Ice hockey league 2019/20

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The league was in season 2019/20 as in the previous year played in two regional groups North and South. It was organized by the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) and is the third highest division in German ice hockey . The season started in September 2019. On March 11, 2020, the DEB's play-offs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . However, the ascents and descents have been suspended for this season.

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Participants in the ice hockey leagues 2019/20. Blue: Oberliga Nord; Red: Oberliga Süd. Large map: Germany, small map: Netherlands

Oberliga Nord

The champions of the regional leagues North, ECW Sande , West, Herford EV , and East, Schönheider Wölfe renounced the promotion. The Krefeld EV 1981, the main club of the DEL Club Krefeld Pinguine , applied for the Oberliga Nord and competed with a U23 team. The EC Harzer Falken withdrew to the Regionalliga Nord after opening insolvency proceedings . The ECC Preussen Berlin was staying athletic, but could apply as substitutes for a license. The license was granted under conditions that the ECC could not meet and therefore withdrew to the Regionalliga Ost.

Attendees

12 clubs took part in the Oberliga Nord:

• Foxes Duisburg
• Black Dragons Erfurt
• Mosquitoes eat
• MEC Hall 04
• Crocodiles Hamburg
• Hanover Indians
• Hanover Scorpions
• Herner EV 2007
• Krefelder EV (U23) (new)
• Icefighters Leipzig
• Rostock piranhas
• Tilburg Trappers (defending champion)

mode

From September 21, 2019 to March 3, 2020, the participants played in a double round of places 1–6 for direct qualification for the promotion playoffs to DEL2. Subsequently, two further participants could qualify for the promotion playoffs in a pre-playoff round in the best-of-three mode of those placed 7-10. For positions 11 and 12, the season was over after the main round.

Main round

rank	team	Sp	S.	SNV	NNV	N	T	GT	TVH	Points
1	Tilburg Trappers	44	31	6th	1	6th	209	116	+93	106
2	Herner EV	44	31	1	2	10	198	141	+57	97
3	Crocodiles Hamburg	44	25th	2	5	12	184	122	+62	84
4th	Hanover Indians	44	21st	4th	7th	12	140	117	+23	78
5	Icefighters Leipzig	44	22nd	3	3	16	168	134	+34	75
6th	Hanover Scorpions	44	20th	5	2	17th	174	153	+21	72
7th	Saale Bulls Hall	44	19th	4th	3	18th	168	154	+14	68
8th	Foxes Duisburg	44	17th	3	3	21st	151	161	-10	60
9	Rostock piranhas	44	13	4th	6th	21st	133	167	-34	53
10	ESC eating mosquitoes	44	10	3	4th	27	137	202	-65	40
11	Black Dragons Erfurt	44	9	3	2	30th	117	189	-72	35
12	Krefelder EV	44	7th	1	1	35	119	242	-123	24

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = wins (3 points), SNV = wins after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points), T = goals , GT = goals conceded, TVH = goal difference

Qualification for the play-offs ; Qualification for the pre-play-offs ; Qualification for the orienteering season 2020/21 ; Sporty relegation

Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs for participation in the round of 16 were held between March 6, 2020 and March 10, 2020 in the " best-of-three " mode .

pairing		series	1 (March 5th / 6th)	2 (March 8th)	3 (March 10th)
Saale Bulls Hall	ESC eating mosquitoes	2-0	7: 2 (3: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1)	5: 4 (2: 1.0: 3, 3: 0)	-
Foxes Duisburg	Rostock piranhas	1: 2	3: 2 (0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 2)	3: 4 (0: 1, 3: 1, 0: 2)	2: 3 OT (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)

Abbreviations: OT = victories after extra time, SO = victories after penalty shootouts

Oberliga Süd

The EV Landshut rose to the DEL2. Deggendorfer SC was relegated from the DEL2. The EV Füssen was promoted from the Bayernliga. The EHC Waldkraiburg Die Löwen has been relegated to the Bayern League. The champions of the Regionalliga Südwest, SC Bietigheim-Bissingen, could not move up to the top division as a second representative of the DEL2 club Bietigheim Steelers .

Attendees

The league played with 12 participants:

• EV Füssen (promoted)
• Highest age EC 1993
• ECDC Memmingen
• EV Lindau Islanders
• EC Peiting (defending champion)
• SC Riessersee
• ERC Sonthofen 1999
• Polar bears Regensburg
• Starbulls Rosenheim
• VER Same
• 1. EV Weiden 1985
• Deggendorfer SC (relegated)

mode

The twelve teams played a main round with 32 games per team, consisting of a single round and a further single round in two regional groups (left / right column of the following table):

Group 1 EV Füssen ECDC Memmingen EV Lindau Islanders EC Peiting SC Riessersee ERC Sonthofen 1999

Group 2 Polar bears Regensburg Starbulls Rosenheim VER Same Highest age EC 1993 1. EV Weiden 1985 Deggendorfer SC

The top ten qualified for the championship round. First place in this round was the champions of the Oberliga Süd. Places one to eight were qualified for participation in the joint play-offs with Group North. The teams in places 11 and 12 in the main round played a dovetailing round with the best eight teams in the Bayern League .

Main round

rank	team	Sp	S.	SNV	NNV	N	T	GT	TVH	Points
1	ECDC Memmingen	32	16	8th	2	6th	127	89	+38	66
2	Deggendorfer SC	32	16	5	2	9	154	114	+40	60
3	Starbulls Rosenheim	32	17th	2	5	8th	134	100	+34	60
4th	Polar bears Regensburg	32	15th	2	5	10	141	113	+28	54
5	EV Füssen	32	16	0	6th	10	98	100	-2	54
6th	SC Riessersee	32	10	7th	7th	8th	121	101	+20	51
7th	EC Peiting	32	12	5	5	10	112	98	+14	51
8th	EV Lindau Islanders	32	13	1	4th	14th	100	130	-30	45
9	Wolves yourself	32	10	6th	0	16	117	122	-5	42
10	Blue Devils Willows	32	10	4th	3	15th	105	132	-27	41
11	ERC Bulls Sonthofen	32	11	2	3	16	117	131	-14	40
12	Highest age EC	32	3	1	1	27	67	163	-96	12

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = wins (3 points), SNV = wins after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points), T = goals , GT = goals conceded, TVH = goal difference

Qualification for the championship round ; Interlocking round with the Bayern League

Championship round

rank	team	Sp	S.	SNV	NNV	N	T	GT	TVH	Points
1	Polar bears Regensburg	50	29	2	5	14th	216	155	+61	96
2	ECDC Memmingen	50	23	11	4th	12	186	144	+42	95
3	SC Riessersee	50	22nd	9	8th	11	196	138	+58	92
4th	Deggendorfer SC	50	24	8th	3	15th	226	184	+42	91
5	Starbulls Rosenheim	50	25th	3	5	17th	200	156	+44	86
6th	EC Peiting	50	20th	5	9	16	174	163	+11	79
7th	EV Füssen	50	23	0	8th	19th	168	176	-8th	77
8th	Wolves yourself	50	15th	9	3	23	177	186	–9	66
9	Blue Devils Willows	50	13	6th	7th	24	164	218	-54	58
10	EV Lindau Islanders	50	14th	4th	4th	28	142	219	-77	54

Abbreviations: Sp. = Games, S = wins (3 points), SNV = wins after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points), T = goals , GT = goals conceded, TVH = goal difference

Qualification for the play-offs

Cancellation of the play-offs

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , all ice hockey leagues in Germany were stopped prematurely on March 11, 2020 for the 2019/20 season.

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 2019/20 at hockey-db.de
• www.deb-online.de/teams/oberliga-nord Oberliga Nord on the DEB homepage.
• www.deb-online.de/teams/oberliga-sued Oberliga Süd on the DEB homepage.
• Implementation regulations Seniors - Oberliga Nord (PDF; 562 kB) on the DEB homepage.
• Implementation regulations Seniors - Oberliga Süd (PDF; 596 kB) on the DEB homepage.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Early end of the season for all DEB leagues | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund eV. Accessed March 11, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Henning Busch: After the championship celebration is before the playoffs. In: nwzonline.de. February 8, 2019, accessed February 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Markus Voss: Herford Ice Dragons celebrate the greatest triumph in the club's history. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Hans Gerd Schoofs: Signal for the youth work: The KEV'81 returns to the big league. Retrieved February 8, 2020 . 
5. ^ Robert Koch: Braunlage: Harzer Falken register for bankruptcy. March 27, 2019, accessed February 8, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Harzer Falken planning for the Regionalliga Nord. In: harzer-falken.de. April 17, 2019, accessed February 8, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Friedhelm Thelen: ECC Preussen Berlin withdraws to the regional league. In: hockeyweb.de. July 12, 2019, accessed February 8, 2020 .