2007 – 08 Bavarian ice hockey season The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2007 - 08 started on 19 October 2007 with the first round in the " Bayernliga " and finished on 14 March 2008 with the third league final . It saw the " EHC Waldkraiburg " take out its second Bavarian title , having previously won it in 1987 - 88 , then under the name of " VfL Waldkraiburg " . The club could have taken up promotion to the Oberliga but declined . The " EV Weiden " voluntarily withdrew from the " Oberliga " while " Regensburg " was forced to resign from the " 2nd Bundesliga " due to insolvency . The " Bayernliga " season saw the " EC Ulm / Neu - Ulm " fold after 16 rounds , unable to complete its schedule . No team remained unbeaten this season , the " ESC Kempten " in the " Bezirksliga West " held the best record with 19 wins and one defeat . Two teams , both from the " Bezirksliga " , remained winless all season , the " SG München " and the " TSV Trostberg II " . For the later , it was the second winless season in a row , having only ever won one game since joining the league in 2005 . Champions . The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams : Bayernliga . Play - Offs . The first round of the play - offs was carried out in a best - of - five modus , after that it went to a best - of - three . The winner of the final is crowned " Bayrischer Meister " ( English : " Bavarian champions " ) . Play - Downs . The first round of the play - offs was carried out in a best - of - five modus , after that it went to a best - of - three . The " EC Ulm / Neu - Ulm " did not play any games , all games awarded to the opposition . The two teams in the final are relegated to the " Landesligas " . Landesliga . The four regional divisions played out a home - and - away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round , The top two teams of this round gain promotion to the " Bayernliga " . Should one or more teams from this league move up to the " Oberliga " without a Bavarian team being relegated from there , additional clubs from that round may gain promotion . The remaining six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the " Bezirksliga " . From season to season , clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation . This explains , why three of the " Landesligas " have two newly promoted teams each while the western division has none in the 2007 - 08 season . The fact that six clubs moved up from the " Bezirksliga " to the " Landesliga " from the previous season results from the fact that four teams were promoted to the " Bayernliga " the previous season and therefore extra places were available to fill . First round . Top two teams enter the " promotion round " . Promotion round . Top two teams promoted to the " Bayernliga " . Relegation round . No points were taken along from the first rounds competition . The bottom team in each group is relegated to the " Bezirksliga " , except the " EK München " , which was not . Bezirksliga . The four regional division played out a home - and - away round to determined the league winner . The four league champions are promoted to the " Landesliga " and also are qualified for the " Bezirksliga " championship round . Main round . First placed team enters championship round and is promoted to " Landesliga " . In addition , EHC Regensburg is promoted as best runner - up , taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm / Neu Ulm . 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 . All four teams are already promoted to the " Landesliga " .