The Országos Bajnokság I (English: Nationwide Championship; commonly abbreviated OB I) is the highest level hockey league in Hungary.

OB I Bajnokság
SportIce hockey
Founded1937
No. of teams6
CountryHungary
Most recent
champion(s)
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
TV partner(s)Sport 1
Related
competitions
MOL Liga, EBEL
Official websitewww.icehockey.hu

After the formation of the MOL Liga, the OB I returned to having only Hungarian teams. The regular season coincides with the games played between the Hungarian teams in the MOL Liga, with these games also counting towards the national championship.[1] The best three teams advance to the play-offs of OB I, where Alba Volán Székesfehérvár joins them as the fourth team.

Current teams

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Team City Arena Capacity
DAB-Docler Dunaújváros Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok 4,000
Ferencvárosi TC Budapest Pesterzsébeti Jégcsarnok 1,500
Miskolci Jegesmedvék Miskolc Miskolci Jégcsarnok 1,304
SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 Székesfehérvár Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall 3,500
Újpesti TE Budapest Újpesti Jégcsarnok 2,200

Past winners

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Champions by season

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Titles by club

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Club Titles Years Won
Ferencvárosi TC
29
1951, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Újpesti TE
13
1958, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Alba Volán SC Székesfehérvár
13
1981, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet
7
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
6
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014
Budapesti Vörös Meteor
4
1952, 1957, 1959, 1963
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre
3
1947, 1948, 1949
DVTK Jegesmedvék
3
2015, 2016, 2017
Budapesti Budai TE
2
1941, 1943
Budapesti Postás
2
1953, 1954
Meteor Mallerd
1
1950
Jászberényi Lehel HC
1
1990
MAC Budapest
1
2018

References

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  1. ^ MOL title in Romanian hands Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, IIHF Press Release 17 February 2009
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