1965-66 Regionalliga season

The 1965-66 Regionalliga season was the fifth season of the Regionalliga (the first to utilize this name), the third level of ice hockey in Germany. 23 teams participated in the league, and EV Rosenheim won the championship.
==Regular season==
===Southern Group===
* The first-third place teams qualified for the South/Central group of the second round.
* The fourth-placed team qualified for the 1966-67 Regionalliga Southern group.
* The fifth-eighth placed teams were relegated to the Bayernliga.
Pl.	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals	Pts
1 	Augsburger EV 	14	13	0	1 	96:34	26: 2
2 	SC Ziegelwies 	13	9 	1	3 	49:35	19:7
3 	EV Pfronten 	13	7 	0	6 	54:43	14:12
4 	EHC Klostersee (N) 	10	6 	1	3 	44:33	13:7
5 	SC Garmisch-Partenkirchen (N)	14	5 	0	9 	60:60	10:18
6 	SC Weßling 	11	3 	3	5 	47:71	9:13
7 	EV Herrsching 	11	3 	1	7 	39:61	7:15
8 	TSV Lechbruck (N) 	11	0 	0	11	25:77	0:22
=== Central Group ===
*The first-third placed teams qualified for the South/Central Group of the second round.
*The fourth-placed team qualified for the 1966-67 Regionalliga Northern Group.
*The fifth-placed team was relegated to the Hessen regional system.
Pl.	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1 	ERV Ravensburg 	8 	7	0	1	93:16	14: 2
2 	Stuttgarter ERC 	8 	5	0	3	70:47	10: 6
3 	Mannheimer SC 	8 	5	0	3	48:26	10: 6
4 	SC 1880 Frankfurt (N)	8 	2	0	6	22:83	4:12
5 	VERC Lauterbach (N) 	8 	1	0	7	14:83	2:14
=== Northern Group ===
*The first-third placed teams qualified for the Northern/Western group of the second round.
*The fourth-placed team qualified for the 1966-67 Regionalliga Northern Group.
*The fifth-placed team was relegated.
Pl.	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals 	Pts
1 	Hamburger SC 	8 	7	1	0	93: 16	15: 1
2 	Berliner FC Preußen 	8 	5	1	2	25: 23	11: 5
3 	Altonaer SV 1893 	8 	3	2	3	35: 26	8: 8
4 	HTSV Bremen (N) 	8 	3	0	5	24: 33	6:10
5 	SC Brandenburg Berlin (N)	8 	0	0	8	17:57 	0:16
=== Western Group ===
*The first-third placed teams qualified for the Northern/Western group of the second round.
*The fourth-placed team qualified for the 1966-67 Regionalliga Northern Group.
*The fifth-placed team was relegated.
Pl.	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals 	Pts
1 	Kölner EK 	8 	8	0	0	80: 10	16: 0
2 	EC Hannover 	8 	5	0	3	48: 30	10: 6
3 	Essener RSC 	8 	4	0	4	46: 38	8: 8
4 	ERC Westfalen Dortmund	8 	3	0	5	36: 35	6:10
5 	Blau-Weiß Wickede 	8 	0	0	8	15:112	0:16
== Second round ==
=== South/Central Group ===
Pl.	Club 	GP	W 	T	L	Goals 	Pts
1 	Augsburger EV 	10	10	0	0	100:22	20: 0
2 	EV Pfronten 	10	5 	1	4	48:46 	11:9
3 	Mannheimer SC 	10	4 	1	5	44:66 	9 :11
4 	SC Ziegelwies 	10	4 	0	6	36:45 	8 :12
5 	ERV Ravensburg 	10	4 	0	6	16:54 	8 :12
6 	Stuttgarter ERC	10	2 	0	8	37:80 	4:16
=== North/Western Group ===
Pl.	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals 	Pts
1 	Kölner EK 	10	8	1	1	109: 19	17: 3
2 	Essener RSC 	10	7	2	1	88: 37 	16: 4
2 	EC Hannover 	10	7	1	2	61: 32 	15: 5
4 	Hamburger SC 	10	4	0	6	51: 51 	8 :12
5 	Berliner FC Preußen	10	1	1	8	22: 111	3 :17
6 	Altonaer SV 1893 	10	0	1	9	24:105 	1 :19
== Final round ==
The first place team qualified for the 1966-67 Oberliga season. The second team qualified for the relegation round to the Oberliga.
Pl.	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1 	Augsburger EV	6 	6	0	0	48:13	8:4
2 	Kölner EK 	6 	3	0	3	39:17	6:6
3 	EV Pfronten 	6 	3	0	3	30:24	6:6
4 	Essener RSC 	6 	0	0	6	9 :66	0 :12
=== 2nd place tiebreaker ===
Kölner EK - EV Pfronten 5:3
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