2019–20 DEL2 season
| League | DEL2 |
| Sport | Ice Hockey |
| Duration | 13 September 2019 – 10 March 2020 |
| Number of games | 364 (52 per team) |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| TV partner(s) | Sprade TV eoTV |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Löwen Frankfurt |
| Top scorer | Dylan Wruck (Falken) |
| Relegated to Oberliga | No relegation (relegation play-offs cancelled) |
| Playoffs | |
| Finals champions | No champion (play-offs cancelled) |
| DEL2 seasons | |
← 2018–19
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The 2019–20 DEL2 season was the seventh season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The season began on 13 September 2019 and prematurely ended on 10 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19]). Löwen Frankfurt was named winner of the regular season, but no season champion was declared with the championship play-offs called off. In addition, the relegation play-offs were also cancelled so the league decided there would be no relegation for the season.[1]
Modus
Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season. EV Landshut was promoted from Germany's third division, Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format. Teams placed seven to ten advanced to the championship playoff qualifiers, which followed a best of three format. The bottom four teams enter the relegation playoffs. The two losing teams from round 1 face off in the relegation final with the losing team being relegated to Oberliga.[2]
The DEL2 champion does not automatically get promoted to DEL. In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.[3] In 2018, the two leagues signed a new agreement to reintroduce an automatic promotion and relegation system to start in 2020–21.[4]
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Löwen Frankfurt | 52 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 195 | 155 | +40 | 95 | 2020 DEL2 Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | EC Kassel Huskies | 52 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 191 | 147 | +44 | 92 | |
| 3 | Wölfe Freiburg | 52 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 162 | 143 | +19 | 92 | |
| 4 | Heilbronner Falken | 52 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 209 | 186 | +23 | 84 | |
| 5 | Tölzer Löwen | 52 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 176 | 166 | +10 | 81 | |
| 6 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 52 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 171 | 155 | +16 | 80 | |
| 7 | EC Bad Nauheim | 52 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 141 | 164 | −23 | 76 | 2020 DEL2 Championship Playoff
Qualifiers |
| 8 | Bietigheim Steelers | 52 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 147 | 163 | −16 | 74 | |
| 9 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 52 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 169 | 187 | −18 | 74 | |
| 10 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 52 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 188 | 208 | −20 | 74 | |
| 11 | Lausitzer Füchse | 52 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 168 | 179 | −11 | 73 | 2020 DEL2 Relegation Playoffs |
| 12 | Bayreuth Tigers | 52 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 183 | 183 | 0 | 70 | |
| 13 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 52 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 153 | 194 | −41 | 65 | |
| 14 | EV Landshut | 52 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 160 | 183 | −23 | 62 |
Playoffs
Due to the early cancellation of the season, the championship and relegation play-offs were called off without being played. DEL2 decided no team would be relegated and no team would be named champion.[1]
Championship
The championship playoffs reference:[5]
| Pre-Playoffs | Finals | |||||||
| 7 | EC Bad Nauheim | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 2 | ||||||
| 8 | Bietigheim Steelers | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 2 | ||||||
Note: All numbers represent series results, not a match score
- Dresdner Eislowen - Bad Nauheim 5:4, 8:3
- Kaufbeuren - Bietigheim 4:3, 3:2
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "DEL2 Beendet Saison Vorzeitig" (in German). https://www.del-2.org/nachrichten/del2/5081-del2_beendet_saison_vorzeitig/. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Spielmodus Saison 2018/2019" (in German). www.del-2.org. https://www.del-2.org/spielmodus/. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ↑ "DEL: Rückkehr zu Auf- und Abstieg? Fahrplan steht!" (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 8 September 2015. http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/startseite/634670/artikel_del_rueckkehr-zu-auf--und-abstieg-fahrplan-steht.html.
- ↑ Diamond, James (2018-07-30). "Top German ice hockey leagues reach agreement to reintroduce promotion and relegation". Inside the Games. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068135/top-german-ice-hockey-leagues-reach-agreement-to-reintroduce-promotion-and-relegation. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ↑ "DEL2 | Statistik | Spielpläne - Archiv der DEL2". https://www.del-2.org/liga/archiv/121/spielplan/. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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