DEL2

DEL2
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017–18 DEL2 season
Formerly 2nd Bundesliga
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 2013
Inaugural season 2013–14
No. of teams 14
Country Germany Germany
Most recent
champion(s)		 Bietigheim Steelers
Most titles Bietigheim Steelers (2x)
Promotion to DEL (2018-19 onward)
Related
competitions		 DEL and Oberliga
Official website www.del-2.org

DEL2, also known as DEL II, is the second-level of ice hockey in Germany, below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). Founded in 2013, it is administered by the ESBG.

In September 2015 the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.[1]

In the 2015–16 season the league was the best-supported second-tier ice hockey league in Europe with an average of 2,688 spectators per game.[2]

On 1 July 2016 the Fischtown Pinguins became the first DEL2 team to be admitted to the DEL, replacing the Hamburg Freezers in the league for 2016–17.[3]

Participating teams

The league had 12 teams participating in the 2013–14 season, before expanding to 14 teams from the 2014–15 season.[4]

DEL2 Teams: 2016–17 Season[5]
TeamLocationJoined league
Bietigheim SteelersBietigheim-Bissingen2013
Eispiraten CrimmitschauCrimmitschau2013
Dresdner EislöwenDresden2013
Heilbronner FalkenHeilbronn2013
ESV KaufbeurenKaufbeuren2013
Lausitzer FüchseWeißwasser2013
Ravensburg TowerstarsRavensburg2013
SC RiesserseeGarmisch-Partenkirchen2013
EC Bad NauheimBad Nauheim2013
Löwen FrankfurtFrankfurt2014
Kassel HuskiesKassel2014
EHC FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau2015
EHC BayreuthBayreuth2016
Tölzer LöwenBad Tölz2017

Former teams

Former DEL2 Teams:
TeamLocationYears in league
EV LandshutLandshut2013–2015
Fischtown PinguinsBremerhaven2013–2016
Starbulls RosenheimRosenheim2013–2017

Champions

The champions, runners-up and regular season winners of the league:[6]

Season Champions Runners-up Regular Season
2013–14 Fischtown Pinguins Bietigheim Steelers Fischtown Pinguins
2014–15 Bietigheim Steelers Fischtown Pinguins Bietigheim Steelers
2015–16 EC Kassel Huskies Bietigheim Steelers Bietigheim Steelers
2016-17 Löwen Frankfurt Bietigheim Steelers Bietigheim Steelers
2017-18 Bietigheim Steelers SC Riessersee SC Riessersee

References

  1. ↑ DEL: Rückkehr zu Auf- und Abstieg? Fahrplan steht! (in German) kicker.de, published: 8 September 2015, accessed: 22 September 2015
  2. ↑ "EUROPEAN ATTENDANCE RANKING PUBLISHED". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bremerhaven wird DEL-Standort" [Bremerhaven joins the DEL]. kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "DEL II is official". Eurohockey.com. 2013-07-13.
  5. ↑ "DEL2 startet mit 14 Teams in die neue Saison" [DEL2 starts new season with 14 teams] (in German). DEL2. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  6. ↑ DEL 2 (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 22 September 2015
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