2001-02 2nd Bundesliga season

The 2001-02 2nd Bundesliga season was contested by 14 teams and won by REV Bremerhaven.

Regular season

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERC Ingolstadt	52	34	6	4	8	165: 94	+71	118
2.	REV Bremerhaven	52	26	7	5	14	181:137	+44	97
3.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	52	25	6	7	14	207:178	+29	94
4.	Heilbronner EC	52	27	4	3	18	189:177	+12	92
5.	ETC Crimmitschau (N)	52	24	7	4	17	166:149	+17	90
6.	EHC Wolfsburg (N)	52	23	6	6	17	166:136	+30	87
7.	Tölzer Löwen	52	23	6	4	19	184:159	+25	85
8.	Lausitzer Füchse	52	22	4	7	19	166:147	+19	81
9.	EHC Straubing	52	21	5	8	18	162:177	-15	81
10.	EHC Freiburg	52	17	5	4	26	151:159	-8	65
11.	EC Bad Nauheim	52	14	4	7	27	160:213	-53	57
12.	Eisbären Regensburg (N)	52	15	3	5	29	136:192	-56	56
13.	SC Riessersee	52	12	3	4	33	160:219	-59	46
14.	EV Duisburg (N)	52	7	8	6	31	141:197	-56	43

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
ERC Ingolstadt	–	EHC Freiburg	3:0	6:4	1:0	5:1	–	–
ERC Ingolstadt	–	Lausitzer Füchse	3:0	3:2	4:1	6:0	–	–
REV Bremerhaven	–	Tölzer Löwen	3:0	3:0	2:1	2:0	–	–
SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	–	EHC Wolfsburg	3:2	3:1	2:1 SO	1:4	1:9	5:2
Heilbronner EC	–	ETC Crimmitschau	3:0	5:2	2:1 SO	3:2 SO	–	–

Semifinals

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
ERC Ingolstadt	–	Heilbronner EC	3:1	2:3	4:3	4:3 OT	2:0	–
REV Bremerhaven	–	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	3:0	4:3 SO	6:5 OT	5:2	–	–

Final

			Series	1	2	3	4	5
ERC Ingolstadt	–	REV Bremerhaven	1:3	4:0	1:2 SO	2:3 SO	2:3 SO	–

REV Bremerhaven was not promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga due to financial difficulties and an area that did not meet the DEL requirements. Ingolstadt was promoted after having their application accepted.

Relegation round

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	EHC Straubing	62	24	5	8	25	188:222	-34	90
2.	EHC Freiburg	62	21	7	5	29	190:185	+5	82
3.	EC Bad Nauheim	62	20	4	5	33	207:247	-40	73
4.	SC Riessersee	62	18	6	7	31	174:240	-66	73
5.	Eisbären Regensburg (N)	62	19	3	6	34	163:229	-66	69
6.	EV Duisburg (N)	62	9	8	8	37	170:246	-76	51