The 1st Bundesliga starts with twelve teams. Each team meets every other team in the first and second leg. There are three points for a win in regular time. If a game ends in a draw after 60 minutes, a penalty shoot-out follows immediately. Two points are awarded for a win after a shootout and one point for a loss after a shootout. In the event of a tie at the end of the main round, the direct comparison decides on the ranking. The first eight teams reach the play-offs. The teams in positions nine and ten have qualified for the next season. The teams in positions eleven and twelve will be relegated directly to the 2nd Bundesliga. The winner of the play-offs is German champions.
Preliminary round
team
Sp
G
GP
U
VP
V
Gates
+/-
P
1.
SHC Rockets food
22nd
16
1
0
0
05
230: 151
+ 079
50
2.
HC Cologne-West Rheinos
22nd
16
0
0
0
06th
178: 126
+ 052
48
3.
Samurai Iserlohn
22nd
14th
2
0
1
05
195: 124
+ 071
47
4th
TV Augsburg
22nd
15th
1
0
0
06th
185: 152
+ 033
47
5.
Duisburg Ducks
22nd
15th
0
0
1
06th
182: 135
+ 047
46
6th
Highlander Ludenscheid
22nd
10
1
0
1
10
202: 174
+ 028
33
7th
Bissendorfer panther
22nd
10
0
0
1
11
145: 145
± 000
31
8th.
Dusseldorf Rams
22nd
08th
1
0
1
12
153: 160
- 7th00
27
9.
Crash Eagles Kaarst
22nd
06th
2
0
3
11
177: 181
- 4th00
25th
10.
Uedesheim Chiefs
22nd
05
1
0
0
16
137: 251
-104
17th
11.
Rhine-Main Patriots
22nd
05
0
0
1
16
122: 211
- 089
16
12.
Berlin Buffalos
22nd
02
1
0
1
18th
125: 231
-106
09
Abbreviations: Sp = games, G = victories, GP = victories after penalty shoot-out, U = draw, VP = defeat after penalty shoot-out, V = defeats, P = points
Explanations:
direct qualification for the play-offs + home rights
The TGW Kassel Wizards (champions of the 2nd Bundesliga North) and IHC Atting (champions of the 2nd Bundesliga South) are promoted directly to the 1st Bundesliga. For the first time joint play-offs of the two seasons have decided on promotion. Both teams have won their respective semi-final series; a second division champion was not subsequently determined.