List of regional leagues in Germany

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The regional leagues in Germany are organized by the respective sports associations or one or more state associations for the respective sport.

In American football in Germany, the regional leagues are the third leagues below the GFL and GFL 2 . In the 2010 season there are the regional leagues North, East, West, Middle and South.
In badminton there is a North Regionalliga, a West Regionalliga, a Middle Regionalliga and a Southeast Regionalliga. They represent the third highest German league after the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. The Regionalliga Nord includes teams from the regional associations of Berlin-Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein. Teams from North Rhine-Westphalia compete in the Regionalliga West. The Central Regionalliga includes Thuringia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, and the Southeast Regionalliga includes Bavaria, Saxony and Baden-Württemberg
The regional leagues in German basketball are not only subdivided regionally, there are also 1st and 2nd regional leagues, between which promotion and relegation is possible.
The regional leagues in hockey , according DEL , 2. Bundesliga and the top leagues the fourth highest leagues. Since there are no regional associations in ice sports, they are organized by the state ice sports associations (LEV), often in cooperation with several associations. Currently there are the regional leagues north, west, east and southwest as well as the Bavarian ice hockey league corresponding to the regional league .
see also ice hockey league system in Germany
For the men, the regional football league started operations in July 2000. First there was the Regionalliga North and South.
Since the 2008/09 season, the Regionalliga has been in its current system as the 4th division after the Bundesliga, the 2nd Bundesliga and the 3rd division.
Now there is a north, a south and a west season.
The regional leagues were the third highest division in German handball . For the 2010/11 season, the regional leagues were replaced by the newly established 3rd leagues .
See also: Handball Regional League and Handball Regional League (women)
In hockey in Germany, the regional leagues are the third leagues below the hockey Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. There are the regional leagues west , north, east and south.
In tennis , the 18 regional associations in Germany form a total of 4 regional leagues as the third leagues below the tennis Bundesliga . The four regional leagues are legally dependent organizational units that are exclusively active in the organization of the regional leagues.
Specifically, these are the North-East Regional League (Berlin-Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North-West, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein), the West Regional League (Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine, Westphalia) and the South Regional League -West (Baden, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Württemberg) and the Regionalliga Süd-Ost (Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia).
In volleyball in Germany, the regional leagues are the fourth leagues below the volleyball Bundesliga , the 2nd Bundesliga and the third division . There are the regional leagues North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West and Northwest.

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