The Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB) has decided on some measures to strengthen the league structures under its umbrella, which are to be understood as adjustments to the circumstances in the Corona crisis and extend the decisions made in March to end the season. The background is the basic attitude of the DEB, Services zu reward and in this difficult situation the charges in reasonable places to reduce. The DEB It is important that the sportingly qualified clubs in the respective leagues do not suffer any further disadvantages. This was discussed at the most recent meeting of the DEB-Competitive Sports Committee made various resolutions subject to the approval process.
In the Oberliga Süd The intention is to send an even number of teams into the 2020/21 season in order to ensure an attractive structure. Since the ERC Sonthofen can no longer face sporting competition for economic reasons, a replacement from the Bayernleague can be found. There is no final information available on this yet. An extension of the Oberliga Süd However, with a club from Austria is currently not worth discussing. “We want to maintain the current league structure and ideally strengthen it with replacements from Germany.”, says DEB-Vice President Marc Hindelang on this.
In the area of the young talent leagues U20 and U17, the efforts of the clubs and the achievements of the athletes of the athletically qualified teams in the respective relegation places should be rewarded. Therefore the DEB some decided to increase the number of leagues for the coming 2020/2021 season and also reduced obligations in the five-star program. The decisions are as follows:
The U20 some ESV Kaufbeuren (1st place DNL Division 2) as well as the U20 some ERC Ingolstadt (2nd place DNL Division 2) are promoted to the relegation team 1 Division the German Young Talent League (DNL), meaning Division 1 plays for one season with ten teams. The U20 some ESV 03 Chemnitz (1st place DNL Division 3 North) as well as the U20 some Schwenninger ERC (1st place DNL Division 3 South) are promoted to the relegation team 2 Division which now has eight teams.
The U20 is crocodiles in the FTV HH are sporty climbers for them DNL Division 3 North. U20 some EHC Erfurt may also take part in this division upon request. The U20 is RT Bad Nauheim remains in the despite sporting relegation Division 3 Northto reach the minimum target strength of eight teams. The U20 some VER Self is a sporting newcomer from the Bayernleague, the Mannheim ERC remains in the despite sporting relegation Division 3 South, which is expected to be increased to ten teams for the 2021/22 season.
In the U17 student Bundesliga the qualifying round had to be canceled. Eighth in the table and therefore the opponent of the ES white water (1st place Division 2 North) in the relegation would be ETC Crimmitschau or the EHC Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg become. To the ES white water In order to also give a chance for promotion and at the same time maintain the league strength at eight teams, the last two places in the league will be won in a deciding tournament before the start of the season Division 1 North played out. The third-place finisher or the team that does not take part in this tournament is eligible for the starting place in the Division 2 North qualified.
The EHC 80 Nürnberg (1st place Division 2 South) and the SC Bietigheim-Bissingen (2nd place Division 2 South) are promoted to the relegation team Division 1 South which will play with twelve teams for one season. The failed relegation in the Division 2 North zwischen dem EV Duisburg (8th place) and the Moskitos Essen (1st place regional league Nordrhein-Westfalen) will be made up before the start of the season in “Best of Two” mode. The relegation of the Division 2 South to the regional associations between the Mannheim ERC (8th place Division 2 South), the EV Lindau (1st place Bayernleague) as well as the Deggendorfer SC (2st place Bayernleague) is omitted. Both Bayernleague teams are given the opportunity to take part 2 Division participate.