2006–07 German ice hockey league season

First round

* The "Adler Mannheim" are the 2006-07 champions of the "DEL".

Play-off tree

8TeamBracket
RD1 = First round
RD2 = Semi final
RD3 = Final
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Adler Mannheim
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Frankfurt Lions
RD1-score2=1
RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=ERC Ingolstadt
RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Kölner Haie
RD1-score8=4
RD1-seed5=2
RD1-team5=DEG Metro Stars
RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed6=7
RD1-team6=Hamburg Freezers
RD1-score4=1
RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=Sinupret Ice Tigers
RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed8=6
RD1-team8=Hannover Scorpions
RD1-score6=2
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Adler Mannheim
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=5
RD2-team2=Kölner Haie
RD2-score2=0
RD2-seed3=2
RD2-team3=DEG Metro Stars
RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Sinupret Ice Tigers
RD2-score4=3
RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Adler Mannheim
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Sinupret Ice Tigers
RD3-score2=0

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, (R) = Club relegated from the "DEL", (N) = New club

Play-offs

The three rounds of the 2006-07 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 "EHC Wolfsburg" is the 2006-07 champion of the "2nd Bundesliga" and promoted to the "DEL".

Play-downs

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

emi finals

Winners promoted to "2nd Bundesliga".

Finals

* The "Heilbronner Falken", "EV Ravensburg " and "SC Riessersee" are all promoted to the "2nd Bundesliga". The "Heilbronner Falken" are the 2006-07 "Oberliga" champions.

Play-off tree

8TeamBracket
RD1 = First round
RD2 = Semi finals
RD3 = Finals
RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=SC Riessersee
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=EC Peiting
RD1-score2=1
RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=EV Ravensburg
RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Hannover Indians
RD1-score4=1
RD1-seed5=2
RD1-team5=Heilbronner Falken
RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6=7
RD1-team6=EHC Freiburg
RD1-score6=0
RD1-seed7=3
RD1-team7=Tölzer Löwen
RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8=6
RD1-team8=1. EV Weiden
RD1-score8=3
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=SC Riessersee
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=EV Ravensburg
RD2-score2=4
RD2-seed3=2
RD2-team3=Heilbronner Falken
RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4=3
RD2-team4=Tölzer Löwen
RD2-score4=1
RD3-seed1=2
RD3-team1=Heilbronner Falken
RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2=4
RD3-team2=EV Ravensburg
RD3-score2=0

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 13 to 19, seven promotion places were available for the "LEV" clubs. The league champions and promoted clubs from the regional leagues were:

* Regionalliga West: "Herner EG" (champions, not promoted), "Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim"
* Regionalliga Nordost: "Blue Lions Leipzig" (champions), "Rostocker EC", "ESC 04 Halle", "EHC Erfurt Black Dragons"
* Bayernliga: "EHF Passau Black Hawks" (champions), "Deggendorfer SC"

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 nominally promoted to the "Oberliga". As such, the league covers the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Regionalliga Nordost

This league covers the th north and north east of Germany. Again, it is more of a promotion round, compromising nine teams. In an effort to strengthen the sport in the east of Germany, four clubs from this region were promoted to the "Oberliga". 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 "2006-07 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 17 of the 41 clubs in the first three divisions in 2006-07 were from this federation.

* Source:Cite web
url = http://www.hockeyarchives.info/
title = Championnat d'Allemagne 2006/07 (in French)
accessdate = 2008-04-14
publisher = Hockeyarchives

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