2023–24 DEL season

The 2023–24 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 30th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 14 September 2023 and ended on 26 April 2024.
EHC Red Bull München were the defending champions. Eisbären Berlin won their tenth title after a finals win in five games over the Fischtown Pinguins.
==Format==
The teams played a quadruple round-robin for 52 games each, playing every other team four times. After the regular season, places one to six were qualified for the playoffs, while place seven to ten played in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs were played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season was relegated to DEL2.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	Capacity
Augsburger Panther 	Augsburg 	Curt Frenzel Stadium 	6,218
Eisbären Berlin 	Berlin 	Mercedes-Benz Arena 	14,200
Fischtown Pinguins 	Bremerhaven 	Eisarena Bremerhaven 	4,674
Düsseldorfer EG 	Düsseldorf 	PSD Bank Dome 	13,400
Löwen Frankfurt 	Frankfurt 	Eissporthalle Frankfurt 	6,000
ERC Ingolstadt 	Ingolstadt 	Saturn Arena 	4,815
Iserlohn Roosters 	Iserlohn 	Eissporthalle Iserlohn 	5,000
Kölner Haie 	Cologne 	Lanxess Arena 	18,500
Adler Mannheim 	Mannheim 	SAP Arena 	13,600
EHC Red Bull München 	Munich 	Olympia Eishalle 	6,256
Nürnberg Ice Tigers 	Nuremberg 	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	7,810
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	Helios Arena 	6,215
Straubing Tigers 	Straubing 	Eisstadion am Pulverturm 	6,000
Grizzlys Wolfsburg 	Wolfsburg 	Eis Arena Wolfsburg 	4,660
==Regular season==
Pos	Team 	Pld	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	GD 	Pts 	Qualification or relegation
1 	Fischtown Pinguins 	52 	29	7 	6 	10	162	116	107	Playoffs	
2 	Eisbären Berlin 	52 	29	6 	3 	14	181	134	102	Playoffs	
3 	Straubing Tigers 	52 	25	7 	5 	15	167	130	94 	Playoffs	
4 	Grizzlys Wolfsburg 	52 	26	2 	5 	19	152	145	87 	Playoffs	
5 	EHC Red Bull München 	52 	26	2 	4 	20	156	134	86 	Playoffs	
6 	Schwenninger Wild Wings	52 	24	5 	3 	20	159	145	85 	Playoffs	
7 	Adler Mannheim 	52 	21	6 	5 	20	147	149	−2 	80 	Pre-playoffs
8 	Kölner Haie 	52 	20	6 	6 	20	155	158	−3 	78 	Pre-playoffs
9 	ERC Ingolstadt 	52 	17	7 	8 	20	132	138	−6 	73 	Pre-playoffs
10 	Nürnberg Ice Tigers 	52 	18	3 	10 	21	148	175	−27	70 	Pre-playoffs
11 	Düsseldorfer EG 	52 	14	7 	6 	25	135	156	−21	62 	
12 	Löwen Frankfurt 	52 	15	5 	3 	29	144	161	−17	58 	
13 	Iserlohn Roosters 	52 	13	6 	6 	27	125	183	−58	57 	
14 	Augsburger Panther 	52 	12	6 	5 	29	138	177	−39	53 	
==Playoffs==
The playoffs started on 10 March and ended in 26 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.
===Bracket===
===Pre-playoffs===
The pre-playoffs were played between 10 and 14 March 2024 in a best-of-three mode.
====Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers====
====Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt====
===Quarterfinals===
The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
====Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt====
====Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim====
====Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings====
====Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München====
===Semifinals===
The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 10 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
====Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München====
====Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers====
===Final===
The finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
==References==
Category:2024 in ice hockey