Ice hockey league 1968/69

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Master:	ESV Kaufbeuren
Newcomers:	ESV Kaufbeuren , Cologne EK
Relegated:	SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen / EV Mittenwald ; Berlin ice skating club (retreat)
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The season 1968/69 of the ice hockey league was the eleventh season of the league as the second highest German ice hockey division under the Bundesliga . While the champions ESV Kaufbeuren failed in the relegation round to the Bundesliga , the second-placed Cologne EK took third place in the relegation round West and thus took the Bundesliga place of Preussen Krefeld . Kaufbeuren moved to the Bundesliga after the dissolution of FC Bayern Munich .

The previous Oberliga participants SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen and SG Nürnberg, however, missed participation in the second highest division in the qualifying round for the Oberliga and were replaced by TuS Holzkirchen and ERC Westfalen Dortmund . Nuremberg moved up into the group south with the advancement of ESV Kaufbeuren. Since the Oberliga Süd was increased from six to eight teams in the following season , EV Ravensburg and EV Pfronten also rose to the Oberliga.

requirements

Attendees

Due to the short-term increase in the Bundesliga , the top division was downgraded from 14 to 12 teams. The Mannheimer SC withdrew, but BFC Preussen moved up.

North BFC Preussen Berlin (promoted) Berlin ice skating club EC Hanover EC Deilinghofen Cologne EK SG Nuremberg

south ESV Kaufbeuren EV Landsberg (promoted) TEV Miesbach (promoted) SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen (promoted) SG Oberstdorf / Sonthofen (relegated) EV Rosenheim

mode

As in the previous year, the participating teams first played a single round in their respective league, the Oberliga Nord or Oberliga Süd , so that each club played a home and an away game against the other teams. In contrast to the previous season, the best three instead of the best four clubs in the two groups took part in the qualifying matches with the participants in fourth to sixth place in the relevant Bundesliga group .

The other participants played a qualifying round in their respective group with the best of the corresponding regional league group , in the north the three best clubs in this round qualified for the following season, while due to the increase in the southern season to eight teams in the relegation round south the five best-placed teams qualified. In addition, the two group winners of the main round played for the title of league champions .

Main round

Oberliga Nord

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Cologne EK	10	8th	1	1	71:21	17: 03
2.	EC Deilinghofen	10	7th	1	2	54:33	15: 05
3.	Berlin ice skating club	10	5	0	5	55:49	10:10
4th	BFC Prussia	10	5	0	5	34:42	10:10
5.	SG Nuremberg	10	3	0	7th	30:53	06:14
6th	EC Hanover	10	1	0	9	29:75	02:18

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats. Final for the Oberliga championship and relegation round to the Bundesliga , relegation round to the Bundesliga , relegation round to the ice hockey Oberliga


Oberliga Süd

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ESV Kaufbeuren	10	6th	2	2	64:39	14: 06
2.	SG Oberstdorf / Sonthofen	10	6th	2	2	64:41	14: 06
3.	EV Rosenheim	10	7th	0	3	50:44	14: 06
4th	EV Landsberg	10	3	1	6th	51:47	07:13
5.	TEV Miesbach	10	2	2	6th	37:58	06:14
6th	SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen	10	2	1	7th	40:77	05:15

Final for the Oberliga championship and relegation round to the Bundesliga , relegation round to the Bundesliga , relegation round to the ice hockey Oberliga

League championship

			series	1	2
ESV Kaufbeuren	-	Cologne EK	9: 6	4: 4	5: 2

Relegation round

Group north

Participants from the Regionalliga Nord were ERC Westfalen Dortmund and Hamburger SV .

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EC Hanover	8th	6th	0	2	36:12	12: 04
2.	BFC Prussia	8th	4th	1	3	34:18	09: 07
3.	ERC Westphalia Dortmund	8th	4th	1	3	26:21	09: 07
4th	SG Nuremberg	8th	4th	0	4th	33:30	08: 08
5.	Hamburger SV	8th	0	0	8th	11:59	0:16

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats.

With the withdrawal of the Berlin ice skating club and the rise of ESV Kaufbeuren to the Bundesliga due to the dissolution of FC Bayern Munich , SG Nürnberg (in the south group) and Hamburger SV moved up, so that all participants opted for the Oberliga 1969/70 qualified.

south

Participants from the Regionalliga Süd were

1. TuS Holzkirchen
2. EV Ravensburg
3. EV Pfronten

The SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen played its games in the newly built ice rink in Mittenwald and started as EV Mittenwald .

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TuS Holzkirchen	20th	13	2	05	108: 074	28:12
2.	TEV Miesbach	20th	11	2	07th	095: 087	24:16
3.	EV Landsberg	20th	11	1	08th	116: 070	23:17
4th	EV Ravensburg	20th	09	1	10	083: 080	19:21
5.	EV Pfronten	20th	08th	3	09	072: 088	19:21
6th	EV Mittenwald	20th	02	3	15th	052: 127	07:33

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats. Oberliga 1969/70 , Regionalliga 1969/70

Web links

• Hockey Oberliga 1968/69 at hockeyarchives.info (French)