2007–08 Bavarian ice hockey season

The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2007-08 started on 19 October 2007 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 14 March 2008 with the third league final. It saw the EHC Waldkraiburg take out its second Bavarian title, having previously won it in 1987–88, then under the name of VfL Waldkraiburg. The club could have taken up promotion to the Oberliga but declined. The EV Weiden voluntarily withdrew from the Oberliga while Regensburg was forced to resign from the 2nd Bundesliga due to insolvency.

For the main article see Bavarian ice hockey leagues
Bavarian ice hockey season 2007-08
Nation
 Germany
State
 Bavaria
Promotion To
Oberliga Süd
Levels
Bayernliga (IV)
Landesliga (V)
Bezirksliga (VI)
Number of leagues
9
Number of teams
79
Champions
EHC Waldkraiburg

The Bayernliga season saw the EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm fold after 16 rounds, unable to complete its schedule.

No team remained unbeaten this season, the ESC Kempten in the Bezirksliga West held the best record with 19 wins and one defeat. Two teams, both from the Bezirksliga, remained winless all season, the SG München and the TSV Trostberg II. For the later, it was the second winless season in a row, having only ever won one game since joining the league in 2005.

Champions

The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:

  • Bayernliga: EHC Waldkraiburg
  • Landesliga: ESV Buchloe
  • Bezirksliga: SC Gaißach

Bayernliga
  • The competition was played, as in the years previously, with 16 teams, with the top eight qualified for the championship play-off and the bottom eight having to play-down to determine the two relegated teams.

Final table
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EHC Waldkraiburg 30 22 2 6 180 81 99 46
2 ECDC Memmingen 30 17 5 8 108 86 22 39
3 TSV Peißenberg 30 18 3 9 145 91 54 39
4 EC Pfaffenhofen 30 18 3 9 154 110 44 39
5 EHC 80 Nürnberg (N) 30 16 5 9 124 100 24 37
6 ERC Sonthofen 30 14 8 8 106 89 17 36
7 ERV Schweinfurt 30 14 6 10 138 96 42 34
8 ESV Königsbrunn 30 12 9 9 108 84 24 33
9 ESC Dorfen 30 13 6 11 114 104 10 32
10 TSV Erding 30 12 6 12 104 98 6 30
11 Höchstadter EC 30 11 6 13 115 122 -7 28
12 Germering Wanderers (N) 30 9 8 13 106 121 -15 26
13 VER Selb (N) 30 11 4 15 101 119 -18 26
14 EC Ulm/Neu Ulm * 30 7 3 20 45 125 -80 17
15 EV Pfronten (N) 30 2 6 22 78 189 -111 10
16 EV Fürstenfeldbruck 30 3 2 25 77 188 -111 8
  • The EC Ulm/Neu Ulm folded in December 2007 for financial reasons, all games after this decision were counted as 0-5 losses for the club.
  • (N) denotes team promoted from the Landesliga after the previous season.

Play-Offs

The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The winner of the final is crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).

First round
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
EHC Waldkraiburg ESV Königsbrunn 4-1 6-3 8-4
ECDC Memmingen ERV Schweinfurt 2-6 4-7 0-2
TSV Peißenberg ERC Sonthofen 6-2 1-4 6-3 4-1
EC Pfaffenhofen EHC 80 Nürnberg 3-4 3-5 5-4 6-2 6-3

Semi finals
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg ERV Schweinfurt 7-4 4-5 8-4
TSV Peißenberg EC Pfaffenhofen 3-4 2-4

Finals
  • Third place:
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
TSV Peißenberg ERV Schweinfurt 3-9 4-3 7-2
  • Championship:
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg EC Pfaffenhofen 5-4 3-4 4-3
  • The EHC Waldkraiburg wins the Bavarian championship for the 2007–08 season.

Play-Downs

The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm did not play any games, all games awarded to the opposition. The two teams in the final are relegated to the Landesligas.

First round
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
ESC Dorfen EV Fürstenfeldbruck 5-3 7-4 7-4
TSV Erding EV Pfronten 5-4 9-1 16-1
Höchstadter EC EC Ulm/Neu Ulm 5-0 5-0 5-0
Germering Wanderers VER Selb 7-4 3-4 2-8 2-7

Semi finals
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm EV Pfronten 0-5 0-5
Germering Wanderers EV Fürstenfeldbruck 5-3 9-5

Final
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm EV Fürstenfeldbruck 0-5 0-5
  • Series not played, the EV Fürstenfeldbruck is relegated, the EC Ulm/Neu Ulm has folded.

Main round
Place Name Team Games Points
1 Russia Mikhail Nemirovsky ERV Schweinfurt 29 78
2 Canada Martin Jiranek EHC 80 Nürnberg 24 67
3 Canada Dale Crombeen EHC Waldkraiburg 28 63

Play-Offs
Place Name Team Games Points
1 Czech Republic Marek Pospisil TSV Peißenberg 10 17
2 Germany Thomas Maier TSV Peißenberg 10 17
3 Canada Dale Crombeen EHC Waldkraiburg 8 15

Landesliga

The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round, The top two teams of this round gain promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from this league move up to the Oberliga without a Bavarian team being relegated from there, additional clubs from that round may gain promotion.

The remaining six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.

From season to season, clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation. This explains, why three of the Landesligas have two newly promoted teams each while the western division has none in the 2007–08 season. The fact that six clubs moved up from the Bezirksliga to the Landesliga from the previous season results from the fact that four teams were promoted to the Bayernliga the previous season and therefore extra places were available to fill.

First round

Top two teams enter the promotion round.

  • Landesliga Nord
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EHC Bayreuth (N) 14 13 0 1 105 30 75 26
2 ESC Hassfurt 14 11 0 3 117 43 74 22
3 EV Pegnitz (R) 14 10 0 4 81 51 30 20
4 ERSC Amberg 14 7 0 7 82 83 -1 14
5 EV Regensburg II 14 6 1 7 62 73 -11 13
6 ESV Würzburg (N) 14 3 0 11 58 99 -41 6
7 EV Weiden II 14 2 2 10 55 127 -72 6
8 EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich 14 2 1 11 43 97 -54 5
  • Landesliga Süd
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 ESC Holzkirchen 14 13 0 1 88 27 61 26
2 SC Reichersbeuren 14 10 0 4 83 47 36 20
3 TSV Trostberg 14 9 1 4 89 63 26 19
4 ESC Riverrats Geretsried (N) 14 7 1 6 71 54 17 15
5 ERSC Ottobrunn 14 5 2 7 58 38 20 12
6 EHC Bad Aibling (N) 14 5 1 8 56 84 -28 11
7 EC Bad Tölz II 14 3 3 8 51 71 -20 9
8 DEC Frillensee-Inzell 14 0 0 14 22 134 -112 0
  • Landesliga Ost
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 SVG Burgkirchen (R) 14 12 1 1 104 40 64 25
2 EV Dingolfing 14 11 0 3 87 27 60 22
3 EV Moosburg 14 8 2 4 73 47 26 18
4 ESC Vilshofen 14 6 2 6 61 55 6 14
5 SE Freising 14 6 2 6 60 58 2 14
6 ESV Gebensbach (N) 14 6 0 8 69 73 -4 12
7 EHC Straubing II 14 1 2 11 33 94 -61 4
8 EK München 14 1 1 12 37 130 -93 3
  • Landesliga West
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 ESV Buchloe 14 13 0 1 98 24 74 26
2 EV Lindau 14 11 0 3 77 30 47 22
3 EA Schongau 14 10 1 3 88 36 52 21
4 SC Forst 14 7 1 6 68 53 15 15
5 ESV Burgau 14 5 1 8 57 73 -16 11
6 EV Bad Wörishofen 14 4 2 8 50 61 -11 10
7 EHC München II 14 3 0 11 36 99 -63 6
8 ERC Lechbruck 14 0 1 13 24 122 -98 1
  • (R) denotes team relegated from the Bayernliga after previous season.
  • (N) denotes team promoted from the Bezirksliga after previous season.

Promotion round

Top two teams promoted to the Bayernliga.

Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 ESV Buchloe 14 10 2 2 62 29 33 22
2 EV Dingolfing 14 9 3 2 63 35 28 21
3 EHC Bayreuth 14 6 4 4 60 47 13 16
4 ESC Hassfurt 14 7 1 6 64 64 0 15
5 SVG Burgkirchen 14 7 1 6 60 61 -1 15
6 ESC Holzkirchen 14 6 1 7 40 43 -3 13
7 EV Lindau 14 2 2 10 46 70 -24 6
8 SC Reichersbeuren 14 2 0 12 43 89 -46 4
  • The ESV Buchloe is the 2007-08 Bavarian Landesliga champion.

Relegation round

No points were taken along from the first rounds competition. The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga, except the EK München, which was not.

  • Landesliga Nord
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EV Pegnitz 9 7 0 2 74 43 31 14
2 ERSC Amberg 9 6 0 3 55 43 12 12
3 EV Regensburg II 10 5 1 4 51 44 7 11
4 EV Weiden II 10 5 0 5 50 53 -3 10
5 EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich 10 4 0 6 44 51 -7 8
6 ESV Würzburg 10 1 1 8 34 74 -30 3
  • The game EV Pegnitz versus ERSC Amberg on 24 February 2008 was not played.
  • Landesliga Süd
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 TSV Trostberg 10 8 1 1 70 32 38 17
2 ESC Riverrats Geretsried 10 7 0 3 55 25 30 14
3 ERSC Ottobrunn 10 5 1 4 43 28 15 11
4 EC Bad Tölz II 10 5 0 5 44 37 7 10
5 EHC Bad Aibling 10 3 0 7 36 48 -12 6
6 DEC Frillensee-Inzell 10 1 0 9 14 92 -78 2
  • Landesliga Ost
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EV Moosburg 10 7 2 1 67 30 37 16
2 ESC Vilshofen 10 8 0 2 49 22 27 16
3 ESV Gebensbach 10 6 0 4 54 44 10 12
4 EHC Straubing II 10 3 1 6 41 54 -13 7
5 SE Freising 10 2 2 6 34 48 -14 6
6 EK München 10 1 1 8 40 87 -47 3
  • Landesliga West
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EA Schongau 10 10 0 0 63 26 37 20
2 SC Forst 10 6 1 3 48 24 24 13
3 ESV Burgau 10 4 1 5 39 42 -3 9
4 ERC Lechbruck 10 4 0 6 43 40 3 8
5 EV Bad Wörishofen 10 3 2 5 33 44 -11 8
6 EHC München II 10 1 0 9 26 76 -50 2

Bezirksliga

The four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.

Main round

First placed team enters championship round and is promoted to Landesliga. In addition, EHC Regensburg is promoted as best runner-up, taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm/Neu Ulm.

  • Bezirksliga Nord
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EC Amberg 12 11 1 0 160 33 127 23
2 EHC Regensburg 12 10 0 2 145 24 121 20
3 EC Erkersreuth 12 7 1 4 96 62 34 15
4 ERC Ingolstadt 12 7 0 5 131 40 91 14
5 EC Pfaffenhofen II 12 4 0 8 64 86 -22 8
6 EC Bad Kissing (R) 12 2 0 10 33 143 -110 4
7 SG München (N) 12 0 0 12 9 250 -241 0
  • Bezirksliga Süd
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 SC Gaißach 12 9 2 1 83 38 45 20
2 EV Mittenwald 12 8 2 2 64 38 26 18
3 TSV Schliersee 12 7 2 3 69 35 34 16
4 EV Berchtesgaden 12 6 0 6 62 55 7 12
5 Germering Wanderers II 12 5 1 6 49 55 -6 11
6 EHC Waldkraiburg II 12 3 1 8 48 72 -24 7
7 TSV Trostberg II 12 0 0 12 20 102 -82 0
  • Bezirksliga Ost
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 EV Bruckberg (R) 14 9 2 3 70 44 26 20
2 ESV Waldkirchen 14 9 0 5 81 75 6 18
3 ERC Regen 14 8 1 5 67 53 14 17
4 Deggendorfer SC II 14 7 2 5 80 52 28 16
5 ASV Dachau 14 6 3 5 58 58 0 15
6 EHF Passau II (N) 14 5 1 8 58 84 -26 11
7 Dynamo Dingolfing 14 4 1 9 64 78 -14 9
8 EV Aich 14 3 0 11 41 75 -34 6
  • Bezirksliga West
Position Name Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Points
1 ESC Kempten (N) 16 16 0 0 142 31 111 32
2 VfL Denklingen 16 11 1 4 92 60 32 23
3 ESV Bad Bayersoien 16 9 2 5 87 73 14 20
4 SV Hohenfurch 16 8 3 5 65 58 7 19
5 SV Apfeldorf 16 8 2 6 73 70 3 18
6 EG Wood Augsburg 16 4 2 10 54 91 -37 10
7 1. EC Senden 16 4 1 11 68 94 -26 9
8 EC Oberstdorf 16 2 3 11 60 104 -44 7
9 ESV Buchloe II (N) 16 2 2 12 53 113 -60 6
  • (R) denotes team relegated from the Landesliga after previous season.
  • (N) denotes team has newly entered the league system:
    • ESC Kempten is a new club, took over ice hockey department of TSV Kottern.
    • EHF Passau II and ESV Buchloe II are newly entered reserve teams.
    • SG München is actually the third team of EHC München.

Championship round

The Bezirksliga championship was decided in a home-and-away round with the club with the best aggregate score taking out the series. All four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga.

Semi finals
Team Team Game 1 Game 2
ESC Kempten EC Amberg 11-2 7-4
SC Gaißach EV Bruckberg 13-2 4-4

Finals
  • Third place:
Team Team Game 1 Game 2
EV Bruckberg EC Amberg 3-14 1-25
  • Championship:
Team Team Game 1 Game 2
ESC Kempten SC Gaißach 4-8 5-4
  • The SC Gaißach is the 2007-08 Bavarian Bezirksliga champion.

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