Rugby Bundesliga

Rugby Bundesliga

sport	Rugby union
Association	German Rugby Association
League foundation	1971
Teams	16
Country countries	Germany
Title holder	SC Frankfurt 1880
Record champions	Heidelberg RK (10 titles)

The rugby Bundesliga is the top division in German rugby union sport. It was introduced on September 18, 1971 under the auspices of the German Rugby Association .

The league is mainly run by amateurs. However, some teams play in a professional setting.

The 1st Bundesliga is divided into two seasons (north / east and south / west) with a total of 16 teams.

Directly below the 1st Bundesliga is the 2nd Bundesliga with four seasons (north, east, south and west) for a total of 32 teams.

history

Beginnings

On September 18, 1971, the first game day of the two-part First Bundesliga was played, which consisted of a North relay with six and a South relay with ten teams. At the same time, the German championship held since 1909 in modern league operations was continued.

• The North relay started with the clubs SV Odin Hannover , SV 08 Ricklingen , DSV 1878 Hannover and TSV Victoria Linden (all from Hannover ), SC Siemensstadt (Berlin) and FC Sankt Pauli (Hamburg).
• The season south began with the clubs SC Neuenheim , RG Heidelberg , Heidelberger RK , Heidelberger TV , TSV Handschuhsheim (all from Heidelberg ), RC Hürth , Bonner SC , ASV Cologne (all from the greater Cologne area ), SC 1880 Frankfurt and SG Eintracht Frankfurt .

A few years later, both squadrons consisted of eight clubs each, of which all the remaining clubs in the north season came from Hanover after the relegation of SC Siemensstadt (1974) and FC Sankt Pauli (1975). Sometimes one could therefore hear the derogatory word "Tram League". In addition, five out of eight clubs in the South season came from Heidelberg. This enormously one-sided distribution of German clubs in the First Bundesliga, which was caused by regionally bundled traditions in rugby , was only partially reversed towards the end of the 1970s when clubs from other cities were added by Hamburger SV (1978) and Berliner RC (1980) bumped.

Restructuring after the turnaround

After the political upheavals at the end of the 1980s, the accession of the state associations Brandenburg and Saxony and the associated clubs from the GDR , there was a new division into the seasons north / east and south / west, as well as temporarily a single-track game operation with eight clubs . In the mid-1990s, two groups of six clubs each played in the North / East and South / West seasons. The top three winners then played a round of six, the first in the table made it to the finals to win the title of German champions .

From the 2001/02 season, the first Bundesliga was played again on a single track with ten clubs. The two last and first places from the second division were able to move up and down. The four leading clubs entered the play-off phase at the end of the season , in which they played for the German championship.

In the 2012/13 season, the first Bundesliga underwent another fundamental reform. Together with the Second Bundesliga, it was divided into four regional seasons (north, west, south and east) with six clubs each, which played for entry into a nationwide play-off phase. Main article: Rugby league system in Germany . Reasons for the reform were, among other things, significantly lower travel costs for the participating clubs and a more exciting game operation, which in recent years has only been dominated by very few clubs from the strongholds of German rugby.

Current situation

Berlin RC RK 03 Berlin FC St. Pauli Hamburger RC Hannover 78 SC Germania List TSV Victoria Linden Heidelberg RK RG Heidelberg SC Neuenheim TSV Handschuhsheim RC Leipzig RC Luxembourg RK Heusenstamm SC Frankfurt 1880 TV Pforzheim

Teams of the 1st Rugby Bundesliga 2015/16

Since the 2015/16 season, the team has been playing on two tracks again with a north / east relay and a south / west relay of eight teams each. After the main round, the first of the two seasons play the semi-finals against the second of the other season. The winners of the semi-finals contest the final of the German championship.

Sub-levels

There has been a 2nd Bundesliga since the 1990s, which shortly after the fall of the Wall was initially divided into four seasons (North A and B and South A and B), but later on into the two seasons, North and South, with initially six each the 2001/02 season was increased to seven and from the 2002/03 season to eight teams each. From the 2012/13 season, the second Bundesliga was again divided into four seasons (north, west, south and east).

Below the 2nd Bundesliga are the Regionalliga Nord, the Regionalliga Nordost, the Regionalliga NRW, the Regionalliga Hessen, the Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg and the Regionalliga Bayern. A fourth division are the association leagues.

statistics

Status: 2019

Masters and Finalists

rank	society	Championships	Final participation
01	Heidelberg RK	11	16
02	TSV Victoria Linden	8th	15th
03	DRC Hanover	7th	9
04th	DSV 78 Hanover	6th	10
05	RG Heidelberg	4th	12
06th	SC Neuenheim	3	7th
07th	SC 1880 Frankfurt	3	6th
08th	SC Germania List	3	3
09	TV Pforzheim	1	4th
10	SV 08 Ricklingen	1	3
11	FV 1897 Linden	1	2
12	Heidelberg TV	0	3
12	TSV Handschuhsheim	0	3
14th	Berlin RC	0	1

Championship Finals

season	master	Vice Master	Result
1971/72	TSV Victoria Linden	SC Neuenheim	17:16
1972/73	Heidelberg RK	SV 08 Ricklingen	3-0
1973/74	SV 08 Ricklingen	Heidelberg TV	15: 9
1974/75	TSV Victoria Linden	Heidelberg RK	12: 4
1975/76	Heidelberg RK	TSV Victoria Linden	35-0
1976/77	SC Germania List	Heidelberg RK	16: 9
1977/78	FV 1897 Linden	TSV Handschuhsheim	24:16
1978/79	SC Germania List	Heidelberg TV	9-0
1979/80	RG Heidelberg	FV 1897 Linden	16:10
1980/81	SC Germania List	Heidelberg RK	28:19
1981/82	DSV 78 Hanover	RG Heidelberg	15: 6
1982/83	DSV 78 Hanover	RG Heidelberg	16:12
1983/84	DSV 78 Hanover	TSV Victoria Linden	27: 6
1984/85	DSV 78 Hanover	RG Heidelberg	24: 9
1985/86	Heidelberg RK	DSV 1878 Hanover	15: 9
1986/87	TSV Victoria Linden	DSV 1878 Hanover	24: 0
1987/88	DRC Hanover	DSV 1878 Hanover	12: 9
1988/89	TSV Victoria Linden	Berlin RC	20: 6
1989/90	DSV 78 Hanover	SC Neuenheim	31: 4
1990/91	DSV 78 Hanover	TSV Victoria Linden	6: 3
1991/92	TSV Victoria Linden	SV 08 Ricklingen	59: 3
1992/93	TSV Victoria Linden	DSV 1878 Hanover	18:14
1993/94	TSV Victoria Linden	Heidelberg TV	15: 3
1994/95	SC Neuenheim	TSV Victoria Linden	14:13
1995/96	TSV Victoria Linden	RG Heidelberg	9: 8
1996/97	RG Heidelberg	TSV Victoria Linden	15:13
1997/98	DRC Hanover	TSV Victoria Linden	25:20
1998/99	DRC Hanover	RG Heidelberg	24:10 / 11:22
1999/2000	DRC Hanover	TSV Victoria Linden	45:12 / 34: 3
2000/01	DRC Hanover	SC Neuenheim	28:16 / 8:13
2001/02	DRC Hanover	RG Heidelberg	no endgame
2002/03	SC Neuenheim	DRC Hanover	18: 9
2003/04	SC Neuenheim	DRC Hanover	23:18
2004/05	DRC Hanover	TSV Handschuhsheim	21: 9
2005/06	RG Heidelberg	SC Neuenheim	13: 9
2006/07	RG Heidelberg	SC 1880 Frankfurt	23:15
2007/08	SC 1880 Frankfurt	RG Heidelberg	28:13
2008/09	SC 1880 Frankfurt	Heidelberg RK	11: 8
2009/10	Heidelberg RK	SC 1880 Frankfurt	39:22
2010/11	Heidelberg RK	SC 1880 Frankfurt	12: 9
2011/12	Heidelberg RK	TV Pforzheim	20:16
2012/13	Heidelberg RK	SC Neuenheim	41:10
2013/14	Heidelberg RK	TV Pforzheim	43:20
2014/15	Heidelberg RK	TV Pforzheim	53:27
2015/16	TV Pforzheim	Heidelberg RK	41:36
2016/17	Heidelberg RK	TV Pforzheim	39:35
2017/18	Heidelberg RK	RG Heidelberg	47:12
2018/19	SC 1880 Frankfurt	TSV Handschuhsheim	22:12

Others

• The RG Heidelberg is the only association that continuously consulted the First Bundesliga since its founding.
• Bundesliga record champions are the Heidelberg RK with eleven titles.
• It is remarkable that TSV Victoria Linden has won a total of 20 German championship titles since it was founded.
• It is also noteworthy that until 2005 at least one club from Hanover was in the final, never again after that (as of early 2020).

See also

• Rugby Union in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rugby-verband.de/rugby-bundesliga-startet-am-wochenende-in-ihre-45-saison/
2. ↑ 1st Rugby Bundesliga 1st Rugby Bundesliga, accessed on December 25, 2008
3. ↑ 1st Rugby Bundesliga 1st Rugby Bundesliga, accessed on December 25, 2008
4. ^ Rugby Archives - Final Round Spring 2001 Rugby Archives - Final Round Spring 2001, accessed December 25, 2008
5. ^ Rugby Archives - Rugby Schedules - 2001/2002 Rugby Archives - Rugby Schedules - 2001/2002, accessed December 25, 2008
6. ^ Rugby Schedules - 2002/2003 Rugby Schedules - 2002/2003, accessed December 25, 2008
7. ^ Rugby Schedules - 2003/2004 Rugby Schedules - 2003/2004, accessed December 25, 2008
8. ↑ Rugby Schedules - Archive 2004/2005 Rugby Schedules - Archive 2004/2005, accessed on December 25, 2008
9. ↑ Rugby Schedules - Archive 2005/2006 Rugby Schedules - Archive 2005/2006, accessed on December 25, 2008
10. ^ Rugby Schedules - Archive 2006/2007 Rugby Schedules - Archive 2006/2007, accessed December 25, 2008
11. ^ Rugby Schedules - Archive 2007/2008 Rugby Schedules - Archive 2007/2008, accessed December 25, 2008
12. ↑ Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga 2008-09 ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 26, 2008 
13. ^ Rugby: TV Pforzheim champions for the first time - sport.de. In: www.sport.de. Retrieved May 9, 2016 .