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German Women’s Ice Hockey League
Deutsche Fraueneishockey Liga
DFEL
Sport
Founded 1988
Inaugural season 1988–89
No. of teams 8[lower-alpha 1]
Country(ies) Flag of Germany Germany
Most recent champion(s) ECDC Memmingen (3rd)
Most championship(s) ESC Planegg-Würmtal (7)
Official website deb-online.de/ligen/frauen
Related competitions DEB-Pokal der Frauen

The German Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga or DFEL (German: Deutsche Fraueneishockey-Liga (DFEL) or German: Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga) is the top-tier women's ice hockey league in Germany. It was founded in 1988 by the German Ice Hockey Federation (German: Deutscher Eishockey Bund (DEB)).

History[]

The German Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga was created in 1988–89. Previously, the national championship took the form of a tournament featuring the best teams from the various regional federations. The Bundesliga was initially split into two divisions, North and South, with a final championship tournament at the end of the season, but in April 2006, the participating teams voted to have only a single division, starting from the 2006-07 season.

2017–18 season[]

The 2017–18 season featured 8 teams, with each team playing each of the seven others four times, twice at home. The team finishing at the top of the ranking table wins the German Championship.

Teams[]

Team City Founded Arena Capacity
EC Bergkamener Bären Bergkamen 1982 Eissporthalle Bergkamen-Weddinghofen 500
Eisbären Juniors Berlin Berlin 2017 Wellblechpalast 4,695
Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorf 2015 ISS Dome 13,400
Hannover Lady Scorpions Hanover 2017 Eisstadion am Pferdeturm 4,608
ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt 2012 Saturn Arena 4,815
ECDC Memmingen Memmingen 1989 Eissporthalle Memmingen 3,850
Maddogs Mannheim Mannheim 2002 SAP Arena 13,600
ESC Planegg-Würmtal Planegg 1991 Kunsteisstadion Grafing 1,730

Championship record[]

Year by year
Season Champion Second Third
Endrunde
1983–84 ESG Esslingen EC Bergkamener Bären ESV Kaufbeuren
1984–85 EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf EV Füssen ESG Esslingen
1985–86 EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf EC Bergkamener Bären EDM Köln
1986–87 EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf ESG Esslingen EV Füssen
1987–88 Mannheimer ERC WildCats EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf ESG Esslingen
Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga
1988–89 EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf Mannheimer ERC WildCats ESG Esslingen
1989–90 Mannheimer ERC WildCats EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf OSC Berlin
1990–91 OSC Berlin EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf Mannheimer ERC WildCats
1991–92 Mannheimer ERC WildCats Neusser EC EC Bergkamener Bären
1992–93 Neusser EC Mannheimer ERC WildCats TuS Geretsried
1993–94 TuS Geretsried Mannheimer ERC WildCats Neusser EC
1994–95 ESG Esslingen DEC Tigers Königsbrunn TuS Geretsried
1995–96 ESG Esslingen TuS Wiehl TuS Geretsried
1996–97 ESG Esslingen TuS Wiehl Grefrather EC
1997–98 ESG Esslingen Mannheimer ERC WildCats TuS Geretsried
1998–99 Mannheimer ERC WildCats TuS Geretsried ESC Planegg-Würmtal
1999–2000 Mannheimer ERC WildCats TuS Geretsried TuS Wiehl
2000–01 TV Kornwestheim TuS Geretsried EC Bergkamener Bären
2001–02 TV Kornwestheim SC Riessersee OSC Berlin
2002–03 TV Kornwestheim OSC Berlin Mannheimer ERC WildCats
2003–04 TV Kornwestheim OSC Berlin SC Riessersee
2004–05 EC Bergkamener Bären TV Kornwestheim OSC Berlin
2005–06 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal TV Kornwestheim
2006–07 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal SC Riessersee
2007–08 ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Berlin SC Riessersee
2008–09 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal EC Bergkamener Bären
2009–10 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal EC Bergkamener Bären
2010–11 ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Berlin EC Bergkamener Bären
2011–12 ESC Planegg-Würmtal ECDC Memmingen EC Bergkamener Bären
2012–13 ESC Planegg-Würmtal ECDC Memmingen OSC Berlin
2013–14 ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Berlin ECDC Memmingen
2014–15 ESC Planegg-Würmtal ECDC Memmingen ERC Ingolstadt
2015–16 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal ERC Ingolstadt
2016–17 ESC Planegg-Würmtal ERC Ingolstadt ECDC Memmingen
2017–18 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal ERC Ingolstadt
2018–19 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal ERC Ingolstadt
2019–20 German Championship Finals cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; finalists: CDC Memmingen and ESC Planegg ERC Ingolstadt


Each club
Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 ESC Planegg-Würmtal 7 5 1 13
2 OSC Berlin 5 5 4 14
3 Mannheimer ERC WildCats 5 4 2 11
4 ESG Esslingen 5 1 3 9
5 EHC Eisbären Düsseldorf 4 3 0 7
6 TV Kornwestheim 4 1 2 7
7 TuS Geretsried 1 3 4 8
8 ECDC Memmingen 1 3 2 6
9 EC Bergkamener Bären 1 2 5 8
10 Neusser EC 1 1 1 3
11 TuS Wiehl 0 2 1 3
12 SC Riessersee 0 1 3 4
13 ERC Ingolstadt 0 1 2 3
14 EV Füssen 0 1 1 2
15 DEC Tigers Königsbrunn 0 1 0 1
16 ESV Kaufbeuren 0 0 1 1
EDM Köln 0 0 1 1
Grefrather EC 0 0 1 1

German Women's Cup[]

Beginning in the 2001–02 season, the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) organized an annual tournament called the DEB Women's Cup (German: DEB-Pokal der Frauen), which would be played over several days at the end of the DFEL season. It featured the top four or six teams from the most recent DFEL season, divided into two groups of two or three teams each. The tournament has not been held since 2018.

Record
Season Champion Finalist
2001–02 Grefrather EC EHC Memmingen
2002–03 WSV Braunlage ERC Sonthofen
2003–04 Grefrather EC ECDC Memmingen
2004–05 Grefrather EC ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2005–06 EC Bergkamener Bären ECDC Memmingen
2006–07 EC Bergkamener Bären ESC Planegg/Würmtal
2007–08 OSC Berlin Hamburger SV
2008–09 OSC Berlin ECDC Memmingen
2009–10 ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Berlin
2010–11 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2011–12 ESC Planegg-Würmtal OSC Berlin
2012–13 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2013–14 OSC Berlin ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2014–15 ESC Planegg-Würmtal ERC Ingolstadt
2015–16 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2016–17 ECDC Memmingen ESC Planegg-Würmtal
2017–18 ECDC Memmingen ERC Ingolstadt

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