| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2019–2021 |
| Dates: | 7 September 2019 – 9 May 2021 |
| Shieldtitle: | Regular season |
| Winners: | Düsseldorfer HC (1st title) |
| Relegated: | Rüsselsheimer RK Zehlendorfer Wespen |
| Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Düsseldorfer HC |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 631 |
| League Topscorer: | Lena Micheel (23 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Club an der Alster 9–0 Zehlen Wespen Hamburg 9–0 Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| Biggest Away Win: | Uhlenhorst Mülheim 0–7 Hamburg Zehlen Wespen 0–7 Düsseldorfer HC |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2019–21 Bundesliga was the 75th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey league. It began on 7 September 2019 and it concluded with the championship final on 9 May 2021 in Mannheim.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league was suspended on 13 March until 1 April 2020.[2] The season returned on 5 September 2020 and was extended into 2021 with an extra round of matches.
For the 2019–21 season, the German Hockey Federation introduced a new format.[3] The league was played by twelve teams grouped in two pools of six (Pool A and Pool B) based on the previous season's ranking. The teams of the same pool competed 2 times and faced the teams of the other pool once. The first four of each pool qualified for the play-offs and the last two of each pool played the play-downs.
Club an der Alster were the two-time defending champions.[4]
A total of 12 teams participated in the 2019–2021 edition of the Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Großflottbek and Rüsselsheimer who replaced TSV Mannheim and Bremer HC.
| Team | Location | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner HC | Berlin | ||
| Club an der Alster | Hamburg | ||
| Düsseldorfer HC | Düsseldorf | ||
| Grossflottbeker THGC | Hamburg | ||
| Harvestehuder THC | Hamburg | ||
| UHC Hamburg | Hamburg | ||
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheim | ||
| Münchner SC | Munich | ||
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Cologne | ||
| Rüsselsheimer RK | Rüsselsheim | ||
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Mülheim | ||
| Zehlendorfer Wespen | Berlin |
| State | Number of teams | Clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Club an der Alster, Großflottbek, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg | ||
| 3 | Düsseldorfer HC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim | ||
| 2 | Berliner HC and Zehlendorfer Wespen | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1 | Mannheimer HC | |
| Münchner SC | |||
| Rüsselsheimer RK | |||
| Total | 12 |
The play-downs were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 24 or 25 April and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 1 and 2 May respectively.[5] |}
Grossflottbeker THGC won the series 2–1.----
The quarter-finals were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 25 April and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 1 and 2 May respectively. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Mannheimer HC in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.
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Mannheimer HC won the series 2–1.----Rot-Weiss Köln won the series 2–1.----Düsseldorfer HC won the series 2–0.----Club an der Alster won the series 2–0.
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lena Micheel | UHC Hamburg | 23 | |
| 2 | Pia Maertens | Rot-Weiss Köln | 18 | |
| 3 | Charlotte Stapenhorst | UHC Hamburg | 15 | |
| 4 | Pauline Heinz | Rüsselsheimer RK | 14 | |
| 5 | Hannah Gablać | Club an der Alster | 13 | |
| 6 | Petra Ankenbrand | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 12 | |
| Rebecca Grote | Rot-Weiss Köln | |||
| Celina Hocks | Rüsselsheimer RK | |||
| 9 | Emma-Sophie Heßler | align=left rowspan=2 | Düsseldorfer HC | 11 |
| Lilly Stoffelsma | ||||
| Hanna Valentin | align=left rowspan=2 | Club an der Alster | ||
| 12 | Lisa Altenburg | 10 | ||
| Laura Saenger | Harvestehuder THC | |||
| Sara Strauss | Düsseldorfer HC |