1983â€“84 ice hockey Bundesliga season

The 1983/84 season of ice hockey league was the 26th season of the highest German Hockey League. German champion was the Cologne EC, who defeated the defending champion EV Landshut in the final series and celebrated his third national title. Since both the ECD Iserlohn and the ten -time champion SC Riessersee, but this could claim only three years after their last title win in the relegation series, there were no sporting this season relegated. Since the ERC Freiburg but was denied for financial reasons the license for the following season, the EHC Essen-West could move up in third place in the Bundesliga relegation.

Due to the Olympic Hockey Tournament in Sarajevo, there was also this season, significant changes in the play-off mode.

2.1 Final Table
2.2 Best Scorer
2.3 Best Defender

3.1 Final Table

4.1 Final Table Group A
4.2 Final Table Group B
4.3 Best Scorer

5.1 Placement matches 5.1.1 1st round
5.1.2 Game for 7th place
5.1.3 game for 5th place

Requirements

Participant

Düsseldorf EC
ERC Freiburg
ECD Iserlohn
ESV Kaufbeuren
Kölner EC
EV Landshut
Mannheimer ERC
SC Riessersee
SB Rosenheim
Schwenningen ERC

Mode

Due to the Winter Olympics in February in Sarajevo, for the German national team had to qualify, there were significant changes in the play-off mode in the Bundesliga season 1983/84. Due to the German participation in the Olympic tournament, the season had to be interrupted, so there was a multi-week break in the playing mode after completion of the double round. This meant a considerable disadvantage for the top teams in the hockey league, which were disadvantaged both by the forces wear the national team and on the other hand had to come together as a team after several weeks of break only again. At the same time the weaker teams could use the break, an ideal preparation through training and friendly matches in the play-offs.

The German Ice Hockey Federation then decided to perform instead of the quarter-final group games to some time and games to give the top teams in order to be recovered through. The top eight teams in the double round first played in two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which was played as the finale in the " Best of Five" mode. Not without controversy remained the rule that, not the placement in the double round, but the placement in the group stages was crucial for the advantage to be hosting the final and decisive game on their own ice. In particular, the Mannheimer ERC appealed to the DEB a protest against this principle.

Even in the games for 3rd place and the places 5 to 8 there was a change. They were no longer in the mode " Best of Three", but after the European Cup rule, therefore, be held in a return match, considering the Tofdifferenz. In the promotion and relegation issue of direct ascent of the second-division champion was abolished. The Master had as the second-, third - and fourth-placed 2nd Bundesliga in the relegation, which was attended also the ninth - and tenth -placed of the 1st Bundesliga. The number of participants in the Relegation Round consequently increased to six teams. The first two of the relegation qualified for the upcoming Erstligasaison.

For one, the new play-off mode fulfilled his goal to find top teams some time to play along. Although the results showed that the strong teams had to start actually exhibit playful deficits, but in the end, three of the four winners of the double round prevailed, only the SB Rosenheim was eliminated by the worse -placed ESV Kaufbeuren. However, the spectators were not fulfilled, so that was mostly already returned the following season to the old mode.

Preliminary round

Final Table

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats, (N) = newbie, (M) = titleholder Notes: = group stage = Relegation Round.

Best Scorer

Best defender

Relegation round

The relegation round was played in a single round, so each team played each one home and one away match against the other clubs.

Final Table

Abbreviations: Sp = games Notes: = next year Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 = next year.

Group stage

Final Table Group A

Final Table Group B

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats, (N) = newbie, (M) = titleholder Notes: = ends play-offs, = season.

Best Scorer

Play-offs

Placement matches

The placement matches were each played in home and away matches, considering the Tofdifferenz.

1st round

Game for 7th place

Match for 5th place

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Final

Squad of the German Master

Goalkeepers: Helmut de Raaf, Peter Zankl

Defender: Udo Kiessling, Toni Forster, Uwe Krupp, Richard Trojan, Peter Gailer, Werner Kühn, Uli Hiemer

Attacker: Rainer Philipp, Drew Callander, Miroslav Sikora, Christoph Augsten, Jörg Lautwein, Marcus Kuhl, Holger Meitinger, Gerd Truntschka, Jörg Parschill, Peter Schiller, Guido Lenzen, Rob Tudor

Head Coach: Jozef Golonka

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