Rugby-Regionalliga

Rugby-Regionalliga
Sport Rugby union
No. of teams 35
Country  Germany
Most recent champion(s) SG Odin/Döhren
RK 03 Berlin II
RT Münster
URC Gießen 01
RC Luxemburg II
RFC Augsburg

The Rugby-Regionalliga is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. It is organised in eight regional divisions.

Since 2010, the Regionalliga is only the fourth level of play in Southern Germany, since the interception of the 3rd Liga South/West, which covers the same states as the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West above it except Bavaria.

History

The Regionalligas form the third tier of German rugby union since the intereception of the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga in the early 1990s. Before that, the league was the second tier, below the Rugby-Bundesliga. Below the Regionalliga sits the Rugby-Verbandsliga, however, in some regions, the Regionalliga is the lowest division and no Verbandsliga exists.

The eight leagues cover the following states:

The champions of the eight leagues play-off at the end of the season for 2nd Bundesliga promotion. In 2007-08, the three northern champions from the Regionalligas East, North and Lower Saxony plus the runners-up from East determined two promoted teams to the 2nd Bundesliga North/East.

The five southern champions determined one promoted team between each other, to the 2nd Bundesliga South/West.

Champions

Northern Germany

Year North Lower Saxony East North Rhine-Westphalia
2000-01 DRC Hannover II TuS 95 Düsseldorf
SC Germania List II RC Hürth
2001-02 Hamburger RC Wiedenbrücker TV
RC Aachen
2002-03 DRC Hannover II Wiedenbrücker TV
2003-04 SV Odin Hannover Wiedenbrücker TV
2004-05 Stahl Brandenburg Rugby Wiedenbrücker TV
2005-06 Dynamo Rostock Hamburger RC RC Aachen
2006-07 FC St. Pauli II VfR Döhren Wiedenbrücker TV
2007-08 FT Adler Kiel Rugby SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II Berliner RC II TuS 95 Düsseldorf
SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II
2008-09 FT Adler Kiel Rugby DSV 78/08 Ricklingen II RK 03 Berlin II TuS 95 Düsseldorf
Welfen Braunschweig
2009-10 Hamburg Exiles RFC FC Schwalbe Hannover RK 03 Berlin II RC Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
2010-11 Welfen Braunschweig RK 03 Berlin II Wiedenbrücker TV
2011-12 08 Ricklingen/Wunstorf SG Grizzlies/Potsdam Grashof RC Essen
2012-13 DRC Hannover RU Hohen Neuendorf RT Münster
2013-14 SG Odin/Döhren RK 03 Berlin II RT Münster

Southern Germany

Year Rhineland-Palatinate Hesse Baden-Württemberg Bavaria
2000-01 RC Mainz München RFC II
Ramstein RFC München RFC II
2001-02 RC Mainz Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby TSV Handschuhsheim II StuSta München
2002-03 FSV Trier-Tarforst Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby SC Neuenheim II/Pforzheim TSV 1846 Nürnberg
2003-04 RC Mainz RU Marburg RG Heidelberg II StuSta München
2004-05 TSV 1846 Nürnberg
2005-06 SC 1880 Frankfurt II SG Karlsruhe/Pforzheim TSV 1846 Nürnberg
2006-07 RC Mainz RC Mainz Stuttgarter RC VfB Ulm
2007-08 RC Worms RK Heusenstamm II Heidelberger RK II TSV 1846 Nürnberg
2008-09 FSV Trier-Tarforst RK Heusenstamm II Karlsruher SV Rugby RC Regensburg
2009-10 FSV Trier-Tarforst Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby Heidelberger TV TSV 1846 Nürnberg
2010-11 Ramstein Rogues RFC RK Heusenstamm II Freiburger RC RC Regensburg
2011-12 RC Worms RK Heusenstamm II TV Pforzheim II RFC Bad Reichenhall
2012-13 RC Luxemburg II BSC Offenbach not held RFC Bad Reichenhall
2013-14 RC Luxemburg II URC Gießen 01 not held RFC Augsburg

Placings

North

The league placings in the Regionalliga North:

Club 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Hamburger RC 3 4
Welfen Braunschweig 2 3 1
08 Ricklingen/Wunstorf 2 1
DSV 78 Hannover II 2
Bremen 1860 6 5 3 3
Union 60 Bremen 4 6 8 4
FC St. Pauli Rugby II 5 1 6 5 4 6 6
DRC Hannover 1
FT Adler Kiel Rugby 3 6 1 1 4 5 2
SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren 8 3
FC St. Pauli III 4
Hamburg Exiles RFC 8 4 2 2 1 7 9 5
VfL Jesteburg 7 6
Bremen 1860 II 7
FC Schwalbe Hannover 5 7
SG Jesteburg/Geesthacht 1 2 3 3 2 9 10
SVD Rostock Dierkower Elche 1 7 7 7
SC Varel 6 3 4 8
RG Bremen 2 5 5
Hamburger SV Rugby 8
VfL Geesthacht w

Lower Saxony

The league placings in the Regionalliga Lower Saxony:

Club 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
A S A S A S A S A S A S A S A S
Hamburger RC 2 1 1
FC Schwalbe Hannover 2 1
SC Germania List II 4 3 1 4 2 5 5 3 4 6 6 6 2
TSV Victoria Linden II 6 3 7 4 6 4 2 5 5 5 3
SV 08 Ricklingen 4
DSV 78 Hannover II 5 w 5
SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren II 1 3 2 2 2 6
FC Rastede 7
RSV Göttingen 4 4 8
SG Schwalbe/DRC II 4 2 2 5 1 1
Welfen Braunschweig 3 4 4 4 4 5 2 5 6 3 3 1
DSV 78/08 Ricklingen II 2 5 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 3
SV Odin Hannover 2 5 3 3 3 1 1
SV Odin Hannover II 3 4 2
VfR Döhren 4 3 1
VfR Döhren II 3
Union 60 Bremen 4
Welfen Braunschweig II 5
DRC Hannover II 1 1 2 2 1 2 6
Victoria Linden II/DSV 78 II 5 4 5
VfR Döhren/Schwalbe II 6 3

East

The league placings in the Regionalliga East:

Club 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
A S A S A S A S A S A S A S A S A S
USV Potsdam Rugby 2 3 3 3
Berliner SV 92 Rugby 5 3 5 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 2
SG Grizzlies/Potsdam 3 1
RC Leipzig 3 1 8 2 3 2 7 6 10 4 10 2
RV Dresden 2 4 7 4 7 2 7 2 8 8 8 5 9 4
USV Jena 8 5 3 3 5 4 3 4 7 2 4 5
Berliner SC 4 5 1 2 6 4 2 4 6 7 11 6 7 6
SC Siemensstadt 1 2 3 5 6 1 3 3 3 3 7
RU Hohen Neuendorf 3 4 2 1
Berliner RC II 6 1 1 4 2 6 2 2 1 2 3 2
RK 03 Berlin II 7 2 2 2 1 3 5 5 1 1 1 2 1 9 3
Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby 1 6 1 6 11 4
Stahl Brandenburg Rugby 3 2 4 1 5 4 4 4 5 10 5
USV Halle 6
Veltener RC 8 1 6 3 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 8
RU Hohen Neuendorf II 2 2 4 5 5 11 12
Berliner RC III 2 9 3 8
RK 03 Berlin III 1 5 1 1 4 3
SG H.Neuendorf/Hennigsdorf 1 2
SSV Erfurt Oaks 5
Thüringer SV 4 4 4 3 2 1 8 3
RV Dresden II 6 4 4
RV Dresden II/SASV 2 4
Sachsen-Anhalter SV 5
Mitteldeutsche SV 1 5
TSV Leipzig-Wahren 3 3
RC Staßfurt 5
A division B division

North Rhine-Westphalia

The league placings in the Regionalliga North Rhine-Westphalia:

Club 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
A S A S
TuS 95 Düsseldorf 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 4
RC Aachen 2 1 4 3 3 1 3 3 2
RC Bonn Rhein-Sieg 3 7 6 5 3 4 4 1
Wiedenbrücker TV 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 5 7 3 1
Grashof RC Essen 2 1
RT Münster 5 5 7 8 8 6 4 6 8 w 3 1
ASV Köln Rugby II 5 3 5 7 6 9 3 2 2
TV Lemgo 3
RC Aachen II 6 4
WMTV Solingen 5 4 6 5 5
RC Hürth 3 1 3 4 2 6 4 4 6
Bochum Witten RFC 7
RFC Dortmund 7 8
TuS 95 Düsseldorf II 9
Münster Marauders 5
RC Mönchengladbach Rhinos 2 5 7
Elmpt Falcons 2 8
SG Hürth/Brühl 1 5 8 6 8 9
Lippe Lions Lemgo 4 7 7 9 10
WMTV Solingen/SVD Sundwig 2 6 7
RSV Detmold 4 2 4 3 6 5
TV Aldenrade 8
RC Bielefeld 9
TW Hemer 4 6
RC Krefeld 6 5

Rhineland-Palatinate

The league placings in the Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate:

Club 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
A S
RC Mainz 3 4 1 4 1 1 2 1
Ramstein Rogues RFC 4 1 2 2 3 5 3 3 2 3 1
SC 1880 Frankfurt II 4 1
Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby 4 4
RC Worms 5 5 4 3 4 8 1 4 4 3 1
RC Luxembourg II 2 2 1
FSV Trier-Tarforst 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 2
Ramstein Rogues RFC II 3 3
DJK Andernach 6 6 6 4 4
RC Mainz II 6 5
Stade Sarrois Rugby 5 2 4 7 6
TuS Hochspeyer 5 5 7
SG Mainz/Worms II 7
RC Kaiserslautern 5 4 3 5
Baumholder RFC 3 3 w w 6
VfL Pünderich w
TB Rohrbach w
SG Trier/Andernach 1 2
RU Marburg 4 3
SG Worms/Speyer 2 4
Blau-Gelb Darmstadt 4 6
URC Gießen 01 4 7
SG Horrweiler/Mainz II 6 w
TuS Horrweiler 5
RC Ludwigshafen w

Hesse

The league placings in the Regionalliga Hesse:

Club 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
SC 1880 Frankfurt
SC 1880 Frankfurt II 3 7 4 1
RC Mainz 3 4 2 1
Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 1
TGS Hausen 5 5 2
BSC Offenbach 3 3 3 2 5 1
TG 75 Darmstadt 7 5 3 2 3 2
RK Heusenstamm II w 6 4 1 1 4 1 1 3
URC Gießen 01 6 4 5 7 w 5 4 6 4 6 4
RU Marburg 2 2 1 3 2 5 6 4 5
TSV Krofdorf-Gleiberg 8 6
SC 1880 Frankfurt III 6 6 6 5 7
SG Hausen/Babenhausen 8 3
SG 80 III/Babenhausen 2 7
SG Marburg/Babenhausen 1 w
Blau-Gelb Darmstadt 6 2
Ramstein Rogues RFC 4 5
RC Worms 4 5 3 8
TGS Hausen/Heusenstamm II 6 6
BSC Offenbach II/BG Darmstadt 7 4 3 7
CRC Babenhausen w

Baden-Württemberg

The league placings in the Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg:

Club 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
A S
RG Heidelberg II 3 2 1
TSV Handschuhsheim II 1 3 2
Stuttgarter RC 4 5 3 2 1
Heidelberger RK II 2 1
Heidelberger TV 1
TV Pforzheim 4 2
Freiburger RC 5 6 4 4 5 3 6 1
TV Pforzheim II 5 1
Karlsruher SV Rugby 6 4 1 2
RC Rottweil 8 7 6 7 7 7 3
RC Konstanz 7 8 3 3 4 5
SC Neuenheim II 5 w 5 3
TSG Heilbronn 6 3 5 4 2
Heidelberger TV II 6 4
Stuttgarter RC II 6 8 8 6
TSB Ravensburg 9 7
SG Konstanz/TSB Ravensburg 1 3 2 2
SG Rottweil/Stuttgart 2 4
SG HTV/KSV/TVP 3 5 7
SG Karlsruhe/Pforzheim 4 1
SC Neuenheim II/TV Pforzheim 5 2 1 4
Karlsruher SV Rugby II 5

Bavaria

The league placings in the Regionalliga Bavaria, which was formed shortley after the Bavarian Rugby Federation in 1996:[1]

Club 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
A S
StuSta München 5 2 1 2 1
TSV 1846 Nürnberg 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
RFC Bad Reichenhall 4 2 1 1 2
RC Regensburg 4 3 5 6 2 5 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 3
München RFC II 1 1 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 7 4 5 3 5
Augsburg RFC 2 3 6 4 1
TV Memmingen 6 4 5 8
StuSta München II 6 6 5 7 3 6 4
RC Unterföhring 7 6
Vilseck RC 6 w
Illesheim RFC 3 3 6 w 3 3 2 4 3 5
Vilsenwöhr RC w
VfB Ulm 3 1 3 5 8
TV 1861 Ingolstadt 6
Neu-Ulm RFC 4 5 4
SG Ingolstadt/Rosenheim 7
Schweinfurt RFC 6 8 5
TuS Fürstenfeldbruck 4 5
RFC Würzburg 7 6
TSV Bamberg 7
SG Augsburg/Neu Ulm 8
Würzburger RK 2012 7

Key

= Team played in Rugby-Bundesliga, 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga or 3rd Liga South/West 1 = League champion North/East championship round w = Team withdrawn x = Current seasons teams

See also

References

  1. History of Bavarian Rugby Bavarian Rugby Federation website, accessed: 19 April 2010

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