| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 4 September 2021 – 5 June 2022 |
| Winners: | Rot-Weiss Köln (10th title) |
| Relegated: | Frankfurt 1880 Nürnberger HTC |
| Continentalcup1: | Euro Hockey League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Hamburger Polo Club Harvestehuder THC Rot-Weiss Köln |
| Matches: | 96 |
| Total Goals: | 528 |
| League Topscorer: | Gonzalo Peillat (31 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Harvestehude 10–1 Nürnberger HTC Rot-Weiss Köln 9–0 TSV Mannheim Mülheim 9–0 Nürnberger HTC |
| Biggest Away Win: | Nürnberger HTC 0–11 Harvestehude |
| Highest Scoring: | Harvestehude 10–1 Nürnberger HTC Hamburger PC 8–3 Frankfurt 1880 Mülheim 5–6 Alster Nürnberger HTC 3–8 Hamburger PC Nürnberger HTC 0–11 Harvestehude |
| Prevseason: | 2019–2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 79th season of the Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey league.
The season started on 4 September and concluded on 5 June 2022 with the championship final.[1] Rot-Weiss Köln are the defending champions.[2] They defended their title by defeating Hamburger Polo Club 1–0 in the championship final.[3]
A total of 12 teams participate in the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga. The promoted teams are Frankfurt 1880 and Düsseldorfer HC who replaced Crefelder HTC and Grossflottbeker THGC.[4]
| Team | Location | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berliner HC | Berlin | ||
| Club an der Alster | Hamburg | ||
| Düsseldorfer HC | Düsseldorf | ||
| Frankfurt 1880 | Frankfurt | ||
| Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburg | ||
| Harvestehuder THC | Hamburg | ||
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheim | ||
| Nürnberger HTC | Nuremberg | ||
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Cologne | ||
| TSV Mannheim | Mannheim | ||
| UHC Hamburg | Hamburg | ||
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Mülheim |
| State | Number of teams | Clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Club an der Alster, Hamburger Polo Club, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg | ||
| 3 | Düsseldorfer HC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim | ||
| 2 | Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1 | Berliner HC | |
| Nürnberger HTC | |||
| Frankfurt 1880 | |||
| Total | 12 |
| Rank | Player[5] | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mannheimer HC | 31 | |||
| 2 | Hamburger Polo Club | 29 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 3 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | align=center rowspan=2 | 16 | |
| Harvestehuder THC | |||||
| 5 | Harvestehuder THC | 15 | |||
| 6 | Club an der Alster | 12 | |||
| 7 | Hamburger Polo Club | 11 | |||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 8 | Rot-Weiss Köln | align=center rowspan=5 | 10 | |
| Mannheimer HC | |||||
| Hamburger Polo Club | |||||
| Mannheimer HC | |||||
| Rot-Weiss Köln |
The play-downs took place from 14 May to 4 June 2022 and were played in a best of five format.
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TSV Mannheim won series 3–0 and stayed in the Bundesliga while Nürnberger HTC were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga..-----Düsseldorfer HC won series 3–2 and stayed in the Bundesliga while Frankfurt 1880 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga..
The quarter-finals were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 14 or 15 May and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 28 and 29 May respectively. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Bonner THV in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia on 4 and 5 June 2022.[6]
Mannheimer HC won series 2–0.----Rot-Weiss Köln won series 2–0.----Harvestehuder THC won series 2–1.----Hamburger Polo Club won series 2–1.
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