2022–23 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság¹
E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság1
Season	2022–23
Duration	October 8, 2022 – March 26, 2022; (Regular season)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seed	FTC Telekom
Promoted	KSI
Finals
Champions	FTC Telekom (25th title)
Runners-up	Genesys OSC-Újbuda
Third place	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd
Fourth place	A-Híd VasasPlaket
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to E.ON.

The 2022–23 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 117th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 8 October 2022 and will conclude on 18 May 2023.^[1]

FTC-Telekom won their twenty-fifth title.^[2]

Teams[edit]

Budapest

Budapest teams:
BVSC
Ferencváros
Honvéd
KSI
OSC
UVSE
Vasas

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Location of teams in '2022–23 Országos Bajnokság I

Budapest OB I waterpolo teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2022–23 season:

Team	Home city	Pool	2021–22
BVSC	Budapest (XIV. ker)	Szőnyi úti Uszoda	6th
Eger	Eger	Bitskey Aladár Uszoda	10th
Ferencváros	Budapest (IX. ker)	FTC uszoda, Népliget Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda
Honvéd	Budapest (XIX. ker)	Kőér utcai Uszoda	5th
Kaposvár	Kaposvár	Csík Ferenc Sportuszoda	9th
KSI	Budapest	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda	1st (OB I/B)
Miskolc	Miskolc	Kemény Dénes Sportuszoda	11th
OSC	Budapest (XI. ker)	Nyéki Imre Uszoda
PVSK	Pécs	Abay Nemes Oszkár Sportuszoda	8th
Szeged	Szeged	Tiszavirág Sportuszoda	7th
Szentes	Szentes	Dr. Rébeli Szabó József Sportuszoda	13th
Szolnok	Szolnok	Vízilabda Aréna	4th
UVSE	Budapest	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda	12th
Vasas	Budapest (XIII. ker)	Komjádi Béla Sportuszoda

Final standings[edit]

	Qualified for the 2023–24 LEN Champions League
	Qualified for the 2023–24 LEN Euro Cup
	Relegated to Országos Bajnokság I/B

Rank	Team
	FTC Telekom (C)
	Genesys OSC-Újbuda
	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd
4	A-Híd VasasPlaket
5	BVSC-Zugló
6	Szolnoki Dózsa
7	Tigra-ZF-Eger
8	PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc
9	Szegedi VE
10	UVSE
11	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért
12	Kaposvári VK
13	Metalcom Szentes
14	KSI

Sources: MVLSZ
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

2022–23 Országos Bajnokság I Champion^[2]
FTC Telekom 25th title

Roster

Luca Damonte, Szabolcs Dubinák, Gergő Fekete, Lőrinc Gábor, Sándor Gál, Szilárd Jansik, Gergely Klár, Daniil Merkulov, Erik Molnár, Toni Német, Balázs Nyíri, Zoltán Pohl, Márk Spitz, Dániel Szakonyi, Nemanja Ubović, Dénes Varga (c), Vincze Varga, Márton Vámos, Vendel Vigvári

Head coach

Zsolt Varga

Statistics[edit]

Number of teams by counties and regions[edit]

Number of teams by counties
Pos.		No. of teams	Teams
1	Budapest	7	BVSC, FTC, Honvéd, KSI, OSC, UVSE and Vasas
2	Csongrád-Csanád	2	Szeged and Szentes
3	Baranya	1	PVSK
	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	1	Miskolc
	Heves	1	Eger
	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	1	Szolnok
	Somogy	1	Kaposvár