The 1st Bundesliga starts with eleven 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 team in ninth place has qualified for the next season. The teams in ranks ten and eleven are relegated directly to the 2nd Bundesliga. The league will be reduced to ten teams for the following season. The winner of the play-offs is German champions.
Preliminary round
team
Sp
G
GP
U
VP
V
Gates
+/-
P
1.
Crash Eagles Kaarst
20th
15th
1
0
1
03
230: 128
+102
48
2.
SHC Rockets food
20th
16
0
0
0
04th
205: 135
+ 070
48
3.
Crefelder SC
20th
14th
0
0
2
04th
187: 124
+ 063
44
4th
HC Cologne-West Rheinos
20th
11
1
0
0
08th
133: 139
- 600
35
5.
TV Augsburg
20th
10
1
0
0
09
171: 150
+ 021
32
6th
Duisburg Ducks
20th
07th
3
0
1
09
165: 157
+ 800
28
7th
Bissendorfer panther
20th
05
4th
0
2
09
139: 133
+ 600
25th
8th.
Samurai Iserlohn
20th
07th
1
0
2
10
117: 133
- 016
25th
9.
Commanders Velbert
20th
05
1
0
1
13
119: 244
-125
18th
10.
Highlander Ludenscheid
20th
04th
1
0
2
13
139: 182
- 043
16
11.
Dusseldorf Rams
20th
02
1
0
3
14th
156: 236
- 080
11
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 Red Devils Berlin (champions of the 2nd Bundesliga North) are promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga. The joint play-offs of the two second division seasons decide on promotion. Only the second division champions rise in sport. But both the IHC Atting as second division champion and final opponent TGW Kassel Wizards have renounced promotion. The Red Devils Berlin, who failed in the semi-finals due to Atting, move up.