Rugby league system in Germany
The rugby league system in Germany describes the division of the German rugby union leagues. This is a hierarchical system interlocked through promotion and relegation on four game levels that leads to the German rugby champion at the top.
League pyramid
Level 1 - 1st Bundesliga
| Division | |
|---|---|
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1. Bundesliga North / East
8 teams |
1st Bundesliga South / West
8 teams |
Level 2 - 2nd Bundesliga
| Division | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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2nd Bundesliga North
8 teams |
2nd Bundesliga East
8 teams |
2nd Bundesliga West
8 teams |
2nd Bundesliga South
8 teams |
Level 3 - regional league
The responsibility for the organization lies in the hands of the respective gaming committee. The game commissions are created by a task delegation from the regional associations involved.
| Division | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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RL NORTH
8 teams |
RL NORTH EAST
Season A 6 teams Season B 6 teams |
RL WEST
Rhineland 6 teams Westphalia 6 teams Rhineland-Palatinate / Lux 6 teams |
RL HESSEN
8 teams |
RL BW
8 teams |
RL BAVARIA
8 teams |
Level 4 - Association League
Level 4 is carried out and supervised independently by the respective regional associations.
| Division | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Association League North
North-east season 6 teams North-west relay 6 teams |
Association league NRW
Tournament operation |
Association league BW
Tournament operation |
Association League Bavaria
North season 6 teams Season south 6 teams |
Organization and licensing
Licenses for the Bundesliga with championship , DRV Cup and League Cup are issued by the German Rugby Association and for the subordinate leagues by the regional associations.
The German Rugby Association has delegated responsibility for the organization of Bundesliga matches to the Rugby Bundesliga Committee. This committee consists of all 48 Bundesliga clubs and representatives of the association. All other leagues are in the hands of the national associations or their established institutions.
Match operation 2012/13 - 2014/15
With the reform of the Bundesliga in 2012, the rigid division between the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga was lifted. In contrast to other sports, the rugby Bundesliga now consisted of several phases in which teams from the 1st and 2nd league played together.
This Bundesliga match with championship round, DRV Cup and League Cup only existed for three years. The Bundesliga was divided into four regional groups. There was north, east, south and west. At the beginning each team played in their regional group. The teams were then divided into a qualification phase. There was played in two seasons north / east and south / west. In the end, after the final table was determined, the cup winners were determined in a knockout round in a cross comparison.
Depending on which cup you qualified for, there were different effects on promotion and relegation. Participants in the championship round could not relegate. A team was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga if at most one other team from the same regional group was placed in front of it. As a result, a team relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga if at least two teams from the same regional group were placed in front of it. A team was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga if at least two other teams from the same regional group were placed in front of it.
| Division | ||
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 - Regional preliminary round | Phase 2 - qualification phase | Phase 3 - Finals (KO round) |
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1st Bundesliga |
Championship round (North vs. East / South vs. West) 16 teams (8 per season) Place 1-2: Quarter-finals Place 4-6: Round of 16 Place 7-8: eliminated from the Cup DRV-Pokal |
Championship round (north vs. east / south vs. west) 12 teams final (winners - German champions) semi-finals / quarter-finals, round of 16 DRV-Pokal |