1995-96 German 2. Liga season

The 1995-96 German 2. Liga season was the second season of the 2. Liga as the new third-tier German hockey league. Limburger EG won the championship.
==2. Liga North==
===First round===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1. 	Limburger EG 	28	22	3	3 	196:105	+91 	47:9
2. 	Grefrather EV 	28	19	3	6 	200:102	+98 	41:15
3. 	Königsborner EC (N) 	28	19	1	8 	166:112	+54 	39:17
4. 	Adendorfer EC (N) 	28	18	3	7 	177:132	+45 	39:17
5. 	REV Bremerhaven 	28	17	4	7 	162:110	+52 	38:18
6. 	Hamburger SV 	28	11	6	11	167:172	-5 	28:28
7. 	Eintracht Braunschweig	28	12	2	14	142:149	-7 	26:30
8. 	Krefelder EV II 	28	10	4	14	102:104	-2 	24:32
9. 	VERC Lauterbach 	28	9 	2	17	127:183	-56 	20:36
10.	Herforder EC 	28	6 	3	19	113:203	-90 	15:41
11.	EHC Zweibrücken 	28	3 	6	19	92:165 	-73 	12:44
12.	EC Lünen 89 (N) 	28	3 	1	24	108:215	-107 	7:49
=== Qualification round ===
==== First round ====
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1.	Braunlager EHC/Harz 	16	13	1	2 	167:67	+100 	27:5
2.	Gelsenkirchener EC 	16	12	2	2 	150:54	+96 	26:6
3.	Berliner Schlittschuhclub	16	11	1	4 	111:72	+39 	23:9
4.	Herforder EC 	16	10	1	5 	110:83	+27 	21:11
5.	EC Lünen 89 	16	5 	2	9 	83:117	-34 	12:20
6.	EHC Zweibrücken 	16	5 	0	11	67:103	-36 	10:22
7.	Hennefer EC 	16	5 	0	11	67:132	-65 	10:22
8.	EJ Dorsten 	16	3 	3	10	57:113	-56 	9:23
9.	Dinslakener EV 	16	2 	2	12	67:133	-66 	6:26
==== Play-offs ====
===== Bracket =====
===== Quarterfinals =====
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	EJ Dorsten 	35:5 	23:0	12:5
Gelsenkirchen EC 	–	Hennefer EC 	27:3 	6:1 	21:2
Berliner SC 	–	EHC Zweibrücken	9:8 	8:4 	1:4
Herforder EC 	–	EC Lünen 89 	10:7 	6:2 	4:5
===== Semifinals =====
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	Berliner SC 	15:5 	6:2 	9:3
Gelsenkirchen EC 	–	Herforder EC	15:6 	10:5	5:1
===== Finale =====
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
EHC Braunlage/Harz	–	Gelsenkirchener EC	12:121	8:9	4:3
1Braunlage won after penalty shootout.
===== Placing round =====
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
EJ Dorsten 	–	EHC Zweibrücken	8:9 	4:8	4:1
Hennefer EC	–	EC Lünen 89 	7:10 	2:6	5:4
;3rd place
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
Herforder EC	–	Berliner SC	9:21 	4:7	5:14
;5th place
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
EHC Zweibrücken	–	EC Lünen 89	8:10 	6:9	2:1
;7th place
 	 	 	Serie 	1 	2
Hennefer EC	–	EJ Dorsten	Dorsten withdrew	Dorsten withdrew	Dorsten withdrew
== 2. Liga South ==
=== First round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1. 	ERC Ingolstadt 	30	22	5	3 	164:86 	+78 	49:11
2. 	EV Ravensburg 	30	22	0	8 	203:126	+77 	44:16
3. 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 	30	19	3	8 	198:110	+88 	41:19
4. 	EV Regensburg 	30	18	4	8 	162:113	+49 	40:20
5. 	EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm 	30	19	2	9 	179:121	+58 	40:20
6. 	ERSC Amberg 	30	16	4	10	153:108	+45 	36:24
7. 	EC Stuttgart 	30	13	6	11	148:120	+28 	32:28
8. 	EHC Bad Reichenhall 	30	14	4	12	137:143	-6 	32:28
9. 	EV Pfronten 	30	14	3	13	137:129	+8 	31:29
10.	ERC Sonthofen 	30	12	7	11	146:130	+16 	31:29
11.	ESV Königsbrunn 	30	14	2	14	127:156	-29 	30:30
12.	EA Schongau 	30	9 	5	16	114:180	-66 	23:37
13.	ESG Wernau/Esslingen (N)	30	8 	6	16	110:163	-53 	22:38
14.	ERV Schweinfurt 	30	5 	4	21	97:186 	-89 	14:46
15.	EHC Waldkraiburg 	30	4 	1	25	113:191	-78 	5:51
16.	ERC Haßfurt Sharks (N) 	30	3 	0	27	110:236	-126 	6:54
=== Relegation round ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERV Schweinfurt 	15	9	2	4 	90-61	+29 	20:10
2.	ESG Wernau/Esslingen	15	9	0	6 	69-66	+3 	18:12
3.	ESV Königsbrunn 	15	8	1	6 	68-63	+5 	17:13
4.	EHC Waldkraiburg 	15	6	2	7 	64-60	+4 	14:16
5.	EA Schongau 	15	5	2	8 	57-64	-7 	12:18
6.	ERC Haßfurt Sharks 	15	4	1	10	63-97	-36 	9:21
EA Schongau declined to participate in a relegation game against Schwenninger ERC II and was thus relegated directly.
== Final ==
 	 	 	Series	1 	2
Limburger EG	–	ERC Ingolstadt	8:5 	2:2	6:3
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