2007–08 German ice hockey league season

First round

Play-off tree

Template:8TeamBracket
RD1 = First round
RD2 = Semi final
RD3 = Final

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Sinupret Ice Tigers
RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=9
RD1-team2=DEG Metro Stars
RD1-score2=4

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3=Eisbären Berlin
RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=7
RD1-team4=Hamburg Freezers
RD1-score4=1

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Kölner Haie
RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=Adler Mannheim
RD1-score6=1

RD1-seed7=4
RD1-team7=Frankfurt Lions
RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8=5
RD1-team8=Iserlohn Roosters
RD1-score8=3

RD2-seed1=2
RD2-team1=Eisbären Berlin
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=9
RD2-team2=DEG Metro Stars
RD2-score2=2

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Kölner Haie
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=4
RD2-team4=Frankfurt Lions
RD2-score4=2

RD3-seed1=2
RD3-team1=Eisbären Berlin
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Kölner Haie
RD3-score2=1

Top Scorers

The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:

Regular season

* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, OTL = Overtime loss, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, (N) = New club

Play-offs

The three rounds of the 2007-08 play-offs were played under the following system:
* First round: "Best-of-seven"
* Semi finals: "Best-of-five"
* Finals: "Best-of-five"In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6). Should a game be undecided after regular time, there will be one overtime (OT) with in sudden death format. Should there still be no winner, the game is decided through penaltys (P).

First round

* The "Kassel Huskies" are the "2nd Bundesliga" champions and gained the right to apply for a "DEL" licence.

Play-downs

The play downs consists of only one round, played in a best-of-seven format. The two loser of this round are nominally relegated to the "Oberliga".

* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, OTL = Overtime loss, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, (R) Club relegated from the "2nd Bundesliga", (N) = New club

Play-offs

The "Oberliga" play-offs are operating on a best-of-seven modus. The winning teams of the semi finals are promoted to the "2nd Bundesliga". Should the "DEL" expand to 16 teams, the best placed club of the two semi final losers will also gain entry to the "2nd Bundesliga".

First round

* South
* The "Black Dragons Erfurt" and "EHF Passau Black Hawks " are relegated to the "LEV's". Due to the insolvency of "Essen" and "Regensburg" in the "2nd Bundesliga", "Passau" will remain in the league.

Play-off tree

Template:8TeamBracket
RD1 = First round
RD2 = Semi finals
RD3 = Finals

RD1-seed1=1st N
RD1-team1=Dresdner Eislöwen
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=4th S
RD1-team2=ESV Kaufbeuren
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=2nd N
RD1-team3=Blue Lions Leipzig
RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=3rd S
RD1-team4=EV Füssen
RD1-score4=4

RD1-seed5=2nd S
RD1-team5=Wölfe Freiburg
RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6=3rd N
RD1-team6=EC Hannover Indians
RD1-score6=3

RD1-seed7=1st S
RD1-team7=Tölzer Löwen
RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8=4th N
RD1-team8=Blue Devils Weiden
RD1-score8=0

RD2-seed1=1st N
RD2-team1=Dresdner Eislöwen
RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=3rd S
RD2-team2=EV Füssen
RD2-score2=1

RD2-seed3=2nd S
RD2-team3=Wölfe Freiburg
RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4=1st S
RD2-team4=Tölzer Löwen
RD2-score4=4

RD3-seed1=1st N
RD3-team1=Dresdner Eislöwen
RD3-score1=*
RD3-seed2=1st S
RD3-team2=Tölzer Löwen
RD3-score2=*
* * Finals not played, the "Dresdner Eislöwen" declared champions due to winning both regular season games versus "Tölzer Löwen".

Leagues below the "Oberliga"

The levels below the "Oberliga" are not administrated by the "DEB" but rather by the local federations, the "LEV's". With the "ESBG's" intention to increase the number of clubs in the "Oberliga" from 19 to 20 to balance both leagues, three promotion places will be available from the "LEV's" to this league in 2007-08. Should the "DEL" expand as well, another promotion spot would become available and it is planned to hand this one to the "Regionalliga West". Only the three regional champions had the right for promotion but all clubs but the "Herner EV" declined:

* Regionalliga West: champions: "Herner EV 2007", runners-up: "EHC Dortmund"
* Regionalliga Nordost: champions: "EHV Schönheide", runners-up: "ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin"
* Bayernliga: champions: "EHC Waldkraiburg", runners-up: "EC Pfaffenhofen"

Regionalliga West

The "Regionalliga West" is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round. It contains the best six teams of the "Regionalliga Nordrhein-Westfalen", and the top two teams of the "Regionalliga Hessen" and the "Baden-Württemberg Liga" each. The winner of this league is promoted to the "Oberliga" but this seasons runner-up, the "EHC Dortmund" may gain promotion to. As such, the league covers the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Regionalliga Nordost

This league covers the north and north east of Germany. Again, it is more of a promotion round, compromising ten teams from two groups, the northern and the north estern group. The "Regionalliga Nordost" covers the German states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen and Thüringen.

Bayernliga

:Main article see "2007–08 Bavarian ice hockey season"The "Bayernliga" is the only single-state league of the three, covering just Bavaria. The reason for this is that the state holds approximately one third of all ice hockey clubs in Germany and 18 of the 48 clubs in the first three divisions are from this federation.

* Source:Cite web
url = http://www.hockeyweb.de/static/lv/lv_erg?r=20&nv=1I5I2
title = Alle Tabellen der Landesverbände (in German)
accessdate = 2008-04-01
publisher = Hockeyweb.de

ources

* [http://www.hockeyarchives.info/ Hockey Archives - International ice hockey website with tables and results (in French)]
* [http://www.esbg.de/ Official website of the "ESBG" for the "2nd Bundesliga" and "Oberliga" (in German)]
* [http://www.del.org Official "DEL" website (in German)]

References