# 2006–07 Bavarian ice hockey season

    For the main article see Bavarian ice hockey leagues
The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2006-07 started on 20 October 2006 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 23 March 2007 with the third league final. It saw the EHF Passau take out the Bavarian title. The EHF, along with the runner-up Deggendorfer SC were accepted into the Oberliga for the 2007-08 season.
No team remained undefeated all season or managed to suffer only one loss. Three clubs hold the joint record of two defeats only, those being the VER Selb, Wanderers Germaring and ESV Gebensbach. Also, three clubs remained winless all season, those being the EV Bruckberg, TSV Trostberg II and EC Pfaffenhofen II.

## Champions

The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:
* Bayernliga: EHF Passau
* Landesliga: EHC Nürnberg
* Bezirksliga: ESV Gebensbach

## 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 |
| 1 | EHF Passau (N) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 137 | 60 | 77 | 47 |
| 2 | Deggendorfer SC | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 153 | 106 | 47 | 46 |
| 3 | EC Pfaffenhofen | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 152 | 115 | 37 | 42 |
| 4 | TSV Peißenberg | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 160 | 105 | 55 | 41 |
| 5 | TSV Erding | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 128 | 90 | 38 | 41 |
| 6 | ERV Schweinfurt (N) | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 149 | 117 | 32 | 38 |
| 7 | EHC Waldkraiburg | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 122 | 97 | 25 | 34 |
| 8 | Höchstadter EC | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 118 | 120 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | ESV Königsbrunn | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 114 | 117 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | ECDC Memmingen | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | ESC Dorfen | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 120 | 123 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | ERC Sonthofen | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 92 | 135 | -43 | 18 |
| 13 | EV Pegnitz | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 115 | 165 | -50 | 16 |
| 14 | EC Ulm/Neu Ulm (N) | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 83 | 125 | -42 | 15 |
| 15 | SVG Burgkirchen | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 90 | 185 | -95 | 15 |
| 16 | EV Fürstenfeldbruck | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 76 | 149 | -73 | 11 |
* (N) denotes team promoted from the Landesliga after the previous season.

### Play-Offs

All rounds of the play-offs were carried out in a best-of-three modus. The winner of the final was crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).

#### First round

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| EHF Passau | Höchstadter EC | 5-2 | 3-1 |
| Deggendorfer SC | EHC Waldkraiburg | 5-4 | 5-2 |
| EC Pfaffenhofen | ERV Schweinfurt | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| TSV Peißenberg | TSV Erding | 5-4 | 5-2 |

#### Semi finals

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| EHF Passau | ERV Schweinfurt | 5-2 | 2-4 | 8-0 |
| Deggendorfer SC | TSV Peißenberg | 10-3 | 3-6 | 4-2 |

#### Finals

* Third place:
| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| TSV Peißenberg | ERV Schweinfurt | 8-3 | 5-4 | |
* Championship:
| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| EHF Passau | Deggendorfer SC | 3-5 | 4-3 | 4-2 |
* The EHF Passau wins the Bavarian championship for the 2006-07 season.

### Play-Downs

Both rounds were played in a best-of-three modus. The losing semi-finalists are relegated to the Landesligas.

#### First round

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| ESV Königsbrunn | EV Fürstenfeldbruck | 3-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| ECDC Memmingen | SVG Burgkirchen | 7-4 | 1-2 | 12-1 |
| ESC Dorfen | EC Ulm/Neu Ulm | 3-2 | 1-4 | 5-4 |
| ERC Sonthofen | EV Pegnitz | 4-1 | 2-4 | 7-4 |

#### Semi finals

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| EV Pegnitz | EV Fürstenfeldbruck | 5-4 | 4-10 | 2-3 |
| EC Ulm/Neu Ulm | SVG Burgkirchen | 6-3 | 4-1 | |
* The EV Pegnitz and SVG Burgkirchen are relegated to the Landesliga.

### Top scorers
#### Main round

| Place | Name | Team | Games | Points |
| 1 | Thomas Greilinger | Deggendorfer SC | 29 | 80 |
| 2 | Sergej Waßmiller | ERV Schweinfurt | 30 | 75 |
| 3 | Roman Mucha | EC Peiting | 29 | 74 |

#### Play-Offs

| Place | Name | Team | Games | Points |
| 1 | Thomas Greilinger | Deggendorfer SC | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Marek Pospisil | TSV Peißenberg | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Enrico Kock | Deggendorfer SC | 8 | 12 |

## Landesliga

The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the top four clubs who entered the promotion round. The promotion round groups were mixed, with one club each from the four divisions. The bottom four entered a relegation round with the last club from there being relegated to the Bezirksliga.
The winner of each of the four promotion rounds entered the Landesliga finals. The two winners of the semi-finals were promoted to the Bayernliga. Because two teams from the Bayernliga were promoted to the Oberliga and none relegated, an additional two promotion spots became available and in the end all four finalists were promoted.

### First round

Top four teams enter the promotion round.
* Landesliga Nord
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | VER Selb | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 34 | 85 | 24 |
| 2 | ESC Hassfurt (N) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 61 | 36 | 22 |
| 3 | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 56 | 47 | 19 |
| 4 | ERSC Amberg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 92 | 102 | -10 | 13 |
| 5 | EV Regensburg II | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 66 | 70 | -4 | 12 |
| 6 | EC Bad Kissing (N) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 94 | -44 | 8 |
| 7 | EV Weiden II | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 82 | -53 | 7 |
| 8 | EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 117 | -57 | 7 |
* Landesliga Süd
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | ESC Holzkirchen | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 97 | 49 | 48 | 23 |
| 2 | SC Forst | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 47 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | TSV Trostberg | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 84 | 48 | 36 | 18 |
| 4 | EC Bad Tölz II | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | ERSC Ottobrunn | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | DEC Frillensee-Inzell | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 96 | -36 | 10 |
| 7 | SC Reichersbeuren | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 60 | -14 | 9 |
| 8 | EHC München II (N) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 97 | -56 | 2 |
* Landesliga Ost
** The 4th place was decided on the results of the games between the two involved clubs, 4-3 and 3-3 in Straubings favor.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Wanderers Germering (R) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 47 | 134 | 25 |
| 2 | EV Dingolfing | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 36 | 66 | 22 |
| 3 | ESC Vilshofen | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 101 | 50 | 51 | 20 |
| 4 | EHC Straubing II | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 61 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | EV Moosburg | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 61 | 17 | 14 |
| 6 | SE Freising | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 69 | 74 | -5 | 13 |
| 7 | EK München (N) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 132 | -96 | 3 |
| 8 | EV Bruckberg | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 191 | -171 | 1 |
* Landesliga West
** The 4th place was decided on the results of the games between the two involved clubs, 5-0 and 2-5 in Burgaus favor.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | ESV Buchloe | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 23 |
| 2 | EV Pfronten | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 21 |
| 3 | EV Lindau | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 47 | 25 | 18 |
| 4 | ESV Burgau | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 64 | -9 | 14 |
| 5 | EV Bad Wörishofen (N) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 44 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | TSV Kottern | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | EA Schongau (R) | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 67 | -27 | 8 |
| 8 | ERC Lechbruck | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 88 | -56 | 3 |
* (R) denotes team relegated from the Bayernliga after previous season.
* (N) denotes team promoted from the Bezirksliga after previous season.

### Promotion round

First placed team qualifies for the Landesliga championship.
* Group 1
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Wanderers Germering | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 23 | 35 | 12 |
| 2 | ESC Hassfurt | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | TSV Trostberg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 50 | -14 | 6 |
| 4 | ESV Burgau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 0 |
* Group 2
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | EV Pfronten | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | ESC Holzkirchen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | ESC Vilshofen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 5 |
| 4 | ERSC Amberg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 37 | -10 | 3 |
* Group 3
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| 2 | ESV Buchloe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | EV Dingolfing | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 6 |
| 4 | EC Bad Tölz II | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 48 | -33 | 0 |
* Group 4
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | VER Selb | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 11 |
| 2 | EV Lindau | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
| 3 | SC Forst | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 37 | -19 | 2 |
| 4 | EHC Straubing II | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 45 | -26 | 2 |

### Landesliga championship
#### Semi finals

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| EHC 80 Nürnberg | VER Selb | 4-4 | 5-3 |
| Wanderers Germering | EV Pfronten | 9-1 | 5-3 |

#### Finals

* Third place:
| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| VER Selb | EV Pfronten | 8-1 | 3-0 |
* Championship:
| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| Wanderers Germering | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 6-7 | 5-5 |
* The EHC 80 Nürnberg is the Landesliga champion for the 2006-07 season. Together with the Wanderers Germering, EV Pfronten and VER Selb they are promoted to the Bayernliga.

### Relegation round

The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga.
* Landesliga Nord
** The last place was decided on the results of the games between the two involved clubs, 10-5 and 4-7 in Stiftland-Mitterteich favor.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 5 | EV Regensburg II | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 19 | 24 | 10 |
| 6 | EV Weiden II | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 4 |
| 8 | EC Bad Kissing | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 45 | -18 | 4 |
* Landesliga Süd
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 5 | ERSC Ottobrunn | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 10 |
| 6 | SC Reichersbeuren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | EHC München II | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 40 | -12 | 4 |
| 8 | DEC Frillensee-Inzell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 3 |
* Landesliga Ost
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 5 | SE Freising | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 23 | 31 | 10 |
| 6 | EV Moosburg | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 24 | 27 | 10 |
| 7 | EK München | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 4 |
| 8 | EV Bruckberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 66 | -49 | 0 |
* Landesliga West
** The last place was decided on the results of the games between the two involved clubs, 10-3 and 3-5 in Kotterns favor.
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 5 | EA Schongau | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | EV Bad Wörishofen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 29 | -8 | 6 |
| 7 | TSV Kottern * | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | ERC Lechbruck | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 5 |
* The EC Bad Kissing and EV Bruckberg are relegated to the Bezirksliga.
* The TSV Kottern withdraws from the Bavarian ice hockey leagues, its ice hockey department joins the new ESC Kempten.
* The DEC Frillensee-Inzell and ERC Lechbruck are not relegated because four Landesliga teams are promoted to the Bayernliga and therefore extra places in the Landesliga are available.

## Bezirksliga

The four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are nominally promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.

### Main round

First placed team enters championship round.
* Bezirksliga Nord
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | EHC Bayreuth (N) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 46 | 72 | 24 |
| 2 | ESV Würzburg | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 107 | 51 | 56 | 23 |
| 3 | ERC Ingolstadt II | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 55 | 21 | 19 |
| 4 | EC Amberg (N) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 69 | 19 | 18 |
| 5 | EHC Regensburg | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 88 | -11 | 12 |
| 6 | EC Erkersreuth (R) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 73 | -17 | 12 |
| 7 | Deggendorfer SC II | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 96 | -50 | 3 |
| 8 | EC Pfaffenhofen II (N) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 133 | -90 | 0 |
* Bezirksliga Süd
** The first place was decided on the results of the games between the two involved clubs, 5-2 and 4-4 in Geretsrieds favor
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | ESC Riverrats Geretsried (R) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 44 | 64 | 23 |
| 2 | EHC Bad Aibling | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 115 | 36 | 79 | 23 |
| 3 | SC Gaißach | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 57 | 47 | 22 |
| 4 | EV Mittenwald | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 76 | 47 | 29 | 16 |
| 5 | TSV Schliersee | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 70 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | EHC Waldkraiburg II | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 102 | -52 | 7 |
| 7 | EV Berchtesgaden | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 76 | 101 | -25 | 6 |
| 8 | TSV Trostberg II | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 160 | -140 | 1 |
* Bezirksliga Ost
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | ESV Gebensbach (R) | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 25 | 67 | 20 |
| 2 | ERC Regen | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 55 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | ESV Waldkirchen | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 91 | 52 | 39 | 15 |
| 4 | ASV Dachau | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 62 | 30 | 15 |
| 5 | Wanderers Germering II (N) | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 75 | -16 | 8 |
| 6 | EV Aich | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 87 | -44 | 8 |
| 7 | Dynamo Dingolfing | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 128 | -86 | 2 |
* Bezirksliga West
| Position | Name | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | VfL Denklingen | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 51 | 36 | 24 |
| 2 | ESV Bad Bayersoien | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 43 | 36 | 23 |
| 3 | SV Hohenfurch | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 45 | 24 | 16 |
| 4 | EC Oberstdorf | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 64 | 50 | 14 | 15 |
| 5 | 1. EC Senden | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 64 | 75 | -11 | 15 |
| 6 | ESV Türkheim | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 71 | -26 | 8 |
| 7 | EG Wood Augsburg | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 66 | 90 | -24 | 7 |
| 8 | SV Apfeldorf | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 86 | -49 | 3 |
* (R) denotes team relegated from the Landesliga after previous season.
* (N) denotes team has newly entered the league system.

### 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. Nominally, all four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga, however, the VfL Denklingen was not.

#### Semi finals

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| ESV Gebensbach | EHC Bayreuth | 5-3 | 3-1 |
| VfL Denklingen | ESC Riverrats Geretsried | 5-3 | 5-4 |

#### Final

| Team | Team | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| ESV Gebensbach | VfL Denklingen | 2-0 | 5-2 |
* The ESV Gebensbach is the 2006-07 Bavarian Bezirksliga champion. The ESC Riverrats Geretsried and EHC Bayreuth are also promoted to the Landesliga.
* The ESV Würzburg and EHC Bad Aibling are also promoted.
* The VfL Denklingen was not promoted.

## Sources

* Bayrischer Eissport Verband- Official Bavarian ice hockey website
* Hockey Archives - International ice hockey website with tables and results (in French)
* Bayernhockey-Inoffical website on Bavarian ice hockey