After five teams from the Oberliga Süd and three teams from the Oberliga Nord the entry into the playoff quarterfinals of the DEB-Oberliga, the round of the last eight will continue on Friday.
Review of the round of 16
In the round of 16, which was played in a best-of-five format, four teams prevailed in just three games. The Tilburg Trappers won decisively against SC Riessersee, while KSW IceFighters Leipzig defeated Höchstadter EC without a defeat, the Heilbronner Falken had against the Füchse Duisburg the nose ahead and the Deggendorfer SC won after three games against the Herforder EV. The EV Lindau Islanders managed a win against the Hannover Scorpions, but were ultimately defeated 1:3 in the series. The same thing happened to the ESC Wohnbau Moskitos Essen against the Tölzer Löwen and the Saale Bulls Halle against the Bietigheim SteelersThe most exciting series was the one between the two Indians, in which the ECDC Memmingen Indians They were only able to prevail in the fifth match against the Hannover Indians. Jack Olmstead scored the game-winning goal for Memmingen just over two minutes before the end of regulation time.
Dutch against Bavarian Lions
In the quarterfinals, the Tilburg Trappers, champions of the Oberliga Nord, on the Tölzer Löwen. The Löwen are the worst placed team in the main round that is still in the race for the Oberliga title; the Tölzer reached fifth place in the Oberliga SüdThey laid the foundation for their progress against the Moskitos Essen in the first game, when they celebrated an away win in Essen – their only away win in the series. Tilburg, on the other hand, had a nearly smooth run through their round of 71 match. Only in the first match did they have to go into overtime against SC Riessersee, but after just XNUMX seconds, Kobe Roth sealed the victory for the Dutch team.
Memmingen challenges Heilbronn
The Heilbronner Falken, Master of Oberliga Süd, will now face the Memmingen Indians. This duel is the only one in the quarterfinals in which two teams from the same Oberliga division meet. In this context, the Indians fondly remember September 29th of last year, when the season was still young and they sent Heilbronn home with a 2-4 defeat. The following three matches went to the Falken, who also enter the quarterfinals as favorites.
Scorpions against Deggendorf promises excitement
The Hannover Scorpions are facing off against Deggendorfer SC for a spot in the semifinals. While Deggendorf's only defeat in the round of 59 was in Herford, where they lost to playoff newcomers Herforder EV, the Lindau Islanders, who had to take a detour through the pre-playoffs, often made life difficult for the favorites, the Scorpions. In the second game, they even made a real statement against the second-best team in the North, triumphing in overtime. And in the subsequent matches, they remained solid, especially defensively. Match number three was not decided until the 60th minute in Hannover's favor, and game four saw the Scorpions' game-winning goal not even come until the XNUMXth minute.
North surprise team Leipzig wants to continue to inspire
Finally, in the quarterfinals, the Bietigheim Steelers with the IceFighters Leipzig. Even if the Sachsen Although they ultimately won the quarterfinal series against Höchstadt 3-0, the Alligators were always only a small step behind the IceFighters. Twice a game had to be extended, and the first game even went into a second overtime. And the Leipzig team only won the third duel by a single goal. Bietigheim, on the other hand, made it clear from the start why they were the favorites against the Saale Bulls Halle. The 11-0 win in the first match was their biggest round of XNUMX victory this season. And even though Halle won game two, the Steelers secured their place in the quarterfinals in the following two meetings, among other things by having a clear advantage in shots on goal.
This is how the quarter-final matches were compiled
To determine the match pairings, all teams that reached the quarterfinals were compiled into a single table. They were sorted according to their main round placings in their respective top leagues, with the champions at the top, the runners-up below, and so on. In the event of two teams with the same ranking, the northern team takes precedence this year; the team from the Oberliga Nord will therefore be placed ahead of the equally placed team of Oberliga Süd Which league has priority changes from season to season. And there is one more difference from the round of 28: From now on, the best-of-seven format will be used, meaning four wins are needed to advance. This means that all semifinalists will be determined by March 30th at the latest, and the first matches of the semifinals are scheduled for March XNUMXth. The streaming partner has remained the same, and the quarterfinals will also be broadcast live by SpradeTV. And the statistics for each game will still be available on deb-online.live summarized.
Dates Quarterfinals
Friday March 14th
19:30 p.m. Bietigheim Steelers – KSW IceFighters Leipzig
19:30 p.m. Heilbronner Falken - ECDC Memmingen Indians
20:00 PM Tilburg Trappers – Tölzer Löwen
20:00 PM Hannover Scorpions – Deggendorfer SC
Sunday March 16th
16:00 PM KSW IceFighters Leipzig - Bietigheim Steelers
18:00 p.m. ECDC Memmingen Indians - Heilbronner Falken
18:00 PM Tölzer Löwen – Tilburg Trappers
18:45 PM Deggendorfer SC – Hannover Scorpions
Tuesday, March 18th
19:30 p.m. Bietigheim Steelers – KSW IceFighters Leipzig
19:30 p.m. Heilbronner Falken - ECDC Memmingen Indians
20:00 PM Tilburg Trappers – Tölzer Löwen
20:00 PM Hannover Scorpions – Deggendorfer SC
Friday March 21th
19:30 PM Tölzer Löwen – Tilburg Trappers
20:00 PM KSW IceFighters Leipzig - Bietigheim Steelers
20:00 p.m. ECDC Memmingen Indians - Heilbronner Falken
20:00 PM Deggendorfer SC – Hannover Scorpions
Sunday, March 23 (if necessary)
16:30 PM Tilburg Trappers – Tölzer Löwen
17:00 p.m. Bietigheim Steelers – KSW IceFighters Leipzig
18:00 PM Hannover Scorpions – Deggendorfer SC
18:30 p.m. Heilbronner Falken - ECDC Memmingen Indians
Tuesday, March 25 (if necessary)
19:00 PM KSW IceFighters Leipzig - Bietigheim Steelers
19:30 PM Tölzer Löwen – Tilburg Trappers
20:00 p.m. ECDC Memmingen Indians - Heilbronner Falken
20:00 PM Deggendorfer SC – Hannover Scorpions
Friday, March 28 (if necessary)
19:30 p.m. Bietigheim Steelers – KSW IceFighters Leipzig
19:30 p.m. Heilbronner Falken - ECDC Memmingen Indians
20:00 PM Hannover Scorpions – Deggendorfer SC
20:00 PM Tilburg Trappers – Tölzer Löwen
Sunday March 30th
Start of the semifinals