2. Handball Bundesliga 2009/10
The second handball league launched in previous years, also in the 2009/10 season with a North and a Südstaffel. In the 2009/2010 season only 35 clubs competed in the 2nd handball league. Therefore, the number of relegated teams is reduced from five to four and the relegation of the third-last was omitted.
The HSG Nordhorn-Lingen were relegated from the 1st Bundesliga after bankruptcy as well as the Stralsund HV and TUSEM Essen as the last place. Nordhorn-Lingen played in the north season, Essen in the south season. The Stralsund HV received no license for the 2nd division. The TSG Münster and SG Wallau formed from 2009/10, the HSG FrankfurtRheinMain .
SV Anhalt Bernburg (16th, loser of the relegation) and Leichlinger TV (17th) were already relegated from the 2nd division to the Regionalliga . However, at the request of the two clubs, the Presidium of the Handball Bundesliga decided that they would be eligible to play in the 2nd Handball Bundesliga in the 2009/10 season. The so-called standard strength (18 clubs per league) would have been significantly undercut in the two 2nd leagues: The athletically qualified SG Wallau and HR Ortenau had not submitted a license application or forfeited their qualification due to insolvency.
North season
North season locations |
Venues
society | Hall | capacity |
---|---|---|
Ahlener SG | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 1306 |
TSV Altenholz | Edgar Meschkat Hall | 1200 |
VfL Bad Schwartau | Hansehalle | 2232 |
SV Anhalt Bernburg | Bruno Hinz Sports Hall | 1000 |
Dessau-Roßlauer AGM 06 | Anhalt Arena | 3200 |
VfL Edewecht | Sports hall school center | 1200 |
TV Emsdetten | Emshalle | 2200 |
ASV Hamm | MaxiparkArena | 2600 |
HSV Hannover | Soccio Center | 1400 |
Eintracht Hildesheim | Sparkassen-Arena | 3000 |
SC Magdeburg II | Hermann Gieseler sports hall | 1500 |
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | Euregium | 4100 |
1. VfL Potsdam | Gym | 500 |
HC Up Rostock | Scandlines Arena | 1200 |
SV Post Schwerin | Sports and congress hall | 5184 |
HSG Varel | Manfred Schmidt Sports Hall | 1200 |
Wilhelmshaven HV | Nordfrost Arena | 2433 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ASV Hamm | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1006: | 827+ | 17957: | 7
2. | TV Emsdetten | 32 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1019: | 877+ | 14254:10 |
3. | SV Post Schwerin | 32 | 21st | 3 | 8th | 979: 901 | + 78 | 45: 19 |
4th | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen (A) | 32 | 19th | 3 | 10 | 978: 926 | + 52 | 41:23 |
5. | HC Up Rostock | 32 | 18th | 1 | 13 | 970: 935 | + 35 | 37: 27 |
6th | VfL Bad Schwartau | 32 | 15th | 5 | 12 | 1042: 1030 | + 12 | 35:29 |
7th | Ahlener SG | 32 | 15th | 3 | 14th | 931: 909 | + 22 | 33:31 |
8th. | 1. VfL Potsdam (N) | 32 | 15th | 2 | 15th | 934: 941 | - 7th | 32:32 |
9. | Eintracht Hildesheim | 32 | 14th | 3 | 15th | 908: 925 | - 17th | 31:33 |
10. | HSG Varel | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 900: 898 | + 2 | 29:35 |
11. | Dessau-Roßlauer HV | 32 | 11 | 7th | 14th | 858: 938 | - 40 | 29:35 |
12. | HSV Hannover | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 887: 927 | - 40 | 27:37 |
13. | SC Magdeburg II | 32 | 9 | 6th | 17th | 887: 895 | - 8 | 24:40 |
14th | Wilhelmshaven HV | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21st | 901: 965 | - 64 | 20:44 |
15th | TSV Altenholz | 32 | 10 | 0 | 22nd | 899: 996 | - 97 | 20:44 |
16. | VfL Edewecht (N) | 32 | 7th | 5 | 20th | 879: 973 | - 94 | 19:45 |
17th | SV Anhalt Bernburg | 32 | 4th | 3 | 25th | 836: 991 | - | 15511:53 |
decisions
Promoted to the 1st Bundesliga | |
Participation in the relegation games to the 1st Bundesliga | |
Relegated to the 3rd leagues | |
(N) | Promoted last season |
---|---|
(A) | Relegated last season |
Newcomers to the 1st Bundesliga: ASV Hamm forms a syndicate with Ahlener SG and will appear as HSG Ahlen-Hamm from the coming season.
Relegated from the 1st Bundesliga : GWD Minden
Relegated to the 3rd leagues: HSV Hannover and SV Anhalt Bernburg are not applying for a license for the 2010/11 season (for financial reasons) and Ahlener SG (because of the merger with ASV Hamm, will compete as HSG Ahlen-Hamm II) .
Newcomers from the regional leagues : HC Aschersleben (RL North), Füchse Berlin II (RL Northeast)
Crosstab
The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.
2009/10 | Ahl | Han | Ber | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 26 : 33 | 28 : 29 | 31 : 32 | 33: 32 | 32: 31 | 38: 33 | 32: 23 | 33: 33 | 30 : 31 | 31: 30 | 32: 28 | 30: 26 | 27 : 32 | 35: 25 | 37: 30 | 39: 30 | |
ASV Hamm | 28: 25 | 31: 28 | 33 : 37 | 32: 25 | 33: 26 | 40: 27 | 31: 28 | 29: 24 | 23: 18 | 31: 23 | 32: 27 | 32: 27 | 39: 23 | 28: 21 | 33: 26 | 40: 21 | |
Ahlener SG | 27 : 30 | 24 : 29 | 31 : 34 | 24: 21 | 30: 27 | 32: 30 | 28 : 30 | 37: 34 | 30 : 31 | 27: 20 | 29: 25 | 26 : 27 | 36: 31 | 25: 20 | 34: 27 | 31:31 | |
TV Emsdetten | 33: 26 | 28 : 29 | 34: 33 | 27: 23 | 34: 22 | 41: 29 | 29: 26 | 32: 30 | 40: 33 | 33: 32 | 28 : 30 | 35: 31 | 38: 23 | 38: 22 | 27: 22 | 35: 23 | |
HSG Varel | 23 : 28 | 25 : 37 | 30: 27 | 27 : 29 | 22 : 28 | 29 : 31 | 34: 27 | 30: 28 | 32:32 | 36: 25 | 24:24 | 33: 31 | 33: 25 | 31: 24 | 23 : 28 | 28: 25 | |
Wilhelmshaven HV | 26: 26 | 25 : 28 | 24 : 28 | 31 : 34 | 28 : 29 | 33 : 37 | 32 : 33 | 25 : 30 | 26: 23 | 29:29 | 32 : 33 | 30: 27 | 32: 31 | 28: 26 | 24 : 26 | 31: 26 | |
VfL Bad Schwartau | 28:28 | 35 : 37 | 33: 29 | 35: 34 | 36: 33 | 32 : 37 | 31:31 | 33: 28 | 29: 28 | 30: 26 | 25:25 | 33 : 34 | 32: 23 | 43: 35 | 35: 33 | 40: 31 | |
Eintracht Hildesheim | 25 : 29 | 27 : 32 | 23:23 | 21 : 25 | 32: 24 | 31: 27 | 31 : 33 | 28 : 31 | 29: 21 | 27: 27 | 34: 33 | 28: 21 | 32: 26 | 26: 25 | 27: 25 | 34: 31 | |
SV Post Schwerin | 31: 23 | 27: 27 | 32: 24 | 25 : 29 | 22: 21 | 32: 25 | 34: 31 | 36: 28 | 25: 24 | 42: 32 | 33: 30 | 27: 23 | 31: 25 | 32: 20 | 32: 30 | 39: 30 | |
SC Magdeburg II | 33: 27 | 30:30 | 26 : 27 | 22 : 30 | 24 : 28 | 30 : 34 | 32:32 | 30: 25 | 33: 30 | 22:22 | 37: 22 | 22:22 | 32: 28 | 40: 27 | 29 : 30 | 32 : 33 | |
Dessau-Roßlauer HV | 29 : 30 | 23 : 31 | 31: 29 | 22 : 28 | 26: 24 | 33: 26 | 34: 31 | 34: 25 | 27 : 35 | 30: 27 | 29:29 | 27 : 42 | 37: 34 | 30:30 | 25: 20 | 31: 23 | |
HSV Hannover | 26 : 29 | 18 : 28 | 30:30 | 27: 26 | 29 : 36 | 28: 23 | 36: 30 | 23 : 28 | 29 : 33 | 22: 19 | 28:28 | 33: 29 | 25 : 27 | 30 : 31 | 29 : 30 | 31: 30 | |
HC Up Rostock | 28: 26 | 32: 30 | 40: 31 | 24 : 27 | 37: 32 | 33: 22 | 33: 31 | 26 : 30 | 40: 28 | 29: 24 | 32: 26 | 28: 26 | 36: 35 | 30: 23 | 32: 28 | 34: 32 | |
TSV Altenholz | 32 : 42 | 28 : 33 | 28: 26 | 29: 26 | 21 : 29 | 38: 30 | 33: 32 | 27 : 31 | 22 : 28 | 23: 22 | 28 : 31 | 29 : 31 | 29 : 32 | 32 : 33 | 22: 20 | 24 : 25 | |
SV Anhalt Bernburg | 24 : 31 | 21 : 30 | 21 : 36 | 26 : 28 | 25 : 31 | 27 : 30 | 34 : 38 | 39: 34 | 28:28 | 23 : 31 | 23 : 28 | 24 : 28 | 32: 27 | 26 : 28 | 29 : 34 | 25:25 | |
1. VfL Potsdam | 31 : 32 | 28:28 | 29 : 33 | 33 : 35 | 27: 25 | 32: 26 | 33: 33 | 31: 29 | 30 : 35 | 34: 26 | 23: 22 | 26: 22 | 30: 29 | 41: 34 | 33: 31 | 34: 28 | |
VfL Edewecht | 24 : 32 | 24 : 29 | 22 : 28 | 26 : 33 | 27: 27 | 32: 28 | 25 : 34 | 29: 25 | 23 : 24 | 23:23 | 29:29 | 28 : 30 | 37: 28 | 28 : 29 | 23: 16 | 35: 30 |
statistics
Total 272 games
Number of home wins 152 (55.88%), draws 27 (9.93%), away wins 93 (34.19%)
Total |
|
List of goalscorers
space | nation | player | team | Goals / 7 m | Games | Quota |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Maik Machulla | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 245/ | 8032 | 7.7 | |
2. | Ingo Heinze | SV Post Schwerin | 243/ | 6231 | 7.8 | |
3. | Jörn Wolterink | VfL Edewecht | 243/ | 9132 | 7.6 | |
4th | Dennis Tretow | VfL Bad Schwartau | 215/ | 5732 | 6.7 | |
5. | Jan Schult | VfL Bad Schwartau | 214/ 0 | 29 | 7.4 | |
6th | Danny Anclais | SV Post Schwerin | 205/ | 1332 | 6.4 | |
7th | Michael Jahns | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 199/ | 1932 | 6.2 | |
8th. | Marcus Hock | ASV Hamm | 197/ | 7330th | 6.6 | |
9. | Sasa Todosijevic | HC Up Rostock | 183/ | 6231 | 5.9 | |
10. | Lars Melzer | 1. VfL Potsdam | 181/ | 6032 | 5.7 |
Season south
South season locations |
Venues
society | Hall | capacity |
---|---|---|
EHV Aue | Erzgebirgshalle Lößnitz | 2,250 |
Bergischer HC | Bayer Sports Hall Wuppertal | 2,500 |
SG BBM Bietigheim | Sports hall on the viaduct | 1,300 |
TV Bittenfeld |
Porsche-Arena community hall Bittenfeld |
? |
HSC 2000 Coburg | Triple sports hall Anger | 1.166 |
1. SV Concordia Delitzsch | Culture and sports center | 1,050 |
ThSV Eisenach | Werner Assmann Hall | 3,140 |
HC Erlangen | Karl-Heinz-Hiersemann-Halle | 1,800 |
TUSEM food | Sportpark Am Hallo | 3,800 |
HSG FrankfurtRheinMain |
Ball sports hall Frankfurt Kreissporthalle Kriftel |
5,002 1,200 |
TSG Friesenheim | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | 2,500 |
TSG Groß-Bieberau | Large sports hall in Gr.-Bieberau | 1,100 |
TV 05/07 Hüttenberg | Sports center Hüttenberg | 1,650 |
TV Korschenbroich | Forest sports hall | 1,150 |
Leichlinger TV | Sports hall at the hammer | ? |
TV 1893 Neuhausen | Hofbühlhalle | ? |
TUSPO Obernburg | Sparkassen-Arena | ? |
HG Saarlouis | Halle am Stadtgarten | 1,800 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | TSG Friesenheim | 34 | 26th | 1 | 7th | 1083: | 956+ | 12753:15 |
2. | Bergischer HC 06 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8th | 1030: | 927+ | 10349: 19 |
3. | TV Bittenfeld | 34 | 21st | 4th | 9 | 1038: | 938+ | 10046:22 |
4th | TV 05/07 Hüttenberg | 34 | 21st | 4th | 9 | 996: 951 | + 45 | 46:22 |
5. | 1. SV Concordia Delitzsch | 34 | 21st | 3 | 10 | 996: 948 | + 48 | 45:23 |
6th | SG BBM Bietigheim | 34 | 17th | 4th | 13 | 1055: 1020 | + 35 | 38:30 |
7th | HC Erlangen | 34 | 17th | 4th | 13 | 936: 928 | + 8 | 38:30 |
8th. | TV 1893 Neuhausen (N) | 34 | 17th | 3 | 14th | 1023: | 984+ 39 | 37: 31 |
9. | TV Korschenbroich (N) | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1081: 1052 | + 29 | 34:34 |
10. | ThSV Eisenach | 34 | 15th | 2 | 17th | 976: 963 | + 13 | 32:36 |
11. | HSG FrankfurtRheinMain | 34 | 14th | 3 | 17th | 1014: 1040 | - 26th | 31: 37 |
12. | HG Saarlouis (N) | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18th | 1112: 1145 | - 33 | 29:39 |
13. | EHV Aue | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18th | 915: 969 | - 54 | 29:39 |
14th | TSG Groß-Bieberau | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20th | 943: 1027 | - 84 | 25:43 |
15th | TUSEM food (A) | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22nd | 985: 1014 | - 29 | 22:46 |
16. | TUSPO Obernburg | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22nd | 949: 1064 | - | 11521:47 |
17th | HSC 2000 Coburg | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 922: 1012 | - 90 | 20:48 |
18th | Leichlinger TV | 34 | 7th | 3 | 24 | 1005: 1121 | - | 11617:51 |
decisions
Promoted to the 1st Bundesliga | |
Participation in the relegation games to the 1st Bundesliga | |
Relegated to the 3rd leagues | |
(N) | Promoted last season |
---|---|
(A) | Relegated last season |
Relegated to the 1st Bundesliga: TSG Friesenheim
Relegated from the 1st Bundesliga : HSG Düsseldorf
Relegated to the 3rd leagues: Leichlinger TV
promoted from the regional leagues : OSC 04 Rheinhausen (RL West), TV Gross-Umstadt (RL Southwest), SG H2Ku Herrenberg (RL South)
Crosstab
The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.
2009/10 | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TUSEM food | 29 : 32 | 23:23 | 30: 25 | 36: 31 | 29 : 36 | 22 : 33 | 27 : 28 | 30 : 32 | 28: 22 | 22 : 26 | 29: 28 | 32: 20 | 32: 26 | 33: 25 | 34: 29 | 34:34 | 35: 31 | |
TSG Friesenheim | 38: 35 | 30 : 31 | 29: 25 | 27: 24 | 35: 27 | 28:28 | 33: 26 | 35: 26 | 37: 24 | 31: 29 | 35: 27 | 30: 28 | 35: 34 | 35: 31 | 39: 28 | 31: 27 | 35: 27 | |
Bergischer HC | 24: 22 | 30: 29 | 32: 28 | 33: 29 | 29: 22 | 35 : 43 | 33: 24 | 31: 21 | 29:29 | 32: 22 | 31: 22 | 41: 29 | 38: 31 | 36: 25 | 29: 26 | 39: 30 | 34: 26 | |
SG BBM Bietigheim | 36: 34 | 23 : 32 | 27 : 30 | 33: 26 | 33: 28 | 29 : 30 | 33: 22 | 28: 26 | 33:33 | 37: 29 | 22 : 26 | 33: 29 | 41: 32 | 35:35 | 35 : 36 | 34: 30 | 38: 32 | |
ThSV Eisenach | 34: 29 | 33: 29 | 30 : 34 | 27 : 30 | 30:30 | 25: 24 | 37: 17 | 27: 24 | 30 : 32 | 25 : 28 | 24 : 27 | 30: 29 | 27 : 29 | 28: 27 | 37: 30 | 28: 23 | 36: 28 | |
TV Hüttenberg | 29: 27 | 32 : 33 | 30: 23 | 28: 26 | 27 : 29 | 31: 28 | 34: 25 | 27: 26 | 27: 24 | 30: 25 | 34: 30 | 28: 26 | 31: 22 | 31: 22 | 28: 27 | 37: 27 | 29:29 | |
TV Bittenfeld | 34: 25 | 31: 25 | 22:22 | 27:27 | 32: 31 | 26 : 27 | 30: 28 | 29: 25 | 32: 28 | 41: 25 | 28: 24 | 36: 30 | 33: 23 | 35: 26 | 22: 21 | 33: 25 | 34:34 | |
TSG Groß-Bieberau | 36: 30 | 27 : 30 | 26 : 31 | 23 : 26 | 27: 23 | 26:26 | 27 : 34 | 28 : 32 | 35: 27 | 31: 25 | 29:29 | 33: 24 | 28: 23 | 38: 33 | 31 : 43 | 22 : 28 | 37: 31 | |
1. SV Concordia Delitzsch | 32: 25 | 25 : 32 | 36: 24 | 33: 30 | 31:31 | 37: 29 | 27: 23 | 29: 24 | 30: 28 | 34:34 | 30: 26 | 38: 30 | 24: 22 | 31: 26 | 32: 26 | 26:26 | 34: 31 | |
EHV Aue | 32: 28 | 18 : 22 | 28: 22 | 27 : 33 | 23 : 25 | 25: 20 | 28: 27 | 25: 24 | 21 : 25 | 25 : 32 | 22 : 29 | 28: 27 | 24 : 25 | 27 : 32 | 30: 27 | 28: 26 | 33: 31 | |
HSG FrankfurtRheinMain | 32: 28 | 33: 27 | 22 : 30 | 39: 33 | 28 : 29 | 27 : 30 | 33 : 34 | 36: 27 | 32 : 35 | 35: 27 | 23 : 25 | 31: 24 | 33: 26 | 31 : 36 | 35:35 | 26 : 29 | 37: 36 | |
HC Erlangen | 26: 25 | 41: 30 | 24 : 27 | 26:26 | 25: 24 | 26 : 27 | 32: 28 | 25: 19 | 21 : 24 | 22 : 27 | 25:25 | 22: 18 | 29: 20 | 32: 24 | 27: 24 | 35: 27 | 33: 28 | |
HSC 2000 Coburg | 31: 26 | 23 : 36 | 27: 25 | 28 : 35 | 26: 24 | 25 : 27 | 27: 26 | 32:32 | 29: 20 | 25 : 27 | 30 : 32 | 23 : 24 | 28: 27 | 30: 27 | 27 : 28 | 27 : 37 | 32:32 | |
TUSPO Obernburg | 22 : 27 | 20 : 32 | 19 : 27 | 26 : 27 | 26 : 35 | 28 : 34 | 32: 30 | 31: 29 | 27: 26 | 29:29 | 29 : 35 | 27:27 | 22 : 24 | 34: 32 | 30 : 35 | 34: 31 | 37: 34 | |
Leichlinger TV | 31: 29 | 21 : 34 | 31 : 39 | 35: 28 | 24: 23 | 35:35 | 33 : 36 | 30 : 37 | 30 : 35 | 28: 27 | 37 : 38 | 32 : 38 | 29 : 33 | 30:30 | 29 : 35 | 34: 33 | 39 : 43 | |
TV Korschenbroich | 29: 28 | 31 : 36 | 32: 28 | 33 : 36 | 29 : 31 | 35: 32 | 28 : 30 | 34: 29 | 24 : 26 | 35: 32 | 37: 25 | 38: 25 | 31: 25 | 43: 36 | 33: 25 | 31:31 | 41: 39 | |
TV 1893 Neuhausen | 31: 27 | 32: 23 | 27: 26 | 33: 31 | 32: 25 | 32: 25 | 22 : 28 | 35: 19 | 29 : 34 | 26: 21 | 32: 28 | 38: 21 | 33: 27 | 32: 27 | 31: 29 | 31: 27 | 32 : 35 | |
HG Saarlouis | 36: 35 | 30 : 38 | 35: 32 | 34 : 39 | 34: 28 | 24 : 28 | 33: 31 | 28 : 29 | 33: 30 | 33 : 34 | 31: 23 | 40: 37 | 30: 29 | 32 : 33 | 38: 32 | 42: 40 | 32: 31 |
statistics
Total 306 games
Number of home wins 189 (61.76%), draws 26 (8.50%), away wins 91 (29.74%)
Total |
|
List of goalscorers
space | nation | player | team | Goals / 7 m | Games | Quota |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | David Breuer | TV Korschenbroich | 317/126 | 34 | 9.3 | |
2. | Danijel Grgic | HG Saarlouis | 270/ | 9533 | 8.2 | |
3. | Matthias Gerlich | TUSEM food | 208/ | 6032 | 6.5 | |
4th | Jiri Vitek | Bergischer HC | 205/ | 4732 | 6.4 | |
5. | Philipp Grimm | TSG Friesenheim | 200/ | 5334 | 5.9 | |
6th | Jens-Peter Reinarz | Bergischer HC | 194/ | 5234 | 5.7 | |
7th | Benjamin Matschke | TSG Friesenheim | 190/ | 6734 | 5.6 | |
8th. | Johan Andersson | HSC 2000 Coburg | 184/ | 8131 | 5.9 | |
9. | Otto Fetser | TUSPO Obernburg | 183/ | 6833 | 5.5 | |
10. | Daniel Fontaine | HG Saarlouis | 183/ 0 | 34 | 5.4 |
Relegation
To the Bundesliga
From 2009-10 Handball-Bundesliga had to TSV Dormagen in the relegation . TV Emsdetten and Bergischer HC participated from the 2nd handball league . The winner of the game of the second division team competed against TSV Dormagen. The first leg took place on May 29, 2010, the second leg on June 5, 2010.
2nd season north | 2nd season south | First leg | Return leg | total |
---|---|---|---|---|
TV Emsdetten | Bergischer HC | May 29, 2010, Sat 7:15 pm | 05.06.10, Sat. 6:15 p.m. | 69 : 64 |
33: 27 (15: 12) | 36: 37 (16: 14) |
The first leg took place on June 13, 2010, the second leg on June 19, 2010.
16th Bundesliga | 2nd season north | First leg | Return leg | total |
---|---|---|---|---|
TSV Dormagen | TV Emsdetten | 13.06.10, Sun. 5:45 p.m. | 19.06.10, Sat. 7:00 p.m. | 53 : 52 |
27: 23 (12: | 9)26: 29 (13: 12) |
TSV Dormagen remained in the 1st handball league.
To the regional league
The relegation to the regional league was omitted, as otherwise the strength of the 2nd league would have been undershot.