Field hockey Bundesliga 2007/08 (men)

For the 2007/08 season of the 1st Bundesliga men , a new game system was introduced on a trial basis. The system was modified in the following years, but ultimately discarded. For the 2011/12 season, the system was played again with a round trip.

Game system

In the preliminary round (league phase) the 12 teams played in a simple round each against each other without a second leg. The teams then played the quarter-finals in play-off games (best of three) in places one to eight. The winners of the play-off played a championship round, the losers a round of hope. The two best teams in the championship round contested the final of the German championship, the third-placed team played against the winner of the round of hope for third place, who qualified for participation in the Euro Hockey League . The teams in places eight to twelve of the league phase determined the two relegated teams in a relegation round.

In addition, the scoring for games with a tie has been changed. In these games, after the end of regular time, a seven-meter shooting was carried out. The winner of the seven-meter shooting received one more point, so the games were rated 2: 1 points and no longer 1: 1. In the notation of the game results, the victory in the seven-meter shooting was indicated with a plus sign, example: the game TG Frankenthal - Uhlenhorst Mülheim ended 3: 3, Mühlheim won the seven-meter shooting, the game result was noted in the form 3: 3+. If Frankenthal had won the seven-meter shooting, the result would have been +3: 3.

League phase

Legend:

(M)	German champions
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga
	Qualification for the quarter-finals
	Participants in the relegation round

Closing table

space	Club	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Uhlenhorster HC	11	43:20	28
2.	Crefelder HTC	11	37:23	27
3.	Berlin HC	11	26:18	22nd
4th	TG Frankenthal	11	26:34	18th
5.	Düsseldorf HC (N)	11	29:28	17th
6th	Club on the Alster (M)	11	28:23	15th
7th	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	11	29:32	14th
8th.	Harvestehuder THC	11	27:26	13
9.	Black and white Neuss	11	28:31	13
10.	Nuremberg HTC (N)	11	21:29	12
11.	HTC Stuttgarter Kickers	11	20:28	11
12.	Gladbacher HTC	11	23:45	8th

Quarter finals

Legend:

(x)	Placement league phase
	Qualification for the championship round
	Qualification for the Hope Round

space	Club	Games	Gates	Points
Playoff 1
1.	Uhlenhorster HC (1)	2	11: 6	5
2.	Harvestehuder THC (8)	2	6:11	1
Playoff 2
1.	Crefelder HTC (2)	3	8: 6	5
2.	Uhlenhorst Muelheim (7)	3	6: 8	4th
Playoff 3
1.	Club on the Alster (6)	3	12: 6	6th
2.	Berlin HC (3)	3	6:12	3
Playoff 4
1.	Düsseldorf HC (5)	3	7: 6	6th
2.	TG Frankenthal (4)	3	6: 7	3

Phase 2

Legend:

	Qualification for the final
	Qualification for the game for 3rd place
	Relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga

Championship round

The two group best contested the final of the German championship and were directly qualified for the Euro Hockey League 2008/09. The third placed qualified for the relegation game with the winner of the hope round for the third German starting place in the Euro Hockey League.

Table championship round

space	Club	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Club on the Alster	3	9: 6	8th
2.	Düsseldorf HC	3	5: 6	4th
3.	Uhlenhorster HC	3	10:11	3
4th	Crefelder HTC	3	7: 9	3

Round of hope

The winner of the round of hope qualified for the relegation game with the third place in the championship round for the third German starting place in the Euro Hockey League.

Round of hope table

space	Club	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Harvestehuder THC	3	9: 3	9
2.	Berlin HC	3	12: 6	6th
3.	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	3	5: 7	3
4th	TG Frankenthal	3	5:15	0

Relegation round

The last two in the relegation round relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga .

Table of relegation round

space	Club	Games	Gates	Points
1.	Nuremberg HTC	6th	30:24	14th
2.	Black and white Neuss	6th	21:15	13
3.	Gladbacher HTC	6th	21:20	8th
4th	HTC Stuttgarter Kickers	6th	14:27	1

Finals

The final round took place on June 14th and 15th, 2008 at the Deutsches Sportclub Düsseldorf . The last two games of the round of hope and the last two games of the championship round were played on the first day, the game for third place and the final on the following day.

Uhlenhorster HC won the game for 3rd place and qualification for the EHL . The 2008 German champion was the club on the Alster , which was able to defend its title.

	P3	Harvestehuder THC	2 (0)
	P3	Uhlenhorster HC	3 (2)
	E.	Club on the Alster	5 (3)
	E.	Düsseldorf HC	2 (0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bundesliga game system on www.hockeyplatz.de. Retrieved April 24, 2014 . 
2. ↑ 1. Bundesliga men - full schedule on www.hockey.de. Retrieved May 1, 2014 .