2007-08 Bavarian ice hockey season

Bavarian ice hockey season 2007-08
Nation
State
Bavaria
Promotion To
Oberliga Süd
Levels
Bayernliga (IV)
Landesliga (V)
Bezirksliga (VI)
Number of leagues
9
Number of teams
79
Champions
EHC Waldkraiburg
The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2007-08 started on 19 October 2007 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 14 March 2008 with the third league final. It saw the EHC Waldkraiburg take out its second Bavarian title, having previously won it in 1987–88, then under the name of VfL Waldkraiburg. The club could have taken up promotion to the Oberliga but declined. The EV Weiden voluntarily withdrew from the Oberliga while Regensburg was forced to resign from the 2nd Bundesliga due to insolvency.
The Bayernliga season saw the EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm fold after 16 rounds, unable to complete its schedule.
No team remained unbeaten this season, the ESC Kempten in the Bezirksliga West held the best record with 19 wins and one defeat. Two teams, both from the Bezirksliga, remained winless all season, the SG München and the TSV Trostberg II. For the later, it was the second winless season in a row, having only ever won one game since joining the league in 2005.
==Champions==
The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:
* Bayernliga: EHC Waldkraiburg
* Landesliga: ESV Buchloe
* Bezirksliga: SC Gaißach
==Bayernliga==
* The competition was 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 determine the two relegated teams.
===Final table===
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Waldkraiburg 	30 	22 	2 	6 	180	81 	99 	46
2 	ECDC Memmingen 	30 	17 	5 	8 	108	86 	22 	39
3 	TSV Peißenberg 	30 	18 	3 	9 	145	91 	54 	39
4 	EC Pfaffenhofen 	30 	18 	3 	9 	154	110	44 	39
5 	EHC 80 Nürnberg (N) 	30 	16 	5 	9 	124	100	24 	37
6 	ERC Sonthofen 	30 	14 	8 	8 	106	89 	17 	36
7 	ERV Schweinfurt 	30 	14 	6 	10 	138	96 	42 	34
8 	ESV Königsbrunn 	30 	12 	9 	9 	108	84 	24 	33
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	ESC Dorfen 	30 	13 	6 	11 	114	104	10 	32
10 	TSV Erding 	30 	12 	6 	12 	104	98 	6 	30
11 	Höchstadter EC 	30 	11 	6 	13 	115	122	-7 	28
12 	Germering Wanderers (N)	30 	9 	8 	13 	106	121	-15 	26
13 	VER Selb (N) 	30 	11 	4 	15 	101	119	-18 	26
14 	EC Ulm/Neu Ulm * 	30 	7 	3 	20 	45 	125	-80 	17
15 	EV Pfronten (N) 	30 	2 	6 	22 	78 	189	-111	10
16 	EV Fürstenfeldbruck 	30 	3 	2 	25 	77 	188	-111	8
* The EC Ulm/Neu Ulm folded in December 2007 for financial reasons, all games after this decision were counted as 0-5 losses for the club.
* (N) denotes team promoted from the Landesliga after the previous season.
===Play-Offs===
The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The winner of the final is crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).
====First round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
EHC Waldkraiburg	ESV Königsbrunn	4-1 	6-3 	8-4 	 	
ECDC Memmingen 	ERV Schweinfurt	2-6 	4-7 	0-2 	 	
TSV Peißenberg 	ERC Sonthofen 	6-2 	1-4 	6-3 	4-1 	
EC Pfaffenhofen 	EHC 80 Nürnberg	3-4 	3-5 	5-4 	6-2 	6-3
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg	ERV Schweinfurt	7-4 	4-5 	8-4
TSV Peißenberg 	EC Pfaffenhofen	3-4 	2-4 	
====Finals====
* Third place:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
TSV Peißenberg	ERV Schweinfurt	3-9 	4-3 	7-2
* Championship:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg	EC Pfaffenhofen	5-4 	3-4 	4-3
* The EHC Waldkraiburg wins the Bavarian championship for the 2007–08 season.
===Play-Downs===
The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm did not play any games, all games awarded to the opposition. The two teams in the final are relegated to the Landesligas.
====First round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ESC Dorfen 	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	5-3 	7-4 	7-4 	 	
TSV Erding 	EV Pfronten 	5-4 	9-1 	16-1 	 	
Höchstadter EC 	EC Ulm/Neu Ulm 	5-0 	5-0 	5-0 	 	
Germering Wanderers	VER Selb 	7-4 	3-4 	2-8 	2-7 	
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm 	EV Pfronten 	0-5 	0-5 	
Germering Wanderers	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	5-3 	9-5 	
====Final====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	0-5 	0-5 	
*Series not played, the EV Fürstenfeldbruck is relegated, the EC Ulm/Neu Ulm has folded.
===Top scorers===
====Main round====
Place	Name 	Team 	Games	Points
1 	Mikhail Nemirovsky	ERV Schweinfurt 	29 	78
2 	Martin Jiranek 	EHC 80 Nürnberg 	24 	67
3 	Dale Crombeen 	EHC Waldkraiburg	28 	63
====Play-Offs====
Place	Name 	Team 	Games	Points
1 	Marek Pospisil	TSV Peißenberg 	10 	17
2 	Thomas Maier 	TSV Peißenberg 	10 	17
3 	Dale Crombeen 	EHC Waldkraiburg	8 	15
== Landesliga ==
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round, The top two teams of this round gain 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 six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.
From season to season, clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation. This explains, why three of the Landesligas have two newly promoted teams each while the western division has none in the 2007–08 season. The fact that six clubs moved up from the Bezirksliga to the Landesliga from the previous season results from the fact that four teams were promoted to the Bayernliga the previous season and therefore extra places were available to fill.
===First round===
Top two teams enter the promotion round.
* Landesliga Nord
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	EHC Bayreuth (N) 	14 	13 	0 	1 	105	30 	75 	26
2 	ESC Hassfurt 	14 	11 	0 	3 	117	43 	74 	22
3 	EV Pegnitz (R) 	14 	10 	0 	4 	81 	51 	30 	20
4 	ERSC Amberg 	14 	7 	0 	7 	82 	83 	-1 	14
5 	EV Regensburg II 	14 	6 	1 	7 	62 	73 	-11	13
6 	ESV Würzburg (N) 	14 	3 	0 	11 	58 	99 	-41	6
7 	EV Weiden II 	14 	2 	2 	10 	55 	127	-72	6
8 	EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich	14 	2 	1 	11 	43 	97 	-54	5
* Landesliga Süd
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	ESC Holzkirchen 	14 	13 	0 	1 	88	27 	61 	26
2 	SC Reichersbeuren 	14 	10 	0 	4 	83	47 	36 	20
3 	TSV Trostberg 	14 	9 	1 	4 	89	63 	26 	19
4 	ESC Riverrats Geretsried (N)	14 	7 	1 	6 	71	54 	17 	15
5 	ERSC Ottobrunn 	14 	5 	2 	7 	58	38 	20 	12
6 	EHC Bad Aibling (N) 	14 	5 	1 	8 	56	84 	-28 	11
7 	EC Bad Tölz II 	14 	3 	3 	8 	51	71 	-20 	9
8 	DEC Frillensee-Inzell 	14 	0 	0 	14 	22	134	-112	0
* Landesliga Ost
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	SVG Burgkirchen (R)	14 	12 	1 	1 	104	40 	64 	25
2 	EV Dingolfing 	14 	11 	0 	3 	87 	27 	60 	22
3 	EV Moosburg 	14 	8 	2 	4 	73 	47 	26 	18
4 	ESC Vilshofen 	14 	6 	2 	6 	61 	55 	6 	14
5 	SE Freising 	14 	6 	2 	6 	60 	58 	2 	14
6 	ESV Gebensbach (N) 	14 	6 	0 	8 	69 	73 	-4 	12
7 	EHC Straubing II 	14 	1 	2 	11 	33 	94 	-61	4
8 	EK München 	14 	1 	1 	12 	37 	130	-93	3
* Landesliga West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	ESV Buchloe 	14 	13 	0 	1 	98	24 	74 	26
2 	EV Lindau 	14 	11 	0 	3 	77	30 	47 	22
3 	EA Schongau 	14 	10 	1 	3 	88	36 	52 	21
4 	SC Forst 	14 	7 	1 	6 	68	53 	15 	15
5 	ESV Burgau 	14 	5 	1 	8 	57	73 	-16	11
6 	EV Bad Wörishofen	14 	4 	2 	8 	50	61 	-11	10
7 	EHC München II 	14 	3 	0 	11 	36	99 	-63	6
8 	ERC Lechbruck 	14 	0 	1 	13 	24	122	-98	1
* (R) denotes team relegated from the Bayernliga after previous season.
* (N) denotes team promoted from the Bezirksliga after previous season.
===Promotion round===
Top two teams promoted to the Bayernliga.
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	ESV Buchloe 	14 	10 	2 	2 	62	29	33 	22
2 	EV Dingolfing 	14 	9 	3 	2 	63	35	28 	21
3 	EHC Bayreuth 	14 	6 	4 	4 	60	47	13 	16
4 	ESC Hassfurt 	14 	7 	1 	6 	64	64	0 	15
5 	SVG Burgkirchen 	14 	7 	1 	6 	60	61	-1 	15
6 	ESC Holzkirchen 	14 	6 	1 	7 	40	43	-3 	13
7 	EV Lindau 	14 	2 	2 	10 	46	70	-24	6
8 	SC Reichersbeuren	14 	2 	0 	12 	43	89	-46	4
* The ESV Buchloe is the 2007-08 Bavarian Landesliga champion.
===Relegation round===
No points were taken along from the first rounds competition. The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga, except the EK München, which was not.
* Landesliga Nord
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EV Pegnitz 	9 	7 	0 	2 	74	43	31 	14
2 	ERSC Amberg 	9 	6 	0 	3 	55	43	12 	12
3 	EV Regensburg II 	10 	5 	1 	4 	51	44	7 	11
4 	EV Weiden II 	10 	5 	0 	5 	50	53	-3 	10
5 	EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich	10 	4 	0 	6 	44	51	-7 	8
6 	ESV Würzburg 	10 	1 	1 	8 	34	74	-30	3
* The game EV Pegnitz versus ERSC Amberg on 24 February 2008 was not played.
* Landesliga Süd
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	TSV Trostberg 	10 	8 	1 	1 	70	32	38 	17
2 	ESC Riverrats Geretsried	10 	7 	0 	3 	55	25	30 	14
3 	ERSC Ottobrunn 	10 	5 	1 	4 	43	28	15 	11
4 	EC Bad Tölz II 	10 	5 	0 	5 	44	37	7 	10
5 	EHC Bad Aibling 	10 	3 	0 	7 	36	48	-12	6
6 	DEC Frillensee-Inzell 	10 	1 	0 	9 	14	92	-78	2
* Landesliga Ost
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EV Moosburg 	10 	7 	2 	1 	67	30	37 	16
2 	ESC Vilshofen 	10 	8 	0 	2 	49	22	27 	16
3 	ESV Gebensbach 	10 	6 	0 	4 	54	44	10 	12
4 	EHC Straubing II	10 	3 	1 	6 	41	54	-13	7
5 	SE Freising 	10 	2 	2 	6 	34	48	-14	6
6 	EK München 	10 	1 	1 	8 	40	87	-47	3
* Landesliga West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EA Schongau 	10 	10 	0 	0 	63	26	37 	20
2 	SC Forst 	10 	6 	1 	3 	48	24	24 	13
3 	ESV Burgau 	10 	4 	1 	5 	39	42	-3 	9
4 	ERC Lechbruck 	10 	4 	0 	6 	43	40	3 	8
5 	EV Bad Wörishofen	10 	3 	2 	5 	33	44	-11	8
6 	EHC München II 	10 	1 	0 	9 	26	76	-50	2
==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. In addition, EHC Regensburg is promoted as best runner-up, taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm/Neu Ulm.
* Bezirksliga Nord
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	EC Amberg 	12 	11 	1 	0 	160	33 	127 	23
2 	EHC Regensburg 	12 	10 	0 	2 	145	24 	121 	20
3 	EC Erkersreuth 	12 	7 	1 	4 	96 	62 	34 	15
4 	ERC Ingolstadt 	12 	7 	0 	5 	131	40 	91 	14
5 	EC Pfaffenhofen II	12 	4 	0 	8 	64 	86 	-22 	8
6 	EC Bad Kissing (R)	12 	2 	0 	10 	33 	143	-110	4
7 	SG München (N) 	12 	0 	0 	12 	9 	250	-241	0
* Bezirksliga Süd
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	SC Gaißach 	12 	9 	2 	1 	83	38 	45 	20
2 	EV Mittenwald 	12 	8 	2 	2 	64	38 	26 	18
3 	TSV Schliersee 	12 	7 	2 	3 	69	35 	34 	16
4 	EV Berchtesgaden 	12 	6 	0 	6 	62	55 	7 	12
5 	Germering Wanderers II	12 	5 	1 	6 	49	55 	-6 	11
6 	EHC Waldkraiburg II 	12 	3 	1 	8 	48	72 	-24	7
7 	TSV Trostberg II 	12 	0 	0 	12 	20	102	-82	0
* Bezirksliga Ost
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD 	Points
1 	EV Bruckberg (R) 	14 	9 	2 	3 	70	44	26 	20
2 	ESV Waldkirchen 	14 	9 	0 	5 	81	75	6 	18
3 	ERC Regen 	14 	8 	1 	5 	67	53	14 	17
4 	Deggendorfer SC II	14 	7 	2 	5 	80	52	28 	16
5 	ASV Dachau 	14 	6 	3 	5 	58	58	0 	15
6 	EHF Passau II (N) 	14 	5 	1 	8 	58	84	-26	11
7 	Dynamo Dingolfing 	14 	4 	1 	9 	64	78	-14	9
8 	EV Aich 	14 	3 	0 	11 	41	75	-34	6
* Bezirksliga West
Position	Name 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	ESC Kempten (N) 	16 	16 	0 	0 	142	31 	111	32
2 	VfL Denklingen 	16 	11 	1 	4 	92 	60 	32 	23
3 	ESV Bad Bayersoien	16 	9 	2 	5 	87 	73 	14 	20
4 	SV Hohenfurch 	16 	8 	3 	5 	65 	58 	7 	19
5 	SV Apfeldorf 	16 	8 	2 	6 	73 	70 	3 	18
6 	EG Wood Augsburg 	16 	4 	2 	10 	54 	91 	-37	10
7 	1. EC Senden 	16 	4 	1 	11 	68 	94 	-26	9
8 	EC Oberstdorf 	16 	2 	3 	11 	60 	104	-44	7
9 	ESV Buchloe II (N)	16 	2 	2 	12 	53 	113	-60	6
* (R) denotes team relegated from the Landesliga after previous season.
* (N) denotes team has newly entered the league system:
** ESC Kempten is a new club, took over ice hockey department of TSV Kottern.
** EHF Passau II and ESV Buchloe II are newly entered reserve teams.
** SG München is actually the third team of EHC München.
===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
ESC Kempten	EC Amberg 	11-2 	7-4
SC Gaißach 	EV Bruckberg	13-2 	4-4
====Finals====
* Third place:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
EV Bruckberg	EC Amberg	3-14 	1-25
* Championship:
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2
ESC Kempten	SC Gaißach	4-8 	5-4
* The SC Gaißach is the 2007-08 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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