1978-79 Oberliga season

The 1978-79 Oberliga season was the sixth season of the league as the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Deggendorfer SC won the championship and was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga along with Schwenninger ERC and Herner EV.
==Oberliga South==
===First round===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1. 	Deggendorfer SC 	22	21	0	1 	200:63 	137 	42:2
2. 	Schwenninger ERC 	22	19	0	3 	156:47 	109 	38:6
3. 	TEV Miesbach 	22	13	2	7 	146:109	37 	28:16
4. 	SG Moosburg 	22	12	2	8 	121:126	-5 	26:18
5. 	EHC Klostersee 	22	11	3	8 	126:103	23 	25:19
6. 	EV Ravensburg 	22	11	2	9 	117:107	10 	24:20
7. 	VER Selb 	22	11	2	9 	132:101	31 	24:20
8. 	TSV Peißenberg 	22	6 	4	12	81:143 	-62 	16:28
9. 	EHC Stuttgart 	22	5 	3	14	77:129 	-52 	13:31
10.	TuS Geretsried (N) 	22	4 	2	16	78:126 	-48 	10:34
11.	EV Bad Wörishofen (N)	22	4 	1	17	65:123 	-58 	9:35
12.	ERC Sonthofen 	22	4 	1	17	82:204 	-122 	9:35
=== Final round ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Deggendorfer SC 	10	9	1	0	98:32	66 	19:1
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	6	1	3	49:31	18 	13:7
3.	EHC Klostersee 	10	5	1	4	52:58	-6 	11:9
4.	EV Ravensburg 	10	4	2	4	43:52	-9 	10:10
5.	SG Moosburg 	10	2	0	8	32:60	-28 	4:16
6.	TEV Miesbach 	32	1	1	8	35:76	-41 	3:17
=== Qualification round ===
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
7. 	VER Selb 	10	8	0	2	59:37	22 	16:4
8. 	TuS Geretsried 	10	5	1	4	54:37	17 	11:9
9. 	EV Bad Wörishofen	10	5	1	4	48:40	8 	11:9
10.	EHC Stuttgart 	10	5	0	5	31:47	-16 	10:10
11.	TSV Peißenberg 	10	5	0	5	46:37	9 	10:10
12.	ERC Sonthofen 	10	1	0	9	41:81	-40 	2:18
TSV Peißenberg and ERC Sonthofen were set to be relegated to the Regionalliga. As the Oberliga South was increased to 16 teams for next season, TSV Peißenberg remained in the league.
== Oberliga North ==
=== First round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1.	EC Hannover 	14	12	2	0 	135:36	99 	26:2
2.	Herner EV 	14	11	0	3 	109:43	66 	22:6
3.	Westfalen Dortmund 	14	10	0	4 	99:69 	30 	20:8
4.	Hamburger SV 	14	7 	1	6 	95:61 	34 	15:13
5.	Grefrather EC 	14	7 	1	6 	80:77 	3 	15:13
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	14	5 	0	9 	56:108	-52 	10:18
7.	GSV Moers (N) 	14	2 	0	12	65:136	-71 	4:24
8.	WSV Braunlage 	14	0 	0	14	32:147	-115 	0:28
=== Final round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1.	Herner EV 	20	15	3	2 	167:53 	114 	33:7
2.	EC Hannover 	20	14	1	5 	160:92 	68 	29:11
3.	Hamburger SV 	20	9 	4	7 	115:91 	24 	22:18
4.	Westfalen Dortmund 	20	8 	1	11	103:124	-21 	17:23
5.	Grefrather EC 	20	8 	1	11	92:140 	-48 	17:23
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	20	1 	0	19	77:214 	-137 	2:38
=== Qualifiication round ===
 	Club 	GP	W 	T	L 	Goals 	Diff.	Pts
1.	EHC Krefeld 78 	16	16	0	0 	179:30	149 	32:0
2.	GSV Moers 	16	12	1	3 	148:71	77 	25:7
3.	Neusser SC 	16	9 	3	4 	103:87	16 	21:11
4.	WSV Braunlage 	16	10	1	5 	109:83	26 	21:11
5.	ERC Ludwigshafen 	15	7 	0	8 	106:69	37 	14:16
6.	BFC Preussen 	16	5 	1	10	72:84 	-12 	11:21
7.	VERC Lauterbach 	15	5 	0	10	79:111	-32 	10:20
8.	FASS Berlin 	16	2 	0	14	53:138	-85 	4:28
9.	SC Condor Hamburg	14	1 	0	13	31:207	-176 	2:26
== Promotion round to 2. Bundesliga ==
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1.	Deggendorfer SC 	10	9	0	1	76:39	37 	18:2
2.	Schwenninger ERC	10	8	0	2	73:28	45 	16:4
3.	Herner EV 	10	5	0	5	53:53	0 	10:10
4.	EC Hannover 	10	4	1	5	58:77	-19 	9:11
5.	EHC Klostersee 	10	2	1	7	48:67	-19 	5:15
6.	Hamburger SV 	10	0	2	8	27:71	-44 	2:18
Deggendorf and Schwenninger earned promotion, as did Herner as a substitute team.
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