2nd Bundesliga

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2nd Bundesliga
ESBG.png
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1973
No. of teams 13
Country(ies) Flag of GermanyGermany
Ceased 2013
Last champion(s) Bietigheim Steelers
Official website Official ESBG website
Related competitions Deutsche Eishockey Liga
DEL2
Oberliga

The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga was the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany. It is was organized by the DEB, the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2012-13 season, it featured 13 teams.

The DEL2 replaced the 2nd Bundesliga as the second tier of German hockey prior to the 2013-14 season.

History of the 2nd Ice Hockey Bundesliga

The league was first introduced in the 1973-74 season as the second tier of German ice hockey, the level below the Ice hockey Bundesliga.

History up until 1994

  • From 1973-74 up until 1980-81 the league operated as the single-conference 2nd Bundesliga
  • In the 1981-82 season, it was divided into two conferences: 2nd Bundesliga Süd (southern division) and 2nd Bundesliga Nord (northern division)
  • For the 1982-83 season, it returned to a single-conference league due to a lack of clubs interestet in playing in the league
  • Starting from the 1983-84 season until 1991-92, it was divided into the 2nd Bundesliga Süd and Nord again, with the top four clubs from each league meeting the bottom two Bundesliga clubs for a promotion round for two places in the Bundesliga
  • In the seasons 1992-93 and 1993–94, the league operated as one single division again

From 1994

The large number of insolvencies of second division clubs in 1994 was the reason for the abolition of the 2nd Bundesliga and the introduction of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga with 18 teams, without promotion and relegation. A number of top clubs from the second division were admitted to the DEL.

Below the former 2nd Bundesliga, the Oberliga now became the highest league still under control of the DEB. The Oberliga was however renamed 1st Liga for the next couple of seasons, until returning to its old name.

From 1998

As the highest single-division for the DEB, a new league was formed in 1998, receiving the name "Bundesliga". The decision to name the new league "Bundesliga" led to conflicts between the Deutschen Eishockey-Bund and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, since the DEL was of the opinion that it owned the right to call itselve Bundesliga, being the highest league in the country. For this reason, the DEL logo also carries the name 1st Bundesliga in smaller letters below. Eventually, a compromise was reached, naming the new league 2nd Bundesliga instead.

From 1999

Since 1999, the league became the 2nd Bundesliga again, which is organized today by the Eishockeyspielbetriebsgesellschaft (ESBG). As in the DEL, the clubs must undergo a strict financial examination.

Despite this fact, some clubs still found themselves in financial difficulties throughout the season and had to withdraw, like the EC Bad Nauheim in the past. The Moskitos Essen and Eisbären Regensburg both declared insolvency on 15 April 2008, being unable to meet their debts. Both clubs were immediately relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga.[1] Due to the structure of the 2nd Bundesliga, where all teams playing are separate companies operated by the mother club, the insolvency of one of those does not mean the club itselve becomes insolvent.

In the 2008-09 season, the Tölzer Löwen had to declare insolvency and, despite coming second in the league, were relegated. Because the Füchse Duisburg had to return their DEL licence, the champion of the 2nd Bundesliga has the option of promotion to the DEL this season.

Promotion and relegation

In November 2007, the DEL has introduced promotion to the league once more. The teams placed 15th and 16th in the DEL will play a best-of-seven series to determined which club faces the 2nd Bundesliga champion for a place in the league. There is however an ongoing dispute about those games as second division clubs can only have five foreign players on contract and therefore face a handicap in comparison to the DEL clubs with currently twelve.[2] For now, the ESBG has declared that no club from the 2nd Bundesliga would take part in these matches and therefore no promotion/relegation with the DEL will take place.[3]

The two bottom teams in the 2nd Bundesliga are relegated to the Oberliga and the top-two Oberliga teams promoted to this league.[4]

League champions

Season Champion
1973-74 ESV Kaufbeuren
1974-75 EV Rosenheim
1975-76 Augsburger EV
1976-77 ESV Kaufbeuren
1977-78 Augsburger EV
1978-79 Duisburger SC
1979-80 ESV Kaufbeuren
1980-81 ERC Freiburg
Season South North Championship Round
1981-82 EHC 70 München Duisburger SC EHC Essen
Season Regular Season Promotion Round
1982-83 ERC Freiburg ERC Freiburg
Season South North Promotion round
1983-84 SV Bayreuth Preussen Berlin ECD Iserlohn *
1984-85 SV Bayreuth Preussen Berlin SC Riessersee *
1985-86 Augsburger EV Preussen Berlin Eintracht Frankfurt
1986-87 EHC Freiburg Preussen Berlin Preussen Berlin
1987-88 EHC Freiburg Krefelder EV Preussen Berlin *
1988-89 SV Bayreuth Krefelder EV EHC Freiburg *
1989-90 SV Bayreuth ECD Sauerland EV Landshut *
1990-91 EHC Nürnberg ECD Sauerland ESV Kaufbeuren *
1991-92 Augsburger EV EC Kassel Dynamo Berlin
  • * denotes Bundesliga club taking part in the promotion round
Season Regular Season Play-Offs
1992-93 Augsburger EV SB Rosenheim
1993-94 Augsburger EV Augsburger EV
1998-99 ESC Moskitos Essen ESC Moskitos Essen
1999–2000 Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorfer EG
2000-01 ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt
2001-02 ERC Ingolstadt REV Bremerhaven
2002-03 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen EHC Freiburg
2003-04 EHC Wolfsburg EHC Wolfsburg
2004-05 EHC Straubing EV Duisburg
2005-06 REV Bremerhaven EHC Straubing
2006-07 Kassel Huskies EHC Wolfsburg
2007-08 Kassel Huskies Kassel Huskies
2008-09 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen SC Bietigheim-Bissingen
2009-10 SERC Wild Wings EHC München
2010-11 Ravensburg Towerstars Ravensburg Towerstars
2011-12 Landshut Cannibals Landshut Cannibals
2012-13 Bietigheim Steelers Bietigheim Steelers

2nd Bundesliga standings

Club 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Düsseldorfer EG 3 1 DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
Iserlohn Roosters 6 6 DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
Ingolstadt Panther 13 2 1 1 DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
Straubing Tigers 10 9 8 3 1 5 DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
EHC Wolfsburg 6 7 1 DEL 8 2 DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
EHC München 11 6 9 2 2 DEL DEL DEL
SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 8 4 3 1 6 8 3 9 7 1 4 10 11 1
Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL 8 4 6 4 4 8 1 4 3 2
Landshut Cannibals DEL DEL 4 4 6 2 5 2 5 8 1 3
EV Ravensburg 11 4 3 1 7 4
Fischtown Pinguins 4 5 2 12 5 1 3 12 9 11 3 9 5
SB Rosenheim DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL 7 4 6
Heilbronner Falken 10 9 2 4 5 9 3 3 6 2 2 7
Lausitzer Füchse 15 12 9 8 14 7 13 13 13 6 8 13 6 8
ETC Crimmitschau 5 15 10 11 12 8 12 12 12 10 9
Dresdner Eislöwen 7 11 11 9 6 13 10
Hannover Indians 13 9 8 11
ESV Kaufbeuren 13 11 13 9 14 10 5 5 12
SC Riessersee 8 11 6 13 3 14 5 10 7 2 12 13
Freiburger Wölfe 5 3 8 10 6 DEL 9 10 7 14 11
Kassel Huskies DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL 1 1 DEL DEL
EV Duisburg 14 9 5 2 DEL DEL DEL DEL
Tölzer Löwen 9 4 3 7 11 12 12 12 13 1
Moskitos Essen 1 DEL DEL DEL 10 14 8 6 2
Eisbären Regensburg 12 10 7 3 4 7 10 2
EV Landsberg 10 14
1. EV Weiden 13 14
Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 2 5 11 11 2 2 2
EC Wilhelmshaven 10 7 2
Erding Jets 11 12
Hamburg Crocodiles 14 7 3
EHC Harz-Braunlage 7 13
Grefrather EV 16 14
EHC Neuwied 12 15
GEC Nordhorn 4 16
Colour Result
Gold Champion
Silver Finalist
Green Semi finalist
Blue Quarter finalst
Purple Preliminary round
White not qualified for play-offs
DEL denotes club played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (I)
  • 1 The Tölzer Löwen finished second in the regular season but due to having to declare insolvency they were relegated to the last place in the standings.
  • 2 Team withdrew from the league because of financial reasons.
  • 3 The Hamburg Crocodiles withdrew to the Oberliga after the 1999-2000 season.
  • 4 Formerly the REV Bremerhaven.

See also

References

  1. "Nach Regensburg muss auch Essen Insolvenz anmelden (in German)". ESBG. 2008-04-15. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. http://www.esbg.de/. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
  2. "DEL: Neuer Modus mit Auf- und Abstieg (in German)". Hockeyweb.de. 21 November 2007. http://www.hockeyweb.de/artikel.php?a=32407. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
  3. "DEL: Kein Auf- und Abstieg (in German)". kicker.de. 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/startseite/artikel/376298. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
  4. "DURCHFÜHRUNGSBESTIMMUNGEN SENIOREN (in German)" (PDF). ESBG. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080410222229/http://www.esbg.de/Durchfuehrungsbestimmungen.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 

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