Ice hockey league 1977/78

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Master:	RSC Bremerhaven
Newcomers:	RSC Bremerhaven , EV Regensburg , EHC Essen
Relegated:	Neusser SC , Berliner FC Preussen , ERC Ludwigshafen (north), DEC Frillensee Inzell (south)
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The 1977/78 season of the ice hockey league , the third highest division in German ice hockey , was played like the previous season in two regional groups, North and South. The champions became the RSC Bremerhaven , which for the first time rose to the second highest division. By increasing the Bundesliga in the following season, EV Regensburg and EHC Essen also moved up to the 2nd Bundesliga .

mode

The group north first played a preliminary round with 12 participants, then the first 6 of the preliminary round played a final round taking the points from the preliminary round with them. The last 6 of the preliminary round played a qualifying round for the Oberliga 1978/79 together with the first of the Regionalliga Nord and the first two of the Regionalliga West.

The group south played a single round with 12 participants, then the first 6 of the preliminary round played a final round, the last 6 a relegation round, each taking the points from the preliminary round.

After all, the first and second of both groups North and South played in a promotion round. The winner of this promotion round rose directly to the 2nd Bundesliga , the second played in a two-legged match against the penultimate of the 2nd Bundesliga for promotion.

Oberliga Nord

Attendees

The GSV Moers renounced the promotion. But the Grefrather EC remained in the Oberliga Nord, although he had waived the qualifying round in the previous year.

• Grefrather EC
• Herner EV
• Essen EC
• Berlin FC Preussen
• WSV Braunlage (promoted)
• RSC Bremerhaven
• EC Hanover
• ERC Westphalia Dortmund
• ERC Ludwigshafen (promoted)
• Neusser SC
• Hamburger SV
• Eintracht Frankfurt

Preliminary round

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
01.	RSC Bremerhaven	22nd	20th	2	00	249: 063	42: 02
02.	EHC food	22nd	19th	2	01	231: 065	40: 04
03.	Herner EV	22nd	15th	1	06th	162: 092	31:13
04th	EC Hanover	22nd	14th	1	07th	190: 104	29:15
05.	ERC Westphalia Dortmund	22nd	13	1	08th	104: 066	27:17
06th	Hamburger SV	22nd	13	1	08th	128: 120	27:17
07th	Grefrather EC	22nd	09	0	13	110: 124	18:26
08th.	WSV Braunlage	22nd	07th	2	13	099: 179	16:28
09.	Neusser SC	22nd	06th	1	15th	082: 137	13:31
10.	Eintracht Frankfurt	22nd	05	1	16	088: 162	11:33
11.	ERC Ludwigshafen	22nd	03	0	19th	050: 214	06:38
12.	Berlin FC Preussen	22nd	01	2	19th	066: 233	04:40

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats;
Explanations: final round , qualifying round

Championship round

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	RSC Bremerhaven	32	29	2	01	348: 117	60: 04
2.	EHC food	32	26th	2	04th	314: 112	54:10
3.	EC Hanover	32	20th	1	11	269: 182	41:23
4th	Herner EV	32	19th	1	12	221: 176	39:25
5.	Hamburger SV	32	16	1	15th	192: 207	33:31
6th	ERC Westphalia Dortmund	32	14th	1	17th	145: 141	29:35

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats;
Explanations: Promotion lap

Qualifying round

Neusser SC and Berlin FC Preussen decided not to take part in the qualifying round and were relegated. The first of the Regionalliga Nord ESC Wedemark and the first two of the Regionalliga West, GSV Moers and VERC Lauterbach, qualified from the Regionalliga .

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Grefrather EC	12	11	0	01	148: 041	22: 02
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	12	10	0	02	114: 039	20: 04
3.	WSV Braunlage	12	07th	1	04th	084: 086	15: 09
4th	GSV Moers	12	06th	0	06th	092: 075	12:12
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen	12	03	0	09	054: 093	06:18
6th	VERC Lauterbach	12	02	1	09	069: 108	05:19
7th	ESC Wedemark	12	01	0	11	034: 163	02:22

The GSV Moers rose to the Oberliga Nord, the ERC Ludwigshafen from the Regionalliga West.

Oberliga Süd

Attendees

The regional league champion SC Reichersbeuern had renounced the promotion. As a result, the VER Selb, which was inferior to the Deggendorfer SC in relegation, remained in the top division.

• Deggendorfer SC
• DEC Frillensee Inzell
• EHC Klostersee
• TEV Miesbach (relegated)
• SG Moosburg
• TSV Peissenberg
• EV Ravensburg
• EV Regensburg
• Schwenninger ERC
• VER Same
• ERC Sonthofen
• EHC Stuttgart

Preliminary round

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
01.	EV Regensburg	22nd	16	5	01	147: 052	37: 07
02.	Deggendorfer SC	22nd	16	3	03	144: 069	35: 09
03.	Schwenninger ERC	22nd	15th	2	05	145: 076	32:12
04th	SG Moosburg	22nd	12	4th	06th	117: 090	28:16
05.	EV Ravensburg	22nd	12	1	09	087: 086	25:19
06th	VER Same	22nd	10	3	09	108: 118	23:21
07th	TEV Miesbach	22nd	09	1	12	094: 101	19:25
08th.	TSV Peissenberg	22nd	06th	3	13	081: 116	15:29
09.	EHC Klostersee	22nd	07th	1	14th	078: 117	15:29
10.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	22nd	05	2	15th	081: 122	12:32
11.	EHC Stuttgart	22nd	05	2	15th	101: 164	12:32
12.	ERC Sonthofen	22nd	05	1	16	068: 140	11:33

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats;
Explanations: championship round , relegation round

Championship round

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EV Regensburg	32	24	6th	02	198: 079	54:10
2.	Deggendorfer SC	32	22nd	4th	06th	194: 101	48:16
3.	Schwenninger ERC	32	22nd	2	08th	208: 114	46:18
4th	SG Moosburg	32	17th	6th	09	159: 129	40:24
5.	EV Ravensburg	32	13	1	18th	110: 140	27:37
6th	VER Same	32	11	3	18th	134: 183	25:39

Relegation round

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
07th	TEV Miesbach	32	17th	1	14th	153: 134	35:29
08th.	TSV Peissenberg	32	12	4th	16	141: 155	28:36
09.	EHC Stuttgart	32	10	5	17th	154: 206	25:39
10.	EHC Klostersee	32	11	1	20th	130: 163	23:41
11.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	32	08th	3	21st	122: 179	19:45
12.	ERC Sonthofen	32	06th	2	24	105: 225	12:52

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats;
Explanations: Relegation against the second in the Regionalliga Süd , relegation

By increasing the Bundesliga to 12 teams, ERC Sonthofen was able to remain in the league as a successor, while DEC Frillensee Inzell waived.

Promotion lap

		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	RSC Bremerhaven	6th	5	0	1	51:20	10: 02
2.	EV Regensburg	6th	3	0	3	40:31	06: 06
3.	EHC food	6th	2	1	3	30:37	05: 07
4th	Deggendorfer SC	6th	1	1	4th	25:58	03: 09

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats;
Explanations: Promotion , relegation against the penultimate of the 2nd Bundesliga

EV Regensburg lost the relegation games against SG Nürnberg . Due to the increase in the Bundesliga, Regensburg and Essen moved up to the 2nd Bundesliga.

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 1977/78 at hockey-db.de