Most of the national championships in Europe still hasn’t started. But in Hungary, three rounds were already completed.
On Day 3 of the national championships, Ferencvaros, OSC, Miskolc, Eger recorded convincing wins. Szolnok defeated UVSE harder than it was expected, while two matches in Group B (Honved – Szentes and BVSC – Vasas) offered a lot of thrills.
Hungarian Championships 2019/20, Day 3
Group A
Szolnok–UVSE 9:6 (0:1, 3:1, 2:2, 4:2)
Szolnok: Batori 2, V. Rasovic 2, Drasovic 2, D. Jansik 1, Szeghalmi 1, Pijetlovic 1
UVSE: Konarik 3, Korbacs 2, Vigvari Vince 1.
Debrecen–PVSK 7:10 (2:2, 1:4, 4:3, 0:1)
Debrecen: G. Fekete 3, P. Macsi 2, M. Macsi 2.
PVSK: M. Csaba 3, Chilko 2, A. Csacsovszky 1, Kolozsi 1, K.Kiss 1, Turnai 1, Gal 1.
Miskolc–Szeged 16:8 (5:3, 4:2, 5:2, 2:1)
Miskolc: Stojanovic 4, A. Nagy 3, Misic 3, Manzi 2, Vadovics 2, Banicevic 1, Bedo 1.
Szeged:. Foskolos 4, Boros 2, Somlai 1, Blank .
Ferencvaros–Tatabanya 21:9 (5:1, 8:3, 2:3, 6:2)
Ferencvaros: Younger 3, B. Szabo 3, Zalanki 3, Pohl 2, Nyiri 2, Jaksic 2, Sz. Jansik 2, Fountoulis 2, Kallay 1, Constantin-Bicari 1.
Tatabanya: Korban 2, Kereszturi 2, Vad 2, Garancsy 1, Kuncz 1, B. Toth 1.
Titleholder Ferencvaros found demolished Tatabanya (21:9). Even ten of Fradi’s players found the net. The top scorers were Aaron Younger, Bence Szabo and Gergo Zalnaki (three goals each).
Szolnok collected three points in a match against UVSE, but the former European champion secured the win in the last eight minutes. UVSE didn’t surrender easily. The sides were tied at 4:4 less than two minutes before the last break. Szolnok than found its play, scored five unanswered goals to earn a 9:4 lead and it was clear who would be the winner.
Miskolc, led by Ognjen Stojanovic, had no problems beating Szeged (16:8).
PVSK was the only visiting team that took points in on Day 3. The Pecs-based team visited Debrecen. Home team DVSE Debrecen opened the match with a 2:0 advantage. PVSK answered with 4 straight goals for 4:2. Debrecen managed to equalize early in the third quarter (6:6). After that, PVSK gained a new 2-goal advantage (8:6) which was decisive for the outcome.
1 Ferencvars 3 – 9
2 Miskolc 3 – 9
3 Szolnok 3 – 9
4 UVSE 3 – 3
5 PVSK 3 – 3
6 Debrecen 3 – 3
7 Szeged 3 – 0
8 Tatabanya 3 – 0
Group B
Eger-Kaposvar 17:6 (4:1, 5:1, 5:1, 3:3)
Eger: B. Baksa 3, Murisic 3, E. Csacsovszky 2, A. Decker 2, M. Magyar 2, S. Rasovic 2, Santavy 1, Santa 1, Kurti 1.
Kaposvar: J. Berta 2, B. Biros 2, Giga 1, Akszentijevic 1.
OSC-AVUS 19:7 (3:0, 6:2, 6:1, 4:4)
OSC: Ubovic 3, Ukropina 3, Erdelyi 2, K. Manhercz 2, Salamon 2, M. Toth 2, Seman 2, Gergo Kovacs 1, Balazs Szabo 1, Randjelovic 1.
AVUS: Sz. Szoke 2,P. Irmes 2, B. Ekler 1, Zs. Ekler 1, Jovanovic 1.
Honved-Szentes 7:6 (1:1, 2:2, 2:2, 2:1)
Honved: R. Simon 2, Szivos 1, Illes 1, A. Manhercz 1, Kardos 1, G. Toth 1.
Szentes: B. Somogyi 2, Voros 2, Kokai 1, Basara 1.
BVSC-Vasas 11:10 (4:2, 0:3, 5:4, 2:1)
BVSC: Csapo 3, Pasztor 3, Cs. Meszaros 2, Letay2, P. Sugar 1.
Vasas: B. Bobis 3, Bencz 2, Halek 1, Selley-Rauscher 1, Hegedus 1, B. Torok 1, Nikic 1.
OSC and Honved continued their winning streaks. OSC, playing without Andrija Prlainovic, beat AVUS easily (19:7), while Honved edged out Szentes.
The encounter between Szentes and Honved turned into a thriller. There were a lot of twists and turns, both teams were leading, but before the last period, nobody had an advantage. The score was 5:5. Honved took a new lead, by a goal from Roland Simon, but Voros equalized shortly after that. The winner was decided with a last-gasp goal. Alexander Kardos found the net 11 seconds from the end, for Honved’s 7:6 victory.
The Budapest-derby BVSC – Vasas also was a very balanced match, and the teams were tied (9:9) after the third period. BVSC earned an 11:9 advantage in the 29th minute. Vasas cut the deficit in the remaining time, but it couldn’t level the score, and BVSC celebrated a narrow 11:10 win.
1 OSC 3 – 9
2 Honved 3 – 9
3 Eger 3 – 7
4 BVSC 3 – 7
5 Szentes 3 – 1
6 Vasas 3 – 1
7 Avus 3 – 0
8 Kaposvar 3 – 0
