2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (men's basketball)

Tippmix Liga1
Season2024–25
Dates27 September 2024 – 26 May 2025
Teams14
TV partner(s)M4 Sport
Regular season
Top seedFalco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely
RelegatedPVSK-VEOLIA
Finals
ChampionsNHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász
(9th title)
Runners-upFalco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely
Third placeAtomerőmű SE
Fourth placeZalakerámia ZTE KK
2025–26 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Tippmix.

The 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A season, also known as Tippmix Férfi NB I/A for sponsorship reasons, is the 94th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Falco Vulcano is the defending champion. It started on 27 September 2024 with the first round of the regular season and will end in May 2025 with the last game of the finals.[1]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Relegated from
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A
Kaposvári KK PVSK-VEOLIA

Arenas and locations

Location of teams in 2024–25 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A

The following 14 clubs compete in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A during the 2024–25 season:

Team City Arena Capacity 2023–24
Alba Fehérvár Székesfehérvár Alba Regia Sportcsarnok 1,850
Atomerőmű SE Paks ASE Sportcsarnok 1,560 10th
DEAC Debrecen Oláh Gábor utcai Sportcsarnok 1,500 8th
Falco Szombathely Szombathely Arena Savaria 3,500
Budapesti Honvéd Budapest Ludovika Aréna 1,350 5th
KTE-Duna Aszfalt Kecskemét Messzi István Sportcsarnok 1,851 13th
Egis Körmend Körmend Városi Sportcsarnok 2,002 11th
OSE Lions Oroszlány Krajnyik András Sportcsarnok 1,400 9th
NKA Universitas Pécs Pécs Nemzeti Kosárlabda Akadémia 412 6th
PVSK Panthers Pécs Lauber Dezső Sports Hall 3,036 1st (NB I/B - Red)
Soproni KC Sopron Novomatic Aréna 1,250 7th
SZTE-Szedeák Szeged Városi Sportcsarnok 3,017 12th
Szolnoki Olajbányász Szolnok Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok 2,122
Zalakerámia ZTE Zalaegerszeg Városi Sportcsarnok 2,210 4th

Number of teams by counties and regions

Number of teams by counties
Pos. County (megye) No. of teams Teams
1 Baranya 2 NKA Universitas Pécs and PVSK-VEOLIA
Vas 2 Falco Szombathely and Egis Körmend
2 Bács-Kiskun 1 KTE-Duna Aszfalt
Budapest 1 Budapesti Honvéd
Csongrád-Csanád 1 SZTE-Szedeák
Fejér 1 Alba Fehérvár
Győr-Moson-Sopron 1 Soproni KC
Hajdú-Bihar 1 DEAC
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 Szolnoki Olajbányász
Komárom-Esztergom 1 OSE Lions
Tolna 1 Atomerőmű SE
Zala 1 Zalakerámai ZTE
Number of teams by regions
Transdanubia Central Hungary Great Plain and North
9 Teams 1 Team 4 Teams

Personnel and kits

All teams were obligated the Hungarian national sports betting brand Tippmix sponsored all 14 teams of the first league since February 2019, their logo were present on all team kits.

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 26 26 0 2489 1887 +602 52 Playoffs
2 Atomerőmű SE 26 23 3 2389 2045 +344 49
3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 26 17 9 2187 2145 +42 43
4 DEAC 26 15 11 1945 1943 +2 41
5 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 26 14 12 2224 2157 +67 40
6 Egis Körmend 26 14 12 2288 2302 −14 40
7 Sopron KC 26 13 13 2149 2075 +74 39
8 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 26 13 13 2350 2252 +98 39
9 NKA Universitas Pécs 26 13 13 2062 2127 −65 39 Playout
10 Endo Plus Service-Honvéd 26 9 17 2023 2139 −116 35
11 Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét 26 8 18 1952 2110 −158 34
12 MVM-OSE Lions 26 7 19 1995 2248 −253 33
13 PVSK-VEOLIA 26 5 21 2072 2382 −310 31
14 SZTE-Szedeák 26 5 21 1899 2212 −313 31
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. Source: Hungarian Basketball Federation (in Hungarian), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points scored; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.[2]

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away ALB ASE DEA FAL KOR KTE HON NKA OSE PVS SOP SZE SZO ZTE
Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 75–82 88–71 73–100 114–86 86–88 97–88 102–78 97–76 123–84 107–88 110–85 84–101 97–92
Atomerőmű SE 92–85 82–78 70–85 88–76 91–77 94–79 102–81 104–85 103–88 97–92 109–76 110–77 88–71
DEAC 81–74 54–82 65–87 66–82 62–70 84–66 68–78 89–67 75–68 75–57 73–51 82–69 68–62
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 103–83 87–77 85–47 91–81 102–60 121–118 91–81 101–67 94–58 100–82 95–75 101–73 78–62
Egis Körmend 75–93 81–95 80–85 75–105 82–80 93–87 106–95 103–71 91–84 85–89 83–77 103–101 91–78
Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét 98–79 68–86 78–80 67–98 81–97 76–78 63–80 84–75 69–78 75–72 70–74 72–80 92–86
Endo Plus Service-Honvéd 72–89 60–91 68–80 67–89 83–84 58–87 79–84 81–77 89–72 64–73 71–50 77–86 101–70
NKA Universitas Pécs 79–70 61–78 68–80 61–86 87–96 82–64 55–72 81–73 104–71 81–70 91–66 75–82 92–90
MVM-OSE Lions 97–93 74–95 76–83 69–102 77–103 94–62 73–77 69–80 79–78 68–80 90–83 80–74 83–78
PVSK-VEOLIA 88–97 81–103 68–84 73–122 91–82 88–76 89–92 91–94 71–78 91–85 90–79 88–99 82–98
Sopron KC 86–70 96–101 80–79 76–89 92–84 87–79 81–64 95–62 101–79 96–71 87–67 71–75 91–60
SZTE-Szedeák 71–86 75–89 74–85 82–87 92–94 70–80 57–75 73–65 80–69 78–77 69–67 71–83 77–89
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 96–87 97–90 80–67 77–99 101–95 75–69 83–72 91–92 78–71 91–80 75–70 94–77 66–76
Zalakerámia ZTE KK 95–91 86–90 103–84 68–91 99–80 70–67 104–85 99–75 90–78 101–72 108–85 103–70 86–83
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Hungarian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs (exception the Third place game) were played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home (if it was necessary).

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 3
8 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 1
1 Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 3
5 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 0
4 DEAC 1
5 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 3
1 Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 0
3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 3
2 Atomerőmű SE 3
7 Sopron KC 1
2 Atomerőmű SE 1 Third place
3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 3
3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 3 2 Atomerőmű SE 3
6 Egis Körmend 0 5 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 3–1 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 101–76 112–120 110–74 102–95
DEAC 1–3 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 54–82 86–91 78–77 72–80
Atomerőmű SE 3–1 Sopron KC 94–66 73–78 74–64 87–85
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 3–0 Egis Körmend 93–78 86–73 116–77

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 3–0 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 94–62 97–77 85–64
Atomerőmű SE 1–3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 88–96 91–94 100–82 86–90

Third place

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Atomerőmű SE 3–1 Zalakerámia ZTE KK 94–73 73–79 (OT) 82–66 89–79

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 0–3 NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász 73–93 79–81 79–98

Game 1

17 May 2025 (2025-05-17) Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely (1) 73–93
(Series: 0–1)
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász (3) Szombathely
17:30 CEST Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 13–25, 18–25, 20–21
Pts: Váradi 18
Rebs: Popović 13
Asts: Pongó 8
PIR: Keller 23
Boxscore Pts: Lukács 19
Rebs: Somogyi, Aimaq 6
Asts: Jovanović 9
PIR: Jovanović, Lukács 24
Arena: Arena Savaria
Attendance: 3,070[3]
Referees: Benczur, Montgomery-Tóth, Goda[4]

Game 2

20 May 2025 (2025-05-20) NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász (3) 81–79
(Series: 2–0)
Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely (1) Szolnok
18:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 21–27, 13–18, 26–15
Pts: Jovanović 20
Rebs: Aimaq, Subotić 9
Asts: Jovanović 8
PIR: Subotić 27
Boxscore Pts: Pongó 15
Rebs: Bognár, Popović 8
Asts: Váradi 7
PIR: Keller 20
Arena: Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok
Attendance: 2,200[5]
Referees: Praksch, Cziffra, Makrai[6]

Game 3

23 May 2025 (2025-05-23) Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely (1) 79–98
(Series: 0–3)
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász (3) Szombathely
18:05 CEST Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 24–27, 18–30, 19–18
Pts: Popović 13
Rebs: Keller 9
Asts: Pongó 4
PIR: Keller 21
Boxscore Pts: Somogyi 25
Rebs: Aimaq 13
Asts: Jovanović 8
PIR: Somogyi 30
Arena: Arena Savaria
Attendance: 3,070[7]
Referees: Földházi, Mészáros Dr., Nagy[8]

Final standings

Pos. Team Qualification
1st NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász (9th title) 2025–26 Basketball Champions LeagueRegular season
2nd Falco-Vulcano Energia KC Szombathely 2025–26 Basketball Champions LeagueQualifying round
3rd Atomerőmű SE 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup – Qualifying round
4th Zalakerámia ZTE KK
5th DEAC
6th Egis Körmend
7th Sopron KC
8th Arconic-Alba Fehérvár

5-8th place

All two rounds of the playoff for the 5th place were played in a best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third game at home (if it was necessary).

Bracket

Semi-finals 5th place
      
4 DEAC 2
8 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 0
4 DEAC 2
6 Egis Körmend 0
6 Egis Körmend 2
7 Sopron KC 1 7th place
7 Sopron KC 2
8 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
DEAC 2–0 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 97–84 102–98 (OT)
Egis Körmend 2–1 Sopron KC 79–72 75–84 107–106 (OT)

7th place

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sopron KC 2–1 Arconic-Alba Fehérvár 103–86 109–111 100–88

5th place

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
DEAC 2–0 Egis Körmend 106–78 97–76

Playout

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
9 NKA Universitas Pécs[a] 10 7 3 820 731 +89 23
10 Endo Plus Service-Honvéd[b] 10 5 5 775 786 −11 20
11 Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét[c] 10 5 5 778 810 −32 19
12 SZTE-Szedeák[d] 10 7 3 748 747 +1 18
13 MVM-OSE Lions[e] 10 4 6 805 813 −8 17
14 PVSK-VEOLIA[f] (R) 10 2 8 833 872 −39 14 Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2025. Source: Hungarian Basketball Federation (in Hungarian), Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Games played; 2) Points; 3) Wins; 4) Defeats; 5) Points scored; 6) Points against; 7) Victories/Defeats series; 8) in Home games; 9) as a Guest; 10) Last 5 matches.[9]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ +6 adjust points (based on regular season standings)
  2. ^ +5 adjust points (based on regular season standings)
  3. ^ +4 adjust points (based on regular season standings)
  4. ^ +1 adjust points (based on regular season standings)
  5. ^ +3 adjust points (based on regular season standings)
  6. ^ +2 adjust points (based on regular season standings)

Results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Home \ Away NKA HON KEC OSE PVS SZE
NKA Universitas Pécs 84–72 90–51 89–74 90–80 78–52
Endo Plus Service-Honvéd 83–77 72–71 77–73 78–76 80–84
Duna Aszfalt-DTKH Kecskemét 83–91 83–79 94–92 99–82 76–67
MVM-OSE Lions 85–75 82–72 86–68 87–88 70–81
PVSK-VEOLIA 86–98 72–79 83–89 85–89 108–84
SZTE-Szedeák 65–48 84–83 68–64 84–67 79–73
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2025. Source: Hungarian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Statistics

Regular season

As of match played 12 April 2025[10]

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Daylen Kountz Körmend 22.04
2 Reaudale Williams Körmend 21.54
3 Amorie Archibald PVSK 21.43
4 John Chandler III Atomerőmű 21.32
5 Zoltán Perl Falco 20.52
6 William Garrett ZTE 20.00
7 Duane Wilson OSE Lions 19.00
8 Jay Heath Jr SZTE-Szedeák 19.00
Pos Player Club PIR
1 Reaudale Williams Körmend 32.19
2 Amorie Archibald PVSK 31.05
3 Zoltán Perl Falco 27.40
4 Noah Dickerson OSE Lions 26.75
5 John Chandler III Atomerőmű 24.80
6 Daylen Kountz Körmend 24.54
7 Ibrahim Durmo NKA Universitas Pécs 24.24
8 Chris Payton Jr PVSK 22.60

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Fardaws Aimaq Szolnoki Olajbányász 10.75
2 Noah Dickerson OSE Lions 10.71
3 Chris Payton Jr PVSK 9.00
4 Ibrahim Durmo NKA Universitas Pécs 8.67
5 Danilo Ostojić DEAC 7.78
6 Alan Herndon SZTE-Szedeák 7.73
7 János Eilingsfeld Atomerőmű 7.62
8 Chris Payton Jr DEAC 7.28

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Lester Medford Jr Alba Fehérvár 7.53
2 Benedek Váradi Falco 6.23
3 Amorie Archibald PVSK 5.67
4 Reaudale Williams Körmend 5.58
5 Aleksandar Sokolović Budapesti Honvéd 5.54
6 Strahinja Jovanović Szolnoki Olajbányász 5.28
7 Cortez Edwards Sopron 5.15
8 Kaelin Jackson Sopron 4.85

Play-off

As of match played 26 May 2025[11]

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Kaelin Jackson Sopron 22.30
2 Dávid Vojvoda Alba Fehérvár 21.89
3 Daylen Kountz Körmend 19.75
4 Lester Medford Jr Alba Fehérvár 19.33
5 Eric Lockett Atomerőmű 18.00
6 John Chandler III Atomerőmű 17.83
7 Markó Filipovity Alba Fehérvár 16.78
8 Robert McGowens III Zalakerámia ZTE KK 16.64
Pos Player Club PIR
1 Kaelin Jackson Sopron KC 25.50
2 Eric Lockett Atomerőmű 24.75
3 Fardaws Aimaq Szolnoki Olajbányász 24.00
4 Daylen Kountz Körmend 23.75
5 Dávid Vojvoda Alba Fehérvár 21.67
6 Lester Medford Jr Alba Fehérvár 21.45
7 János Eilingsfeld Atomerőmű 21.33
8 Strahinja Jovanović Szolnoki Olajbányász 21.20

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Fardaws Aimaq Szolnoki Olajbányász 10.40
2 János Eilingsfeld Atomerőmű 7.58
3 Danilo Ostojić DEAC 7.50
4 De'Quon Lake Atomerőmű 7.50
5 Isaiah Bigelow Zalakerámia ZTE KK 6.91
6 Nikola Popović Falco 6.90
7 Markó Filipovity Alba Fehérvár 6.67
8 Kristóf Bognár Falco 6.20

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Ádám Somogyi Szolnoki Olajbányász 5.90
2 Lester Medford Jr Alba Fehérvár 5.67
3 Strahinja Jovanović Szolnoki Olajbányász 5.60
4 Benedek Váradi Falco 5.40
5 Marcell Pongó Falco 5.10
6 Máté Pongó DEAC 4.63
7 Kaelin Jackson Sopron 4.60
8 Zoltán Perl Falco 4.20

Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A clubs in European competitions

FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress W–L
Falco Szombathely Champions League Round of 16 5–10
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season 0–6
Arconic-Alba Fehérvár Regular Season 4–4

See also

References

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  2. ^ "MAGYARORSZÁG KOSÁRLABDA NEMZETI BAJNOKSÁGA FÉRFI NB I. A CSOPORT VERSENYKIÍRÁSA 2024/2025" (PDF) (in Hungarian). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Meglepetés a kosárbajnoki döntő nyitányán: a Szolnok nagyon megverte idegenben a Falcót" [Surprise in the opening of the basketball championship final: Szolnok beat Falco away]. nemzetisport.hu. Nemzeti Sport. 17 May 2025.
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  7. ^ "Nem ismert kegyelmet a Szolnok, harmadszor is megverte a Falcót – az Olajbányász a férfi kosár NB I bajnoka!" [Szolnok showed no mercy, beating Falco for the third time – Olajbányász is the NB I champion of men's basketball!]. nemzetisport.hu. Nemzeti Sport. 23 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Söpréssel bajnok az NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász" [NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász wins the championship with a sweep]. hunbasket.hu. HunBasket. 23 May 2025.
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  11. ^ "Statistics – Play-off". Hungarian Basketball Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2025.