The Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A ( en, National Championship I/A, commonly abbreviated NB I/A) is
the highest level league
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Format
The league comprises 14 teams. A NB I/A season is split into a league stage and a playoff/playout stage. At the end of the league stage (14 teams) the top 5 teams play another league stage, another 5 play with each other, and then the top 8 teams qualify for the playoff stage. The playoffs are played in " Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are the champions of that season.
The two bottom teams play with each other in "Best of three
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Current season
Teams of the 2021–22 season
Champions
Titles by club
Format
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 1933 with ten teams and with the formation of teams the league expanded continuously. Currently, there are 14 teams in the first division.
See also
*Magyar Kupa (men's basketball)
The Tibor Zsíros Magyar Kupa is the annual basketball cup competition held in Hungary since 1951. Budapest Honved has won the most titles with 17. The Cup is named after the retired Hungarian player Tibor Zsíros. Each year, a knock-out tournamen ...
References
External links
Hungarian Basketball Association official website
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Basketball leagues in Hungary
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
Sports leagues established in 1933
1933 establishments in Hungary
Basketball leagues in Europe
Professional sports leagues in Hungary