2019–20 Oberliga season

The 2019/20 Oberliga season was the 61st season of the Oberliga, the third-tier of German ice hockey. The Oberliga operated with two regional leagues, North and South. 24 teams competed in the season that spanned from 28 September 2019 till 11 March 2020. The regular season and championship playoff qualifiers was completed, but the season was then cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the remainder of the Oberliga season was cancelled by DEB. The championship playoffs were not contested so no Oberliga champion was named. There was also no sporting promotion or relegation, with ERC Sonthofen the only team to be relegated due to the club entering insolvency. Tilburg Trappers were crowned Oberliga North premiers, while Eisbären Regensburg were crowned Oberliga South premiers.
==Teams==
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Team 	Location 	Location 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded 	Joined league
Team 	City 	State 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded 	Joined league
Füchse Duisburg 	Duisburg 	North Rhine-Westphalia 	Scania Arena 	4,800 	1971 	2010
Black Dragons Erfurt 	Erfurt 	Thuringia 	Kartoffelhalle Erfurt 	1,200 	2010 	2010
Moskitos Essen 	Essen 	North Rhine-Westphalia 	Eissporthalle Essen-West 	3,850 	1994 	2015
Saale Bulls Halle 	Halle (Saale) 	Saxony-Anhalt 	Eissporthalle Halle 	2,200 	2004 	2010
Hamburg Crocodiles 	Hamburg 	Hamburg 	Eisland Farmsen 	2,300 	1990 	2010
Hannover Indians 	Hannover 	Lower Saxony 	Eisstadion am Pferdeturm 	4,608 	1948 	2013
Hannover Scorpions 	Hannover 	Lower Saxony 	Eishalle Langenhagen 	3,800 	1996 	2013
Herner EV 2007 	Herne 	North Rhine-Westphalia 	Gysenberghalle 	3,700 	2007 	2012
Krefeld Pinguine U23 	Krefeld 	North Rhine-Westphalia 	König Palast 	9,000 	1995 	2011
IceFighters Leipzig 	Leipzig 	Saxony 	Kohlrabizirkus Eisarena 	2,500 	2010 	2010
Rostock Piranhas 	Rostock 	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 	Eishalle Rostock 	2,000 	1990 	2010
Tilburg Trappers 	Tilburg 	North Brabant 	IJssportcentrum Tilburg 	2,500 	1938 	2015
Three Regionalliga teams declined promotion to Oberliga North (ECW Sande, Herford EV and Schönheider Wolves). DEL team, Krefeld EV applied for a licence for their U23 team to compete in Oberliga North, this was accepted. EC Harzer Falken withdrew from the league after beginning insolvency proceedings. ECC Preussen Berlin had the chance to apply for a licence, even though they were relegated from the previous season but they could not meet the conditions so remained in Regionlliga Ost. 
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Team 	Location 	Location 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded 	Joined league
Team 	City 	State 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded 	Joined league
EV Füssen 	Füssen 	Bavaria 	Bundesleistungszentrum 	4,700 	1922 	2019
Höchstadter EC 	Höchstadt 	Bavaria 	Eisstadion Höchstadt 	2,000 	1993 	2018
ECDC Memmingen 	Memmingen 	Bavaria 	Eissportstadion am Hühnerberg 	3,850 	1992 	2017
EV Lindau Islanders 	Lindau 	Bavaria 	Eichwaldstadion 	1,100 	1976 	2016
EC Peiting 	Peiting 	Bavaria 	Eisstadion Peiting 	2,500 	1973 	2000
SC Riessersee 	Garmisch-Partenkirchen 	Bavaria 	Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum 	6,926 	1920 	2018
ERC Sonthofen 1999 	Sonthofen 	Bavaria 	Eissporthalle Sonthofen 	2,860 	1999 	2014
Eisbären Regensburg 	Regensburg 	Bavaria 	Donau Arena 	4,961 	1962 	2010
Starbulls Rosenheim 	Rosenheim 	Bavaria 	Emilo Stadion 	4,750 	2000 	2017
Selber Wölfe 	Selb 	Bavaria 	Hutschenreuther Eissporthalle 	4,082 	2004 	2010
1. EV Weiden 	Weiden 	Bavaria 	Eisstadion Weiden 	2,560 	1985 	2012
Deggendorfer SC 	Deggendorf 	Bavaria 	Eissporthalle an der Trat 	4,000 	2002 	2019
Deggendorf SC joined Oberliga South for 2019/20 after being relegated from DEL2. EV Landshut left the league after being promoted to DEL2. EV Füssen joined the league from the Bayernliga while EHC Waldkraiburg went the other direction. The champions of Regionalliga Südwest, SC Bietigheim-Bissingen were not eligible for promotion to Oberliga South due to their first team playing in DEL2 (Bietigheim Steelers) 
==Oberliga North==
Oberliga North ran from 21 September 2019 till 10 March 2020. The league operated with a 44 match (4 matches against each team) regular season. The top six teams automatically qualified for the championship & promotion playoffs. The next four teams advanced to the qualification playoffs for two spots in the championship playoffs. The team finishing eleventh, had their season end after the regular season while the team that finished twelfth, was relegated to the Regionalliga. Tilburg Trappers topped the league standings at the end of the regular season, being crowned Oberliga North premiers. Krefeld EV U23's finished last and would have been relegated until the league decided to suspend all promotion and relegation for the season due to COVID-19 ending the season early.
===Regular season===
===Qualification playoffs===
Teams finishing seventh to tenth play best of three match series in the qualification playoffs to determine the final two places from Oberliga North in the Championship playoffs. The matches occurred between 6 March and 10 March 2020.
Qualified for Championship playoffs
Team 1 	Team 2 	Series result	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
Saale Bulls Halle	ESC Moskitos Essen	2:0 	7–2 	5–4 	–
Füchse Duisburg 	Rostock Piranhas 	1:2 	3–2 	3–4 	2–3 (OT)
==Oberliga South==
Oberliga South ran from 27 September 2019 till 8 March 2020. The league was broken into two stages. Stage one, the regular season, had all twelve teams compete in a home and away round before splitting into two regional groups for a second home and away round for a total of 32 matches. The top ten teams advanced to the Oberliga South qualification round to determine the league premier and eight qualifiers for the Oberliga championship playoffs. The bottom two teams advanced to the relegation playoffs with six Bayernliga teams. Memmingen Indians finished top of the regular season but Eisbären Regensburg topped the fifty match qualification round to claim the Oberliga South premiership. ERC Sonthofen Bulls and Höchstadter EC finished in the bottom two, but the relegation playoffs were cancelled due to COVID-19, so neither team was relegated on sporting performance. However, ERC Sonthofen declared bankruptcy and withdrew from the league, confirming their relegation next season.
===Regular season===
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Group A	Group A
# 	Team
1 	EV Füssen
2 	ECDC Memmingen
3 	EV Lindau Islanders
4 	EC Peiting
5 	SC Riessersee
6 	ERC Sonthofen Bulls
===Qualification round===
==Championship playoffs==
The championship playoffs to determine the Oberliga champion and promotion to DEL2 did not go ahead for the 2019/20 season. All ice hockey in Germany was cancelled on 11 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualified teams
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North	North
# 	Team
1 	Eisbären Regensburg
2 	ECDC Memmingen
3 	SC Riessersee
4 	Deggendorfer SC
5 	Starbulls Rosenheim
6 	EC Peiting
7 	EV Füssen
8 	Selber Wölfe
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Elite Prospects home
Category:Oberliga seasons
Category:2019–20 in German ice hockey
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