DEL2

DEL2

Current season	2020/21
sport	ice Hockey
abbreviation	DEL2
Association	German ice hockey association
League foundation	2013
Teams	14th
Country countries	Germany
Title holder	Ravensburg Tower Stars (2019)
Record champions	Bietigheim Steelers (2)
TV partner	Sprade TV
Website	www.del-2.org
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The DEL2 is the second highest league in German ice hockey after the German ice hockey league (DEL). It has been operated by the Ice Hockey Game Operating Company (ESBG) since the 2013/14 season . The DEL2 office is located in Neuss . In 2019/20, the DEL2 was the most-attended second ice hockey league in Europe with 2,855 spectators per game and was tenth in all European leagues.

history

founding

The Second Ice Hockey League Betriebsgesellschaft mbH was founded on May 2, 2013 by Ernst Rupp, Managing Director of Heilbronner Falken . The establishment was preceded by a lengthy dispute between the ice hockey game operation company mbH (ESBG), the operator of the 2nd ice hockey league , and the German ice hockey association (DEB). This flared up around the cooperation agreement negotiated in 2011 between DEB and DEL, which the ESBG refused to accept because of what it saw as unacceptable conditions. A promotion from the 2nd Bundesliga to the DEL was therefore no longer possible. As a result, the second division clubs, who were shareholders of the ESBG in addition to the DEB, denied the DEB the voting rights in the ESBG, which the DEB held in trust for the upper leagues that no longer belong to the ESBG. In November 2012, the ESBG terminated its cooperation agreement with the DEB and its state ice sports associations. Finally, on April 18, 2013, the second division team decided to found their own gaming operating company and to cooperate closely with the DEL.

The DEB announced that it would declare this new foundation a “wild league”, whereupon the ESBG submitted an application for an injunction to the Munich Regional Court. The oral hearing on the provisional request, originally scheduled for July 4th, was rescheduled by the Munich Regional Court to July 18th, 2013; The ESBG shareholders' meeting scheduled for July 1, 2013 was also postponed. On July 17, 2013, the DEB and the clubs of the second division reached an out-of-court settlement before the court hearing. The ESBG will initially continue to play in the second division until 2018, but in future the league will manage itself. A corresponding cooperation agreement was signed between DEB and ESBG.

Logo of the DEL2 until 2019

Further development

In 2014 the league was increased to 14 teams as planned. In April 2015 the DEB changed its statutes so that the clubs of the DEL2, as well as the clubs of the DEL, could become members of the DEB again.

In September 2015, DEL and DEL2 agreed requirements to enable athletic promotion and relegation between the leagues. The DEL2 and their clubs had to meet specified conditions for this. After these two years in a row could not be fulfilled, the fulfillment of the conditions by the DEL2 clubs between the leagues was controversial in 2018. Finally, in July 2018, the two leagues agreed to introduce promotion and relegation between the leagues from the 2020/21 season .

Attendees

Bietigheim Dresden Bayreuth Ravensburg Bad Tölz White water Bad Nauheim Heilbronn Frankfurt Crimmitschau kassel Kaufbeuren Freiburg Landshut

Clubs qualified for the DEL2 2020/21

For the 2020/21 season, as of March 10, 2020, the following 14 teams have qualified for the DEL2:

club	place	in the DEL2
EC Bad Nauheim	Bad Nauheim	since 2013
EHC Bayreuth	Bayreuth	since 2016
Bietigheim Steelers	Bietigheim-Bissingen	since 2013
Ice pirates Crimmitschau	Crimmitschau	since 2013
Dresden Ice Lions	Dresden	since 2013
EHC Freiburg	Freiburg in Breisgau	since 2015
Heilbronn falcon	Heilbronn	since 2013
Kassel Huskies	kassel	since 2014
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	since 2013
EV Landshut	Landshut	2013–2015, from 2019
Ravensburg tower stars	Ravensburg	since 2013
Löwen Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	since 2014
Tölzer lions	Bad Tölz	since 2017
Lusatian foxes	White water	since 2013

The following clubs used to play in the DEL2:

club	place	Playing times	current league
Fish town penguins	Bremerhaven	2013-2016	DEL
Deggendorfer SC	Deggendorf	2018/19	Oberliga Süd
Starbulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	2013-2017	Oberliga Süd
SC Riessersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	2013-2018	Oberliga Süd

master

season	master	Runner-up
2013/14	Fish town penguins	Bietigheim Steelers
2014/15	Bietigheim Steelers	Fish town penguins
2015/16	Kassel Huskies	Bietigheim Steelers
2016/17	Löwen Frankfurt	Bietigheim Steelers
2017/18	Bietigheim Steelers	SC Riessersee
2018/19	Ravensburg tower stars	Löwen Frankfurt
2019/20	None	None
2020/21

Eternal table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	PSS	OTN	PSN	N	Pt	P / S	T	GT	DIFF
1.	Bietigheim Steelers	366	203	18th	8th	24	20th	93	705	1.93	1397	1049	+348
2.	Ravensburg tower stars	366	161	21st	2	16	17th	129	602	1.64	1195	1134	+61
3.	Löwen Frankfurt	312	157	20th	14th	26th	9	86	574	1.84	1216	940	+276
4th	Dresden Ice Lions	366	143	19th	14th	20th	15th	145	560	1.53	1207	1200	+7
5.	EC Bad Nauheim	366	142	18th	25th	17th	19th	145	548	1.34	1127	1183	−56
6th	EC Kassel Huskies	312	148	17th	14th	16	12	104	536	1.72	1076	903	+173
7th	Lusatian foxes	366	144	17th	11	23	15th	156	526	1.44	1093	1175	−82
8th.	ESV Kaufbeuren	366	137	15th	1	21st	5	177	485	1.33	1102	1255	−153
9.	Ice pirates Crimmitschau	366	113	18th	14th	15th	12	194	430	1.17	1128	1304	−176
10.	Heilbronn falcon	366	105	22nd	11	20th	9	199	430	1.17	1111	1389	−278
11.	SC Riessersee	262	113	12	17th	12	9	99	418	1.60	812	756	+56
12.	EHC Freiburg	260	93	7th	7th	15th	15th	121	341	1.31	736	843	−107
13.	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	158	88	8th	10	7th	11	38	324	2.05	570	435	+135
14th	Starbulls Rosenheim	210	87	12	10	10	1	83	323	1.54	646	658	−12
15th	Bayreuth Tigers	208	66	14th	6th	11	9	101	260	1.25	633	729	−96
16.	EV Landshut	158	64	14th	4th	7th	7th	62	242	1.53	540	508	+32
17th	Tölzer lions	156	46	15th	4th	13	7th	71	196	1.26	484	561	−77
18th	Deggendorfer SC	52	14th	3	2	1	1	31	54	1.04	161	218	−57

Status: after the 2019/2020 season. Clubs with a dark background will not play in the DEL2 in 2020/21.

See also

• DEL2 Event Game

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} DEL II-GmbH is founded: Separation from DEB can hardly be prevented - Rupp: "Mr. Harnos has been kidding us". In: Ice Hockey News . May 3, 2013, accessed November 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Season ends in attendance high. In: IIHF . Retrieved July 7, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Cooperation agreement until 2018: No promotion or relegation - DEB and DEL agree. In: Kicker . July 28, 2011, accessed July 19, 2013 . 
4. ↑ DEB contra ESBG: Ralph Bader in the role of mediator. In: Münchner Merkur . December 10, 2012, accessed July 19, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Not a second division climber? (No longer available online.) In: Wetterauer Zeitung . February 15, 2013, archived from the original on May 30, 2013 ; Retrieved July 19, 2013 . 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.  
6. ↑ Second division clubs vote against the return to DEB and for the establishment of a DEL II. In: Ice Hockey News. April 19, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Peter Reinbold: Wrestling for 2nd Bundesliga: Split from DEB? Association threatens and entices. In: Merkur Online . May 23, 2013, accessed June 3, 2013 . 
8. ↑ DEB and ESBG in court on July 4 , Merkur Online, June 26, 2013
9. ↑ Justitia won't save the season! , Hockeyweb.de, June 29, 2013
10. ↑ Conference and negotiation postponed: surprising turn in the dispute between second division and DEB. (No longer available online.) In: Ice Hockey News . June 29, 2013, archived from the original on August 18, 2017 ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . 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.  
11. ↑ faz.net: DEB President Reindl implements reforms , accessed on April 3, 2016
12. ↑ sport1.de: DEL wants to go back to promotion and relegation , accessed on April 3, 2016
13. ↑ https://www.telekomeishockey.de/news/auf-und-abstieg-im-deutschen-profi-eishockey-weiter-offen/7087
14. ↑ https://www.merkur.de/sport/eishockey/mehr-eishockey/comeback-im-eishockey-nach-17-jahren-pause-del-fuehrt-aufstieg-und-abstieg-zur-del2-wieder-ein -zr-10069071.html