2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 1999/2000

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Master:	Düsseldorfer EG
Newcomers:	Düsseldorfer EG , Iserlohn Roosters (license purchase)
Relegated:	Grefrather EV , EHC Neuwied , GEC Nordhorn (all games stopped during the season), Braunlager EHC / Harz
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The 1999/2000 season was the second season of the new, second-highest German division and the first to be played under the name of the 2nd Bundesliga . In contrast to the previous season , in which the league was still played under the name of the Bundesliga , this season the division was given the "old" name of the 2nd Bundesliga again by agreement between the German Ice Hockey League and the German Ice Hockey Association . 16 teams took part in the game.

requirements

Bad Nauheim Bad Tölz Bietigheim-Bissingen Braunlage Dusseldorf Freiburg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Grefrath Hamburg Heilbronn Ingolstadt Iserlohn Neuwied Nordhorn White water Wilhelmshaven

Locations of the clubs in the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey league for the 1999/00 season

Attendees

EC Bad Nauheim EC Bad Toelz SC Bietigheim-Bissingen Braunlager EHC / Harz Düsseldorfer EG EHC Freiburg SC Riessersee Grefrather EV Crocodiles Hamburg Heilbronn EC ERC Ingolstadt Iserlohner EC EHC Neuwied GEC Nordhorn ES white water EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen

Of the participants of the previous season, the champion ESC Moskitos Essen rose to the DEL and the Erding Jets in the qualifying round to the ice hockey league 1999/2000 . The play-off participants in the final table EC Bad Nauheim , Düsseldorfer EG , GEC Nordhorn , EHC Freiburg , Iserlohner EC , Braunlager EHC / Harz and SC Riessersee were directly qualified. The teams ERC Ingolstadt , Tölzer Löwen , Grefrather EV , EHC Neuwied , Heilbronner EC , ES Weißwasser , SC Bietigheim-Bissingen , EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen and GEC Nordhorn qualified for the league via the qualifying round of the previous season. The Crocodiles Hamburg remained in the league due to the rise of the Essen mosquitoes and the waiver of the teams ETC Crimmitschau and Erding Jets , which were better placed in the qualifying round of the previous season.

mode

As a mode it was agreed that after the preliminary round, the teams in places 1 to 12 play a placement round with the points taken. Originally, the other teams with the top division should first play a placement round and then take part in the promotion playoff there. After the GEC Nordhorn first had to file for bankruptcy in November 1999 and the EHC Neuwied in January 2000 and the Grefrather EV finally ceased its gaming operations, all that remained was the Braunlager EHC / Harz , which continued to play in the placement round of the Oberliga Süd .

After the placement round, the eight best teams of this round took part in the championship play-offs, while the season ended prematurely for the participants in 9th to 12th place.

In the play-off final, the Düsseldorfer EG prevailed against the ERC Ingolstadt and applied for re-entry into the German Ice Hockey League , which was granted by the DEL. Then the team of the Crocodiles Hamburg tried unsuccessfully to acquire the DEL license from Starbulls Rosenheim , which was outstanding for sale , which then succeeded the Iserlohner EC .

Preliminary round

Closing table

Pl.	society	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Points
1.	EHC Freiburg	28	17th	5	1	5	137: 90	62
2.	ERC Ingolstadt	28	17th	4th	2	5	123: 76	61
3.	Düsseldorfer EG	28	17th	2	2	7th	109: 76	57
4th	EHC Neuwied	28	16	3	3	6th	106: 80	57
5.	Heilbronn EC	28	13	2	2	11	94:82	45
6th	Crocodiles Hamburg	28	12	3	3	10	90:81	45
7th	EC Bad Nauheim	28	11	4th	3	10	108: 88	44
8th.	Tölzer lions	28	13	1	2	12	110: 101	43
9.	SC Riessersee	28	10	3	3	12	96:98	39
10.	ES white water	28	9	3	5	11	104: 112	38
11.	Iserlohner EC	28	10	3	1	14th	106: 97	37
12.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen (N)	28	10	1	4th	13	110: 113	36
13.	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen (N)	28	9	2	2	15th	86:90	33
14th	Braunlager EHC / Harz	28	5	4th	6th	13	115: 118	29
15th	Grefrather EV	28	1	0	1	26th	58: 250	4th
	GEC Nordhorn

Explanations:     = placement round,     = relegation     = game operations stopped

The teams from Nordhorn, later also Neuwied and Grefrath, withdrew from the championship due to financial problems. Since only the Braunlager EHC / Harz did not reach the play-offs, there was neither a relegation round nor play-down games.

Placement round

Closing table

Pl.	society	Games	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Points
1.	Düsseldorfer EG	50	31	3	2	14th	180: 132	101
2.	ERC Ingolstadt	50	28	4th	5	13	204: 137	97
3.	EHC Freiburg	50	26th	8th	1	15th	221: 169	95
4th	Tölzer lions	50	25th	3	3	19th	190: 155	84
5.	EC Bad Nauheim	50	22nd	5	5	18th	184: 156	84
6th	Iserlohner EC	50	24	3	2	21st	189: 160	80
7th	Crocodiles Hamburg	50	20th	6th	4th	20th	164: 145	76
8th.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	50	21st	4th	5	20th	190: 183	76
9.	Heilbronn EC	50	19th	4th	5	22nd	160: 168	70
10.	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	50	19th	3	3	25th	144: 154	66
11.	SC Riessersee	50	18th	3	4th	25th	162: 180	61
12.	ES white water	50	11	3	7th	29	169: 249	46

Abbreviations: Sp = games
Explanations:     = play-offs,     = season ended.

Play-offs

All play-off rounds, with the exception of the game for third place, were played in the " Best of Five " mode.

Quarter finals

The games took place on March 28th, 31st and April 2nd, 2000.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Düsseldorfer EG	-	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	3-0	3: 1	4: 2	6: 2	-	-
ERC Ingolstadt	-	Crocodiles Hamburg	3-0	2: 1 a.d.	4: 3 n.p.	4: 1	-	-
EHC Freiburg	-	Iserlohner EC	3-0	5: 3	4: 3 a.d.	8: 4	-	-
Tölzer lions	-	EC Bad Nauheim	0: 3	3: 4 a.d.	4: 5	1: 2	-	-

Semifinals

The games took place on April 9, 11, 14, 16 and 18, 2000.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Düsseldorfer EG	-	EC Bad Nauheim	3: 1	4: 2	1: 2	9: 1	4: 3	-
ERC Ingolstadt	-	EHC Freiburg	3: 2	5: 2	1: 5	8: 4	4: 5 a.d.	2: 1 a.d.

3rd place match

The games took place on April 20 and 22, 2000.

			series	1	2
EC Bad Nauheim	-	EHC Freiburg	1: 1	2: 3	6: 3

final

The games took place on April 20, 22, 25, 28 and 30, 2000.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Düsseldorfer EG	-	ERC Ingolstadt	3: 2	3: 6	4: 2	4: 1	1: 3	5: 1

Web links

• All results and tables of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 1999/2000 at hockey-db.de
• 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 1999/2000 at hockeyarchives.info (French)