26 clubs have submitted their license documents for the upcoming 2018/19 Oberliga season by the deadline of May 31, 2018. For the coming season in the Oberliga Nord 13 of 14 qualified teams applied. In the coming season, however, EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 will not be competing in the league. The ice hockey club from the Baltic Sea had decided not to submit its license documents for the coming season.
For the coming season in the Oberliga Süd 13 clubs have submitted their license documents. With the SC Riessersee and the Bayreuth Tigers However, there are two clubs here that have also applied for the German Ice Hockey League 2 (DEL2).
The following clubs have submitted their license documents for the 2018/19 Oberliga season:
Oberliga Nord: Oberliga Süd:
Tilburg Trappers SC Riessersee
EXA Icefighters Leipzig EHC Bayreuth "The Tigers"
Füchse Duisburg EV Landshut
Hanover Scorpions Starbulls Rosenheim
ESC Wohnbau Moskitos Essen Even wolves
Hannover Indians EC Peiting
Saale Bulls Halle ERC Bulls Sonthofen
Herner EV Eisbären Regensburg
Crocodiles Hamburg Blue Devils Weiden
TecArt BlackDragons EV Lindau Islanders
ECC Prussia Berlin ECDC Memmingen Indians
Rostock Piranhas EHC Waldkraiburg “The Lions”
EC Harzer Falken Höchstadter EC