Ice hockey league 1978/79

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Master:	Deggendorfer SC
Newcomers:	Deggendorfer SC, Schwenninger ERC Herner EV
Relegated:	ERC Sonthofen
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The league season 1978/79 was played like the previous season in the groups South and North.

mode

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, but in contrast to the previous year without taking the points from the preliminary round. The group north first played a preliminary round with 8 participants, then the first 6 of the preliminary round played a final double round (without taking the points from the preliminary round). The last 2 of the preliminary round played a qualifying round for the Oberliga 1979/80 together with the 3 first of the Regionalliga Nord and the 4 first of the Regionalliga West.

After all, the first three of the two final rounds North and South played in a promotion round. The first and second of these promotion round went straight into the 2. Bundesliga on the third party (Herner EV) moved to the retracted to the league 1. Bundesliga relegation Augsburger EV in the 2. Bundesliga after.

Oberliga Süd

Preliminary round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deggendorfer SC	22nd	21st	0	1	200: 63	137	42: 2
2.	Schwenninger ERC	22nd	19th	0	3	156: 47	109	38: 6
3.	TEV Miesbach	22nd	13	2	7th	146: 109	37	28:16
4th	SG Moosburg	22nd	12	2	8th	121: 126	−5	26:18
5.	EHC Klostersee	22nd	11	3	8th	126: 103	23	25:19
6th	EV Ravensburg	22nd	11	2	9	117: 107	10	24:20
7th	VER Same	22nd	11	2	9	132: 101	31	24:20
8th.	TSV Peissenberg	22nd	6th	4th	12	81: 143	−62	16:28
9.	EHC Stuttgart	22nd	5	3	14th	77: 129	−52	13:31
10.	TuS Geretsried (N)	22nd	4th	2	16	78: 126	−48	10:34
11.	EV Bad Wörishofen (N)	22nd	4th	1	17th	65: 123	−58	9:35
12.	ERC Sonthofen	22nd	4th	1	17th	82: 204	−122	9:35

Final round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deggendorfer SC	10	9	1	0	98:32	66	19: 1
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	6th	1	3	49:31	18th	13: 7
3.	EHC Klostersee	10	5	1	4th	52:58	−6	11: 9
4th	EV Ravensburg	10	4th	2	4th	43:52	−9	10:10
5.	SG Moosburg	10	2	0	8th	32:60	−28	4:16
6th	TEV Miesbach	32	1	1	8th	35:76	−41	3:17

Relegation round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
7th	VER Same	10	8th	0	2	59:37	22nd	16: 4
8th.	TuS Geretsried	10	5	1	4th	54:37	17th	11: 9
9.	EV Bad Wörishofen	10	5	1	4th	48:40	8th	11: 9
10.	EHC Stuttgart	10	5	0	5	31:47	−16	10:10
11.	TSV Peissenberg	10	5	0	5	46:37	9	10:10
12.	ERC Sonthofen	10	1	0	9	41:81	−40	2:18

• The TSV Peißenberg and the ERC Sonthofen are sporting relegated to the Regionalliga. Because of the increase in the Oberliga Süd to 16 teams, TSV Peißenberg remains as a successor in the Oberliga.

Oberliga Nord

Preliminary round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EC Hanover	14th	12	2	0	135: 36	99	26: 2
2.	Herner EV	14th	11	0	3	109: 43	66	22: 6
3.	Westphalia Dortmund	14th	10	0	4th	99:69	30th	20: 8
4th	Hamburger SV	14th	7th	1	6th	95:61	34	15:13
5.	Grefrather EC	14th	7th	1	6th	80:77	3	15:13
6th	Eintracht Frankfurt	14th	5	0	9	56: 108	−52	10:18
7th	GSV Moers (N)	14th	2	0	12	65: 136	−71	4:24
8th.	WSV Braunlage	14th	0	0	14th	32: 147	−115	0:28

Final round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Herner EV	20th	15th	3	2	167: 53	114	33: 7
2.	EC Hanover	20th	14th	1	5	160: 92	68	29:11
3.	Hamburger SV	20th	9	4th	7th	115: 91	24	22:18
4th	Westphalia Dortmund	20th	8th	1	11	103: 124	−21	17:23
5.	Grefrather EC	20th	8th	1	11	92: 140	−48	17:23
6th	Eintracht Frankfurt	20th	1	0	19th	77: 214	−137	2:38

Qualifying round

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	EHC Krefeld 78	16	16	0	0	179: 30	149	32-0
2.	GSV Moers	16	12	1	3	148: 71	77	25: 7
3.	Neusser SC	16	9	3	4th	103: 87	16	21:11
4th	WSV Braunlage	16	10	1	5	109: 83	26th	21:11
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen	15th	7th	0	8th	106: 69	37	14:16
6th	BFC Prussia	16	5	1	10	72:84	−12	11:21
7th	VERC Lauterbach	15th	5	0	10	79: 111	−32	10:20
8th.	FASS Berlin	16	2	0	14th	53: 138	−85	4:28
9.	SC Condor Hamburg	14th	1	0	13	31: 207	−176	2:26

The EHC Krefeld 78 and the Neusser SC were athletic climbers in the Oberliga Nord. The ERC Ludwigshafen waived a promotion for financial reasons, but moved the Berlin FC Preussen to the Oberliga Nord.

Promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deggendorfer SC	10	9	0	1	76:39	37	18: 2
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	8th	0	2	73:28	45	16: 4
3.	Herner EV	10	5	0	5	53:53	0	10:10
4th	EC Hanover	10	4th	1	5	58:77	−19	9:11
5.	EHC Klostersee	10	2	1	7th	48:67	−19	5:15
6th	Hamburger SV	10	0	2	8th	27:71	−44	2:18

The Deggendorfer SC and the Schwenninger ERC qualified for the 2nd Bundesliga, while the Herner EV later rose as a successor. Deggendorfer SC also won the title of Oberliga master in 1979.

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 1978/79 at hockey-db.de
• Ice Hockey Oberliga 1978/79 at hockeyarchives.info (French)