1978-79 Oberliga season

The 1978-79 Oberliga season was the sixth season of the league as the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Deggendorfer SC won the championship and was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga along with Schwenninger ERC and Herner EV.

Oberliga South

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Deggendorfer SC	22	21	0	1	200:63	137	42:2
2.	Schwenninger ERC	22	19	0	3	156:47	109	38:6
3.	TEV Miesbach	22	13	2	7	146:109	37	28:16
4.	SG Moosburg	22	12	2	8	121:126	-5	26:18
5.	EHC Klostersee	22	11	3	8	126:103	23	25:19
6.	EV Ravensburg	22	11	2	9	117:107	10	24:20
7.	VER Selb	22	11	2	9	132:101	31	24:20
8.	TSV Peißenberg	22	6	4	12	81:143	-62	16:28
9.	EHC Stuttgart	22	5	3	14	77:129	-52	13:31
10.	TuS Geretsried (N)	22	4	2	16	78:126	-48	10:34
11.	EV Bad Wörishofen (N)	22	4	1	17	65:123	-58	9:35
12.	ERC Sonthofen	22	4	1	17	82:204	-122	9:35

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Deggendorfer SC	10	9	1	0	98:32	66	19:1
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	6	1	3	49:31	18	13:7
3.	EHC Klostersee	10	5	1	4	52:58	-6	11:9
4.	EV Ravensburg	10	4	2	4	43:52	-9	10:10
5.	SG Moosburg	10	2	0	8	32:60	-28	4:16
6.	TEV Miesbach	32	1	1	8	35:76	-41	3:17

Qualification round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
7.	VER Selb	10	8	0	2	59:37	22	16:4
8.	TuS Geretsried	10	5	1	4	54:37	17	11:9
9.	EV Bad Wörishofen	10	5	1	4	48:40	8	11:9
10.	EHC Stuttgart	10	5	0	5	31:47	-16	10:10
11.	TSV Peißenberg	10	5	0	5	46:37	9	10:10
12.	ERC Sonthofen	10	1	0	9	41:81	-40	2:18

TSV Peißenberg and ERC Sonthofen were set to be relegated to the Regionalliga. As the Oberliga South was increased to 16 teams for next season, TSV Peißenberg remained in the league.

Oberliga North

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	EC Hannover	14	12	2	0	135:36	99	26:2
2.	Herner EV	14	11	0	3	109:43	66	22:6
3.	Westfalen Dortmund	14	10	0	4	99:69	30	20:8
4.	Hamburger SV	14	7	1	6	95:61	34	15:13
5.	Grefrather EC	14	7	1	6	80:77	3	15:13
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	14	5	0	9	56:108	-52	10:18
7.	GSV Moers (N)	14	2	0	12	65:136	-71	4:24
8.	WSV Braunlage	14	0	0	14	32:147	-115	0:28

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Herner EV	20	15	3	2	167:53	114	33:7
2.	EC Hannover	20	14	1	5	160:92	68	29:11
3.	Hamburger SV	20	9	4	7	115:91	24	22:18
4.	Westfalen Dortmund	20	8	1	11	103:124	-21	17:23
5.	Grefrather EC	20	8	1	11	92:140	-48	17:23
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	1	0	19	77:214	-137	2:38

Qualifiication round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	EHC Krefeld 78	16	16	0	0	179:30	149	32:0
2.	GSV Moers	16	12	1	3	148:71	77	25:7
3.	Neusser SC	16	9	3	4	103:87	16	21:11
4.	WSV Braunlage	16	10	1	5	109:83	26	21:11
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen	15	7	0	8	106:69	37	14:16
6.	BFC Preussen	16	5	1	10	72:84	-12	11:21
7.	VERC Lauterbach	15	5	0	10	79:111	-32	10:20
8.	FASS Berlin	16	2	0	14	53:138	-85	4:28
9.	SC Condor Hamburg	14	1	0	13	31:207	-176	2:26

Promotion round to 2. Bundesliga

	Club	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Deggendorfer SC	10	9	0	1	76:39	37	18:2
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	8	0	2	73:28	45	16:4
3.	Herner EV	10	5	0	5	53:53	0	10:10
4.	EC Hannover	10	4	1	5	58:77	-19	9:11
5.	EHC Klostersee	10	2	1	7	48:67	-19	5:15
6.	Hamburger SV	10	0	2	8	27:71	-44	2:18

Deggendorf and Schwenninger earned promotion, as did Herner as a substitute team.