Hungarian National Championship I (rugby union)

Hungarian National Championship I
Current season or competition:
2011-12 Hungarian National Championship I (rugby union) season
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1989
Number of teams 8
Country  Hungary

The National Championship I (Hungarian: Nemzeti Bajnokság I, also DHL Nemzeti Bajnokság I for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of domestic club rugby union in Hungary after the Extraliga. There is promotion and relegation involved between National Championship I and the next level down, National Championship II (the second division). The current champions are Battai Bulldogok.

Contents

Format and structure

Eight teams take part and the competition is composed of a single league.[1] Each team plays every other team.

Teams are awarded four points for a win, a bonus point for scoring four or more tries, and a bonus point for losing by seven points or less.

Current teams

2011-12 season

Location of teams in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2010-11
Club Full name City Stadium
Battai Bulldogok II (Fekete sereg - Black Army) Battai Bulldogok Rögbi Klub Százhalombatta Százhalombattai Városi Szabadidőközpont
Békéscsabai Benny Bulls Békéscsabai Benny Bulls Rugby Club Békéscsaba Jamina pályá
Elefántok Rögbi SE Elefántok Rögbi Sport Egyesület Vác Király Endre Ipari Szakközépiskola
Esztergomi Vitézek II (Esztergomi Apródok - Esztergom Pages) Esztergomi Vitézek Rugby Sportegyesület Esztergom Ferences sporttelep
Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club II Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club Kecskemét Széktói Stadion (4th Field)
Pécsi Indiánok SK Pécsi Indiánok Sport Klub Pécs Pécsi Vasutas Sportkör sporttelep
Szentesi VSC 91-esek Rögbi Szakosztály Szentesi Vasutas Sport Club 91-esek Rögbi Szakosztály Szentes MÁV pályá
Velencei Kék Cápák Velencei Kék Cápák Rögbi Klub Velence Köfém pálya, Székesfehérvár[2]

Champions

Notes and references

  1. ^ (Hungarian) Nemzeti Bajnokság I Table
  2. ^ (Hungarian) Nemzeti Bajnokság I Matches
  3. ^ Now defunct
  4. ^ a b c (Hungarian) Történetünk
  5. ^ a b c (Hungarian) gas.hu Battai Bulldogok Rögbi Klub
  6. ^ (Hungarian) KARC - Történet
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j (Hungarian) Esztergomi Vitézek Suzuki Rugby SE - eredményeink

See also

Hungarian National Championship I
Teams 2011-12
Second level rugby union club competitions
Second level by country (Europe)
Second level by country (outside Europe)
  • Africa: Kenya
  • North America: USA
  • South America: Brazil
Rugby union in Europe
Sovereign
states
States with limited
recognition
  • Abkhazia
  • Kosovo
  • Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Northern Cyprus
  • South Ossetia
  • Transnistria
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and other territories
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