2nd German Volleyball Bundesliga 1979/80 (men)
The 1979/80 season of the 2nd men's volleyball division was the sixth edition of this competition.
2nd Bundesliga North
Dürener TV became champions and promoted to the 1st Bundesliga . The runner-up TVK Wattenscheid also rose. VfL Bochum and TuS Iserlohn had to relegate.
Teams
This season the following ten teams played in the men's 2nd Bundesliga North:
- VdS Berlin
 - VfL Bochum
 - Düren TV
 - MTV Grone
 - Hamburger SV
 - TuS Iserlohn
 - MTV Mariendorf
 - USC Munster
 - YMCA victories
 - TVK Wattenscheid
 
Hamburger SV and CVJM Siegen were relegated from the 1st Bundesliga. VdS Berlin (north) and TVK Wattenscheid (west) rose from the regional league.
table
| society | Games | Points | sentences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Düren | 18th | 28: 8 | 48:25 | 
| 2. | Wattenscheid (N) | 18th | 24:12 | 42:32 | 
| 3. | Muenster | 18th | 22:14 | 40:27 | 
| 4th | Hamburg (A) | 18th | 22:14 | 40:30 | 
| 5. | Mariendorf | 18th | 18:18 | 34:37 | 
| 6th | VdS Berlin (N) | 18th | 14:22 | 34:43 | 
| 7th | Grone | 18th | 14:22 | 27:38 | 
| 8th. | Wins (A) | 18th | 14:22 | 27:42 | 
| 9. | Bochum | 18th | 12:24 | 32:39 | 
| 10. | Iserlohn | 18th | 12:24 | 29:40 | 
| Status: final table | ||||
| Promoted to the Bundesliga | |
| Relegated to the regional league | |
| (A) | Relegated from the 1st Bundesliga | 
| (N) | Promoted from the regional league | 
2nd Bundesliga South
Orplid Frankfurt became champion and promoted to the 1st Bundesliga . The runner-up TV Passau also rose. TuS Griesheim and TSG Reutlingen had to relegate.
Teams
This season the following ten teams played in the men's 2nd Bundesliga North:
- Orplid Darmstadt
 - Orplid Frankfurt
 - USC Freiburg
 - SC Freising
 - TuS Griesheim
 - TV Hülzweiler
 - TV Passau
 - TSG Reutlingen
 - DJK Schwäbisch Gmünd
 - 1. VC Wiesbaden
 
There were no relegated players from the 1st Bundesliga. Orplid Frankfurt (Southwest) and TV Passau (South) rose from the Regionalliga.
table
| society | Games | Points | sentences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frankfurt (N) | 18th | 34: 2 | 52:13 | 
| 2. | Passau (N) | 18th | 28: 8 | 49:23 | 
| 3. | Hülzweiler | 18th | 24:12 | 42:26 | 
| 4th | Wiesbaden | 18th | 20:16 | 40:26 | 
| 5. | Freising | 18th | 20:16 | 36:34 | 
| 6th | Darmstadt | 18th | 16:20 | 35:37 | 
| 7th | Freiburg | 18th | 16:20 | 28:35 | 
| 8th. | Schwäbisch Gmünd | 18th | 14:22 | 26:39 | 
| 9. | Griesheim | 18th | 8:28 | 22:46 | 
| 10. | Reutlingen | 18th | 0:36 | 3:54 | 
| Status: final table | ||||
| Promoted to the Bundesliga | |
| Relegated to the regional league | |
| (N) | Promoted from the regional league | 
literature
- German volleyball magazine