1977-78 Oberliga season

The 1977-78 Oberliga season was the fifthh season of the league as the third level of ice hockey in Germany. RSC Bremerhaven, EV Regensburg, and EHC Essen were promoted to the [[2nd Bundesliga].
==Oberliga South==
===First round===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	EV Regensburg 	22	16	5	1 	147:52 	37:7
2. 	Deggendorfer SC (N) 	22	16	3	3 	144:69 	35:9
3. 	Schwenninger ERC 	22	15	2	5 	145:76 	32:12
4. 	SG Moosburg 	22	12	4	6 	117:90 	28:16
5. 	EV Ravensburg 	22	12	1	9 	87:86 	25:19
6. 	VER Selb 	22	10	3	9 	108:118	23:21
7. 	TEV Miesbach (A) 	22	9 	1	12	94:101 	19:25
8. 	TSV Peißenberg 	22	6 	3	13	81:116 	15:29
9. 	EHC Klostersee 	22	7 	1	14	78:117 	15:29
10.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	22	5 	2	15	81:122 	12:32
11.	EHC Stuttgart 	22	5 	2	15	101:164	12:32
12.	ERC Sonthofen 	22	5 	1	16	68:140 	11:33
=== Final round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
1.	EV Regensburg 	32	24	6	2 	198:79 	54:10
2.	Deggendorfer SC 	32	22	4	6 	194:101	48:16
3.	Schwenninger ERC	32	22	2	8 	208:114	46:18
4.	SG Moosburg 	32	17	6	9 	159:129	40:24
5.	EV Ravensburg 	32	13	1	18	110:140	27:37
6.	VER Selb 	32	11	3	18	134:183	25:39
=== Qualification round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
7. 	TEV Miesbach 	32	17	1	14	153:134	35:29
8. 	TSV Peißenberg 	32	12	4	16	141:155	28:36
9. 	EHC Stuttgart 	32	10	5	17	154:206	25:39
10.	EHC Klostersee 	32	11	1	20	130:163	23:41
11.	DEC Frillensee Inzell	32	8 	3	21	122:179	19:45
12.	ERC Sonthofen 	32	6 	2	24	105:225	12:52
* DEC Frillensee Inzell and ERC Sonthofen were both set to be relegated to the Regionalliga. Due to the expansion of the 1. Bundesliga, Sonthofen remained in the Oberliga as a substitute squad, while Inzell was relegated.
== Oberliga North ==
=== First round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	RSC Bremerhaven 	22	20	2	0 	249:63 	42:2
2. 	EHC Essen 	22	19	2	1 	231:65 	40:4
3. 	Herner EV 	22	15	1	6 	162:92 	31:13
4. 	EC Hannover 	22	14	1	7 	190:104	29:15
5. 	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	22	13	1	8 	104:66 	27:17
6. 	Hamburger SV 	22	13	1	8 	128:120	27:17
7. 	Grefrather EC 	22	9 	0	13	110:124	18:26
8. 	WSV Braunlage (N) 	22	7 	2	13	99:179 	16:28
9. 	Neusser SC 	22	6 	1	15	82:137 	13:31
10.	Eintracht Frankfurt 	22	5 	1	16	88:162 	11:33
11.	ERC Ludwigshafen (N) 	22	3 	0	19	50:214 	6:38
12.	Berliner FC Preussen 	22	1 	2	19	66:233 	4:40
=== Final round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
1.	RSC Bremerhaven 	32	29	2	1 	348:117	60:4
2.	EHC Essen 	32	26	2	4 	314:112	54:10
3.	EC Hannover 	32	20	1	11	269:182	41:23
4.	Herner EV 	32	19	1	12	221:176	39:25
5.	Hamburger SV 	32	16	1	15	192:207	33:31
6.	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	32	14	1	17	145:141	29:35
=== Qualification round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Pts
1.	Grefrather EC 	12	11	0	1 	148:41	22:2
2.	Eintracht Frankfurt	12	10	0	2 	114:39	20:4
3.	WSV Braunlage 	12	7 	1	4 	84:86 	15:9
4.	GSV Moers 	12	6 	0	6 	92:75 	12:12
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen 	12	3 	0	9 	54:93 	6:18
6.	VERC Lauterbach 	12	2 	1	9 	69:108	5:19
7.	ESC Wedemark 	12	1 	0	11	34:163	2:22
== Promotion round to 2. Bundesliga ==
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1.	RSC Bremerhaven	6 	5	0	1	51:20	10:2
2.	EV Regensburg 	6 	3	0	3	40:31	6:6
3.	EHC Essen 	6 	2	1	3	30:37	5:7
4.	Deggendorfer SC	6 	1	1	4	25:58	3:9
RSC Bremerhaven qualified automatically for the 2. Bundesliga. Regensburg lost in the promotion playoffs but was promoted along with Essen due to the expansion of the 1. Bundesliga.
Category:1977 in ice hockey
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