The 2009/10 season of the men's volleyball Bundesliga began on October 3, 2009 and ended on May 5, 2010. Defending champion VfB Friedrichshafen became German champions for the eleventh time.
VfB Friedrichshafen started as the defending champion. The Eschenbacher Volleys Bamberg took over the place of SG Eltmann , which had disbanded their team. The RWE Volleys Bottrop were champions in the 2nd Bundesliga North for the third time and played their third season in the 1st Bundesliga in 2009/10, after being first class in 1998/99 and 2001/02. TV Bühl came from the 2nd Bundesliga South and was represented in the top German division for the first time this season.
Main round
The main round consisted of 132 games on 22 game days.
BDS
SCC
Bot
TVB
You he
Bam
VfB
Hac
Commercial vehicles
MSC
TVR
Wup
VC Bad Dürrenberg / Spergau
0: 3
1: 3
3: 1
0: 3
0: 3
1: 3
0: 3
2: 3
3-0
1: 3
3: 2
SCC Berlin
3-0
3-0
3-0
0: 3
3-0
2: 3
1: 3
3-0
3-0
2: 3
3-0
RWE Volleys Bottrop
1: 3
0: 3
2: 3
3-0
2: 3
0: 3
0: 3
3: 1
3: 1
3-0
3: 1
TV Bühl
3: 2
1: 3
1: 3
0: 3
3-0
1: 3
0: 3
3: 1
3: 1
3: 1
3: 1
evivo Düren
3-0
0: 3
3: 1
3-0
3: 2
1: 3
3: 2
2: 3
3-0
3: 1
3: 1
Eschenbacher volleys Bamberg
3: 2
3: 2
3-0
2: 3
1: 3
0: 3
0: 3
3: 1
3-0
3-0
3: 1
VfB Friedrichshafen
3-0
3: 1
3-0
3-0
3-0
3-0
3: 1
3-0
3: 2
3-0
3-0
Generali Haching
3-0
1: 3
3-0
3: 1
2: 3
3-0
2: 3
3: 2
3: 1
3: 1
3-0
Netzhoppers Königs Wusterhausen
1: 3
0: 3
3: 1
3: 1
3: 2
3: 1
0: 3
1: 3
3: 2
3-0
2: 3
Moerser SC
3-0
0: 3
3-0
3: 1
1: 3
2: 3
0: 3
0: 3
3-0
2: 3
3: 1
EnBW TV Rottenburg
3-0
1: 3
3-0
3: 1
0: 3
3: 1
0: 3
0: 3
3-0
3: 2
3-0
Wuppertal Titans
1: 3
3: 2
0: 3
2: 3
1: 3
1: 3
0: 3
0: 3
1: 3
3-0
0: 3
Home team in the left column, the visiting team in the top row
Due to the insolvency of the club, the Eschenbacher Volleys Bamberg was revoked on March 22, 2010 by the German Volleyball League . The club was the first to be relegated in the 2009/10 season.
Play-offs
The eight best teams in the main round qualified for participation in the play-offs for the German championship. In the final and, for the first time since this season, in the semifinals, the best-of-five mode was played. The quarter-finals were played in best-of-three mode.
Quarter finals
Semifinals
final
1
VfB Friedrichshafen
3
3
8th
RWE Volleys Bottrop
1
1
1
VfB Friedrichshafen
3
3
3
4th
SCC Berlin
1
1
0
4th
SCC Berlin
3
3
5
EnBW TV Rottenburg
0
0
VfB Friedrichshafen
3
3
1
3
Generali Haching
0
1
3
2
3
evivo Düren
3
3
6th
Netzhoppers KW
0
2
3
evivo Düren
0
2
1
2
Generali Haching
3
3
3
2
Generali Haching
3
3
7th
TV Bühl
0
0
Play-down (relegation round)
In the 2009/10 season, a relegation round (playdown) was held for the first time among the teams in places 9-12 in the main round. The points from the main round were taken into the relegation round. Due to the forced relegation of the Eschenbacher Volleys Bamberg, only the last three participants took part in the relegation round this season. The RWE Volleys Bottrop in ninth place in the main round moved up as a play-off participant for Bamberg.
The play-downs were played in "everyone against everyone" mode. The three teams played two back and forth round matches, making a total of six matches. The last placed in the relegation round rose to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Crosstab
BDS
MSC
WUP
VC Bad Dürrenberg / Spergau
0: 3
3-0
Moerser SC
3: 2
3-0
Wuppertal Titans
2: 3
0: 3
Play-down table
The points from the main round were carried over to the relegation round.