2008-09 Bavarian ice hockey season

:For the main article see Bavarian ice hockey leagues
Bavarian ice hockey season 2008-09
Nation
State
Promotion To
Oberliga Süd
Levels
Bayernliga (IV)
Landesliga (V)
Bezirksliga (VI)
Number of leagues
9
Number of teams
80
Champions
ERV Schweinfurt
The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2008-09 started on 17 October 2008 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 22 March 2009 with the second Bayernliga final, with the ERV Schweinfurt taking out the title for a third time, having previously won it in 1990 and 2000.
Two clubs finished the season with only one loss to their name, the Bezirksliga and Landesliga champions TSV Schliersee and EHC Bayreuth, while the TSV Trostberg II was the only team not to record a win, having now not won a league game since January 2006.
==Champions==
The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:
* Bayernliga: ERV Schweinfurt
* Landesliga: EHC Bayreuth
* Bezirksliga: TSV Schliersee
==Bayernliga==
* The competition will be 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 determined the two relegated teams. Differently from the previous season, the league did not enter the play-offs straight after the main round. Instead it played another group phase in four groups of four teams.
===Main round: Final table===
Position	Name 	Played	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	TSV Peißenberg 	30 	19 	2 	2 	7 	142	100	42 	63
2 	ERV Schweinfurt 	30 	16 	5 	1 	8 	169	127	42 	59
3 	Höchstadter EC 	30 	18 	0 	2 	10 	145	107	38 	56
4 	TSV Erding 	30 	16 	2 	1 	11 	137	104	33 	53
5 	ESC Dorfen 	30 	16 	1 	3 	10 	117	106	11 	53
6 	ESV Buchloe (N) 	30 	16 	1 	3 	10 	98 	86 	12 	53
7 	VER Selb 	30 	16 	1 	2 	11 	153	120	33 	52
8 	ECDC Memmingen 	30 	15 	2 	2 	11 	129	97 	32 	51
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	ERC Sonthofen 	30 	14 	2 	3 	11 	117	113	4 	49
10 	EHC Waldkraiburg 	30 	15 	1 	1 	13 	134	116	18 	48
11 	ESV Königsbrunn 	30 	11 	5 	2 	12 	108	104	4 	45
12 	Germering Wanderers	30 	10 	2 	3 	15 	129	150	-21 	37
13 	EC Pfaffenhofen 	30 	7 	3 	2 	18 	113	144	-31 	29
14 	EV Pfronten 	30 	6 	4 	2 	18 	79 	124	-45 	28
15 	EHC 80 Nürnberg 	30 	6 	3 	1 	20 	89 	158	-69 	25
16 	EV Dingolfing (N) 	30 	5 	0 	4 	21 	85 	188	-103	19
* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, OTL = Overtime loss, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, (N) = Promoted club
===Group phase: Final table===
====Championship round====
The eight teams qualified for this round were split into two groups; Group A consisted of the teams having finished 1st, 4th, 5th and 8th in the main round. Group B consisted of the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th team. The top two teams of each group qualified for the play-off semi-finals.
* Group A
Position	Name 	Played	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	TSV Peißenberg	6 	4 	0 	1 	1 	40	18	22 	13
2 	ESC Dorfen 	6 	4 	0 	0 	2 	21	24	-3 	12
3 	ECDC Memmingen	6 	1 	1 	1 	3 	17	27	-10	6
4 	TSV Erding 	6 	1 	1 	0 	4 	22	31	-9 	5
* Group B
Position	Name 	Played	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	ERV Schweinfurt	6 	4 	0 	0 	2 	34	23	11 	12
2 	Höchstadter EC 	6 	3 	1 	0 	2 	29	19	10 	11
3 	VER Selb 	6 	2 	0 	1 	3 	18	32	-14	7
4 	ESV Buchloe 	6 	2 	0 	0 	4 	20	27	-7 	6
====Relegation round====
The eight teams qualified for this round were also split into two groups. Group A consisted of the teams having finished 9th, 12th, 13th and 16th in the main round. Group B consisted of the 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th team. The bottom two teams of each group had to enter the play-downs while the top two teams were qualified for next seasons Bayernliga.
* Group A
Position	Name 	Played	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1 	EC Pfaffenhofen 	6 	4 	0 	1 	1 	27	27	0 	13
2 	EV Dingolfing 	6 	3 	1 	0 	2 	24	18	6 	11
3 	Wanderers Germering	6 	2 	0 	0 	4 	18	23	-5	6
4 	ERC Sonthofen 	6 	2 	0 	0 	4 	20	21	-1	6
* Group B
Position	Name 	Played	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Waldkraiburg	6 	5 	1 	0 	0 	37	16	21 	17
2 	EV Pfronten 	6 	3 	0 	0 	3 	21	23	-2 	9
3 	ESV Königsbrunn 	6 	2 	0 	1 	3 	16	15	1 	7
4 	EHC 80 Nürnberg 	6 	1 	0 	0 	5 	14	34	-20	3
===Play-Offs===
The semi-finals and the final are played in a best-of-three modus.
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
TSV Peißenberg 	Höchstadter EC	5-2 	2-4 	6-5
ERV Schweinfurt	ESC Dorfen 	6-3 	3-2 	
====Finals====
* Championship:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
TSV Peißenberg	ERV Schweinfurt	4-6 	2-6 	
* The ERV Schweinfurt is the 2008-09 Bayernliga champions.
===Play-Downs===
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Wanderers Germering	EHC 80 Nürnberg	1-7 	4-5 	
ESV Königsbrunn 	ERC Sonthofen 	6-7 	5-7 	
====Final====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
ERC Sonthofen	EHC 80 Nürnberg	7-1 	5-1
==Landesliga==
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the four clubs from each league who enter the sixteen team promotion round. Split into two groups of eight, the top team of each division gains 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 sixteen clubs played out a relegation round with the last two team in each of the two groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.
===First round===
Top four teams enter the promotion round.
* Landesliga Nord
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Bayreuth 	14 	11 	2 	1 	122	28 	94 	24
2 	EV Regensburg (R) 	14 	11 	0 	3 	111	38 	73 	22
3 	1. EV Weiden (R) 	14 	10 	1 	3 	92 	37 	55 	21
4 	ESC Hassfurt 	14 	8 	1 	5 	105	63 	42 	17
5 	EV Pegnitz 	14 	7 	2 	5 	91 	76 	15 	16
6 	ERSC Amberg 	14 	3 	1 	10 	46 	117	-71 	7
7 	EC Amberg (N) 	14 	1 	1 	12 	41 	127	-86 	3
8 	EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich	14 	1 	0 	13 	36 	158	-122	2
** The EV Regensburg was forced to resign from the 2nd Bundesliga due to insolvency.
** The 1. EV Weiden voluntarily withdrew from the Oberliga to the Landesliga
* Landesliga Süd
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Bad Aibling 	14 	10 	2 	2 	81	55	26 	22
2 	ESC Holzkirchen 	14 	10 	1 	3 	77	41	36 	21
3 	TSV Trostberg 	14 	8 	2 	4 	73	61	12 	18
4 	ESC Riverrats Geretsried	14 	6 	3 	5 	61	57	4 	15
5 	SC Reichersbeuren 	14 	6 	2 	6 	67	66	1 	14
6 	EC Bad Tölz II 	14 	3 	5 	6 	54	59	-5 	11
7 	ERSC Ottobrunn 	14 	2 	5 	7 	44	68	-24	9
8 	EV Mittenwald (N) 	14 	1 	0 	13 	38	88	-50	2
* Landesliga Ost
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA	GD 	Points
1 	SVG Burgkirchen 	14 	11 	2 	1 	109	54	55 	24
2 	ESC Vilshofen 	14 	9 	3 	2 	78 	31	47 	21
3 	ESV Gebensbach 	14 	9 	1 	4 	61 	40	21 	19
4 	EV Moosburg 	14 	9 	0 	5 	76 	45	31 	18
5 	EHC Straubing II 	14 	6 	1 	7 	41 	55	-14	13
6 	EK München 	14 	4 	0 	10 	39 	89	-50	8
7 	EHC Regensburg (N)	14 	2 	1 	11 	50 	88	-38	5
8 	SE Freising 	14 	2 	0 	12 	43 	95	-52	4
* Landesliga West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EV Lindau 	14 	12 	2 	0 	95	31	64 	26
2 	EA Schongau 	14 	9 	4 	1 	96	43	53 	22
3 	ERC Lechbruck 	14 	8 	1 	5 	71	62	9 	17
4 	ESV Burgau 	14 	7 	1 	6 	60	74	-14	15
5 	EV Fürstenfeldbruck (R)	14 	5 	3 	6 	62	66	-4 	13
6 	SC Forst 	14 	6 	0 	8 	58	75	-17	12
7 	ESC Kempten (N) 	14 	3 	1 	10 	44	84	-40	7
8 	EV Bad Wörishofen 	14 	0 	0 	14 	40	91	-51	0
* (R) denotes team relegated from the Bayernliga after previous season.
* (N) denotes team promoted from the Bezirksliga after previous season.
===Promotion round===
Top team in each division promoted to the Bayernliga. The second placed teams may have a promotion chance if a Bavarian team is promoted from the Bayernliga to the Oberliga.
* Group A
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	EV Regensburg 	14 	13 	2 	0 	92 	19 	73 	27
2 	EV Lindau 	14 	12 	0 	2 	106	26 	80 	24
3 	1. EV Weiden 	14 	9 	2 	3 	73 	42 	31 	20
4 	ESC Vilshofen 	14 	5 	3 	6 	57 	60 	-3 	13
5 	ESC Riverrats Geretsried	14 	4 	1 	9 	53 	81 	-28	9
6 	EHC Bad Aibling 	14 	4 	0 	10 	52 	110	-58	8
7 	ESV Burgau 	14 	3 	1 	10 	44 	95 	-51	7
8 	ESV Gebensbach 	14 	1 	2 	11 	46 	90 	-44	4
* Group B
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Bayreuth 	14 	13 	1 	0 	85	20	65 	27
2 	SVG Burgkirchen	14 	10 	1 	3 	71	51	20 	21
3 	ESC Hassfurt 	14 	8 	0 	6 	68	41	27 	16
4 	EA Schongau 	14 	7 	1 	6 	58	47	11 	15
5 	ESC Holzkirchen	14 	5 	0 	9 	51	64	-13	10
6 	ERC Lechbruck 	14 	5 	0 	9 	48	85	-37	10
7 	EV Moosburg 	14 	4 	0 	10 	37	80	-43	8
8 	TSV Trostberg 	14 	2 	1 	11 	52	77	-25	5
====Finals====
The two division winners will play a two match series to determine the Landesliga champions while the two division runners-up will play for third place, which could also determine who will be pro moted if a third team was to move up to the Bayernliga.
* Third place
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
SVG Burgkirchen	EV Lindau	0-5 	6-7
* Championship
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
EHC Bayreuth	EV Regensburg	5-1 	2-1
===Relegation round===
The two bottom teams in each division are relegated to the Bezirksliga.
* Group North/East
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EV Pegnitz 	14 	13 	0 	1 	126	54	72 	26
2 	EHC Straubing II 	14 	9 	0 	5 	59 	53	6 	18
3 	EC Amberg 	14 	6 	3 	5 	81 	76	5 	15
4 	EK München 	14 	7 	1 	6 	57 	67	-10	15
5 	SE Freising 	14 	6 	1 	7 	78 	73	5 	13
6 	ERSC Amberg 	14 	6 	1 	7 	68 	87	-19	13
7 	EHC Regensburg 	14 	4 	1 	9 	66 	87	-21	9
8 	EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich	14 	1 	1 	12 	60 	98	-38	3
* Group South/West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	SC Forst 	14 	11 	0 	3 	77	52	25 	22
2 	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	14 	9 	1 	4 	68	46	22 	19
3 	SC Reichersbeuern 	14 	9 	1 	4 	76	54	22 	19
4 	EC Bad Tölz II 	14 	8 	2 	4 	61	43	18 	18
5 	ESC Kempten 	14 	6 	2 	6 	66	66	0 	14
6 	ERSC Ottobrunn 	14 	5 	2 	7 	52	66	-14	12
7 	EV Bad Wörishofen 	14 	2 	0 	12 	48	79	-31	4
8 	EV Mittenwald 	14 	2 	0 	12 	38	80	-42	4
==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.
* Bezirksliga Nord
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1 	ERC Ingolstadt 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	ESV Würzburg (R) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	VER Selb II (N) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	EC Erkersreuth 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	EC Pfaffenhofen II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Höchstadter EC II (N)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	EC Bad Kissing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Bezirksliga Süd
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1 	TSV Schliersee 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	SC Gaißach 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Star Bulls Rosenheim II (N)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	EHC Waldkraiburg II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	EV Berchtesgaden 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	DEC Frillensee (R) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Germering Wanderers II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	TSV Trostberg II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Bezirksliga Ost
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1 	ESV Waldkirchen 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	ERC Regen 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	EV Bruckberg 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	EV Aich 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Deggendorfer SC II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	SG EK/EHC München (R)	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	EV Dingolfing II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Dynamo Dingolfing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Bezirksliga West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
1 	1. EC Senden 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	SV Apfeldorf 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	EC Oberstdorf 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	VfL Denklingen 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	ESV Bad Bayersoien	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	SV Hohenfurch 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
7 	EG Wood Augsburg 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
8 	ESV Buchloe II 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	ASV Dachau 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===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.
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
ERC Ingolstadt	TSV Schliersee 	5-5 	2-3 aet
1. EC Senden 	ESV Waldkirchen	6-1 	5-14
====Finals====
* Third place:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
ERC Ingolstadt	1. EC Senden	4-7 	5-10
* Championship:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
ESV Waldkirchen	TSV Schliersee	3-3 	3-7
* The TSV Schliersee is the 2008-09 Bavarian Bezirksliga champion.
==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
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