The round of 2017 pairings of the Oberliga playoffs for the 18/09.03.2018 season have been determined. The first playoff round starts in the form of a “best-of-five” series next Friday, March 18.03.2018th, XNUMX, and runs until a maximum of March XNUMXth, XNUMX. At the end of the series, the four winners of the eight pairings advance to the quarter-finals of the Oberliga.
A total of 16 teams qualified for the first round of the Oberliga playoffs. Eight from the north and eight from the south. The league leader Oberliga Nord, the Tilburg Trappers, will face the eighth-placed team Oberliga Süd, the Blue Devils from Weiden. As the first in the southern round, Deggendorfer SC welcomes the last qualifiers in the northern round, Herner EV. The Saale Bulls from Halle face the Eisbären from Regensburg, the EXA Icefighters from Leipzig face the ERC Bulls Sonthofen and the Hannover Scorpions face the EC Peiting. Last year's relegated DEL2, the Starbulls from Rosenheim, took second place at the end of the main round Oberliga Süd and will now compete in the first playoff round with the Hannover Indians from Pferdeturm. The Selber Wölfe will receive the Füchse from Duisburg and the EV Landshut the ESC Wohnbau Moskitos Essen.
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In addition to the Oberliga, the German Young Talent League (DNL) is also starting its playoffs next week. In the DNL semi-finals on Wednesday, March 07.03.2018th, 10.03.2018, Friday, March 11.03.2018th, XNUMX and if necessary on Sunday, March XNUMXth, XNUMX, the young eagles from Mannheim will meet in a “best-of-three” series Düsseldorfer EG as well as the Cologne EC on the Eisbären Juniors Berlin.
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