Ice Hockey Regional League 2019/20

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Master:	North: EC Harzer Falken East: Schönheider Wölfe , ECC Preussen Berlin Bavaria: TEV Miesbach
Newcomers:	West: EG Diez-Limburg , Hammer Eisbären , Herford EV Bayern: HC Landsberg , EHF Passau Black Hawks
Relegated:	East: ESV Halle 1b North: FTV Hamburg 1b Bavaria: EC Bad Kissinger Wölfe (withdrawal during the season)
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In the 2019/20 season , the regional leagues north, east, west and south-west as well as the Bayern league, which are equivalent to them, were the fourth-highest league level in German ice hockey .

Hamburg Braunlage Hamburg Harsefeld Salzgitter Sands Bremen Hall Schönheide Berlin (4 teams) Dresden Niesky Chemnitz Dinslaken Hamm Herford Ratingen Neuss Neuwied Diez Eppelheim Hill home Mannheim Bietigheim Heilbronn Zweibrücken (*) Stuttgart Hill home Ravensburg Villages Miesbach Erding Passau Waldkraiburg Pfaffenhofen Schongau Landsberg Peissenberg Geretsried Koenigsbrunn Schweinfurt Klostersee / Grafing Bad Kissingen

Geographical classification of the five regional league groups. Blue: Regionalliga North, Green: Regionalliga West, Red: Regionalliga East, Yellow: Regionalliga South / West, Gray: Bayernliga,

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the state ice sports associations canceled the season on March 11, 2020.

Regionalliga North

The Regionalliga Nord for teams from Lower Saxony , Hamburg , Bremen , Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was carried out by the Lower Saxony State Ice Sports Association (NEV) for the so-called Northern Association , consisting of the regional associations of the federal states involved.

Attendees

The league plays with eight teams, two more than in the previous season. Master ECW Sande renounced promotion to the league. The EC Harzer Falken withdrew from the Oberliga Nord due to ongoing insolvency proceedings. FTV Hamburg 1b and TuS Harsefeld are promoted from the association league.

The EC Nordhorn had to retire early September due to the closure of its ice rink for cracks in the roof. The Adendorfer EC had to withdraw in mid-November due to the closure of its ice rink after damage to the refrigeration system.

• EC Harzer Falken (relegated)
• Weserstars Bremen
• Hamburger SV
• FTV Hamburg 1b (promoted)
• TuS Harsefeld (promoted)
• DAY Salzgitter Icefighters
• ECW Sande (defending champion)

Mode and appointments

The seven teams first played a single round (12 games per team) until January 26, 2020. The first six qualified for the placement round (10 games). This was played from January 31, 2020. From this, the first six teams qualified for the play-offs . These playoffs should be played in 'best-of-five' mode. The final winner would have been champion of the Regionalliga Nord 2019/2020.

The last placed team played a relegation round (8 games) with the three best of the Verbandsliga Nord, from which the four best teams should have qualified for the Regionalliga 2020/21.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Harz falcon	12	10	1	0	01	63:26	+37	32
2.	ECW sands	12	07th	2	1	02	74:26	+48	26th
3.	Weserstars Bremen	12	06th	1	1	04th	59:47	+12	21st
4th	Salzgitter Icefighters	12	06th	0	1	05	51:41	+10	19th
5.	Hamburger SV	12	06th	0	0	06th	66:50	+16	18th
6th	Harsefeld Tigers	12	02	0	2	08th	30:83	-53	08th
7th	Hamburg Crocodiles 1b	12	00	1	0	11	19:89	-70	02

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 Qualified for the placement round, participants in the relegation round
 

Placement round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Harz falcon	10	8th	0	0	02	46:25	+21	24
2.	ECW sands	10	7th	0	1	02	44:27	+17	22nd
3.	Salzgitter Icefighters	10	5	1	1	03	37:28	+ 09	18th
4th	Hamburger SV	10	4th	1	0	05	42:50	- 08	14th
5.	Weserstars Bremen	10	4th	0	0	06th	41:44	- 03	12
6th	Harsefeld Tigers	10	0	0	0	10	27:66	-39	00

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N1 = defeats after extra time or
penalty shoot-out, N0 = defeats, T = goals Qualified for the play-offs


Playoffs

The playoffs were not played. The winner of the intermediate round Harzer Falken was declared champion at a league conference at the end of June.

Relegation

The last of the main round of the Regionalliga Nord - Hamburg Crocodiles 1b - and the first three of the Verbandsliga Nord took part in the relegation:

1. CE Timmendorfer Strand
2. REV Bremerhaven
3. Hamburger SV 1b

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	CE Timmendorfer Strand	3	3	0	0	0	22: 07	+15	9
2.	Crocodiles Hamburg 1b	2	1	0	0	1	07: 07	- 00	3
3.	REV Bremerhaven	1	0	0	0	1	02: 07	- 05th	0
4th	Hamburger SV 1b	2	0	0	0	2	02:12	-10	0

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after overtime or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or
penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, T = goals, VL = participant from the association league, RL = participant from the regional league qualified / promotion Regionalliga Nord 2020/21 Qualified / Relegation Association League 2020/21 

No other games were played. Timmendorfer Strand rose to the regional league, while FTV Hamburg 1b withdrew to the association league.

Regional League East

The Regionalliga Ost comprised teams from the federal states of Berlin, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The organizer was the Saxon Ice Sports Association .

Attendees

The league played with nine teams. Master Schönheide renounced the promotion. The ECC Preussen Berlin rose from the league. New to the league was the champions of the Landesliga Berlin, the Eisbären Juniors Berlin. The Bad Muskau Bombers withdrew from the regional league.

• ECC Preussen Berlin (relegated)
• FASS Berlin
• Eisbären Juniors Berlin (newcomers)
• ESV Hall 1b
• Tornado Niesky
• Dresden Ice Lions 1b
• EHC Berlin Blues
• Chemnitz crashers
• Schönheider Wölfe (defending champion)

mode

The nine teams played a one and a half-fold round (24 games per team). The first four teams after the main round qualified for the play-offs, which should be played in the best-of-five mode. The master would have qualified for the league. The remaining teams played a cup round. The champions of the state leagues in Berlin, Saxony and Thuringia would have qualified for this, but they waived. The ESV also waived Hall 1b, which was thus determined to be relegated.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Schönheid wolves	24	18th	2	1	03	174: 054	+120	59
2.	ECC Preussen Berlin	24	18th	0	2	04th	126: 054	+ 072	56
3.	FASS Berlin	24	17th	2	1	04th	138: 072	+ 066	56
4th	Chemnitz crashers	24	16	1	1	06th	129: 088	+ 041	51
5.	Tornado Niesky	24	12	2	1	09	118: 089	+ 029	41
6th	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	24	04th	2	3	15th	064: 101	- 037	19th
7th	EHC Berlin Blues	24	05	1	2	16	071: 149	- 078	19th
8th.	Dresden Ice Lions 1b	24	04th	1	0	19th	063: 168	-105	14th
9.	ESV Hall 1b	24	02	1	1	20th	061: 168	-100	09

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, (M) = champions of the previous season, (A) = relegated, (N ) = Promoted team, qualified for the play-offs, qualified for the cup round 

Playoffs

The playoffs were played in best-of-five mode. The finals were no longer played. At the league conference on May 23, 2020, the finalists Schönheide and Preussen Berlin were declared joint champions.

	Semifinals					final
	1	Schönheid wolves	3
	4th	Chemnitz crashers	0
						1	Schönheid wolves	-
						2	ECC Preussen Berlin	-
	2	ECC Preussen Berlin	3
	3	FASS Berlin	0

Semifinals

pairing	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Schönheider Wolves - Chemnitz Crashers	3-0	10: 3	3: 2 n.p.	4: 1	-	-
ECC Preussen Berlin - FASS Berlin	3-0	3: 2 a.d.	4: 3 a.d.	7: 2	-	-

Cup round

The winners were determined after the first and second leg. The second final was no longer played.

Semifinals

pairing	total	First leg	Return leg
Dresdner Eislöwen 1b - Tornado Niesky	3-14	1: 5	2: 9
EHC Berlin Blues - Eisbären Juniors Berlin	6-14	5: 5	1: 9

final

pairing	total	First leg	Return leg
Tornado Niesky - Eisbären Juniors Berlin	5-1	5: 1	-

Regionalliga West

The regional league west was hosted by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ice Hockey Association (EHV-NRW). In addition to NRW, RL West also included the federal states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Attendees

The league played with seven teams. Master Herford renounced promotion to the league. Likewise, the champions of the Landesliga NRW TuS Wiehl and the Hessenliga EJ Kassel waived promotion to the regional league. Relegated to the Hessenliga was Lowen Frankfurt 1b. The EC Lauterbach and the Soester EG withdrew from the league.

• Herford EV (defending champion)
• EG Diez-Limburg
• Hammer polar bears
• Ratinger Ice Aliens
• Dinslaken cobras
• EHC Neuwied Die Bären 2016
• Neusser EV

mode

The seven teams played a double round (24 games). The first six teams qualified for the placement round (called pre-play-offs), of which the first four qualified for the play-offs. The last of the double round played a qualifying round with the four best teams in the national league.

The playoffs were played in best-of-five mode. The final winner and champion of the Regionalliga West would have been athletically qualified for the Oberliga Nord 2020/21.

With the exception of the Ratinger Ice Aliens, the teams also took part in the Inter Regio Cup with six teams from the BeNe League . The NRW clubs took part in the NRW Cup.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	EG Diez-Limburg	24	20th	1	01	20	140: 066	+74	63
2.	Herford EV	24	14th	4th	1	05	121: 077	+44	51
3.	Hammer polar bears	24	14th	0	0	10	106: 094	+12	42
4th	EHC Neuwied	24	11	0	3	10	087: 085	+ 02	36
5.	Dinslaken cobras	24	10	0	2	12	099: 107	- 08	32
6th	Ratinger Ice Aliens	24	06th	3	0	15th	074: 128	-54	24
7th	Neusser EV	24	00	1	2	21st	066: 136	-70	4th

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 Qualified for the pre-play-offs participant qualifying round
 

Pre-playoffs

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	EG Diez-Limburg	10	8th	1	0	1	64:30	+34	26th
2.	EHC Neuwied	10	8th	0	0	2	49:26	+23	24
3.	Herford EV	10	4th	1	2	3	39:35	+ 04	16
4th	Hammer polar bears	10	4th	1	0	5	44:47	- 03	14th
5.	Dinslaken cobras	10	1	0	2	7th	36:54	-18	05
6th	Ratinger Ice Aliens	10	1	1	0	8th	29:69	-40	05

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N1 = defeats after extra time or
penalty shoot-out, N0 = defeats, T = goals Qualified for the play-offs

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	EG Diez-Limburg	3
	4th	Hammer polar bears	1
						1	EG Diez-Limburg	-
						2	EHC Neuwied	-
	2	EHC Neuwied	3
	3	Herford EV	0

Semifinals

pairing	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
EG Diez-Limburg - Hammer Eisbären	3-1	6: 2	1: 4	4: 2	7: 5	-
EHC Neuwied - Herford EV	3-0	4: 2	5: 1	8: 4	-	-

The final was no longer played.

qualification

In addition to the bottom of the table in the Regionalliga Neusser EV, the first four of the Landesliga NRW participated in the qualification. These were:

1. Ice eagle Dortmund
2. TuS Wiehl
3. ESV Bergisch Gladbach
4. EHC Troisdorf

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Ice eagle Dortmund	7th	5	0	0	2	35:18	+17	15th
2.	Neusser EV	4th	3	0	0	1	19:14	+ 05	09
3.	TuS Wiehl	6th	3	0	0	3	28:27	+ 01	09
4th	ESV Bergisch Gladbach	5	2	0	0	3	25:28	- 03	06th
5.	EHC Troisdorf	4th	0	0	0	4th	08:29	-21	00

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 qualified / promotion regional league , qualified / relegation national league


No other games were played.

Regionalliga South-West

The Regionalliga Süd-West covered the area of ​​the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The organizer was the Ice Sports Association of Baden-Württemberg . Traditionally, the EHC Zweibrücken from Rhineland-Palatinate also took part in the league.

Attendees

The master SC Bietigheim 1b could not be promoted to the league as the second team of a DEL2 club. State league champion ESG Esslingen renounced promotion to the regional league. The EHC Freiburg 1b withdrew from game operations, so that the field of participants only comprised eight teams.

• HEC polar bears Heilbronn
• SC Bietigheim 1b (defending champion)
• ESC Hügelsheim 09
• EV Ravensburg 1b
• Maddogs Mannheim
• Stuttgart EC
• EHC Zweibrücken
• EC polar bears Eppelheim

mode

The eight teams played a one and a half-fold round (21 games per team). The first four of the table qualified for the play-offs, which were played in best-of-three mode. The master would have qualified for the Oberliga Süd.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	EHC Zweibrücken Hornets	21st	15th	1	1	04th	124: 072	+52	48
2.	EV Ravensburg 1b	21st	11	1	4th	05	095: 070	+25	39
3.	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 1b	21st	11	1	1	08th	083: 081	+ 02	36
4th	HEC polar bears Heilbronn	21st	09	4th	0	08th	086: 071	+15	35
5.	ESC Hügelsheim 09	21st	09	1	2	09	087: 096	- 09	31
6th	EC polar bears Eppelheim	21st	09	1	1	10	089: 092	- 03	30th
7th	Stuttgart EC	21st	07th	2	2	10	088: 093	- 05th	27
8th.	EKU Mannheim	21st	01	1	1	18th	065: 142	−77	06th

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. Participant playoffs

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	EHC Zweibrücken Hornets	0
	4th	Polar bears Heilbronn	2
						4th	Polar bears Heilbronn	-
						3	SC Bietigheim 1b	-
	2	EV Ravensburg 1b	0
	3	SC Bietigheim 1b	2

Semifinals

pairing	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EHC Zweibrücken Hornets - Eisbären Heilbronn	0-2	4: 5	0: 2	-
EV Ravensburg 1b - SC Bietigheim 1b	0-2	4: 6	0: 3	-

The final was no longer played.

Bayern League

The Bavarian Ice Hockey League was organized by the Bavarian Ice Sports Association .

Attendees

The EV Füssen achieved promotion to the 2019/20 Oberliga via the interlocking round . New in the league were the EHC Waldkraiburg (relegated from the Oberliga) and the EC Pfaffenhofen (promoted from the regional league). The EV Pegnitz (relegated to the regional league) and the Bayern league champion EV Füssen (promoted to the upper league) were no longer there .

• EC Bad Kissinger Wolves
• ESC Dorfen
• TSV Erding
• ESC Riverrats Geretsried
• EHC Klostersee
• EHC Koenigsbrunn
• HC Landsberg
• TEV Miesbach
• EHF Passau
• TSV Peissenberg
• EC Pfaffenhofen (promoted)
• EA Schongau
• ERV Schweinfurt
• EHC Waldkraiburg (relegated)

mode

The 14 teams played a main round (single round) with 26 games per team. The best six teams in the main round and the last two teams in the Oberliga Süd took part in the upper intermediate round (interlocking round). The best placed Bayern league team in the interlocking round of the Oberliga Süd became Bavarian champions of the Bayern League. The eight other teams in the Bayernliga played a relegation round. In the first playoff round, the two best teams of the relegation round met places 7 and 8 of the interlocking round. The winners would have participated in the quarter-finals of the play-offs. The playoff finalists would have qualified for the Oberliga Süd 2020/2021. The last two teams of the relegation round determined in the play-downs (best-of-five) the relegated to the national league.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	TEV Miesbach	24	15th	2	4th	03	107: 064	+43	53
2.	EHC Waldkraiburg	24	14th	2	2	06th	101: 082	+19	48
3.	EHF Passau	24	13	2	2	07th	114: 085	+29	45
4th	EHC Klostersee	24	11	2	6th	05	091: 070	+21	43
5.	HC Landsberg	24	10	5	2	7th0	091: 077	+14	42
6th	TSV Erding	24	10	5	1	08th	107: 080	+27	41
7th	TSV Peissenberg	24	10	1	6th	07th	085: 087	- 02nd	38
8th.	EHC Koenigsbrunn	24	10	2	2	10	100: 106	- 06	36
9.	ESC River Rats Geretsried	24	09	1	1	13	097: 099	- 02nd	30th
10.	EC Pfaffenhofen	24	6th	4th	0	14th	071: 098	−27	26th
11.	ESC Dorfen	24	08th	1	0	15th	077: 118	−41	26th
12.	ERV Schweinfurt	24	05	2	1	16	079: 114	−35	20th
13.	EA Schongau	24	05	1	3	15th	055: 095	−40	20th
14th	EC Bad Kissinger Wolves	withdrawn

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, GT = goals conceded, N = newcomer (promoted), A = relegated Qualified for the interlocking round participants relegation round

The EC Bad Kissinger Wölfe withdrew its team from the league on November 22, 2019.

Toothing round

In addition to the first six teams from the Bayernliga main round, the last two teams from the Oberliga Süd main round, ERC Sonthofen (11th) and Höchstadter EC (12th) took part in the interlocking round . The best-placed Bayern league team in the intermingling round - TEV Miesbach - is the 2019/2020 Bavarian champion. Then the two promoted players in the Oberliga Süd would have been determined in play-off mode.

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERC Sonthofen	14th	12	1	0	01	75:34	+41	38
2.	TEV Miesbach	14th	07th	1	2	04th	54:37	+17	25th
3.	Highest age EC	14th	07th	1	2	04th	55:49	+ 06	25th
4th	EHF Passau	14th	07th	0	0	07th	48:46	+ 02	21st
5.	TSV Erding	14th	05	1	1	07th	54:69	-15	18th
6th	HC Landsberg	14th	05	0	1	08th	60:55	+ 05	16
7th	EHC Waldkraiburg	14th	04th	2	0	08th	48:62	-14	16
8th.	EHC Klostersee	14th	02	1	1	10	40:82	-42	9

Final result: March 10, 2020, abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shoot-out,
N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N0 = defeats, T = goals, GT = goals conceded,
Bavarian champions ,  participants in bold Playoffs, participants 1st playoff round

Relegation round

The teams in places 7 to 13 of the Bayern League played a relegation round. In the pre-playoffs (best of 3), the two best teams of the relegation round met places 7 and 8 of the upper intermediate round (interlocking round). The winners should take part in the play-offs. The last two teams of the relegation round should have determined in the play-downs (best-of-5) the relegated to the state league.

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	EC Pfaffenhofen	12	8th	0	1	3	47:39	+ 08	25th
2.	TSV Peissenberg	12	7th	1	1	3	42:31	+11	24
3.	ESC River Rats Geretsried	12	5	3	0	4th	48:44	+ 04	21st
4th	EHC Koenigsbrunn	12	5	1	1	5	54:36	+18	18th
5.	ERV Schweinfurt	12	4th	0	2	6th	36:43	- 07th	14th
6th	ESC Dorfen	12	4th	0	2	6th	35:48	-13	14th
7th	EA Schongau	12	2	2	0	8th	33:54	-21	10

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout
N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats
Final result: March 10, 2020 Participants 1st round playoffs, participants playdowns

Final placement 2019/20

Source: bev-eissport
After completing the interlocking and relegation round, the following final placement of the Bayernliga championship 2019/20 results:

space	team	space	team
1.	TEV Miesbach	8th.	TSV Peissenberg
2.	EHF Passau	9.	ESC River Rats Geretsried
3.	TSV Erding	10.	EHC Koenigsbrunn
4th	HC Landsberg	11.	ERV Schweinfurt
5.	EHC Waldkraiburg	12.	ESC Dorfen
6th	EHC Klostersee	13.	EA Schongau
7th	EC Pfaffenhofen	14th	EC Bad Kissinger Wolves

Final result: March 10, 2020 "Bavarian Champion" promoted to the upper league withdrawal

Playoffs

1 round

The winners were determined in the best-of-three mode. Participants were the last two placed in the intermingling round and the first two placed in the relegation round.

pairing	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg - TSV Peißenberg	2-1	6: 4	3: 4	3: 2 a.d.
EHC Klostersee - EC Pfaffenhofen	2-0	5: 4	4: 3 n.p.	-

The play-offs themselves were not played because of the COVID-19 pandemic .

Playdowns

pairing	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ESC Dorfen - EA Schongau	1-1	5: 3	7: 8 a.d.	-	-	-

The remaining games were no longer played.

Web links

Official fixtures and tables:

• Regionalliga North
• Regional league south / west
• Regionalliga West
• Regional League East
• Bayern League

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.adendorfer-ec.com/index.php/news-20772/aktuelles-62581/668-9-teams-und-ein-interessanter-modus-versaid-spannung
2. ↑ http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Sportbuzzer/Sportmix/Regional/Braunlage-Harzer-Falken-melden-Insolvenz-an-Eishockey
3. ↑ https://www.harzer-falken.de/news/artikel/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=613&cHash=b3911b13445d124f75c3dc0b776755c7
4. ↑ https://regionalsport.de/spielplan-icefighters-zum-start-gegen-bremen-nordhorn-raus/
5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/adendorferec/photos/pcb.2488496887885465/2488490894552731/?type=3&theater
6. ↑ https://www.eisbaeren-juniors.de/2019/04/regionalliga-try-out-saison-2019-20/
7. ↑ Noppe's souvenir box - Regionalliga Ost: Play-offs and Cup from February 22nd - Player of the Year election. Retrieved February 6, 2020 . 
8. ↑ bev-eissport.de: Implementation regulations 2019/20