Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
The promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga was at the end of the regular season taking place until 1994 contest to determine the promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
A promotion round was necessary because it. Having the masters of the first existing as a substructure to the 2nd Bundesliga 15 amateur leagues, which were combined in 1978 to eight top leagues, masters were more than available places rise
With the introduction of the regional leagues as the third- highest division in 1994, the promotion round was no longer necessary to the 2nd Bundesliga. The Regional Master increased since then directly to the 2nd Bundesliga.
Climb to the 2nd League South
From 1975 to 1978, the master of the first amateur league Bavaria and Hesse went on directly to the 2nd Bundesliga. The top-ranked amateur leagues Nordbaden, South Baden, Black Forest, Lake Constance and Nordwürttemberg played the third promotion place from each other. The last climber determined the champion of amateur leagues Saarland, southwest and Rhineland. Both ascent rounds were played as groups with home and away matches.
Climb to the 2nd League North
1975 and 1976 played the master of the first amateur league Lower Rhine and the Middle Rhine, together with the second- placed the already introduced in 1974 Oberliga Nord rise two places from each other. The other two spots determined the masters of the Oberliga Berlin, the Oberliga Nord and the winner of the playoff of the two masters of Westphalia.
From 1977 to 1978, the first four of the Oberliga Nord and the masters of the first amateur league Lower Rhine, Middle Rhine, Westphalia 1, 2 and the Oberliga Westfalen Berlin played for the climb. Before the actual promotion round the nine clubs were reduced by a playoff between the fourth in the Oberliga Nord and the runner- Westphalia to eight. The four rise of places were finally determined in two groups of four, in which the two ascended each winners.
Rise to the single-track 2 Bundesliga
Through the nationwide summary of the first amateur leagues in eight Oberligen, 1979 and 1980 no promotion round was necessary. The master of the upper leagues qualified directly for the 2nd League North and South. Only the master of the Oberliga Berlin had no permanent promotion place and had to compete in a playoff for the final promotion place against the second of the Oberliga Nord.
After it was in 1981 with the introduction of the single-track 2 Bundesliga no climbers from the league in the 2nd Bundesliga, rise from 1982 games were again needed.
From 1982 to 1991, this was held in a northern and a southern group, finally ascended whose two winners. In the south, the masters of the Oberliga Bayern, Baden- Württemberg, Hesse and West qualified for the promotion round. In the north, came to 1983 the Master of the Oberliga Berlin, Westphalia, North Rhine and north against each other. From 1984, in addition to the qualified runners- Oberliga Nord. The rise of rounds were held in 1982 in a simple, and from 1983 with return games.
After German reunification, the number of qualifying for the promotion round teams was increased. In 1991 there were a total of four groups in which four additional teams from East Germany took part and the respective group winners qualified. 1992 Play- off round in four groups with the ten league champions, the runner-up of the Oberliga Nord and two teams from the 2nd Bundesliga was discharged.
From 1993 to 1994, the ten league champion and vice-champion of the Oberliga Nord played in three groups of four and three places ascent.
With the introduction of the regional leagues as the third- highest division in 1994, the promotion round was no longer necessary to the 2nd Bundesliga. The Regional Master increased since then directly to the 2nd Bundesliga, the masters of the league qualified for the Regional.
Comer ( South)
(H) = Hessen, (B ) = Bavaria, (SW ) = West, (R) = Rhineland, (S) = Saarland, (SB ) = Schwarzwald- Bodensee, (SB ) = scheme, ( NB) = Nordbaden (W ) = Württemberg (BW ) = Baden- Württemberg
Comer ( North )
(MR ) = Middle Rhine, (NI ) = Lower Rhine (NR ) = North, (W ) = Westphalia, (B ) = Berlin, ( N) = North