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Rugby-Bundesliga
2020–21 Rugby-Bundesliga
Administrator DRV
No. of teams 16
Country Germany
champion(s) (2018–19)
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to 2. Rugby-Bundesliga
Contents
1History
2Clubs participating in 2018
3Championship finals
o 3.1Finals
o 3.2Winners & Finalists
4League placings
o 4.1Key
5Player statistics
6References
7attendance
8External links
History[edit]
HRC
St. Pauli
DSV 78
Germania
BRC
RK 03
RGH
HRK
SCN
TSV H
RKH
SC 1880
TV Pforzheim
Köln
Leipzig
Hohen Neuendorf
The German rugby championship was first played in 1909 and, with the
exception of 2002, has always been determined by a final. [2]
The Rugby-Bundesliga was first played in two divisions in the 1971-72 season
and soon consisted of six teams in the North and ten teams in the South.
However, of the eight southern teams, five were located in Heidelberg and after
1975 all northern teams were from Hanover. The founding members of the
league were SV Odin Hannover, SV 1908 Ricklingen, DSV 1878 Hannover, TSV
Victoria Linden, SC Siemensstadt and FC St. Pauli Rugby in the north and SC
Neuenheim, RG Heidelberg, Heidelberger RK, Heidelberger TV, TSV
Handschuhsheim, RC Hürth, Bonner SC, ASV Köln Rugby, SC 1880
Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby.[3]
The league has changed its format a number of times over the years. In 1997-98,
it played as a single-division league with eight teams. From 1998 to 2001, it was
divided into two regional divisions again. The top-three teams from each of the
two divisions then qualified for the finals round, held in a home-and-away format.
The top two teams out of this round then played the German Final in a home-
and-away format. The bottom three teams in each division played a spring round
together with the top three teams of the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga to determine the
clubs who would play in the Bundesliga in the next season.
Since 2001, the Bundesliga has been organised as a single division again with
eight teams playing each other in a home-and-away season. The top two teams
play each other in the championship final. In its first season, 2001–02, no final
was held and the regular season winner was also the German champions. In the
first 34 editions of the Final, there was always a team from Hanover present.
Only in 2006 did this stop, and no team from Hanover has played in the final
since.
Below the Bundesliga, two 2nd Bundesligas, north and south, form the second
tier of the league system, with the winners promoted to the Bundesliga. The third
tier of rugby is formed by the nine Regionalligen, regional leagues.
SC 1880 Frankfurt, the 2007-08 champions, had to wait 83 years for its fifth title,
having last won the championship in 1925.[4] The club is the only rugby club in
Germany considered semi-professional. [5]
On 19 July 2008 at the annual general meeting of the German rugby association,
the DRV decided to expand the Bundesliga and slightly change its modus. It was
decided to expand the league to nine teams for 2008-09 and ten teams for 2009-
10, meaning only one club will be relegated in 2009, and two promoted. Also, the
play-off format was changed, with four teams qualifying for the finals. At the
bottom end, in 2008-09, the last two teams would determine one relegated club
via playoff. From 2009-10, the bottom four clubs will play-off to determine two
relegated teams.[6]
The women's Rugby-Bundesliga consists of six teams in 2008 and also plays a
final between the top two clubs at the end of the season. [7]
As a sign of the gap between the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga, TSV
Victoria Linden, who only won the 2009-10 North/East division in the last round of
the championship, declined promotion, citing the additional cost of travelling and
the limited player pool as their reason. The South/West champion, Stuttgarter
RC, has also indicated that it would not take up promotion, leaving the
Bundesliga with only eight clubs for the next season. It also meant, for the first
time ever, that no club from Hanover would compete at the top level of German
rugby.[8][9] DSV 78 protested the decision to reduce the league to eight teams
again and thereby relegating the club. [10] The annual convention of the German
Rugby Federation however decided in early July 2010 to allow DSV 78 to stay in
the Bundesliga.[11]
In February 2011, the DRV decided that the league would continue to play with
ten teams in the near future.[12]
In mid-July 2012 the Deutsche Rugby Tag, the annual general meeting of
the DRV decided to approve a league reform proposed by German
international Manuel Wilhelm. The new system saw the number of clubs in the
Bundesliga increased from ten to 24, the league divided into four regional
divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to sixteen
teams. One of the main aims of the reform was to reduce the number of
kilometres travelled by individual teams and therefore reduce the travel
expenses.[13][14][15] The system will remain mostly unchanged for the 2013-14
season. The only changes will be a play-off between the fourth and fifth placed
teams in each group after the first stage to determine the clubs advancing to the
second stage. The championship play-offs after the second stage will be reduced
from sixteen to twelve clubs with the top two teams in each group advancing
directly to the quarter finals while the remaining eight will play a wild card round
to determine the other four quarter finalists.[16]
At the annual general meeting of the DRV in July 2015 it was decided to return to
a sixteen club format with two regional divisions of eight. The last placed in each
division would be relegated while the seventh placed teams would have to play-
off against the third and fourth best team of the 2. Bundesliga. [17] The German
championship in turn will be contested by the best two teams in each group. [18]
North/East
• RG Heidelberg • He
• Berlin Grizzlies • Berliner RC • Hamburger RC • DSV 78 Hannover • RC Leipzig • RK 03 1880 • SC
Berlin • SC Germania List • SV Odin Hannover
Championship finals[edit]
Main article: German rugby union championship
The German rugby champions are determined by a final (except in 2001-02),
currently contested by the two top teams of the Bundesliga:
Finals[edit]
Season Winner Runner–Up Result
Source:"Die Deutschen Meister der Männer". Deutscher Rugby Verband. Archived from the original on
2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
DRC Hannover 7 9
DSV 78 Hannover 6 10
RG Heidelberg 4 10
SC Neuenheim 3 7
SC Germania List 3 3
SC 1880 Frankfurt 2 5
FV 1897 Linden 1 2
SV 08 Ricklingen 1 3
TV Pforzheim 1 4
Heidelberger TV 0 3
TSV Handschuhsheim 0 2
Berliner RC 0 1
League placings[edit]
Since 1998, the following clubs have played in the league. From 1999 to 2001,
the league consisted of two regional divisions of six teams each. After an
autumn (A) round, the top three from each group would reach the championship
finals round in spring (S). The bottom three, together with the top three from each
of the two 2nd Bundesligas would play a promotion round in spring with the top
three in each group playing in the Bundesliga the following autumn. In 1997-98
and from 2001 to 2012, the league has been played in a single-division format.
From 2012–13 to 2014–15 it had been divided into a first (I) and second
round (II), followed by play-offs:
99 00 01 13 14
Club 98 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
A S A S A S I II I II I
Heidelberger RK 8 ? 9 5 11 6 7 6 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RK 03 Berlin 2 7 8 7 8 8 2 3 2 3 1
TV Pforzheim 3 4 3 2 2 2
SC Germania List 5 8 4 7 4 8 7 8 3 5 3 4 2
RG Heidelberg 5 ? 2 3 5 3 3 2 4 3 3 1 2 2 5 2 4 6 3 4 4 4 3
DSV 78 Hannover 1 4 3 3 3 4 2 6 6 3 9 7 7 1 1 1 1 1
SC Neuenheim 2 ? 4 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 4 5 3 5 5 4 2 2 5 3 4
Berliner RC 4 7 5 9 7 7 7 5 5 7 5 4 4 6 6 9 1 2 1 2 2
TSV Handschuhsheim 6 ? 7 1 6 1 4 4 5 4 2 4 6 3 6 4 3 5 5 3 6 5
FC St Pauli Rugby 12 2 4 2 5 3
SC 1880 Frankfurt 12 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 7 2
RC Leipzig 5 4 6
RK Heusenstamm ? 8 6 10 11 8 7 8 9 10 2 6 1 5 1
Hamburger RC 5 6 4
RU Hohen Neuendorf 4
SG
3
Siemensstadt/Grizzlies
RC Aachen 6 5 4
Berliner SV 92 Rugby 4 8 3 7 5
Heidelberger TV 6 6 6
08
5 8
Ricklingen/Wunstorf 3
RC Mainz 3 8 4
Veltener RC 5
TuS 95 Düsseldorf 6
RC Luxembourg 5
DRC Hannover 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 7 9
DSV 78/08
8 7 8
Ricklingen 1
München RFC 10 9 4 8 8
BSC Offenbach 7 8
RC Bonn Rhein-Sieg 7 5 12
Post SV Berlin
9
Rugby 2
Stahl Hennigsdorf
11 8 5 10
Rugby
VfR Döhren 9 6 11 6 11
SC Siemensstadt 10 10 12
SV 1908 Ricklingen 1 12
SV Odin Hannover 8
Key[edit]
Champions Championship round participants
Player statistics[edit]
The top try and point scorers in recent season were:
2007–
08
2008–
Alexander Pipa (TSV) 22 Thorsten Wiedemann (TSV) 212
09
2009–
Alexander Pipa (TSV) 22 Fabian Heimpel (RGH) 225
10
2010–
Caine Elisara (HRK) 27 Keiran Manawatu (SC 1880) 282
11
2011–
Caine Elisara (HRK) 31 Luke James Muggeridge (HRK) 234
12
References[edit]
1. ^ Getränke-Hersteller gegen Gold-Händler (in German) Offenbach-Post, published:
28 May 2011. accessed: 21 August 2011
2. ^ Die Deutschen Meister der Männer Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback
Machine (in German) List of German rugby championship finals, accessed: 25 December
2008
3. ^ Geschichte Archived 2015-03-16 at WebCite (in German) DRV website – History,
accessed: 9 October 2014
4. ^ SC Frankfurt 1880 Deutscher Meister, RK 03 Berlin steigt auf (in
German) scrum.de, accessed: 26 December 2008
5. ^ In Deutschland müssen Profis dem Platzwart helfen (in German) Die Welt online,
published: 5 September 2007, accessed: 29 December 2008
6. ^ DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback
Machine (in German) Rugby-Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009
7. ^ Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2007/2008 - 1. Frauenbundesliga (in German),
accessed: 29 December 2008
8. ^ Victoria Linden verzichtet auf den Bundesligaaufstieg (in German), totalrugby.de,
published: 27 May 2010, accessed: 29 May 2010
9. ^ RC gewinnt Zweitligameisterschaft - verzichtet aber dennoch auf den Aufstieg (in
German), totalrugby.de, published: 31 May 2010, accessed: 1 June 2010
10. ^ Abstieg von Hannover 78 besiegelt - Bundesligasaison 2010/2011 mit nur 8
Mannschaften (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 8 June 2010. accessed: 14 June 2010
11. ^ Deutscher Rugby-Tag beschloss neuen Pokal-Austragungsmodus (in
German) Rugby-Journal, published: 4 July 2010, accessed: 5 July 2010
12. ^ Es bleibt bei 10 Vereinen in der Bundesliga (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 9
February 2011, accessed: 5 March 2011
13. ^ DRT 2012: Ligareform kommt / Vertrag mit DRV-Vermarkter wird überprüft (in
German)totalrugby.de, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012
14. ^ DRT (in German) DRV website, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012
15. ^ Rugby-Vizemeister TVPforzheim will 2013 den Titel holen (in German) Pforzheimer
Zeitung, published: 9 May 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012
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German)totalrugby.de, published: 5 June 2013, accessed: 7 June 2013
17. ^ Rugby-Verband modifiziert Spielsystem (in German) Frankfurter Neue Presse,
published: 7 July 2015, accessed: 9 July 2015
18. ^ Rugby-Bundesliga startet am Wochenende in ihre 45. Saison - Spielmodus erneut
reformiert (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 27 August 2015, accessed: 12 September
2015
19. ^ 1. Rugby Bundesliga (in German) Results of the 1998–99 season, accessed: 25
December 2008
20. ^ 1. Rugby Bundesliga (in German) Results of the 1999–2000 season, accessed: 25
December 2008
21. ^ Rugby Archiv – Endrunde Frühjahr 2001 (in German) Results of the 2000–01
season, accessed: 25 December 2008
22. ^ Rugby Archiv – Rugby Spielpläne – 2001/2002 (in German) Results of the 2001–02
season, accessed: 25 December 2008
23. ^ Rugby Spielpläne – 2002/2003 (in German) Results of the 2002–03 season,
accessed: 25 December 2008
24. ^ Rugby Spielpläne – 2003/2004 (in German) Results of the 2003–04 season,
accessed: 25 December 2008
25. ^ Rugby Spielpläne – Archiv 2004/2005 (in German) Results of the 2004–05 season,
accessed: 25 December 2008
26. ^ Rugby Spielpläne – Archiv 2005/2006 (in German) Results of the 2005–06 season,
accessed: 25 December 2008
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accessed: 25 December 2008
28. ^ Rugby Spielpläne – Archiv 2007/2008 (in German) Results of the 2007–08 season,
accessed: 25 December 2008
29. ^ Rugby–Journal – Bundesliga 2008–09 Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback
Machineaccessed: 26 December 2008
attendance[edit]
Rugby Bundesliga has not got a lot of attendance
Total attendance for tournament = 10,221 average attendance for match = 50
External links[edit]
German Rugby Community
German Rugby Federation website
Scrum.de - Result archive