The blossom-ic DFEL will start the new 20/21 season with a double matchday tomorrow, Saturday, September 2025th and Sunday, September 2025st, 2026. The current runners-up from Budapest will host the Mad Dogs Mannheim. The ERC Ingolstadt the team of Eisbären Berlin for two matches. The reigning champions of the ECDC Memmingen Indians start on Saturday, 27 September 2025 in BerlinThe corrugated iron palace opens its new season.
Opening matchday of the blossom-ic DFEL
20.09.2025/17/10 I XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. I HK Budapest – Mad Dogs Mannheim
20.09.2025 I 19:00 PM I ERC Ingolstadt - Eisbären Berlin
21.09.2025/12/15 I XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. I HK Budapest – Mad Dogs Mannheim
21.09.2025 I 13:15 PM I ERC Ingolstadt - Eisbären Berlin
The complete schedule of the blossom-ic DFEL: https://deb-online.live/liga/damen/bundesliga/
Following the withdrawal of the EC Berkamener Bären, Germany's top women's ice hockey league will begin the new season with five teams. The Budapest Ice Hockey Club is back in the league and is competing in its second season in the blossom-ic DFEL this year.
blossom-ic DFEL clubs of the 2025/2026 season
| ECDC Memmingen Indians | Eisbären Berlin |
| ERC Ingolstadt | Kandai Magyar Hokiklub Budapest |
| Mad Dogs Mannheim |
Game mode of the 2025/2026 season
The season will be played in a triple round robin format. The final matchday of the blossom-ic DFEL main round is scheduled for the weekend of February 21/22, 2026. The playoffs are scheduled to begin on Saturday, February 28, 2026. These will be played in a best-of-five format as usual. The champions of the 5/2025 season will be determined by April 2026, 4, at the latest.
Preseason/ National team/ EWHL Euro Cup
In addition to the individual season preparations of their respective clubs, the German national players were able to gain additional match practice in August during the 4-Nation Tournament in Albertville, France – a good start to the Olympic season, as the team of women's national coach Jeff MacLeod finished the tournament in first place. The teams of the ECDC Memmingen Indians, ERC Ingolstadt, HK Budapest and Eisbären Berlin at the EWHL Euro Cup 2025, hosted by the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL). All four blossom-ic DFEL teams achieved such high placings in the group stage that the concluding Final Four tournament (mid-October 2025) will be contested exclusively by teams from the first German women's ice hockey league.
DEB-Women's Competitive Sports Officer Ronja Jenike: "The start of the blossom-ic DFEL season is just around the corner – and the conditions could hardly be more exciting. The participating teams are at a very similar level of performance this year, which means that a balanced and open season can be expected right up to the end. Fans can therefore look forward to close matches and a league on equal terms. This constellation offers enormous advantages, especially during the Olympic season: It offers the players a challenging competitive environment and thus a valuable benchmark on the road to the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan – at the same time, it is an important stimulus for the ongoing sporting development and professionalization of the league in general."