The Bavarian ice hockey league season 2007-08 started on 19 October 2007 with the first round in the Bayernliga and finished on 14 March 2008 with the third league final. It saw the EHC Waldkraiburg take out its second Bavarian title, having previously won it in 1987-88, then under the name of VfL Waldkraiburg. The club could have taken up promotion to the Oberliga but declined. The EV Weiden voluntarily withdrew from the Oberliga while Regensburg was forced to resign from the 2nd Bundesliga due to insolvency.
The Bayernliga season saw the EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm fold after 16 rounds, unable to complete its schedule.
No team remained unbeaten this season, the ESC Kempten in the Bezirksliga West held the best record with 19 wins and one defeat. Two teams, both from the Bezirksliga, remained winless all season, the SG München and the TSV Trostberg II. For the later, it was the second winless season in a row, having only ever won one game since joining the league in 2005.
Champions
The three levels of the Bavarian league system were won by the following teams:
Bayernliga: EHC Waldkraiburg
Landesliga: ESV Buchloe
Bezirksliga: SC Gaißach
Bayernliga
The competition was played, as in the years previously, with 16 teams, with the top eight qualified for the championship play-off and the bottom eight having to play-down to determine the two relegated teams.
Final table
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EHC Waldkraiburg
30
22
2
6
180
81
99
46
2
ECDC Memmingen
30
17
5
8
108
86
22
39
3
TSV Peißenberg
30
18
3
9
145
91
54
39
4
EC Pfaffenhofen
30
18
3
9
154
110
44
39
5
EHC 80 Nürnberg (N)
30
16
5
9
124
100
24
37
6
ERC Sonthofen
30
14
8
8
106
89
17
36
7
ERV Schweinfurt
30
14
6
10
138
96
42
34
8
ESV Königsbrunn
30
12
9
9
108
84
24
33
9
ESC Dorfen
30
13
6
11
114
104
10
32
10
TSV Erding
30
12
6
12
104
98
6
30
11
Höchstadter EC
30
11
6
13
115
122
-7
28
12
Germering Wanderers (N)
30
9
8
13
106
121
-15
26
13
VER Selb (N)
30
11
4
15
101
119
-18
26
14
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm *
30
7
3
20
45
125
-80
17
15
EV Pfronten (N)
30
2
6
22
78
189
-111
10
16
EV Fürstenfeldbruck
30
3
2
25
77
188
-111
8
The EC Ulm/Neu Ulm folded in December 2007 for financial reasons, all games after this decision were counted as 0-5 losses for the club.
(N) denotes team promoted from the Landesliga after the previous season.
Play-Offs
The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The winner of the final is crowned Bayrischer Meister (English:Bavarian champions).
First round
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
EHC Waldkraiburg
ESV Königsbrunn
4-1
6-3
8-4
ECDC Memmingen
ERV Schweinfurt
2-6
4-7
0-2
TSV Peißenberg
ERC Sonthofen
6-2
1-4
6-3
4-1
EC Pfaffenhofen
EHC 80 Nürnberg
3-4
3-5
5-4
6-2
6-3
Semi finals
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg
ERV Schweinfurt
7-4
4-5
8-4
TSV Peißenberg
EC Pfaffenhofen
3-4
2-4
Finals
Third place:
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
TSV Peißenberg
ERV Schweinfurt
3-9
4-3
7-2
Championship:
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
EHC Waldkraiburg
EC Pfaffenhofen
5-4
3-4
4-3
The EHC Waldkraiburg wins the Bavarian championship for the 2007-08 season.
Play-Downs
The first round of the play-offs was carried out in a best-of-five modus, after that it went to a best-of-three. The EC Ulm/Neu-Ulm did not play any games, all games awarded to the opposition. The two teams in the final are relegated to the Landesligas.
First round
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
ESC Dorfen
EV Fürstenfeldbruck
5-3
7-4
7-4
TSV Erding
EV Pfronten
5-4
9-1
16-1
Höchstadter EC
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm
5-0
5-0
5-0
Germering Wanderers
VER Selb
7-4
3-4
2-8
2-7
Semi finals
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm
EV Pfronten
0-5
0-5
Germering Wanderers
EV Fürstenfeldbruck
5-3
9-5
Final
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
EC Ulm/Neu Ulm
EV Fürstenfeldbruck
0-5
0-5
Series not played, the EV Fürstenfeldbruck is relegated, the EC Ulm/Neu Ulm has folded.
Top scorers
Main round
Place
Name
Team
Games
Points
1
Mikhail Nemirovsky
ERV Schweinfurt
29
78
2
Martin Jiranek
EHC 80 Nürnberg
24
67
3
Dale Crombeen
EHC Waldkraiburg
28
63
Play-Offs
Place
Name
Team
Games
Points
1
Marek Pospisil
TSV Peißenberg
10
17
2
Thomas Maier
TSV Peißenberg
10
17
3
Dale Crombeen
EHC Waldkraiburg
8
15
Landesliga
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round, The top two teams of this round gain promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from this league move up to the Oberliga without a Bavarian team being relegated from there, additional clubs from that round may gain promotion.
The remaining six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.
From season to season, clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation. This explains, why three of the Landesligas have two newly promoted teams each while the western division has none in the 2007-08 season. The fact that six clubs moved up from the Bezirksliga to the Landesliga from the previous season results from the fact that four teams were promoted to the Bayernliga the previous season and therefore extra places were available to fill.
First round
Top two teams enter the promotion round.
Landesliga Nord
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EHC Bayreuth (N)
14
13
0
1
105
30
75
26
2
ESC Hassfurt
14
11
0
3
117
43
74
22
3
EV Pegnitz (R)
14
10
0
4
81
51
30
20
4
ERSC Amberg
14
7
0
7
82
83
-1
14
5
EV Regensburg II
14
6
1
7
62
73
-11
13
6
ESV Würzburg (N)
14
3
0
11
58
99
-41
6
7
EV Weiden II
14
2
2
10
55
127
-72
6
8
EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich
14
2
1
11
43
97
-54
5
Landesliga Süd
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
ESC Holzkirchen
14
13
0
1
88
27
61
26
2
SC Reichersbeuren
14
10
0
4
83
47
36
20
3
TSV Trostberg
14
9
1
4
89
63
26
19
4
ESC Riverrats Geretsried (N)
14
7
1
6
71
54
17
15
5
ERSC Ottobrunn
14
5
2
7
58
38
20
12
6
EHC Bad Aibling (N)
14
5
1
8
56
84
-28
11
7
EC Bad Tölz II
14
3
3
8
51
71
-20
9
8
DEC Frillensee-Inzell
14
0
0
14
22
134
-112
0
Landesliga Ost
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
SVG Burgkirchen (R)
14
12
1
1
104
40
64
25
2
EV Dingolfing
14
11
0
3
87
27
60
22
3
EV Moosburg
14
8
2
4
73
47
26
18
4
ESC Vilshofen
14
6
2
6
61
55
6
14
5
SE Freising
14
6
2
6
60
58
2
14
6
ESV Gebensbach (N)
14
6
0
8
69
73
-4
12
7
EHC Straubing II
14
1
2
11
33
94
-61
4
8
EK München
14
1
1
12
37
130
-93
3
Landesliga West
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
ESV Buchloe
14
13
0
1
98
24
74
26
2
EV Lindau
14
11
0
3
77
30
47
22
3
EA Schongau
14
10
1
3
88
36
52
21
4
SC Forst
14
7
1
6
68
53
15
15
5
ESV Burgau
14
5
1
8
57
73
-16
11
6
EV Bad Wörishofen
14
4
2
8
50
61
-11
10
7
EHC München II
14
3
0
11
36
99
-63
6
8
ERC Lechbruck
14
0
1
13
24
122
-98
1
(R) denotes team relegated from the Bayernliga after previous season.
(N) denotes team promoted from the Bezirksliga after previous season.
Promotion round
Top two teams promoted to the Bayernliga.
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
ESV Buchloe
14
10
2
2
62
29
33
22
2
EV Dingolfing
14
9
3
2
63
35
28
21
3
EHC Bayreuth
14
6
4
4
60
47
13
16
4
ESC Hassfurt
14
7
1
6
64
64
0
15
5
SVG Burgkirchen
14
7
1
6
60
61
-1
15
6
ESC Holzkirchen
14
6
1
7
40
43
-3
13
7
EV Lindau
14
2
2
10
46
70
-24
6
8
SC Reichersbeuren
14
2
0
12
43
89
-46
4
The ESV Buchloe is the 2007-08 Bavarian Landesliga champion.
Relegation round
No points were taken along from the first rounds competition. The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga, except the EK München, which was not.
Landesliga Nord
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EV Pegnitz
9
7
0
2
74
43
31
14
2
ERSC Amberg
9
6
0
3
55
43
12
12
3
EV Regensburg II
10
5
1
4
51
44
7
11
4
EV Weiden II
10
5
0
5
50
53
-3
10
5
EHC Stiftland-Mitterteich
10
4
0
6
44
51
-7
8
6
ESV Würzburg
10
1
1
8
34
74
-30
3
The game EV Pegnitz versus ERSC Amberg on 24 February 2008 was not played.
Landesliga Süd
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
TSV Trostberg
10
8
1
1
70
32
38
17
2
ESC Riverrats Geretsried
10
7
0
3
55
25
30
14
3
ERSC Ottobrunn
10
5
1
4
43
28
15
11
4
EC Bad Tölz II
10
5
0
5
44
37
7
10
5
EHC Bad Aibling
10
3
0
7
36
48
-12
6
6
DEC Frillensee-Inzell
10
1
0
9
14
92
-78
2
Landesliga Ost
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EV Moosburg
10
7
2
1
67
30
37
16
2
ESC Vilshofen
10
8
0
2
49
22
27
16
3
ESV Gebensbach
10
6
0
4
54
44
10
12
4
EHC Straubing II
10
3
1
6
41
54
-13
7
5
SE Freising
10
2
2
6
34
48
-14
6
6
EK München
10
1
1
8
40
87
-47
3
Landesliga West
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EA Schongau
10
10
0
0
63
26
37
20
2
SC Forst
10
6
1
3
48
24
24
13
3
ESV Burgau
10
4
1
5
39
42
-3
9
4
ERC Lechbruck
10
4
0
6
43
40
3
8
5
EV Bad Wörishofen
10
3
2
5
33
44
-11
8
6
EHC München II
10
1
0
9
26
76
-50
2
Bezirksliga
The four regional division played out a home-and-away round to determined the league winner. The four league champions are promoted to the Landesliga and also are qualified for the Bezirksliga championship round.
Main round
First placed team enters championship round and is promoted to Landesliga. In addition, EHC Regensburg is promoted as best runner-up, taking the spot of the folded EC Ulm/Neu Ulm.
Bezirksliga Nord
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EC Amberg
12
11
1
0
160
33
127
23
2
EHC Regensburg
12
10
0
2
145
24
121
20
3
EC Erkersreuth
12
7
1
4
96
62
34
15
4
ERC Ingolstadt
12
7
0
5
131
40
91
14
5
EC Pfaffenhofen II
12
4
0
8
64
86
-22
8
6
EC Bad Kissing (R)
12
2
0
10
33
143
-110
4
7
SG München (N)
12
0
0
12
9
250
-241
0
Bezirksliga Süd
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
SC Gaißach
12
9
2
1
83
38
45
20
2
EV Mittenwald
12
8
2
2
64
38
26
18
3
TSV Schliersee
12
7
2
3
69
35
34
16
4
EV Berchtesgaden
12
6
0
6
62
55
7
12
5
Germering Wanderers II
12
5
1
6
49
55
-6
11
6
EHC Waldkraiburg II
12
3
1
8
48
72
-24
7
7
TSV Trostberg II
12
0
0
12
20
102
-82
0
Bezirksliga Ost
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
EV Bruckberg (R)
14
9
2
3
70
44
26
20
2
ESV Waldkirchen
14
9
0
5
81
75
6
18
3
ERC Regen
14
8
1
5
67
53
14
17
4
Deggendorfer SC II
14
7
2
5
80
52
28
16
5
ASV Dachau
14
6
3
5
58
58
0
15
6
EHF Passau II (N)
14
5
1
8
58
84
-26
11
7
Dynamo Dingolfing
14
4
1
9
64
78
-14
9
8
EV Aich
14
3
0
11
41
75
-34
6
Bezirksliga West
Position
Name
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Points
1
ESC Kempten (N)
16
16
0
0
142
31
111
32
2
VfL Denklingen
16
11
1
4
92
60
32
23
3
ESV Bad Bayersoien
16
9
2
5
87
73
14
20
4
SV Hohenfurch
16
8
3
5
65
58
7
19
5
SV Apfeldorf
16
8
2
6
73
70
3
18
6
EG Wood Augsburg
16
4
2
10
54
91
-37
10
7
1. EC Senden
16
4
1
11
68
94
-26
9
8
EC Oberstdorf
16
2
3
11
60
104
-44
7
9
ESV Buchloe II (N)
16
2
2
12
53
113
-60
6
(R) denotes team relegated from the Landesliga after previous season.
(N) denotes team has newly entered the league system:
ESC Kempten is a new club, took over ice hockey department of TSV Kottern.
EHF Passau II and ESV Buchloe II are newly entered reserve teams.
SG München is actually the third team of EHC München.
Championship round
The Bezirksliga championship was decided in a home-and-away round with the club with the best aggregate score taking out the series. All four teams are already promoted to the Landesliga.
Semi finals
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
ESC Kempten
EC Amberg
11-2
7-4
SC Gaißach
EV Bruckberg
13-2
4-4
Finals
Third place:
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
EV Bruckberg
EC Amberg
3-14
1-25
Championship:
Team
Team
Game 1
Game 2
ESC Kempten
SC Gaißach
4-8
5-4
The SC Gaißach is the 2007-08 Bavarian Bezirksliga champion.
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