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	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERC Ingolstadt	52	165: 94	+71	118
2.	REV Bremerhaven	52	181:137	+44	97
3.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	52	207:178	+29	94
4.	Heilbronner EC	52	189:177	+12	92
5.	ETC Crimmitschau (N)	52	166:149	+17	90
6.	EHC Wolfsburg (N)	52	166:136	+30	87
7.	Tölzer Löwen	52	184:159	+25	85
8.	Lausitzer Füchse	52	166:147	+19	81
9.	EHC Straubing	52	162:177	-15	81
10.	EHC Freiburg	52	151:159	-8	65
11.	EC Bad Nauheim	52	160:213	-53	57
12.	Eisbären Regensburg (N)	52	136:192	-56	56
13.	SC Riessersee	52	160:219	-59	46
14.	EV Duisburg (N)	52	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	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	EHC Straubing	62	188:222	-34	90
2.	EHC Freiburg	62	190:185	+5	82
3.	EC Bad Nauheim	62	207:247	-40	73
4.	SC Riessersee	62	174:240	-66	73
5.	Eisbären Regensburg (N)	62	163:229	-66	69
6.	EV Duisburg (N)	62	170:246	-76	51