2023 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)

2023 BENU Magyar Kupa
Tournament details
Country	Hungary
City	Budapest
Venue(s)	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium
Dates	2–3 September 2023
Teams	14
Defending champions	FTC-Telekom
Final positions
Champions	FTC-Telekom (23rd title)
Runner-up	A-Híd VasasPlaket
Semifinalists	Genesys OSC-Újbuda; Endo Plus Service-Honvéd;
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Strahinja Rašović (18 goals)
	← 2022 2024 → Sponsored name, referring to BENU.

The 2023 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) is the 97th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup water polo competition. The title holders were FTC-Telekom by winning the 2022 Magyar Kupa Final.

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Format

The matches were played on a 25 × 20 m pool.

Round		Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round (tier)
Qualification round		18	12 → 6	12	Országos Bajnokság I (1st): 12 teams
Quarter-finals		4	8 → 4	2	Országos Bajnokság I (1st): 2 teams
Final four	Semi-finals	2	4 → 2	none	none
Final four	Final	1	2 → 1	none	none

Teams

Tier	League	No	Teams
1	OB I	14	Ferencváros, OSC, Honvéd, Vasas, BVSC, Szolnok, Eger, Miskolc, Szeged, UVSE, PVSK, Kaposvár, Szentes, KSI

Schedule

The rounds of the 2023 competition are scheduled as follows:^[1]

Round	Matches
Qualification round	18–19 August 2023
Quarterfinals	25 and 27 August 2023
Final four	2–3 September 2023

Qualification round

The qualification round ties were scheduled for 18–19 August 2023.

Group A

Tournament was played at Városi Fürdő, Kaposvár.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HON	KAP	UVS	MIS
1	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	3	3	0	0	45	23	+22	9	Quarterfinals	—	13–5	13–11	—
2	Kaposvár (H)	3	2	0	1	34	37	−3	6	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	14–13
3	UVSE	3	0	1	2	32	38	−6	1		—	11–15	—	10–10
4	PannErgy-MVLC Miskolc	3	0	1	2	30	43	−13	1		7–19	—	—	—

Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federaration
(H) Hosts

Group B

Tournament was played at Bitskey Aladár Uszoda, Eger.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BVS	EGE	SZG	KSI
1	BVSC-Zugló	3	3	0	50	21	+29	9	Quarterfinals	—	—	16–6	21–7
2	Tigra-ZF-Eger (H)	3	2	1	32	33	−1	6	Quarterfinals	8–13	—	—	—
3	Szeged	3	1	2	40	37	+3	3		—	10–11	—	24–10
4	KSI SE	3	0	3	27	58	−31	0		—	10–13	—	—

Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federaration
(H) Hosts

Group C

Tournament was played at Dr. Rébeli-Szabó József Sportuszoda, Szentes.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAS	SZO	SZN	PVS
1	A-Híd VasasPlaket	3	3	0	39	25	+14	9	Quarterfinals	—	—	12–6	14–8
2	Szolnoki Dózsa-Praktiker	3	2	1	38	31	+7	6	Quarterfinals	11–13	—	—	—
3	Metalcom Szentes (H)	3	1	2	31	38	−7	3		—	9–11	—	—
4	PVSK-Mecsek Füszért	3	0	3	32	46	−14	0		—	9–16	15–16	—

Source: Hungarian Water Polo Federaration
(H) Hosts

Quarterfinals

The quarter-final matches were played on 25 and 27 August 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	30–19	Tigra-ZF-Eger	17–7	13–12
A-Híd VasasPlaket	44–20	Kaposvár	21–11	23–9
Genesys OSC-Újbuda	27–20	Szolnoki Dózsa-Praktiker	9–9	18–11
FTC-Telekom	39–25	BVSC-Zugló	24–16	15–9

Final four

The final four was held on 2–3 September 2023 at the Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium in Budapest.^[2]

Semifinals		Final

2 September, 17:30

A-Híd VasasPlaket	14
		3 September, 18:30
Genesys OSC-Újbuda	13
		A-Híd VasasPlaket	6
2 September, 19:00
		FTC-Telekom	11
Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	6

FTC-Telekom	9

Semifinals

2 September 2023 (2023-09-02) 17:30	Report	A-Híd VasasPlaket	14–13	Genesys OSC-Újbuda	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 1,800^[3] Referees: Csanádi, Kollár
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 0–1, 5–6, 5–3
		Rašović 4	Goals	Baksa 4

2 September 2023 (2023-09-02) 19:00	Report	Endo Plus Service-Honvéd	6–9	FTC-Telekom	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 2,200^[3] Referees: Petik, Rubos
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–3, 0–1
		Zs. Ekler 3	Goals	three players 2

Final

3 September 2023 (2023-09-03) 18:30	Report	A-Híd VasasPlaket	6–11	FTC-Telekom	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 2,500^[4] Referees: Kovács Cs., Kun
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 0–4, 3–3
		Dedović 2	Goals	three players 2