The 2018/19 season of the Erste Bank Young Stars League (EBYSL for short) was the seventh edition of the highest junior league in Austrian ice hockey, which also - as the junior league of the supranational Erste Bank ice hockey league - includes teams from Austria, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The season started on September 1st. The final was a new edition of the previous season, again AV19 Fehérvár and HD Jesenice faced each other. For the Slovenians it is the third participation in the finals in a row. Since no Austrian club made it into the EBYSL final, the Austrian champions were played in a best-of-three series between the VSV and the Vienna Capitals.
Map of all club locations for the 2018/19 season with group A ( ), group B ( )
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In phase 1 of the regular season, each team in Group A plays a round-trip round within its group + an extra game + a first round against all clubs in Group B. A total of 22 games
In phase 1 of the regular season, each team in Group B plays a round-trip round within its group + two additional games + a first round against the teams in Group A. A total of 22 games
The top 2 of group A & B + the fifth placed in the overall table qualify for the subsequent master round (11/2 times round trip, 12 games per team). The other teams, on the other hand, fight in two qualification rounds (A, B) for the last three playoff places, for which the respective group winners + the third in the overall table of the QR are entitled.
HD mladi Jesenice
EC VSV
Fehérvár AV19
Orli Znojmo