Ice hockey Bundesliga 1998/99

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The ice hockey Bundesliga 1998/99 was the first season of the new single-track, second-highest German division, which was named 2. Bundesliga from the following year . 16 teams took part in the first season's play.

requirements

Emergence

In the summer of 1997, the majority of the participants decided to reintroduce a single-track league under the umbrella of the German Ice Hockey Federation for the 1998/99 season . This new league was called the Bundesliga this season, but it was actually the second highest German division after the German Ice Hockey League . The previous 1st league thus became the name of the double-track third tier . In the summer of 1998, the DEL commissioner, lawyer Bernd Schäffer III. to prevent the introduction of the league by trying to win the teams for a so-called DEL II under the umbrella of the DEL. However, this was rejected by a negative vote of the participating teams, as well as a marketing of the league proposed by DEB through a concept presented by DEWE.

Of the participants in the licensing procedure for the league, the Düsseldorfer EG , which left the DEL for financial reasons, was only able to meet the requirements late, while the EC in Hanover was unable to meet the licensing requirements and then had to file for bankruptcy, as did ERC Sonthofen , whose license application was even for the - now fourth class - 2nd League South was rejected. At TSV Erding and SC Riessersee there was a long discussion about not participating in the league, but ultimately both clubs decided to participate.

At the start of the season in the second half of September, 16 instead of the 18 teams started in the league, with the team from SC Bietigheim-Bissingen only allowed to take part in the 1st League South.

Attendees

Group north Braunlager EHC / Harz Düsseldorfer EG Mosquitoes eat Crocodiles Hamburg Grefrather EV Iserlohner EC EHC Neuwied GEC Nordhorn

Group south EC Bad Nauheim EC Bad Toelz TSV Erding EHC Freiburg SC Riessersee Heilbronn EC ERC Ingolstadt ES white water

mode

In the preliminary round, a round and a half were played, that is, each team played against everyone in the first and second half of the season and then in a return game in a regional group against seven clubs. For these regional groups, the EC Bad Nauheim , the EC Bad Tölz , the TSV Erding , the EHC Freiburg , the SC Riessersee , the Heilbronner EC , the ERC Ingolstadt and the ES Weißwasser were divided into the south group, while the Braunlager EHC / Harz , Düsseldorfer EG , Moskitos Essen , Grefrather EV , Crocodiles Hamburg , Iserlohner EC , EHC Neuwied and GEC Nordhorn were divided into the North group.

On November 6th and 8th, the league took a break in favor of the national team for the World Cup qualification.

After the break, the best eight teams of the preliminary round played the placements for the play-offs in a championship round, while the last eight teams then in two groups with the four best teams of the first division north and south in the qualifying round in the form of one Single round played out the eight free places for the 1999/2000 season .

Preliminary round

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	OTS SOS	OTN SUN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Mosquitoes eat	44	27	6th	2	9	157: 91	95
2.	EC Bad Nauheim	44	28	4th	2	10	176: 105	94
3.	Düsseldorfer EG	44	23	4th	2	15th	148: 126	79
4th	Iserlohner EC	44	21st	4th	6th	13	165: 138	77
5.	EHC Freiburg	44	22nd	7th	2	16	138: 140	76
6th	GEC Nordhorn	44	2	3	2	17th	153: 138	73
7th	Braunlager EHC / Harz	44	20th	3	6th	15th	147: 128	72
8th.	SC Riessersee	44	16	8th	6th	14th	138: 148	70
9.	EC Bad Toelz	44	18th	5	4th	17th	118: 116	68
10.	Heilbronn EC	44	16	6th	2	20th	145: 144	62
11.	TSV Erding	44	16	3	1	24	132: 163	55
12.	EHC Neuwied	44	15th	2	4th	23	153: 154	53
13.	ERC Ingolstadt	44	15th	1	6th	22nd	124: 146	53
14th	Crocodiles Hamburg	44	13	5	2	24	139: 186	51
15th	ES white water	44	12	2	8th	22nd	149: 167	48
16.	Grefrather EV	44	8th	1	4th	31	111: 203	30th

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime, SOS = victories after penalty shootout, OTN = defeats after extra time, SON = defeats after penalty shootout, N = defeats
Explanations:     = championship round,     = qualification round

Championship round

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	OTS SOS	OTN SUN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Mosquitoes eat	58	35	6th	2	15th	206: 130	119
2.	EC Bad Nauheim	58	33	6th	2	17th	218: 151	113
3.	Düsseldorfer EG	58	32	4th	4th	18th	208: 171	108
4th	GEC Nordhorn	58	33	2	3	20th	221: 185	106
5.	EHC Freiburg	58	28	5	3	22nd	184: 187	97
6th	Iserlohner EC	58	25th	5	9	19th	214: 190	94
7th	Braunlager EHC / Harz	58	24	4th	6th	24	180: 174	86
8th.	SC Riessersee	58	19th	9	6th	24	169: 204	81

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime, SOS = victories after penalty shoot-out, OTN = defeats after extra time, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations:     = play-offs

Play-offs

All play-off rounds were played in the " Best of Five " mode.

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Mosquitoes eat	-	SC Riessersee	3-0	3: 2	4: 1	3: 1	-	-
EC Bad Nauheim	-	Braunlager EHC / Harz	3: 1	6: 2	2: 4	4: 1	3: 2	-
Düsseldorfer EG	-	Iserlohner EC	3: 2	4: 1	6: 3	3: 4 a.d.	1: 4	3: 2
GEC Nordhorn	-	EHC Freiburg	1: 3	2: 5	1: 3	4: 2	3: 6	-

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Mosquitoes eat	-	EHC Freiburg	3-0	4: 3	3: 2 n.p.	3: 2	-	-
EC Bad Nauheim	-	Düsseldorfer EG	3: 1	3: 1	3: 4 a.d.	7: 2	3: 1	-

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Mosquitoes eat	-	EC Bad Nauheim	3: 2	3: 1	1: 3	3: 2 a.d.	2: 3	1: 0 n.p.

Qualifying round

Group A

	club	Sp	S.	OTS SOS	OTN SUN	N	Gates	Points
1.	ERC Ingolstadt	14th	9	2	2	1	53:26	33
2.	EC Bad Toelz	14th	9	1	1	3	56:28	30th
3.	Grefrather EV	14th	8th	2	1	3	64:62	29
4th	EHC Neuwied	14th	6th	3	0	5	62:51	24
5.	ETC Crimmitschau (RL)	14th	7th	0	1	6th	53:48	22nd
6th	EC Timmendorfer Strand (RL)	14th	3	1	1	9	55:79	12
7th	REV Bremerhaven (RL)	14th	3	0	3	8th	49:75	12
8th.	Deggendorfer EC (RL)	14th	1	1	0	11	45:68	6th

Explanation: (RL) denotes clubs from the lower class league that were allowed to play for promotion in the relegation.

Group B

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Heilbronn EC	14th	9	2	0	3	68:48	31
2.	ES white water	14th	8th	2	2	2	70:54	30th
3.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen (RL)	14th	9	0	1	4th	69:53	28
4th	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen (RL)	14th	5	4th	1	4th	47:44	23
5.	TSV Erding	14th	7th	0	2	5	43:38	20th
6th	Crocodiles Hamburg	14th	4th	0	2	8th	45:50	14th
7th	EV Regensburg (RL)	14th	4th	0	1	9	52:74	13
8th.	EV Duisburg (RL)	14th	1	1	0	12	44:77	4th

Explanations:     = 2nd Bundesliga next year,     = 1st League next year

For the teams TSV Erding and Crocodiles Hamburg, which could not assert themselves in the qualifying round, the SC Bietigheim-Bissingen and the EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen rose to the then 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga. However, since the Moskitos Essen switched to the DEL and the teams ETC Crimmitschau and TSV Erding, which were better off in the qualifying round (in terms of points), the Crocodiles Hamburg could remain in the league.

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey Bundesliga 1998/99 at hockey-db.de