1976-77 Oberliga season

The 1976-77 Oberliga season was the fourth season of the league as the third level of ice hockey in Germany. ERC Freiburg won the championship and was promoted to the [[2nd Bundesliga].

Oberliga South

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	ERC Freiburg	22	22	0	0	212:36	44:0
2.	TSV Peißenberg	22	14	3	5	138:77	31:13
3.	EV Regensburg	22	15	1	6	109:68	31:13
4.	Schwenninger ERC (N)	22	13	0	9	104:78	26:18
5.	EHC Stuttgart	22	13	0	9	112:110	26:18
6.	SG Moosburg	22	12	0	10	111:111	24:20
7.	ERC Sonthofen (N)	22	9	2	11	76:117	20:24
8.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	22	9	1	12	81:101	19:25
9.	EV Ravensburg	22	9	1	12	82:108	19:25
10.	EHC Klostersee	22	5	2	15	70:117	12:32
11.	VER Selb	22	4	1	17	62:134	9:35
12.	TuS Geretsried (N)	22	1	1	20	66:166	3:41

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	ERC Freiburg	32	32	0	0	304:61	64:0
2.	EV Regensburg	32	19	2	11	144:114	40:24
3.	TSV Peißenberg	32	17	5	10	183:147	39:25
4.	EHC Stuttgart	32	18	1	13	176:174	37:27
5.	Schwenninger ERC	32	15	1	16	150:140	31:33
6.	SG Moosburg	32	15	1	16	155:167	31:33

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
7.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	32	13	3	16	116:139	29:35
8.	ERC Sonthofen	32	13	2	17	115:159	28:36
9.	EHC Klostersee	32	12	3	17	131:165	27:37
10.	EV Ravensburg	32	12	3	17	129:154	27:37
11.	VER Selb	32	8	3	21	101:177	19:45
12.	TuS Geretsried	32	5	2	25	106:213	12:52

• TuS Geretsried was relegated to the Regionalliga.

Relegation game

VER Selb - Deggendorfer SC 6:6; 7:8

Oberliga North

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	EHC Essen	18	14	2	2	142:54	30:6
2.	RSC Bremerhaven	18	13	3	2	135:56	29:7
3.	Herner EV	18	12	3	3	106:50	27:9
4.	EC Hannover	18	9	4	5	75:75	22:14
5.	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	18	9	1	8	73:73	19:17
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	18	7	3	8	79:78	17:19
7.	Hamburger SV	18	5	0	13	92:140	10:26
8.	Grefrather EC	18	3	4	11	65:117	10:26
9.	Neusser SC (N)	18	4	1	13	68:114	9:27
10.	Berliner FC Preussen	18	2	3	13	52:120	7:29

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	EHC Essen	28	22	3	3	201:90	47:9
2.	RSC Bremerhaven	28	20	5	3	198:92	45:11
3.	Herner EV	28	19	4	5	160:83	42:14
4.	EC Hannover	28	12	4	12	106:122	28:28
5.	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	28	13	1	14	120:121	27:29
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	28	7	3	18	105:168	17:39

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Hamburger SV	14	12	1	1	157:63	25:3
2.	Neusser SC	14	12	0	2	140:47	24:4
3.	Berliner FC Preussen	13	8	2	3	86.61	18:8 *
4.	WSV Braunlage	14	7	2	5	91:82	16:12
5.	GSV Moers	14	5	2	7	75:95	12:16
6.	ERC Ludwigshafen	14	2	2	10	66:69	6:22
7.	VERC Lauterbach	13	2	1	10	47:125	5:21 *
8.	FASS Berlin	14	2	0	12	31:151	4:24

(*One game not contested.)

Promotion round to 2. Bundesliga

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	ERC Freiburg	6	5	0	1	51:20	10:2
2.	EHC Essen	6	3	0	3	40:31	6:6
3.	RSC Bremerhaven	6	2	1	3	30:37	5:7
4.	EV Regensburg	6	1	1	4	25:58	3:9