# 2000–01 DEL season

The 2000–01 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 7th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). The Adler Mannheim won the DEL Championship the fourth time in 5 seasons, extending their dominance in German ice hockey. It was also the fifth time in their history they held the German Champion title.
A change was brought to the format of play. The first 8 placed teams in the regular season would go into playoffs, while the season would end for the other teams. There would be no relegation.

## Regular season

All teams played each other 4 times, for a total of 60 rounds. The first 8 placed teams qualified for the playoffs.
| | Team | GP | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF:GA | Points |
| 1. | Adler Mannheim | 60 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 205:144 | 115 |
| 2. | Kölner Haie | 60 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 186:154 | 111 |
| 3. | Munich Barons (M) | 60 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 175:150 | 104 |
| 4. | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 60 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 191:171 | 103 |
| 5. | Kassel Huskies | 60 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 176:156 | 103 |
| 6. | Revierlöwen Oberhausen | 60 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 187:151 | 102 |
| 7. | Hannover Scorpions | 60 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 203:182 | 99 |
| 8. | Berlin Capitals | 60 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 191:173 | 98 |
| 9. | Krefeld Pinguine | 60 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 182:177 | 88 |
| 10. | Frankfurt Lions | 60 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 189:189 | 87 |
| 11. | Düsseldorfer EG (N) | 60 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 133:164 | 76 |
| 12. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 60 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 174:207 | 76 |
| 13. | Eisbären Berlin | 60 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 192:221 | 73 |
| 14. | Augsburger Panther | 60 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 187:242 | 73 |
| 15. | Iserlohn Roosters (N) | 60 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 152:189 | 68 |
| 16. | Essen Mosquitoes | 60 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 173:226 | 64 |

## Playoff

The playoffs were played in a best-of-five format.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Adler Mannheim | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Berlin Capitals | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Berlin Capitals | 2 | 1 | Adler Mannheim | 3 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Hannover Scorpions | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Kölner Haie | 0 | 7 | Hannover Scorpions | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Hannover Scorpions | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Hannover Scorpions | 3 | | | | 1 | Adler Mannheim | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Munich Barons | 1 |
| 3 | Munich Barons | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Munich Barons | 1 |
| 6 | Revierlöwen Oberhausen | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Revierlöwen Oberhausen | 0 | 3 | München Barons | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Kassel Huskies | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 1 | 5 | Kassel Huskies | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Kassel Huskies | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals started March 23, 2001.
| | | | Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Adler Mannheim | – | Berlin Capitals | 3:2 | 5:1 | 3:4 | 4:3 | 2:3 | 3:0 |
| Kölner Haie | – | Hannover Scorpions | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:5 | 3:4 | – | – |
| Munich Barons | – | Revierlöwen Oberhausen | 3:0 | 4:2 | 3:2 | 4:2 | – | – |
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | – | Kassel Huskies | 1:3 | 3:2 | 1:2 | 3:4 | 3:4 | – |

### Semifinals

Semifinals started April 3.
| | | | Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Adler Mannheim | – | Hannover Scorpions | 3:0 | 7:2 | 7:5 | 6:1 | – | – |
| München Barons | – | Kassel Huskies | 3:1 | 3:2 | 2:3 | 3:1 | 6:5 | – |

### Finals

The DEL finals started on April 14 with a homegame for Adler Mannheim who had a better regular season standing.
| | | | Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Adler Mannheim | – | München Barons | 3:1 | 4:1 | 1:4 | 2:1 | 2:1 | – |
The Adler Mannheim extended their dominance by winning the DEL Championship for the 4th time.