After the round of sixteen the Hungarian teams had shown mixed results in the two series that both went the max three games. For the first time in the EBYSL history Fehérvár lost in the first round of the playoffs with MAC Budapest advancing to the round of eight.
Fehérvár AV19-EC Villach SV
Game 1 Villach-Fehérvár 3-2
The Hungarian team snuck into the playoffs as the fourth seed and had to travel to Carinthia for game one. Head coach István Kóger gave Gergely Bors the start in game one, Volán jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period as Patrik Kiss scored in the second minute of the game for the early lead with Donát Szita finding the back of the net later in the period for a power play goal. Villach answered back with a power play goal and an even strength goal as the two teams headed into the final period all tied up at two. Villach managed to come back from two down and flip the score to be up 3-2. Fehérvár did not have an answer for the the third Villach goal.
Game 2 Fehérvár-Villach 3-2 OT
With this being a best of three series Fehérvár was in a must win situation for game two, head coach Kóger stuck with Bors between the pipes. After a scoreless first period Villach scored the first goal of the game in the second minute of the second period. Later in the period Zoltán Erdéi scored to tie the game up at 1-1. The two teams exchanged goals in the the third period with Villach scoring first, again Volán tied it up when Dániel Mazzag found the back of the net. In overtime Levente Lengyel stuffed a rebound in during the first minute of overtime to force a game three.
Game 3 Villach-Fehérvár 3-1
In the winner take all game three Fehérvár travelled to Villach, Gergely Bors got the start in net. Villach went up 1-0 in the early minutes of the game but the lead did not last long as Szilárd Hamvai tied it up. In the second period the home team took back the lead and just past the midway point of the game they opened up a two goal lead. Fehérvár ought back but were not able to get any closer. With a two games to one series win Villach advances to the semifinals
Fehérvár AV19 Forward Donát Szita: Villach had a big advantage with playing two games at home, they did not have to travel as much as us. Traveling six hours and getting off the bus and playing a game is not the best situation, they also had a team that was older than us. Villach is a good team that were just as talented as us, the series was decided on the small things. Of course I am disappointed, this has never happened since the EBYSL start that Fehéráv lost in the first round of the playoff.
MAC-Budapest-HC TWK Innsbruck
Game 1 MAC-Innsbruck 3-4
With MAC finishing at the top of their group at the end of the regular season they had home ice in the first round against Innsbruck, head coach Szabolcs Fodor gave Gergely Arany the start in net. MAC had a 2-1 lead after the first period. Dániel Pappa and Ákos Inglis put MAC up by two but Innsbruck scored before the period was out. In the second period Innsbruck flipped the score in a 19 second span as they scored twice to go up 3-2, later in the period they went up by two goals. Patrik Nagy scored just past the midway point of the game to come back within one. Innsbruck held on to the one goal lead through the rest of the second all of the third period.
Game 2 Innsbruck-MAC 5-2
For game two head coach Szabolcs Fodor gave Norbert Zaka the start in net for the must win game. Olivér Herner scored the only goal of the first period with Kristóf Schmál scoring one in the second to put MAC up 2-0 after sixty minutes. In the opening minute of the third period Innsbruck cut it to a one goal game, however MAC pulled away as Inglis, Árpád Németh and Papp all scored to go up 5-1, Innsbruck tacked on a second goal, but it was too late.
Game 3 MAC-Innsbruck 7-2
The series game down to the third and final game, Norbert Zaka was back in the net. MAC took a quick 2-0 lead on two goals by Ákos Inglis, Innsbruck made it 2-1 and tried to keep the game close but Dominik Berendi scored soon after the Innsbruck goal to make it 3-1 before the period was out Árpád Németh scored a shorthanded goal to make it 4-1 after the first. In the second period MAC took their foot off the gas, Inglish completed his hattrick and Dávid Jászai found the back of the net to make it 6-1. The two teams exchanged goals in the third with Péter Kőrösi scoring the 7th and final MAC goal.
MAC Budapest head coach Szabolcs Fodor: The two home games were very similar even though we lost the first one, we were over excited in the beginning of both games on the first game we were not able to get over it. We played almost a perfect game in Innsbruck and today we were overly excited at the start, maybe it was playing in front of a home crowd, but luckily we were able to calm down. We capitalized on the scoring chances and played solid in the back.