1999–2000 DEL season

The 1999–2000 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 6th season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga ().
An agreement was reached between DEL and the 1. Liga. With DEL being the top-level league, it would be known as the DEL - Die 1. Bundesliga, and the 1. Liga as the 2. Bundesliga. A new logo displaying the full name was introduced at the same time.
The regular season was played from September 10, 1999 until March 12, 2000; the playoffs started soon thereafter on March 17. The München Barons, who bought their license from the EV Landshut, became DEL champions.
A number of major changes were introduced this season. One change was the reintroduction of relegation. However, while the Moskitos Essen were to be relegated, they were granted a stay as the Starbulls Rosenheim had to retread due to finance issues.
The second change was that there would be no overtime played; in case a game ends in a tie after the regular periods, shootouts commenced.
==Regular season==
All teams played each other 4 times, for a total of 56 rounds. The first 8 placed teams qualified for the playoffs.
 	Team 	GP	W 	SOW	SOL	L 	GF:GA 	Points
1. 	Kölner Haie 	56	33	2 	11 	10	217:144	114
2. 	München Barons 	56	31	5 	6 	14	208:155	109
3. 	Krefeld Pinguine 	56	28	6 	5 	17	213:171	101
4. 	Kassel Huskies 	56	28	2 	9 	17	168:137	97
5. 	Adler Mannheim 	56	27	6 	4 	19	199:181	97
6. 	Berlin Capitals 	56	24	9 	7 	16	183:172	97
7. 	Frankfurt Lions 	56	24	8 	4 	20	190:175	92
8. 	Augsburger Panther 	56	25	5 	2 	24	175:166	87
9. 	Hannover Scorpions 	56	21	6 	3 	26	187:198	78
10.	Nürnberg Ice Tigers 	56	23	2 	2 	29	169:179	75
11.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	56	18	5 	9 	24	160:185	73
12.	Starbulls Rosenheim 	56	19	5 	4 	28	168:201	71
13.	Eisbären Berlin 	56	21	2 	3 	30	181:193	70
14.	Revierlöwen Oberhausen 	56	10	9 	3 	34	141:201	51
15.	Moskitos Essen 	56	13	3 	3 	37	128:229	48
GP = Games played, W = Win, SOW = Shootout Win, SOL = Shootout Loss, L = Loss
     = Qualified for playoffs     = Continue play to determine relegation
==Relegation Round==
In the relegation round, all teams played each other once and the points were added to the regular season standings.
 	Team 	GP	W 	SOW	SOL	L 	GF:GA 	Points
1.	Hannover Scorpions 	68	26	9 	4 	29	257:245	100
2.	Nürnberg Ice Tigers 	68	29	3 	3 	33	169:179	96
3.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	68	24	5 	9 	30	199:232	91
4.	Starbulls Rosenheim 	68	23	5 	8 	31	213:244	90
5.	Eisbären Berlin 	68	25	2 	4 	37	230:256	83
6.	Revierlöwen Oberhausen 	68	16	11 	4 	37	174:234	74
7.	Moskitos Essen 	68	15	5 	3 	45	167:282	58
GP = Games played, W = Win, SOW = Shootout Win, SOL = Shootout Loss, L = Loss
     = Qualified for next season     = Relegation
The Moskitos Essen should have been relegated. However, the Starbulls Rosenheim transferred their DEL license to the Iserlohner EC and pulled themselves voluntarily out of the league due to financial trouble. The matter went to court and the Moskitos won an order to stay in the league.DEB will sich im «Fall Iserlohn» wehren, eishockey-magazin.de (de)
==Playoff==
The playoffs were played in a best-of-five mode.
===Quarterfinals===
Quarterfinals started March 17, 2000
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie 	–	Augsburger Panther	3:0 	4:2	4:2	5:3	– 	–
München Barons 	–	Frankfurt Lions 	3:2 	2:3	5:0	3:0	3:5	4:1
Krefeld Pinguine	–	Berlin Capitals 	1:3 	2:1	4:5	3:4	3:4	–
Kassel Huskies 	–	Adler Mannheim 	3:2 	3:1	0:4	0:2	7:1	7:2
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
===Semifinals===
Semifinals started April 1 with the regular season best placed team left played against the worst, and the second best vs. third best.
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4	5
Kölner Haie 	–	Berlin Capitals	3:0 	2:1	5:1	4:1	–	–
München Barons	–	Kassel Huskies 	3:0 	4:0	2:1	4:2	–	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
===Finals===
Finals started April 22nd, with the Kölner Haie playing home first, due to better regular season placement.
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie	–	München Barons	1:3 	5:3	2:3	0:3	3:4	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
With the last game, the München Barons became the DEL Champion, winning a German title for the first time in their history.
==Team Photos==
99-00EisBer.jpg|Eisbären Berlin
99-00FraLio.jpg|Frankfurt Lions
==References==
Category:1999 in ice hockey
Category:2000 in ice hockey
Category:DEL seasons