2007–08 Bavarian ice hockey season explained
For the main article see Bavarian ice hockey leagues
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.
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 latter, 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 | |
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Finals
- 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 were 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 | |
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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 | |
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Final
- Series not played, the EV Fürstenfeldbruck is relegated, the EC Ulm/Neu Ulm has folded.
Top scorers
Main round
| Place | Name | Team | Games | Points |
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| 1 |  Mikhail Nemirovsky | ERV Schweinfurt | 29 | 78 |
| 2 |  Martin Jiranek | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 24 | 67 |
| 3 | Dale Crombeen | EHC Waldkraiburg | 28 | 63 |
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Play-Offs
| Place | Name | Team | Games | Points |
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| 1 |  Marek Pospisil | TSV Peißenberg | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Thomas Maier | TSV Peißenberg | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Dale Crombeen | EHC Waldkraiburg | 8 | 15 |
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Landesliga
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determine 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.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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 from the first rounds competition. The bottom team in each group was relegated to the Bezirksliga, except the EK München, which was not.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 divisions played out a home-and-away round to determine the league winner. The four league champions are promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.
Main round
The first-place team entered the championship round and was promoted to Landesliga. In addition, EHC Regensburg was promoted as best runner-up, taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm/Neu Ulm.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 | |
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 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 have already been promoted to the Landesliga.
Semi finals
| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
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| ESC Kempten | EC Amberg | 11-2 | 7-4 |
| SC Gaißach | EV Bruckberg | 13-2 | 4-4 |
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Finals
- The SC Gaißach is the 2007-08 Bavarian Bezirksliga champion.
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