Ferencvaros defeated Honved for the second time in the 2026 Hungarian League final, and now it needs only one victory to defend the title.
In the first game, Honved kept up with Ferencvaros for almost three quarters, but the second match produced a completely different storyline. Ferencvaros dominated from the beginning and recorded a 20:12 victory.
With less than two minutes into the game Ferencvaros, the visiting team, led 2:0. Midway through the first period, the visitors extended the lead to three goals at 4:1. Late in the opening quarter, the margin grew to six goals (8:2).
Playing excellently both in the attack and in the defense, Ferencvaros built an 9-goal advantage already in the 13th minute (12:3). By the end of the first half, Honved reduced the gap to 4:12. In the third and fourth periods, the visiting team’s defense did not maintain a high level, but its offense was effective, and its lead never fell below six goals.
Dusan Mandic, Stylianos Argyropoulos, and Vendel Vigvari led Ferencvaros with three goals each. Nikola Moskov from Honved was the game’s best scorer with four goals.
BVSC beat Szolnok 19:17 in the 2nd match of the 3rd-place playoffs, taking a 2:0 lead, while Vasas secured 5th place.
2026 Hungarian League, playoffs
Final (best of five), Game 2
Honved – Ferencvaros 12:20 (3:8, 1:4, 4:3, 4:5) – the score in the series 0:2
Honved: Moskov 4, Ekler 3, Vickovic 2, Kevi 1, Bencz 1, Hargitai 1.
Ferencvaros: Vigvari 3, Argyropoulos 3, Mandic 3, Vamos 2, Varga 2, Jansik 2, Manhercz 2, Fekete 2, Nagy 1.
3rd-place playoffs (best of five), Game 2
Szolnok – BVSC 17:19 (5:5, 4:6, 3:3, 5:5) – the score in the series 0:2
5th-place playoffs (best of five), Games 3 and 4
Vasas – Szeged 14:7 (1:3, 4:2, 2:1, 7:1)
Szeged – Vasas 12:13 (4:3, 2:4, 3:2, 3:4) – the final score in the series 1:3
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