1977-78 Oberliga season

The 1977-78 Oberliga season was the fifthh season of the league as the third level of ice hockey in Germany. RSC Bremerhaven, EV Regensburg, and EHC Essen were promoted to the [[2nd Bundesliga].

Oberliga South

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	EV Regensburg	22	16	5	1	147:52	37:7
2.	Deggendorfer SC (N)	22	16	3	3	144:69	35:9
3.	Schwenninger ERC	22	15	2	5	145:76	32:12
4.	SG Moosburg	22	12	4	6	117:90	28:16
5.	EV Ravensburg	22	12	1	9	87:86	25:19
6.	VER Selb	22	10	3	9	108:118	23:21
7.	TEV Miesbach (A)	22	9	1	12	94:101	19:25
8.	TSV Peißenberg	22	6	3	13	81:116	15:29
9.	EHC Klostersee	22	7	1	14	78:117	15:29
10.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	22	5	2	15	81:122	12:32
11.	EHC Stuttgart	22	5	2	15	101:164	12:32
12.	ERC Sonthofen	22	5	1	16	68:140	11:33

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	EV Regensburg	32	24	6	2	198:79	54:10
2.	Deggendorfer SC	32	22	4	6	194:101	48:16
3.	Schwenninger ERC	32	22	2	8	208:114	46:18
4.	SG Moosburg	32	17	6	9	159:129	40:24
5.	EV Ravensburg	32	13	1	18	110:140	27:37
6.	VER Selb	32	11	3	18	134:183	25:39

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
7.	TEV Miesbach	32	17	1	14	153:134	35:29
8.	TSV Peißenberg	32	12	4	16	141:155	28:36
9.	EHC Stuttgart	32	10	5	17	154:206	25:39
10.	EHC Klostersee	32	11	1	20	130:163	23:41
11.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	32	8	3	21	122:179	19:45
12.	ERC Sonthofen	32	6	2	24	105:225	12:52

• DEC Frillensee Inzell and ERC Sonthofen were both set to be relegated to the Regionalliga. Due to the expansion of the 1. Bundesliga, Sonthofen remained in the Oberliga as a substitute squad, while Inzell was relegated.

Oberliga North

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	RSC Bremerhaven	22	20	2	0	249:63	42:2
2.	EHC Essen	22	19	2	1	231:65	40:4
3.	Herner EV	22	15	1	6	162:92	31:13
4.	EC Hannover	22	14	1	7	190:104	29:15
5.	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	22	13	1	8	104:66	27:17
6.	Hamburger SV	22	13	1	8	128:120	27:17
7.	Grefrather EC	22	9	0	13	110:124	18:26
8.	WSV Braunlage (N)	22	7	2	13	99:179	16:28
9.	Neusser SC	22	6	1	15	82:137	13:31
10.	Eintracht Frankfurt	22	5	1	16	88:162	11:33
11.	ERC Ludwigshafen (N)	22	3	0	19	50:214	6:38
12.	Berliner FC Preussen	22	1	2	19	66:233	4:40

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	RSC Bremerhaven	32	29	2	1	348:117	60:4
2.	EHC Essen	32	26	2	4	314:112	54:10
3.	EC Hannover	32	20	1	11	269:182	41:23
4.	Herner EV	32	19	1	12	221:176	39:25
5.	Hamburger SV	32	16	1	15	192:207	33:31
6.	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	32	14	1	17	145:141	29:35

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Grefrather EC	12	11	0	1	148:41	22:2
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	12	10	0	2	114:39	20:4
3.	WSV Braunlage	12	7	1	4	84:86	15:9
4.	GSV Moers	12	6	0	6	92:75	12:12
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen	12	3	0	9	54:93	6:18
6.	VERC Lauterbach	12	2	1	9	69:108	5:19
7.	ESC Wedemark	12	1	0	11	34:163	2:22

Promotion round to 2. Bundesliga

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

RSC Bremerhaven qualified automatically for the 2. Bundesliga. Regensburg lost in the promotion playoffs but was promoted along with Essen due to the expansion of the 1. Bundesliga.