Sport Team handball NB I champions Győri Audi ETO KC | ||
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Duration 5 September 2008 – 31 May 2009 NB I runners-up Budapest Bank-FTC-RightPhone | ||
The 2009–10 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the fifty-eighth series of the national team handball championship for Hungarian women. The defending champions were Győri Audi ETO KC and they managed to defend their title after winning the playoffs with five victories and only one draw. The regular season began on September 5, 2008 and ended on March 28, 2009. The playoff round finished on May 31, with Fehérép Alcoa FKC beating ASA-Consolis-HNKC for the fifth place.
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Teams
The club of Budapest Óbudai Goldberger SE was the only relegated team last season and was replaced by PTE-PEAC from Pécs.
This year's first division championship was geographically pretty well divided : the league gathered two teams from the capital city Budapest (Vasas and FTC), two other from the Northern Great Plain (DVSC and Nyíradony) and Central Transdanubia (Dunaferr and Alcoa), three from the Southern Great Plain (ASA-Consolis-HNKC, Kisunhalas and PTE-PEAC), and finally one from Central Hungary (Vác) and Western Transdanubia (Győr).
After a regular season of 22 matchdays, teams are divided into three groups of four depending on their position. First four teams compete for the title, next four play the 5-8 Classification Round and finally, last four placed clubs play to escape the relegation. In those playoffs, the clubs play in a round-robin system in which points were given according to their position in the regular season.
As Hungarian champions, Győri Audi ETO KC entered the Group Phase of the 2008–09 EHF Women's Champions League. Anita Görbicz's team made a brilliant performance and qualified for the final against Danish Viborg HK but lose by one goal at total score. The runners-up of last season, Dunaferr NK played a qualification tournament but finished second of their group and didn't make it to the next round. Therefore, they were reversed in the EHF Cup. DVSC-Aquaticum entered the third round of the 2008–09 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, won against Italian Pallamano Bancole but was eliminated by Romanian Oțelul Galați. In the EHF Cup, three teams represented Hungary : Dunaferr NK (from the CL), Budapest Bank-FTC-RightPhone and Fehérép Alcoa FKC. First was eliminated in Round 3, the others in the eight-finals. Consequently, only Győri Audi ETO KC played a European Cup's final this season.
Results
1Home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Overall
Home
Away
Scoring
Postseason
Teams finished in bottom four positions after the regular season enter the classification round for 9–12 places, where a double round-robin system is used. In addition, they are given bonus points depending on their final position in the regular season: Ninth placed Kiskunhalas got four points, tenth placed Vác received three points, PTE-PEAC got two points and finally, last placed Vasas SC was awarded only one point. Clubs with the two lowest combined points get relegated.
Results
1Home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Table
1Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in brackets.
Classification round 5–8
The system is the same as for the precedent playoffs.
Results
1Home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Table
1Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in brackets.
Classification round 1–4
First four placed teams of the regular season entered the playoffs for the title. After a round-robin system, best placed team was designed champion. This year, Győri Audi ETO KC won the championship with five victories and one draw.
Results
1Home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.
Table
1Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in brackets.
Final standing
1Because Magyar Kupa winner Győri Audi ETO KC qualified for the EHF Champions League via their league position, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup spot was passed to cup second, DVSC-Aquaticum.