1995-96 German 2. Liga season

The 1995-96 German 2. Liga season was the second season of the 2. Liga as the new third-tier German hockey league. Limburger EG won the championship.

2. Liga North

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Limburger EG	28	22	3	3	196:105	+91	47:9
2.	Grefrather EV	28	19	3	6	200:102	+98	41:15
3.	Königsborner EC (N)	28	19	1	8	166:112	+54	39:17
4.	Adendorfer EC (N)	28	18	3	7	177:132	+45	39:17
5.	REV Bremerhaven	28	17	4	7	162:110	+52	38:18
6.	Hamburger SV	28	11	6	11	167:172	-5	28:28
7.	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	12	2	14	142:149	-7	26:30
8.	Krefelder EV II	28	10	4	14	102:104	-2	24:32
9.	VERC Lauterbach	28	9	2	17	127:183	-56	20:36
10.	Herforder EC	28	6	3	19	113:203	-90	15:41
11.	EHC Zweibrücken	28	3	6	19	92:165	-73	12:44
12.	EC Lünen 89 (N)	28	3	1	24	108:215	-107	7:49

Qualification round

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Braunlager EHC/Harz	16	13	1	2	167:67	+100	27:5
2.	Gelsenkirchener EC	16	12	2	2	150:54	+96	26:6
3.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	16	11	1	4	111:72	+39	23:9
4.	Herforder EC	16	10	1	5	110:83	+27	21:11
5.	EC Lünen 89	16	5	2	9	83:117	-34	12:20
6.	EHC Zweibrücken	16	5	0	11	67:103	-36	10:22
7.	Hennefer EC	16	5	0	11	67:132	-65	10:22
8.	EJ Dorsten	16	3	3	10	57:113	-56	9:23
9.	Dinslakener EV	16	2	2	12	67:133	-66	6:26

Play-offs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1.	Braunlager EC/Harz	35
	8.	EJ Dorsten	5
						1.	Braunlager EC/Harz	15
						3.	Berliner SC	5
	3.	Berliner SC	9
	6.	EHC Zweibrücken	8
											1.	Braunlager EC/Harz	12
											2.	Gelsenkirchener EC	12
	2.	Gelsenkircher EC	27
	7.	Hennefer EC	3
						2.	Gelsenkirchener EC	15
						4.	Herforder EC	6
	4.	Herforder EC	10
	5.	EC Lünen 89	7

Quarterfinals

			Series	1	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	EJ Dorsten	35:5	23:0	12:5
Gelsenkirchen EC	–	Hennefer EC	27:3	6:1	21:2
Berliner SC	–	EHC Zweibrücken	9:8	8:4	1:4
Herforder EC	–	EC Lünen 89	10:7	6:2	4:5

Semifinals

			Series	1	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	Berliner SC	15:5	6:2	9:3
Gelsenkirchen EC	–	Herforder EC	15:6	10:5	5:1

Finale

			Series	1	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	Gelsenkirchener EC	12:121	8:9	4:3

¹Braunlage won after penalty shootout.

Placing round

			Series	1	2
EJ Dorsten	–	EHC Zweibrücken	8:9	4:8	4:1
Hennefer EC	–	EC Lünen 89	7:10	2:6	5:4

3rd place

			Series	1	2
Herforder EC	–	Berliner SC	9:21	4:7	5:14

5th place

			Series	1	2
EHC Zweibrücken	–	EC Lünen 89	8:10	6:9	2:1

7th place

			Serie	1	2
Hennefer EC	–	EJ Dorsten	Dorsten withdrew

2. Liga South

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERC Ingolstadt	30	22	5	3	164:86	+78	49:11
2.	EV Ravensburg	30	22	0	8	203:126	+77	44:16
3.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	30	19	3	8	198:110	+88	41:19
4.	EV Regensburg	30	18	4	8	162:113	+49	40:20
5.	EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm	30	19	2	9	179:121	+58	40:20
6.	ERSC Amberg	30	16	4	10	153:108	+45	36:24
7.	EC Stuttgart	30	13	6	11	148:120	+28	32:28
8.	EHC Bad Reichenhall	30	14	4	12	137:143	-6	32:28
9.	EV Pfronten	30	14	3	13	137:129	+8	31:29
10.	ERC Sonthofen	30	12	7	11	146:130	+16	31:29
11.	ESV Königsbrunn	30	14	2	14	127:156	-29	30:30
12.	EA Schongau	30	9	5	16	114:180	-66	23:37
13.	ESG Wernau/Esslingen (N)	30	8	6	16	110:163	-53	22:38
14.	ERV Schweinfurt	30	5	4	21	97:186	-89	14:46
15.	EHC Waldkraiburg	30	4	1	25	113:191	-78	5:51
16.	ERC Haßfurt Sharks (N)	30	3	0	27	110:236	-126	6:54

Relegation round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERV Schweinfurt	15	9	2	4	90-61	+29	20:10
2.	ESG Wernau/Esslingen	15	9	0	6	69-66	+3	18:12
3.	ESV Königsbrunn	15	8	1	6	68-63	+5	17:13
4.	EHC Waldkraiburg	15	6	2	7	64-60	+4	14:16
5.	EA Schongau	15	5	2	8	57-64	-7	12:18
6.	ERC Haßfurt Sharks	15	4	1	10	63-97	-36	9:21

EA Schongau declined to participate in a relegation game against Schwenninger ERC II and was thus relegated directly.

Final

			Series	1	2
Limburger EG	–	ERC Ingolstadt	8:5	2:2	6:3