2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)
# 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (women's basketball)

The 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A was the 84th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest tier professional basketball league in Hungary. The season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous season was cancelled in March 2020.

## Teams

The following 12 clubs compete in the NB I/A during the 2020–21 season.

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| ELTE BEAC Újbuda | Budapest | Gabányi László Sportcsarnok | 400 |
| VBW CEKK Cegléd | Cegléd | Gál János Sportcsarnok | 1,200 |
| Ludovika-FCSM Csata | Budapest | Ludovika Aréna | 1,500 |
| Aluinvent DVTK | Miskolc | Generali Aréna | 1,688 |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | Győr | Egyetemi Csarnok | 1,378 |
| TFSE-MTK | Budapest | Városmajori Csarnok | 400 |
| PEAC-Pécs | Pécs | Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok | 2,791 |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | Pécs | Gandhi-csarnok | 300 |
| Sopron Basket | Sopron | Novomatic Aréna | 2,200 |
| Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | Szekszárd | City Sports Hall | 1,100 |
| Vasas Akadémia | Budapest | Pasaréti Sportcentrum | 300 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | Zalaegerszeg | Városi Sportcsarnok | 2,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach |
| - | - |
| ELTE BEAC Újbuda | Judit Balogh |
| VBW CEKK Cegléd | Kostas Keramidas |
| Ludovika-FCSM Csata | Krisztián Tursics |
| Aluinvent DVTK | Attila Földi |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | Dalma Iványi |
| TFSE-MTK | Bianka Magyar |
| PEAC-Pécs | Ferenc Csirke |
| PINKK Pécsi 424 | Vanja Miljković |
| Sopron Basket | Dávid Gáspár |
| Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | Željko Djokić |
| Vasas Akadémia | Miloš Pavlović |
| Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | Péter Ambrus |

**Managerial changes**

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | Zsófia Horváth | Signed by Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd as an Assistant coach | End of 2019–20 season | Pre-season | Péter Ambrus | August 2020 |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sopron Basket | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1932 | 1221 | +711 | 44 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1819 | 1532 | +287 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1850 | 1527 | +323 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1726 | 1590 | +136 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 5 | PEAC-Pécs | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1485 | 1437 | +48 | 34 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Ludovika-FCSM Csata | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1658 | 1608 | +50 | 34 | Playoffs |
| 7 | TFSE-MTK | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1650 | 1677 | −27 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Vasas Akadémia | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1532 | 1672 | −140 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 9 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1515 | 1528 | −13 | 31 | Play-out |
| 10 | ELTE BEAC Újbuda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1546 | 1777 | −231 | 27 | Play-out |
| 11 | PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1435 | 1792 | −357 | 25 | Play-out |
| 12 | Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1281 | 2068 | −787 | 22 | Play-out |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DVTK | SZEK | BEAC | CSATA | PEAC | PINK | SOP | MTK | GYŐR | VAS | CEKK | ZTE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aluinvent DVTK | | 79–93 | 108–65 | 73–79 | 75–69 | 90–73 | 66–73 | 87–79 | 57–77 | 87–68 | 71–69 | 90–57 |
| Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 67–57 | | 99–70 | 87–83 | 87–76 | 114–66 | 49–74 | 81–75 | 78–84 | 96–69 | 94–83 | 96–62 |
| ELTE BEAC Újbuda | 68–73 | 79–92 | | 80–88 | 64–71 | 87–71 | 52–77 | 63–78 | 65–82 | 56–70 | 69–86 | 73–64 |
| Ludovika-FCSM Csata | 85–84 | 78–99 | 106–66 | | 65–76 | 86–59 | 62–82 | 75–69 | 77–66 | 54–42 | 61–69 | 99–47 |
| PEAC-Pécs | 66–71 | 51–54 | 65–59 | 76–65 | | 69–60 | 53–72 | 76–59 | 54–69 | 81–69 | 68–58 | 110–47 |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 63–81 | 71–85 | 93–95 | 47–85 | 48–60 | | 53–104 | 76–75 | 63–97 | 61–76 | 59–64 | 76–56 |
| Sopron Basket | 82–62 | 79–56 | 86–55 | 98–33 | 88–53 | 105–52 | | 98–67 | 83–50 | 89–69 | 74–51 | 104–48 |
| TFSE-MTK | 92–84 | 54–75 | 82–64 | 69–72 | 83–62 | 76–63 | 38–97 | | 71–74 | 87–75 | 71–57 | 90–57 |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 73–70 | 75–64 | 95–89 | 92–75 | 88–56 | 92–78 | 79–85 | 91–82 | | 98–70 | 93–60 | 98–76 |
| Vasas Akadémia | 64–70 | 63–90 | 63–58 | 88–83 | 42–58 | 73–72 | 71–100 | 82–83 | 71–83 | | 66–61 | 86–62 |
| VBW CEKK Cegléd | 65–78 | 57–65 | 54–61 | 80–56 | 58–53 | 68–59 | 55–78 | 93–89 | 66–71 | 69–73 | | 102–70 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | 63–113 | 42–129 | 74–108 | 59–91 | 56–82 | 54–72 | 47–104 | 75–81 | 42–92 | 74–82 | 49–90 | |

### Statistical leaders

| Efficiency Pos Player Club PIR 1 Keyona Hayes Aluinvent DVTK 33.25 2 Alisia Jenkins TFSE-MTK 29.76 3 Brianna Fraser Vasas Akadémia 26.27 4 Beatrice Mompremier Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 26.10 5 Tina Krajišnik Sopron Basket 26.05 | Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Keyona Hayes Aluinvent DVTK 23.92 2 Brianna Fraser Vasas Akadémia 21.32 3 Alisia Jenkins TFSE-MTK 19.57 4 Miljana Džombeta Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 18.05 5 Chanise Jenkins TFSE-MTK 17.86 |
| - | - |
| Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Daugilė Šarauskaitė PINKK-Pécsi 424 12.11 2 Alisia Jenkins TFSE-MTK 11.81 3 Beatrice Mompremier Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 10.95 4 Batabe Zempare Ludovika-FCSM Csata 10.70 5 Keyona Hayes Aluinvent DVTK 10.58 | Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Dóra Medgyessy Aluinvent DVTK 8.18 2 Miljana Džombeta Zalaegerszegi TE NKK 6.77 3 Ágnes Studer Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd 6.36 4 Mariona Ortiz VBW CEKK Cegléd 6.33 5 Brianna Kiesel Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT 6.24 |

## Playoffs

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sopron Basket | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vasas Akadémia | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vasas Akadémia | 1 | 1 | Sopron Basket | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | 2 | 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | 0 | | | |
| 5 | PEAC-Pécs | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | PEAC-Pécs | 0 | | | | 1 | Sopron Basket | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 1 |
| 2 | Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 1 |
| 7 | TFSE-MTK | 0 | | | |
| 7 | TFSE-MTK | 0 | 2 | Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 2 |
| 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 2 | 3 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 2 | 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | 0 |
| 6 | Ludovika-FCSM Csata | 0 | | | | 2 | Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 2 |

### Quarter-finals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sopron Basket | 2–1 | Vasas Akadémia | 0–20 | 92–40 | 107–35 |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 2–0 | TFSE-MTK | 93–75 | 85–75 | — |
| Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 2–0 | Ludovika-FCSM Csata | 89–61 | 69–63 | — |
| Aluinvent DVTK | 2–0 | PEAC-Pécs | 20–0 | 84–81 | — |

* ↑ The match was originally won by Sopron at 102-44, but due to Megan Walker’s unauthorized play (she didn’t have a valid sports medicine license), the Association judged the victory to be 20-0 to Vasas.
* ↑ The match, scheduled for 23 March 2021, were assessed by Association after PEAC had several cases of positive CODIV-19 tests and unable to play.

### Semi-finals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sopron Basket | 2–0 | Aluinvent DVTK | 89–64 | 80–57 | — |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 0–2 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 57–66 | 75–90 | — |

### Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sopron Basket | 3–1 | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | 80–57 | 69–72 | 81–46 | 62–54 |

### Third place

In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | 2–0 | Aluinvent DVTK | 95–77 | 83–74 | |

## Playout

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | VBW CEKK Cegléd | 28 | 13 | 15 | 414 | 384 | +30 | 41 | |
| 10 | ELTE BEAC Újbuda | 28 | 10 | 18 | 478 | 385 | +93 | 38 | |
| 11 | PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 418 | 423 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | 28 | 0 | 28 | 353 | 471 | −118 | 28 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BEAC | PINK | CEKK | ZTE |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ELTE BEAC Újbuda | | 70–63 | 78–66 | 83–45 |
| PINKK-Pécsi 424 | 78–99 | | 64–77 | 85–63 |
| VBW CEKK Cegléd | 70–63 | 54–57 | | 69–48 |
| Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | 63–85 | 60–71 | 74–78 | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification or Relegation |
| - | - | - |
| | Sopron Basket | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| | Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd | Qualification to the EuroLeague |
| | Uni Győr MÉLY-ÚT | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 4 | Aluinvent DVTK | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 5 | Ludovika-FCSM Csata | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 6 | Vasas Akadémia | Qualification to the EuroCup |
| 7 | PEAC-Pécs |
| 8 | TFSE-MTK |
| 9 | VBW CEKK Cegléd |
| 10 | ELTE BEAC Újbuda |
| 11 | PINKK-Pécsi 424 |
| 12 | Zalaegerszegi TE NKK | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B |
