Me (and my friends) playing basketball:

In Budapest:

Nokia has a basketball club in Budapest. Our (extremely amateur) team is playing in the Cégliga series. We received a bronze medal in Spring 2001 and finished 4th in Autumn 2001

In Helsinki:

Although I moved back to Hungary at the end of 1999, the Nokia (NRC) team in Helsinki continues to play in the TEA series. My leave has obviously strengthened them as their results improved: they finished 5th in the 2000-01 season. Perhaps one day they will make it to the Final Four!

More talented Hungarians playing basketball:

The girls in Pécs:

At the moment MiZo Pécs seem to be the best women team in Hungary based on their records. They are the Hungarian Champions. They have also been rather successful in international competitions recently: they have reached the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroLeage for four consecutive years and made it to the Final Four in 2000/2001: unfortunately they lost their semifinal match against the subsequent winner and they finished 3rd. Maybe this year...

The girls in Sopron:

EuroLeasing Orsi Sopron is the other team representing Hungary in FIBA EuroLeage: they have also been regular participants of the quarterfinal for four years. Still, they are somewhat behind Pécs and they are probably not very happy about it: they want to be the best. The Sopron-Pécs rivalry adds special spice to the Hungarian women basketball scene but I think both teams (and we all) benefit from this special competition. Sopron also won Ronchetti Cup in 1998.

Legionaries:

• DÁVID Kornél
• GULYÁS Róbert
• NAGY Andrea

Further links

• MKOSz
• NBA
• FIBA
• Telebasket