The Nemzeti Bajnokság I (English: National Championship I, commonly abbreviated NB I) is the top professional league for Hungarian women's team handball clubs. It is administered by the Hungarian Handball Federation.
History
The first edition of the women's handball league was held in 1951. That year only four teams participated, playing once against each other. Csepeli Vasas SK were crowned champions as they got equal points to Budapest Vörös Meteor Közért, but were superior on goal difference. Next season Vörös Meteor took revenge and secured the title just ahead of Csepel.
The forthcoming years were characterized by long term team hegemonies: Budapesti Spartacus SC won seven titles between 1960 and 1967, whilst Vasas SC were awarded thirteen gold medals between 1972 and 1985.
Turning into the nineties, Ferencvárosi TC managed to appear in the dominant role. In the 1992–93 season, after topping the table in the regular season, they bled to death in the playoffs yet, but a year later there was nothing to stop them. Until 2002 another five league title landed in the hands of Ágnes Farkas and co. The lone team which managed to interrupt their run was the Radulovics-led Dunaferr in 1998. The Dunaújváros-based team won five titles altogether until 2004, when, after finished on the podium an incredibly nine times in row without having won the title, finally Győri Graboplast ETO KC lifted the championship trophy.
Since then ETO with the support of their new main sponsor, car manufacturer Audi, have won all but one titles.
Competition format
At the beginning only four teams entered the National Championship. Later, the league have been expanded, first to 12, later to 14 teams. There was a short living try with 16 teams in two groups but the idea got dropped just after five seasons. Since 2006 the league is made up of 12 teams. The championship was held in one calendar year until 1987, when they switched to autumn-spring format. Interestingly, in the 2003–04 season Austrian top club Hypo Niederösterreich played in the league as a guest team, however, their results did not count towards the final ranking.
As we can see from the chart the number of teams in the Hungarian First Division changed a lot and continuously. The league started in 1951 with four teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.
| Season |
Number of teams |
| from 1951 to 1952 |
4 teams |
| in 1953 |
6 teams |
| in 1954 |
12 team |
| from 1955 to 1956 |
4 teams |
| in 1957 |
12 teams |
| from 1958 to 1959 |
14 teams |
| from 1960 to 1964 |
12 teams |
| from 1965 to 1975 |
14 teams |
| from 1976 to 1982 |
12 teams |
| from 1983 to 1990-91 |
14 teams |
| from 1991-92 to 1994-95 |
16 teams |
| from 1995-96 to 1997-98 |
14 teams |
| in 1998-99 |
13 teams |
| from 1999-00 to 2000-01 |
12 teams |
| in 2001-02 |
11 teams |
| from 2002-03 to 2003-04 |
12 teams |
| from 2004-05 to 2005-06 |
11 teams |
| from 2006-07 to present |
12 teams |
Current format
The current system is composed by twelve teams. The sides play twice against each other in the regular season on a home and on an away leg. The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, where a best-of-three system is used. Teams ranked fifth to ninth and tenth to twelfth decide their final places in a classification round, using a round robin system, playing six additional rounds. According to their final position in the regular season, they awarded bonus points which are added to the points they earn in the postseason. Bottom two teams get relegated.
Current season
Teams
The twelve teams of the 2015–16 season are the following:
Previous winners
Performances
Performance by club
The teams in Bold play in the 2015-16 season of OB I.
The teams in Italics no longer exist.
The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Hungarian lower leagues.
| Club |
Winners |
Runners-up |
Third place |
Winning years |
 Vasas SC |
15 |
1 |
6 |
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993 |
2.png) Ferencvárosi TC |
12 |
17 |
10 |
1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015 |
 Győri ETO KC |
11 |
6 |
4 |
1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
 Bp. Spartacus SC |
9 |
5 |
5 |
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1983, 1986 |
 Dunaferr NK |
5 |
4 |
4 |
1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 |
 Csepel SC |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1951, 1954, 1956 |
 Hargita KC * |
3 |
2 |
- |
1989, 1990, 1991 |
 Debreceni VSC |
2 |
8 |
4 |
1955, 1987 |
 Bakony Vegyész |
1 |
5 |
6 |
1970 |
 Vörös Meteor SK |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1952 |
.png) Miskolci VSC |
1 |
1 |
- |
1958 |
 Debreceni Petőfi SK |
1 |
- |
- |
1953 |
 Goldberger SE |
- |
6 |
2 |
- |
.svg.png) Pécsi Bányász |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
.png) Bp. Szikra |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
 Testnevelési Főiskola SE |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
 Békéscsabai Előre NKSE |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
.png) BHG SE |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
.PNG) Érd |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
 Tatabányai Bányász |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
| Debreceni Építők |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
 Vörös Lobogó KELTEX |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
 Vasas Elzett SK |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Bp. Postás |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Híradótechnika SK |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Secotex SE |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Váci NKSE |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
 Siófok KC |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
Performance by counties
The following table lists the Hungarian women's handball champions by counties of Hungary.
- The bolded teams are currently playing in the 2015-16 season of the Hungarian League.
Clubs
Since 1951, clubs have participated in the Hungarian League. Below the list of Hungarian League clubs who have participated in the first division. The club with the most appearances are the 28-time champions Ferencváros, however the club spent three years in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Hungarian Second Division) between 2006 and 2009. The only clubs who have never been relegated are Újpest.
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- 24 seasons: Fehérvár
- 21 seasons: Goldberger, Tatabányai Bányász *
- 19 seasons: Győri Textiles
- 18 seasons: BRESC *, Vác
- 17 seasons: Bp. Postás
- 14 seasons: Kiskunhalas
- 13 seasons: Építők SC *
- 15 seasons: Kaposvár
- 13 seasons: Bocskai, Budapesti AK, Nyíregyháza, Terézváros
- 12 seasons: Vörös Meteor
- 10 seasons: BVSC, Elektromos, Rákospalota, Soroksár, Szolnok
- 7 seasons: Kecskemét, Miskolc, Postás, Pápa, Szegedi Honvéd
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- 6 seasons: Eger, Phöbus, Somogy
- 5 seasons: MÚE, MAFC, Sabaria, Szegedi LK, VAC, Veszprém, Vörös Meteor
- 4 seasons: BKV Előre, MÁVAG, Nagykanizsa, Ózd, Stadler, Szentlőrinc, Turul, Zuglói SE
- 3 seasons: ESMTK, Kolozsvár, Nagyvárad, Pécsi VSK, Székesfehérvár, Szürketaxi, Tungsram, Typographia, Újvidék
- 2 seasons: Budapesti SC, Pécs-Baranya, Puskás, Gázszer, Soproni FAC, Szeged, Újpesti MTE, Újpesti Törekvés
- 1 season: Debreceni Építők, Debreceni Dózsa, Erzsébet, Dunaújváros PASE, Főváros, Ganz, Herminamező, Kassa, Kelenföld, Kőbánya, Kispest, Lampart, Mezőkövesd, Miskolc, Pereces, Soroksár, Szeged LC, Szolnoki Légierő, Testvériség, Tiszakécske, Tokod, Zugló
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- Notes
- The teams in bold are competing in the 2015–16 season of the Hungarian League.
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- 1 seasons: Vörös Meteor Közért
- 4 seasons: Csepeli Vasas
- 1 seasons: Debreceni Építők
- 1 seasons: Békéscsabai Pamutszövő
- 1 seasons: Vörös Meteor FÜSZÉRT
- 1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó KELTEX*
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- 1 seasons: Vörös Lobogó Pamut
- 1 seasons: Mechanikai Szövőgyár SE (V. L. Magyar Gyapjúfonó)
- 1 seasons: V. L. Váci Szövő
- 1 seasons: Szombathelyi Bőrgyár
- 1 seasons: Bp. Vörös Meteor
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In European competitions
EHF coefficient ranking
Hungarian clubs in European competitions
See also
References
External links
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Fehérvár KC 
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