Ice hockey league 1960/61

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Master:	ESV Kaufbeuren
Newcomers:	ESV Kaufbeuren
Relegated:	none
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The season 1960/61 of the ice hockey league was the third season of the league as the second highest German ice hockey division under the Bundesliga . ESV Kaufbeuren , who was relegated from the top division in the previous year , succeeded in being promoted to the first division as a league champion through victories in the relegation games against the bottom of the Bundesliga, VfL Bad Nauheim .

Attendees

• Berlin ice skating club
• Düsseldorfer EG
• Cologne EK
• EV Landsberg
• ESV Kaufbeuren (relegated)
• EV Landshut
• TEV Miesbach
• SG Nuremberg
• ERC Sonthofen (newcomer)
• SC Ziegelwies

mode

As in the previous year, the ten teams played a single round, so that each club played one home and one away game against every other team. At the end of the season, the league champions had the chance to move up to the top division in a relegation round against the bottom of the Bundesliga . The bottom of the table should be relegated. Since the league was increased to twelve teams in the following season , there was no relegated team.

The champions of the national leagues played a climber in the league. As a result of the increase, not only the winner but also the runner-up rose.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
01.	ESV Kaufbeuren	18th	17th	1	00	146: 047	35: 01
02.	EV Landshut	18th	14th	0	04th	134: 070	28: 08
03.	SG Nuremberg	18th	10	3	05	087: 068	23:13
04th	SC Ziegelwies	18th	09	2	07th	096: 086	20:16
05.	ERC Sonthofen	18th	08th	0	10	099: 114	16:20
06th	Berlin ice skating club	18th	07th	1	10	081: 126	15:21
07th	TEV Miesbach	18th	07th	0	11	093: 097	14:22
08th.	Düsseldorfer EG	18th	07th	0	11	091: 098	14:22
09.	EV Landsberg	18th	05	0	13	072: 128	10:26
10.	Cologne EK	18th	02	1	15th	059: 124	05:31

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats.
Explanations: Relegation with Bundesliga

Promotion to the league

Group north

North Rhine-Westphalia did not provide any participant

1 round

• RESG Hannover (Lower Saxony) - Berlin FC Preussen (Berlin) 5: 4
• Hamburger SC (Hamburg) waived against Eintracht Frankfurt (Hessen)

2nd round

• Eintracht Frankfurt - RESG Hannover 16: 1, 10: 1

Group south

Baden did not provide any participant.

• ERV Ravensburg (Württemberg) - EC Oberstdorf (Bavaria) 5: 6, 5:10

final

• Eintracht Frankfurt - EC Oberstdorf 6: 2, 3: 5, 2: 0 (in Stuttgart)

Web links

• Hockey Oberliga 1960/61 at hockeyarchives.info (French)