the Champions League
2 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 26 22 1 3 929 709 +220 45
3 MOL Tatabánya KC 26 20 0 6 822 755 +67 40 Qualification for the European League group stage
4 FTC-Green Collect 26 15 2 9 844 800 +44 32 Qualification for the European Cup second qualifying round
5 Balatonfüredi KSE 26 12 2 12 699 751 52 26 Qualification for the European Cup first qualifying round
6 LIQUI MOLY NEKA 26 11 3 12 722 785 63 25
7 PLER-Budapest 26 10 3 13 701 745 44 23
8 ETO University HT 26 9 3 14 745 779 34 21
9 HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 26 10 0 16 698 752 54 20
10 Csurgói KK 26 7 5 14 711 724 13 19
11 Budai Farkasok-Rév 26 6 6 14 690 768 78 18
12 Szigetszentmiklósi KSK 26 6 4 16 668 765 97 16
13 Carbonex-Komló 26 6 3 17 702 778 76 15 Relegation to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
14 CYEB-Budakalász 26 4 4 18 708 846 138 12
Source: Hungarian Handball Federation (in Hungarian), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Draw (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[16][17]

Results

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Home \ Away BAL BFR BUD CSU ETO FTC GYÖ KOM NEK PLE SZE SZI TAT VES
Balatonfüredi KSE 30–30 35–24 32–30 30–27 35–36 29–24 31–27 29–24 27–21 21–35 29–25 24–29 20–32
Budai Farkasok-Rév 26–28 30–27 28–26 26–25 30–28 27–30 22–22 22–27 17–27 28–33 22–23 26–28 26–45
Budakalász FKC 24–25 26–26 23–22 29–29 32–40 26–30 29–27 27–23 33–33 32–44 24–29 30–31 32–45
Csurgói KK 27–27 31–30 34–28 25–20 27–22 20–23 28–31 27–27 33–25 25–25 37–19 30–34 27–35
ETO University HT 28–25 27–20 34–26 32–27 32–34 34–29 32–29 33–23 26–29 29–37 28–25 24–25 26–44
FTC-Green Collect 30–22 32–32 39–29 26–26 33–23 42–31 35–28 31–34 26–29 30–33 36–31 31–25 30–42
HE-DO B. Braun Gyöngyös 25–21 36–30 32–23 23–22 28–26 27–28 28–19 28–29 27–30 25–34 29–26 26–31 27–46
Carbonex-Komló 26–27 25–25 25–23 26–26 29–31 38–36 25–23 26–23 28–31 26–42 24–18 26–31 24–32
NEKA 34–31 29–32 31–24 30–27 25–25 21–35 24–23 27–25 29–24 31–36 36–31 25–31 40–51
PLER-Budapest 26–30 23–27 32–33 29–22 31–24 31–33 22–20 31–30 25–25 25–26 22–20 29–31 23–36
OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 39–23 39–25 41–23 30–27 42–32 37–27 42–26 37–28 42–17 44–32 28–21 41–32 31–32
Szigetszentmiklósi KSK 25–19 27–27 26–26 32–28 24–24 21–37 28–24 30–27 26–28 28–28 28–37 26–34 22–33
MOL Tatabánya KC 30–24 41–34 40–36 26–27 37–29 32–38 32–26 39–27 36–29 28–22 34–30 29–25 29–31
ONE Veszprém HC 47–25 33–22 43–19 41–30 47–36 43–29 36–28 41–34 38–31 42–21 30–24 49–32 39–27
Source: Results (Hungarian Handball Federation) (in Hungarian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
ONE Veszprém HC 2–0 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 38–36 36–34

Game 1

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29 May 2025 (2025-05-29)
19:00
ONE Veszprém HC 38–36 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 4,850
Referees: Hargitai, Markó
Descat 14 (19–17) Garciandia 9
Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square Report Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square

Game 2

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2 June 2025 (2025-06-02)
19:00
OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 34–36 ONE Veszprém HC Pick Aréna, Szeged
Attendance: 6,275
Referees: László, Wiedemann
three players 6 (19–16) Hesham 8
Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square Report Yellow card number 2 in light blue rounded square Red card

ONE Veszprém HC won the Finals, 2–0 on series.

 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Champion 
 
30th title

Top goalscorers

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See also

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References

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  2. "Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség - Hivatalos Oldal". MKSZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  3. "STARTOLDAL • BALATONFÜREDI KSE". BALATONFÜREDI KSE (in Hungarian). 20 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  4. "Kezdőlap - Budai Farkasok-Rév". budaifarkasok.hu (in Hungarian). 20 September 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  5. "Budakalász Kézilabda Zrt" (in Hungarian). 12 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  6. "Üdvözöljük a Csurgói Kézilaba Klub hivatalos weboldalán! - Csurgói Kézilabda Klub". www.cskk.hu. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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  10. "komlosport.hu | komlosport.hu". komlosport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  11. "NEKA". neka.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  12. "Üdvözlünk". PLER Budapest (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  13. "Főoldal | OTP Bank-PICK Szeged". www.pickhandball.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  14. "MOL Tatabánya Kézilabda Club". tatabanyahandball.com. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  15. "One Veszprém". One Veszprém (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  16. "Magyarország Kézilabda Nemzeti Bajnokság férfi és női 2024-2025. évi I. osztály Versenykiírása". Hungarian Handball Federation (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  17. "A Kézilabdázás Szabálykönyve". Hungarian Handball Federation (in Hungarian). MKSZ. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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