The 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was the sixty-second edition of the top level championship in the
Hungarian team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
for women. The regular season began on 31 August 2012 and concluded on 31 March 2013, followed by the classification rounds and the playoff finals.
Defending champions
Győri ETO KC
Győri ETO KC ( hu, Győri Egyetértés Torna Osztály Kézilabda Club, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball club from Győr. Since they are sponsored by Audi, the off ...
won the regular season with an almost perfect performance: 21 victories on 22 games and only one draw against their rival
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...
,
last season's runners-up. This year's final also confronted Győr to Ferencváros, after both teams had easily won their semi-finals against
Váci NKSE
Váci NKSE are a Hungarian women's handball club from Vác, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Founded in 1949, the team have won promotion to the top-level championship first in 1998. Since then, they have been improved year by year and ac ...
and
Érd NK. Unlike last season's final, Ferencváros did not challenge the eventual champion as Győr won both legs by six and seventeen goals and so became Hungarian champion for the tenth time.
Overview
Teams
This year, twelve teams competed in the championship: eleven clubs from the past season and only one promoted team from the second division, Budapest SE, the winner of the Eastern group. It was the first time that this club had played in the elite. As per the previous edition, the winner of the Western group, Mohácsi TE announced that they didn't want to be promoted. As a result, last season's eleventh placed Kiskunhalas NKSE escaped relegation and stayed in the first division.
The league comprised two teams from the capital
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
(Ferencváros and BSE); two clubs from
Central Hungary
Central Hungary ( hu, Közép-Magyarország) is one of the seven statistical regions in Hungary (NUTS 1 and NUTS 2). It includes (the capital of the region) and .
Administration
Central Hungary's subregions (population figures from the ...
(Érd and Vác); two from the
Southern Great Plain
The Southern Great Plain ( hu, Dél-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes three counties:
* Bács-Kiskun
* Békés
* Csongrád-Csanád
See ...
(Békéscsaba and Kiskunhalas); three from
Central Transdanubia
Central Transdanubia ( hu, Közép-Dunántúl) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. The capital is Székesfehérvár. It is part of Transdanubia (NUTS 1) region. Central Transdanubia includes counties of Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom, and V ...
(Veszprém, Fehérvár, Dunaújváros) and only one team from
Western Transdanubia
Western Transdanubia ( hu, Nyugat-Dunántúl) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Transdanubia (NUTS 1) region. Western Transdanubia includes the counties of Zala, Vas, and Győr-Moson-Sopron.
See also
*List of regio ...
(Győr) and the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( hu, Észak-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Sza ...
(DVSC).
As Hungarian champion,
Győri Audi ETO KC entered the group phase of the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
while
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
Winners
...
's winner FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria also reached the Top 16 after beating
IUVENTA Michalovce
MKS IUVENTA Michalovce is a Slovak handball club based in Michalovce, that plays in the Women's Handball International League (WHIL), an international championship organized for Czech and Slovak teams.
European record
Team Current squad ...
in the qualification round. Third and fourth placed Siófok KC and Érdi VSE played in the
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...
. It was the first participation in a European Cup for either team. Finally, the runner-up and the bronze medallist of the
Hungarian Cup
The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...
, Váci NSKE and Békéscsabai ENKSE, competed in the
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
Winners
...
.
Arenas and locations
Regular season
Results
League table
Individual statistics
Top scorers
Team statistics
Overall
* Most wins –
Győri Audi ETO KC (21)
* Fewest wins –
Budapest SE (1)
* Most losses –
Budapest SE (19)
* Fewest losses –
Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
* Most goals scored –
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (758)
* Fewest goals scored –
Budapest SE (526)
* Most goals conceded –
Budapest SE (672)
* Fewest goals conceded –
Győri Audi ETO KC (450)
* Best goal difference –
Győri Audi ETO KC (+289)
* Worst goal difference –
Budapest SE (–146)
Home
* Most wins –
Győri Audi ETO KC (11)
* Fewest wins –
Budapest SE and
DVSC-Fórum (1)
* Most losses –
Budapest SE (9)
* Fewest losses –
Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
* Most goals scored –
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (414)
* Fewest goals scored –
Budapest SE and
Budapest Bank-Békéscsabai ENKSE (271)
* Most goals conceded –
Budapest SE (328)
* Fewest goals conceded –
Győri Audi ETO KC (210)
Away
* Most wins –
Győri Audi ETO KC (10)
* Fewest wins –
Budapest SE and
DVSC-Fórum (0)
* Most losses –
Budapest SE (10)
* Fewest losses –
Győri Audi ETO KC (0)
* Most goals scored –
Győri Audi ETO KC (362)
* Fewest goals scored –
Veszprém Barabás Duna Takarék KC (254)
* Most goals conceded –
DVSC-Fórum (350)
* Fewest goals conceded –
Győri Audi ETO KC (240)
Scoring
* Widest winning margin: 19 goals –
**
Győri Audi ETO KC 37–18
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő (19 January 2013)
* Most goals in a match: 78 goals –
**
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 35–43
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (26 January 2013)
* Fewest goals in a match: 39 goals –
**
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA
Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA or DKKA (in English: Dunaújvárosi Kohász Handball Academy), formerly known as ''Dunaferr'', is a Hungarian women's handball club from Dunaújváros, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
History
Dunaferr
Th ...
18–21
Fehérvár KC (1 March 2013)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 35 goals –
**
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő 35–43
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (26 January 2013)
* Most goals scored in a match by one player: 14 goals –
**
Annamária Bogdanović
Annamária Bogdanović (also ''Bogdanovics''; née ''Orbán''; born 14 April 1982) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Siófok KC. She has also been capped for the Hungarian national team. In 2016 she got 4 years suspension by the ...
for
Siófok KC-Galerius Fürdő against
Váci NKSE
Váci NKSE are a Hungarian women's handball club from Vác, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Founded in 1949, the team have won promotion to the top-level championship first in 1998. Since then, they have been improved year by year and ac ...
(7 November 2012)
**
Zsuzsanna Tomori
Zsuzsanna Tomori (; born 18 June 1987) is a Hungarian handballer for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team.
Career Club
Tomori started to play handball at the age of 12 and signed her first pro ...
for
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria against
Győri Audi ETO KC (7 November 2012)
Postseason
Classification round 9–12
Teams finishing in bottom four places at the close of the regular season entered a classification round, for which a double round-robin system was used. According to their final position in the regular season, these four teams were awarded bonus points. Ninth placed Siófok got four points, tenth placed Békéscsaba received three points, eleventh placed Debrecen got two points and finally last placed BSE were awarded only one point.
Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in the bonus points column.
Classification round 5–8
Teams finished between fifth and eight place also played a play off round. Similarly to the bottom four Classification Round, these four teams were given points depending on their final placement in the regular season.
Additional points that were awarded after the final positions in the regular season are indicated in bonus points column.
Championship playoff
Bracket
Semi-finals
=Győri Audi ETO KC vs. Váci NKSE
=
''Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0''
=FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs. ÉTV-Érdi VSE
=
''FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria won series 2–0''
Third place playoffs
''ÉTV-Érdi VSE won series 2–1''
Finals
''Győri Audi ETO KC won series 2–0''
Final standing
See also
*
List of Hungarian women's handball transfers summer 2012
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
2012–13 domestic handball leagues
Nemzeti Bajnoksag I Women
2012 in women's handball
2013 in women's handball