Field hockey Bundesliga (men)

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The field hockey Bundesliga , introduced in 1969, is the highest national league in German men's hockey . Since the 2003/04 season there has been a single-track Bundesliga with twelve teams. This is followed by the 2nd Bundesliga , which is divided into a north and a south group of ten teams each. Then come the four regional leagues (south, west, east, north). The two last-placed teams are relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga, the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga are promoted.

The overall structure of the leagues is detailed in the article on the German hockey league system .

history

Introduced in 1969

The Bundesliga was first introduced in 1969 in two groups of six. The following clubs qualified for the first season 1969/70:

Later the two groups north and south were increased to eight teams each.

Season change 2003/04

34 years after it was founded, the field hockey Bundesliga was played on a single track for the first time. The founding for the 1969 season was easier than the path to a single track. Since the eighties there have been repeated attempts to reform the league, which is divided into two groups, north and south. Most of the time, for financial reasons, there was a clear rejection at the responsible DHB Bundestag for such efforts. In Duisburg, a specially convened Extraordinary Bundestag decided on January 12, 2002 with an ultimately large majority to introduce a single-track field Bundesliga from the 2003 field season. This reduced the number of first division clubs from 16 (two groups of eight) to twelve. The five teams placed first in both groups were qualified for the new league, the sixth placed teams had to carry out a relegation against the champions of the two second leagues, with the first division teams SW Neuss and SC Frankfurt 1880 retaining the upper hand. At the same time, the season was aligned with the international schedule. Until then, the games took place from April to September, but this was now followed by a changeover to the period from September to June, interrupted by the indoor hockey season. The 2003/04 season was a transitional season over a year and a half, in which two German championships were played. The top four teams in the first half of the season qualified for the 2003 finals. The German champion 2004 was determined by a final of the two best teams. The club on the Alster secured both titles .

Mode from 2007/08 to 2010/11

A new game system was introduced on a trial basis for the 2007/08 season. In the preliminary round (league phase) of the championship games of the 1st Bundesliga men, the 12 teams played in a simple round each against each other without a second leg.

The teams that finished first to eighth after the group games in the preliminary round determined the best of three in play-off games of the quarter-finals (one - eight, two - seven, three - six, four - five) on two weekends Participants in the championship round and in the hope round . The team that won two games was the overall winner of these pairings and was eligible to participate in the championship round. The losing team played in the round of hope. In the championship round and in the hope round, a simple round was played everyone against everyone. The first and second of the championship round contested the final of the German championship. The third of the championship round and the winner of the round of hope played the third participant in the Euro Hockey League.

The teams that finished ninth to twelve after the group matches determined the two relegated teams to the 2nd Bundesliga in a double round (relegation round) each against each other with home and away matches. The results achieved in the games of the preliminary round were not adopted.

In the group games of the preliminary round, the championship round, the round of hope and the relegation round, the game won after the regular playing time (2 × 35 minutes) was rated with three points for the winning team and zero points for the defeated team. The game, which was tied at the end of the regular playing time (2 × 35 minutes), was decided by a 7-meter shooting. The team that was then determined to be the winner received two points, the loser one point.

For the 2008/09 season, the championship round and the round of hope were replaced by play-off games Best of Three and the 7-meter shooting by a penalty shootout. For the 2010/11 season, a 7-meter shooting was decided again if the outcome was a draw.

Mode since the 2011/12 season

Since the 2011/12 season, the 12 teams have been playing in a double round (main round) each against each other. The four best teams qualify for the final round, which takes place over a weekend. The semi-finals will take place on Saturday (first - fourth, second - third), on Sunday the final of the German championship . There is no longer a game for third place. The three places in the Euro Hockey League go to the two finalists and the best placed non-finalist in the main round.

Since the 2013/14 season, eligibility to participate in the Euro Hockey League has been awarded in the following order: (1) German champions, (2) league champions, the top-ranked team after the group matches, (3) German runners-up, (4) the team that is best placed after the group matches and is not German champions, runners-up or league champions.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bundesliga game system on www.hockeyplatz.de. Retrieved April 24, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Game regulations of the German Hockey Federation, § 46.Retrieved on April 24, 2014 .