Ice Hockey Oberliga 2011/12

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The ice hockey league , the third highest division in German ice hockey , will be played for the second time in four regional groups in the 2011/12 season. The game operations in the South group are organized by the German Ice Hockey Federation , the North group by the State Ice Sports Association (LEV) Lower Saxony, the West group by LEV North Rhine-Westphalia and the East group by LEV Berlin. At the end of the season, the three northern groups play a final round before a promoted player to the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga is played off in cross-group play-offs .

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Participants in the ice hockey leagues 2011/12. Geographical division of the four upper league groups. Red: group east, yellow: group south, blue: group north, green: group west

Oberliga Nord

The Oberliga Nord covers the area of ​​the federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. The games are organized by the Lower Saxony State Ice Sports Association.

Definition of participants

The previous year's last Salzgitter Icefighters withdrew from the league, the regional league champion REV Bremerhaven 1b waived promotion.

mode

The nine participants play a double round. After the double round, the two best teams qualify for the league finals . The remaining teams play a relegation round in two groups, in which a relegation to the regional league was determined. The winner of the cup round qualified for the DEB Cup 2012/13 .

Preliminary round table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Points	T	GT
1.	Rostock piranhas	32	27	1	1	3	84	274	91
2.	EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06	32	25th	0	0	7th	77	241	89
3.	Harzer Wolves Braunlage	32	24	1	0	7th	74	188	79
4th	Hanover Braves	32	19th	3	2	8th	65	174	114
5.	Adendorfer EC	32	16	2	1	13	53	169	132
6th	Weserstars Bremen	32	11	0	0	21st	33	145	232
7th	Hamburger SV	32	5	2	0	25th	19th	104	212
8th.	Crocodiles Hamburg	32	4th	1	1	26th	15th	72	217
9.	Wedemark Scorpions	32	3	0	3	26th	12	90	292

Relegation

Group A

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Adendorfer EC	6th	5	0	1	42:17	15th
2.	Harzer Wolves Braunlage	6th	5	0	1	43:21	15th
3.	Hamburger SV	6th	1	0	5	21:39	3
4th	Wedemark Scorpions	6th	1	0	5	22:51	3

Group B

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hanover Braves	4th	3	0	1	20:11	9
2.	Weserstars Bremen	4th	3	0	1	23:20	9
3.	Crocodiles Hamburg	4th	0	0	4th	12:24	0

Qualification for the DEB Cup 2012/13

The qualification for the DEB-Pokal 2012/13 took place through the knockout system . First of all, the two first and second place winners of the relegation groups competed against each other in cross-comparisons, after which the winners played for participation in the cup.

			Game 1	Game 2
Adendorfer EC	-	Weserstars Bremen	9: 3	6: 6
Hanover Braves	-	Harzer Wolves Braunlage	5: 0 1	5: 0 1

¹ Due to outstanding payments and the associated refusal of players to continue playing for the club, the Harzer Wölfe Braunlage had to cancel both games.

			Game 1	Game 2
Adendorfer EC	-	Hanover Braves	7: 1	6: 2

As the winner of the Oberliga-Nord-Pokal, the Adendorfer EC with its "Heidschnucken" had the chance to take part in the DEB-Pokal 2012/13. However, due to a mistake in the implementation regulations of the LEV Lower Saxony, a third starting place was erroneously awarded next to the two first-place winners in the league without any legal basis. For a long time the question whether and to what extent the DEB was aware of it remained a matter of dispute.

Oberliga Ost

The Oberliga Ost covers the area of ​​the federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The organizer is the Ice Sports Association Berlin.

Definition of participants

The field of participants remains unchanged compared to the previous season. The master of the Sachsenliga, the Berlin ice skating club , renounced promotion to the league.

mode

The nine participating clubs play a double round until February 19, 2012. The first two in the table then qualify for the North finals .

Places 3 to 9 of the Oberliga Ost and 1 to 3 of the Regionalliga play a cup round east, which started on February 24, 2012. The winner of the cup round qualifies for the DEB Cup 2012/13 .

Preliminary round table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Points	T	GT
1.	Saale Bulls Hall	32	22nd	1	5	4th	73	144	73
2.	Icefighters Leipzig	32	18th	3	1	10	61	139	112
3.	Black Dragons Erfurt	32	17th	3	3	9	60	155	126
4th	FASS Berlin	32	14th	4th	3	11	53	148	143
5.	EHC Jonsdorfer Falken	32	10	5	2	15th	42	106	133
6th	ELV Tornado Niesky	32	11	2	4th	15th	41	123	132
7th	Wild Boys Chemnitz	32	10	2	1	19th	35	108	143
8th.	EHV Schönheide 09	32	9	2	3	18th	34	129	148
9.	ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin	32	9	2	2	17th	33	97	139

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded. As of February 19, 2012

Cup round

Cup round group A Pl. team Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Pt. T 1. Black Dragons Erfurt 8th 7th 0 0 1 70:32 21st 2. Wild Boys Chemnitz 8th 4th 2 0 2 30:26 16 1 3. ECC Preussen Berlin 8th 5 0 1 1 48:21 16 1 4th Jonsdorf falcons 8th 2 0 1 5 34:37 7th 5. ESC Dresden 1b 8th 0 0 0 8th 7:82 0

Cup round group B Pl. team Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 T Pt. 1. EHV Schönheide 09 8th 6th 0 0 2 0-0 18 1 2. FASS Berlin 8th 6th 0 0 2 0-0 18 1 3. Tornado Niesky 8th 6th 0 0 2 0-0 18 1 4th Berlin ice skating club 8th 1 0 0 7th 17:93 3 1 5. ETC Crimmitschau 1b 8th 1 0 0 7th 18:63 3 1

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals.
¹ In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided.
Statistics according to www.icehockeypage.net

			Game 1	Game 2
EHV Schönheide 09	-	Black Dragons Erfurt	6: 3	3: 5

As the winner of the Oberliga-Ost-Pokal, EHV Schönheide 09 takes part in the DEB-Pokal 2012/13.

Oberliga West

The Oberliga West covers the area of ​​the federal states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. The games are organized by the State Ice Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Participant and mode

On July 9, 2011 it was decided to increase the league to 12 teams. This enabled the Herford EV, the Löwen Frankfurt, the Krefelder EV, the Kassel Huskies and the EHC Netphen '08 to move up, while Herne and Neuss were eliminated from the league.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round began on September 30, 2011 and ended on December 30, 2011. The 12 teams played a single round. The teams in places one to eight took part in the qualifying round for the finals. The last four teams had to compete in the relegation round against regional league representatives and played with them at the same time for the Cup of the Oberliga West.

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Points	T	GT
1.	EHC Dortmund	22nd	19th	0	1	2	58	151	45
2.	Red Devil Bad Nauheim	22nd	18th	1	0	3	56	162	43
3.	Kassel Huskies	22nd	16	1	1	4th	51	145	57
4th	Foxes Duisburg	22nd	14th	1	0	7th	44	133	46
5.	Löwen Frankfurt	22nd	13	0	1	8th	40	112	67
6th	Hammer polar bears	22nd	12	2	0	8th	39	98	82
7th	Ratinger Ice Aliens	22nd	11	0	1	10	34	109	76
8th.	Königsborner JEC	22nd	10	1	1	10	33	90	109
9.	Mosquitoes eat	22nd	6th	0	0	16	18th	62	118
10.	Herford EV	22nd	5	0	1	16	16	71	175
11.	Krefelder EV	22nd	1	0	1	21st	4th	42	158
12.	EHC Netphen '08	22nd	1	0	0	21st	3	35	234

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded.

Qualifying round

In a qualifying round, the eight qualified teams played four participants in the North finals . The qualifying round began on January 6th, 2012 and ended on February 19th, 2012.
Those placed in places 5 - 8 played a starting place for the DEB-Pokal 2012/13 in the "Best of five" mode .

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Points	T	GT
1.	Red Devil Bad Nauheim	14th	12	0	0	2	36	79	36
2.	Foxes Duisburg	14th	11	0	0	3	33	63	37
3.	Kassel Huskies	14th	9	1	0	4th	29	78	44
4th	EHC Dortmund	14th	9	0	1	4th	28	68	42
5.	Löwen Frankfurt	14th	6th	0	0	8th	18th	54	51
6th	Königsborner JEC	14th	4th	0	0	10	12	36	79
7th	Ratinger Ice Aliens	14th	2	0	0	12	6th	36	88
8th.	Hammer polar bears	14th	2	0	0	12	6th	33	70

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded. As of February 19, 2012

Qualification for the DEB Cup 2012/13

The qualification for the DEB-Pokal 2012/13 took place through the knockout system . Participants were those placed in places 5 to 8. First the 5th against the 8th and the 6th against the 7th, then the winners played for the cup participation.

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Löwen Frankfurt	-	Hammer polar bears	6: 1	3: 4	10: 2	4: 5	3: 4
Königsborner JEC	-	Ratinger Ice Aliens	3: 2	4: 5	7: 3	7-0	-

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Königsborner JEC	-	Hammer polar bears	2: 4	5: 3	6: 3	5: 4	-

As a cup winner of the Oberliga West, the Königsborner JEC is eligible to participate in the DEB Cup 2012/13 .

Relegation and cup round

The teams that finished one of the last four places after the preliminary round played the Oberliga-West-Pokal as a single round from January 6, 2012 with places 1 to 4 of the Regionalliga West .

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	N	Points	Diff.
1.	Krefeld EV (OL)	14th	11	3	34	+52
2.	Mosquito Eating (OL)	14th	11	3	32	+40
3.	EHC Neuwied (RL)	14th	9	5	27	+14
4th	Herford EV (OL)	14th	8th	6th	24	+9
5.	Herner EV (RL)	14th	7th	7th	21st	+10
6th	Grefrather EG (RL)	14th	5	9	15th	−11
7th	Darmstadt Dukes (RL)	14th	5	9	14th	−27
8th.	EHC Netphen '08 (OL)	14th	0	14th	01	−87

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded.

Oberliga finals of the northern groups

In the so-called upper league finals, two teams from the upper leagues north and east as well as four teams from the upper league west take part. The eight participants play four teams in two groups for the promotion play-offs. The final tournament will be organized by the DEB and will take place in the same way as 2010/11 from February 24th to March 11th 2012.

Attendees

Group A		Group B
1st group west	Red Devil Bad Nauheim	2nd group west	Foxes Duisburg
4. Group West	EHC Dortmund	3rd group west	Kassel Huskies
1st group north	Rostock piranhas	2nd group north	EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06
2nd group east	Icefighters Leipzig	1st group east	Saale Bulls Hall

Final table

Group A Pl. team Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Pt. T GT 1. EHC Dortmund 6th 4th 1 1 0 15th 32 10 2. Red Devil Bad Nauheim 6th 2 1 1 2 9 29 28 3. Icefighters Leipzig 6th 1 1 1 3 6th 18th 24 4th Rostock piranhas 6th 2 0 0 4th 6th 26th 43

Group B Pl. team Sp S3 S2 N1 N0 Pt. T GT 1. Foxes Duisburg 6th 4th 1 1 0 15th 18th 11 2. Saale Bulls Hall 6th 3 1 0 2 11 22nd 14th 3. Kassel Huskies 6th 2 0 0 4th 6th 27 21st 4th EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 6th 1 0 1 4th 4th 15th 36

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded.

Oberliga Süd

The Oberliga Süd covers the area of ​​Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria and is played under the direction of the DEB.

Participant and mode

The SC Riessersee rose as champions in the 2nd Bundesliga. The relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, the EHC Freiburg went into bankruptcy and did not appear in the top division. The EV Landsberg rose from the league. New to the league are the Erding Gladiators , who as runner-up in the Bavarian Ice Hockey League saw promotion to the top division; Master ERC Sonthofen had renounced the promotion. The champions of the Regionalliga Süd-West, who are also entitled to promotion, the Stuttgart Rebels initially received an extension of the deadline, but did not exercise their promotion right either.

Preliminary round

The teams are divided into three groups of three according to regional criteria. A double round is played both within the league and within the group; this gives each team 20 home games.

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Points	T	GT
1.	EC Peiting	40	24	3	4th	9	82	172	108
2.	Tölzer lions	40	23	4th	2	11	79	173	121
3.	EV Füssen	40	20th	1	2	17th	64	146	155
4th	Wolves yourself	40	16	5	5	14th	63	175	183
5.	Deggendorf Fire	40	16	3	4th	17th	58	152	161
6th	EHC Klostersee	40	16	2	3	19th	55	129	130
7th	Passau Black Hawks	40	12	6th	4th	18th	52	135	163
8th.	EV Regensburg	40	15th	2	1	22nd	50	139	153
9.	Erding gladiators	40	11	1	2	26th	37	127	174

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals and GT = goals conceded.

The team of the Erding Gladiator is thus sporty relegated to the Bavarian League . Due to the relegation of SC Riessersee and the Bietigheim Steelers in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga as well as the withdrawal of the Passau Black Hawks, the Erdinger team remained in the top division. Both teams would have been relegated to the Oberliga Süd. The corresponding regulation in the implementation regulations states, however, that the relegated athlete remains in the league if the league's target strength of 12 teams is not achieved.

Qualification play-offs

At the end of the preliminary round, the first eight teams in a best-of-five series play off the four teams of the Oberliga Süd, which meet in the promotion play-offs against the representatives of the Oberligen West, Ost and Nord. They took place between March 2 and March 11, 2012.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
EC Peiting	-	EV Regensburg	2: 3	6: 1	4: 3 a.d.	1: 5	2: 5	2: 3 a.d.
Tölzer lions	-	Passau Black Hawks	3-0	7: 1	5: 2	7: 1	-	-
EV Füssen	-	EHC Klostersee	3-0	7: 2	5: 4 a.d.	6: 3	-	-
Wolves yourself	-	Deggendorf Fire	3: 1	5: 2	5: 6	5: 3	4: 2	-

Play-offs

The four qualified teams from the group south and the four qualified teams from the final round of the north groups take part in the play-offs for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the knockout system , a promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga is determined according to the best-of-five mode. The games will take place between March 16, 2012 and April 15, 2012.

The ranking of the final round participants for the play-offs was determined as follows:

• 1. Placement of the club in the respective final table (first in a group is ranked higher than second in a group)
• 2. Better placement in the final table of the regional main round, in the event that tied clubs come from the same league. (E.g .: in one group the first in a major league is first and in the other group the second in the same major league is first)
• 3. In the event that tied clubs come from different major leagues, the club that has scored more points in its group will be ranked higher. If both clubs have the same number of points, the better goal difference decides, if this is also identical, the more goals scored decide and if these are also identical, the lottery decides. (E.g .: In group A, the first placed OL North is first with 12 points and in group B third place is the OL West first with 14 points - first group B takes first place and first group A takes second)

Attendees

from the finals of the northern groups		from the Oberliga Süd
1.	Foxes Duisburg	1.	Tölzer lions
2.	EHC Dortmund	2.	EV Füssen
3.	Saale Bulls Hall	3.	Wolves yourself
4th	Red Devil Bad Nauheim	4th	EV Regensburg

Play-off tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1. South

Tölzer lions

3

4. North

RT Bad Nauheim

2

1. VF

Tölzer lions

3

4. VF

Saale Bulls Hall

0

2. South

EV Füssen

1

3. North

Saale Bulls Hall

3

1. HF

Tölzer lions

3

2. HF

EV Duisburg

1

1. North

Foxes Duisburg

3

4. South

EV Regensburg

0

2. VF

Foxes Duisburg

3

3. VF

EHC Dortmund

1

2. North

EHC Dortmund

3

3. South

Wolves yourself

1

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on March 16, 18, 20, 23 and 25, 2012.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Füchse Duisburg 1st place in the orienteering final	-	EV Regensburg 4th place of the orienteering south	3-0	5: 2	3: 2	8: 4	-	-
Tölzer Löwen 1st place in the Orienteering South	-	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 4th place in the orienteering final round	3: 2	2: 1 a.d.	1: 2	4: 1	0: 1	5: 1
EHC Dortmund 2nd place in the orienteering final	-	Selber Wölfe 3rd place in the Orienteering South	3: 1	6: 2	6: 5	1: 2	9: 5	-
EV Füssen 2nd place in the Orienteering South	-	Saale Bulls Hall 3rd place in the orienteering final round	1: 3	4: 5	4: 5	2: 1 a.d.	3: 5	-

Semifinals

The semi-final games took place on March 27th and 30th, April 1st and April 3rd, 2012. The appointment on April 5, 2012 was no longer needed.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Tölzer Löwen remaining top-ranked club	-	Saale Bulls Halle remaining fourth best club	3-0	5: 3	4: 1	4: 2	-	-
Füchse Duisburg remaining second best club	-	EHC Dortmund remaining third best club	3: 1	4: 1	1: 5	4: 1	3: 2 a.d.	-

final

The finals took place on April 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th, 2012; a scheduled date for a possible playoff on April 15th, 2012 was no longer necessary.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Tölzer lions	-	Foxes Duisburg	3: 1	4: 1	2: 3 a.d.	6: 3	4: 3 a.d.	-

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 2011/12 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mode for Oberliga Nord stands - Good news from the wolves - News - Info Harz. In: info-harz.de. August 16, 2010, accessed July 4, 2017 . 
2. ^ Oberliga Nord-Pokal: Semi-final game Hannover against Braunlage canceled. (No longer available online.) March 23, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 5, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ AEC should not be allowed to participate in the DEB Cup despite qualifying , Adendorfer EC press release at www.adendorfer-ec.com, June 13, 2012, accessed on September 19, 2012
4. ↑ DEB declares itself on the cup dispute with Adendorf , Hockeyweb.de, August 13, 2012, accessed on September 19, 2012
5. ↑ eishockey.info June 19, 2011, Oberliga Ost again with nine teams - Sachsen-Meister Berlin renounces promotion
6. ↑ Statistics . icehockeypage.net. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 25, 2019. 
7. ↑ Implementation Regulations 2011/12 (Appendix). (No longer available online.) Eissport-Verband Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V., August 31, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on April 4, 2012 (PDF).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ DEB-Implementation Regulations OL final round and promotion playoffs  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 227kB, last accessed on March 11, 2012)  
9. ↑ DEB implementation regulations Oberliga Süd ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 3, 2012)  
10. ↑ Nice presents for Erdings ice hackers for Easter (accessed June 6, 2016)
11. ↑ DEB implementation regulations Oberliga Süd  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 166kB, last accessed on March 11, 2012)  
12. ↑ DEB Implementation Regulations OL final round and promotion playoffs ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed January 3, 2012)