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{{short description|German ice hockey league}}
{{confused|Del squared (disambiguation){{!}}Del squared}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = DEL2
| last_season     = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| current_season  = 2023-24 DEL2 season
| upcoming_season =
| logo            = Deutsche Eishockey Liga2.svg
| pixels          = 220px
| formerly        = [[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|2nd Bundesliga]]
| sport           = Ice hockey
| founded         = {{Start date and age|2013}}
| administrator   = [[German Ice Hockey Federation|DEB]]
| teams           = 14
| level           = [[League system|Level 2]]
| ceo             = René Rudorisch
| promotion       = [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] (2020–21 onward)
| relegation      = [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]]
| country         = [[Germany]]
| champion        = [[Ravensburg Towerstars]] <br> (2nd title)
| most_champs     = [[SC Bietigheim-Bissingen|Bietigheim Steelers]] <br> (3 titles)
| related_comps   =
| tv              = Sprade TV <br> eoTV
| motto           = "Carried by passion, at home in ice hockey" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eishockeynews.de/del2/artikel/2019/08/23/del2-startet-mit-neuem-claim-von-herzblut-getragen-im-eishockey-zuhause/857145f3-e59f-41b0-85ca-f66b9e6b89b1/.html | title=DEL2 startet mit neuem Claim: Von Herzblut getragen. Im Eishockey zuhause | publisher=www.eishockeynews.de | date=2019-08-23 | access-date=2019-08-24 | language=de }}</ref>
| website         = [https://www.del-2.org/ del-2.org]
| footnotes       =
}}
'''DEL2''' (also known as '''Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 or DEL II''') is the second tier [[ice hockey]] league in [[Ice hockey in Germany|Germany]], below the ''[[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]]'' (DEL) and ahead of the ''[[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]]''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct ''[[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|2nd Bundesliga]]'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, under licence from [[German Ice Hockey Federation|DEB]].
==History==
The DEL2 league was founded on 2 May 2013 by Eishockeyliga Betriebsgesellschaft mbH. The foundation of the league was controversial as it was preceded by a long standing dispute between the operator of the second division, Eishockeyspielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH (ESBG), and the [[German Ice Hockey Federation]] (DEB).<ref name="founding">{{cite web | url=http://eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2013/05/03/trennung-vom-deb-kaum-mehr-zu-verhindern-rupp-herr-harnos-hat-uns-verarscht.html | title=DEL II-GmbH ist gegründet: Trennung vom DEB kaum mehr zu verhindern - Rupp: "Herr Harnos hat uns verarscht" | publisher=www.eishockeynews.de | first=Tobias | last=Welck | date=2013-05-03 | access-date=2019-08-27 | language=de }}</ref>
In 2011, ESBG refused to sign a cooperation agreement between DEB and DEL citing unacceptable conditions. As a result, DEB withdrew their support of ESBG and promotion and relegation between the DEL and 2nd division was removed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/startseite/555764/artikel_deb-und-del-einigen-sich.html | title=Kooperationsvertrag bis 2018: Kein Auf- und Abstieg – DEB und DEL einigen sich | publisher=www.kicker.de | date=2011-07-28 | access-date=2019-08-27 | language=de }}</ref> On 18 April 2013, the Eishockeyliga Betriebsgesellschaft mbH was established by Ernst Rupp, CEO of [[Heilbronn Falcons]].<ref name="founding"/> The new company was founded with the goal of reforming a new second division league. The new company quickly aligned with DEL and officially founded the new league on 2 May 2013. The DEB responded by labelling the new league an unsanctioned breakaway competition. ESBG subsequently filed an [[injunction]] against DEB in the Munich Regional Court. On 17 July 2013, the DEB, second division clubs and ESBG came to an out of court settlement on the matter. The settlement agreement between ESBG and DEB stipulated the status-quo of ESBG running the second division operations until 2018. Post 2018, the league would then be separated and self-run.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merkur.de/sport/eishockey/sc-riessersee/contra-esbg-ralph-bader-rolle-mediators-2659088.html | title=DEB contra ESBG: Ralph Bader in der Rolle des Mediators | publisher=www.merkur.de | date=2012-10-10 | access-date=2019-08-27 | language=de }}</ref>
In 2014, the league expanded to include fourteen teams, the same number as the DEL. DEL2 had started with just twelve teams in the 2013/14 season.<ref name="del2teams">{{cite web | url=http://www.shorthandednews.de/das-maerchen-vom-funktionierenden-auf-und-abstieg/ | title=Das Märchen vom funktionierenden Auf- und Abstieg | publisher=www.shorthandednews.de | first=Vincent | last=Kruchen | date=2018-04-03 | access-date=2019-08-27 }}</ref>
In April 2015, DEB altered its [[statutes]] so clubs associated with DEL and DEL2 could become members of the DEB again.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/wintersport/eishockey-deb-praesident-setzt-reformen-durch-13545779.html | title=DEB-Präsident Reindl setzt Reformen durch | publisher=www.faz.net | date=2015-04-18 | access-date=2019-08-27 | language=de }}</ref> This decision by DEB led to a new agreement being reached between DEL and DEL2 in September 2015 to re-enable [[promotion and relegation]] between the two leagues. This system implemented was based on sporting achievement but came with specified condition caveats on the DEL2 team wishing to obtain promotion.<ref>[http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/startseite/634670/artikel_del_rueckkehr-zu-auf--und-abstieg-fahrplan-steht.html DEL: Rückkehr zu Auf- und Abstieg? Fahrplan steht!] {{in lang|de}} ''[[kicker.de]]'', published: 8 September 2015, accessed: 22 September 2015</ref>
At the conclusion of the 2015/16 season, DEL2 was recognised as the best-supported second-tier hockey league in Europe. DEL2 had average spectator attendances of 2,688 per match.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/attendance-2015-2016/|title=EUROPEAN ATTENDANCE RANKING PUBLISHED|website=iihf.com|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|access-date= 28 June 2016}}</ref>
1 July 2016, the DEL2 club [[Fischtown Pinguins]] became the first club from DEL2 to be ‘unofficially’ promoted to DEL. The Pinguins were not promoted through the DEL/DEL2 promotion system but instead applied for a vacated licence in DEL, following the withdrawal of the [[Hamburg Freezers]] who ceased operations on 24 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/startseite/654892/artikel_bremerhaven-wird-del-standort.html|title=Bremerhaven wird DEL-Standort|date=1 July 2015 |website=kicker.de |publisher=[[Kicker (sports magazine)]] |access-date= 2 July 2016|language=de|trans-title=Bremerhaven joins the DEL}}</ref>
In 2017, the DEL2 and [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]] (German third division) reached agreement for the introduction of promotion and relegation between the two divisions. The first ever DEL2 relegation occurred at the end of the season with [[Starbulls Rosenheim]] relegated to Oberliga.<ref name="del2teams"/>
As of 2018, no DEL2 team had been able to meet the conditions for promotion to DEL. This led to new negotiations between the two leagues and in July 2018 a new agreement was reached to introduce automatic promotion and relegation between the two divisions, starting in the 2020/21 season, ten years after it was taken away.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12867&cHash=23bc2159c61d3c770ab70a31e32e90ff | title=Promotion returns to Germany | publisher=www.iihf.com | first=Martin | last=Merk | date=2018-07-27 | access-date=2019-08-27 | archive-date=2020-10-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024152105/http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12867&cHash=23bc2159c61d3c770ab70a31e32e90ff | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Current teams==
The league had 12 teams participating in the [[2013–14 DEL2 season|2013–14]] season, before expanding to 14 teams from the [[2014–15 DEL2 season|2014–15]] season.<ref name="eurohockey.com">{{cite web | url = http://eurohockey.com/article/2728-del-ii-is-official.html | title = DEL II is official | publisher = Eurohockey.com | date = 2013-07-13}}</ref> In season [[2023–24 DEL2 season|2023–24]] there will be 14 teams qualified as [[Bayreuth Tigers]] didn't receive a licence due to financial issues.<ref name="hockeyweb.de">{{cite web | url = https://www.hockeyweb.de/del2/bayreuth-tigers-erhalten-keine-lizenz-fuer-die-del2-109030 | title = Bayreuth Tigers erhalten keine Lizenz für die DEL2 | trans-title = Bayreuth Tigers don't receive licence for DEL2 | language = de | publisher = DEL2 | date = 2023-06-30}}</ref>
{{Location map+
| Germany
| width=400
| float=right
| caption= DEL2 teams for the 2023–24 season.
| places=
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=<small>[[SC Bietigheim-Bissingen|Bietigheim Steelers]]</small>
| position=left
| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=50 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=8 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[ETC Crimmitschau|Eispiraten Crimmitschau]]
| position=left
| lat_deg=50 | lat_min=49 | lat_sec=5
| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=23 | lon_sec=15
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Dresdner Eislöwen]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=2 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=13 | lon_min=44 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[ESV Kaufbeuren]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=47 | lat_min=52 | lat_sec=48
| lon_deg=10 | lon_min=37 | lon_sec=21
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[EHC Freiburg]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=47 | lat_min=59 | lat_sec=41
| lon_deg=7 | lon_min=50 | lon_sec=59
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[EV Landshut]]
| position=right
| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=31 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=8 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Lausitzer Füchse]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=30 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=14 | lon_min=38 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Ravensburg Towerstars]]
| position=left
| lat_deg=47 | lat_min=46 | lat_sec=59
| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=36 | lon_sec=41
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim]]
| position=left
| lat_deg=50 | lat_min=22 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=8 | lon_min=45 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[EC Kassel Huskies|Kassel Huskies]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=19 | lat_sec=00
| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=30 | lon_sec=00
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Eisbären Regensburg]]
| position=top
| lat_deg=49 | lat_min=0 | lat_sec=48
| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=6 | lon_sec=6
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Selber Wölfe]]
| position=left
| lat_deg=50 | lat_min=10 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=8 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Krefeld Pinguine]]
| position=right
| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=19 | lat_sec=31
| lon_deg=6 | lon_min=34 | lon_sec=3
| region=DE
}}
{{ Location map~
| Germany
| label=[[Starbulls Rosenheim]]
| position=right
| lat_deg=47 | lat_min=51 | lat_sec=0
| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=8 | lon_sec=0
| region=DE
}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#a01720;" colspan="7"| <span style="color:white;">DEL2 Teams: 2023–24 Season</span>
|-
! rowspan=2|Team
! colspan=2|Location
! rowspan=2|Arena
! rowspan=2|Capacity
! rowspan=2|Founded
! rowspan=2|Joined league
|-
! City !! State
|-
|'''[[EC Bad Nauheim]]'''
|[[Bad Nauheim]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hesse.svg|border|20px]] [[Hesse]]
|[[Colonel Knight Stadion]]
|align="center"|4,500
|align="center"|1982
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[Bietigheim Steelers]]'''
|[[Bietigheim-Bissingen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Baden-Württemberg.svg|border|20px]] [[Baden-Württemberg]]
|[[EgeTrans Arena|EgeTransArena]]
|align="center"|4,500
|align="center"|1981
|align="center"|2023
|-
|'''[[Eispiraten Crimmitschau]]'''
|[[Crimmitschau]]
|[[Image:Flag of Saxony.svg|border|20px]] [[Saxony]]
|[[Eisstadion im Sahnpark]]
|align="center"|5,222
|align="center"|1990
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[Dresdner Eislöwen]]'''
|[[Dresden]]
|[[Image:Flag of Saxony.svg|border|20px]] [[Saxony]]
|[[EnergieVerbund Arena]]
|align="center"|4,200
|align="center"|1990
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[EHC Freiburg]]'''
|[[Freiburg im Breisgau]]
|[[Image:Flag of Baden-Württemberg.svg|border|20px]] [[Baden-Württemberg]]
|[[Franz Siegel Stadion]]
|align="center"|5,800
|align="center"|1984
|align="center"|2015
|-
|'''[[EC Kassel Huskies]]'''
|[[Kassel]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hesse.svg|border|20px]] [[Hesse]]
|[[Eissporthalle Kassel]]
|align="center"|6,100
|align="center"|1977
|align="center"|2014
|-
|'''[[ESV Kaufbeuren]]'''
|[[Kaufbeuren]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Erdgas Schwaben Arena]]
|align="center"|3,100
|align="center"|1946
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[Krefeld Pinguine]]'''
|[[Krefeld]]
|[[Image:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|border|20px]] [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
|[[Yayla-Arena]]
|align="center"|8,029
|align="center"|1936
|align="center"|2022
|-
|'''[[EV Landshut]]'''
|[[Landshut]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg]]
|align="center"|6,750
|align="center"|1948
|align="center"|2019
|-
|'''[[Lausitzer Füchse]]'''
|[[Weißwasser]]
|[[Image:Flag of Saxony.svg|border|20px]] [[Saxony]]
|[[Eisstadion Weißwasser]]
|align="center"|3,050
|align="center"|1932
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[Ravensburg Towerstars]]'''
|[[Ravensburg]]
|[[Image:Flag of Baden-Württemberg.svg|border|20px]] [[Baden-Württemberg]]
|[[Eissporthalle Ravensburg]]
|align="center"|3,300
|align="center"|1881
|align="center"|2013
|-
|'''[[Eisbären Regensburg]]'''
|[[Regensburg]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Donau Arena|Donau-Arena]]
|align="center"|4,961
|align="center"|1962
|align="center"|2022
|-
|'''[[Starbulls Rosenheim]]'''
|[[Rosenheim]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Rofa-Stadion|ROFA-Stadion]]
|align="center"|5,022
|align="center"|1928
|align="center"|2023
|-
|'''[[Selber Wölfe]]'''
|[[Selb]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[NETZSCH Arena]]
|align="center"|3,983
|align="center"|1953
|align="center"|2021
|}
===Former teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#d0d0d0;" colspan="8"| <span style="color:#a01720;"> Former DEL2 Teams</span>
|-
! rowspan=2|Team
! colspan=2|Location
! rowspan=2|Arena
! rowspan=2|Capacity
! rowspan=2|Founded
! rowspan=2|Joined league
! rowspan=2|Left league
|-
! City !! State
|-
|'''[[Deggendorfer SC]]'''
|[[Deggendorf]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Eisstadion Deggendorf]]
|align="center"|2,790
|align="center"|1996
|align="center"|2018
|align="center"|2019
|-
|'''[[Fischtown Pinguins]]'''
|[[Bremerhaven]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bremen.svg|20px]] [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]]
|[[Eisarena Bremerhaven]]
|align="center"|4,674
|align="center"|1974
|align="center"|2013
|align="center"|2016
|-
|'''[[Löwen Frankfurt]]'''
|[[Frankfurt]]
|[[Image:Flag of Hesse.svg|border|20px]] [[Hesse]]
|[[Eissporthalle Frankfurt]]
|align="center"|6,990
|align="center"|2010
|align="center"|2014
|align="center"|2022
|-
|'''[[Heilbronner Falken]]'''
|[[Heilbronn]]
|[[Image:Flag of Baden-Württemberg.svg|border|20px]] [[Baden-Württemberg]]
|[[Kolbenschmidt Arena]]
|align="center"|4,000
|align="center"|1980
|align="center"|2013
|align="center"|2023
|-
|'''[[SC Riessersee]]'''
|[[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Olympia-Eissport-Zentrum]]
|align="center"|6,929
|align="center"|1923
|align="center"|2013
|align="center"|2018
|-
|'''[[EC Bad Tölz|Tölzer Löwen]]'''
|[[Bad Tölz]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Hacker-Pschorr-Arena]]
|align="center"|4,115
|align="center"|1928
|align="center"|2017
|align="center"|2022
|-
|'''[[Bayreuth Tigers]]'''
|[[Bayreuth]]
|[[Image:Flag of Bavaria (lozengy).svg|border|20px]] [[Bavaria]]
|[[Kunsteisstadion]]
|align="center"|4,555
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|2016
|align="center"|2023
|}
===Timeline of clubs in DEL2===
{| class="toccolours" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" <!--wegen IE Darstellungsprobleme bitte kein cellpadding="0" -->
|-
! colspan="12" | Timeline of clubs in DEL2
|-
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 13/14
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 14/15
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 15/16
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 16/17
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 17/18
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 18/19
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 19/20
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 20/21
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 21/22
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 22/23
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 23/24
| width="2%" align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" | 24/25
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> EC Bad Nauheim</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="4" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="6" | Tölzer Löwen
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="2" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="3" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="7" | EHC Bayreuth
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="2" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="8" | Bietigheim Steelers
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="2" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="1" | SCB
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="3" | Fischtown
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="9" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Eispiraten Crimmitschau</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="5" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="1" | DSC
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="6" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Dresdner Eislöwen</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" |
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="8" | Löwen Frankfurt
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="3" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="2" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="10" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> EHC Freiburg</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="5" | SC Riessersee
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="7" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#d0d0d0" colspan="10" | Heilbronner Falken
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="2" |
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="1" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="11" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Kassel Huskies</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> ESV Kaufbeuren</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="9" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="3" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Krefeld</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="2" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF">EVL</span>
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="4" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="6" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> EV Landshut</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Ravensburg Towerstars</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="9" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="3" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF">Regensburg</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="4" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Starbulls Rosenheim</span>
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="6" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="2" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> SBR</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="8" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="4" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> VER Selb</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0" colspan="11" |
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="1" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Weiden</span>
|- align=center
| bgcolor="#a01720" colspan="12" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> Lausitzer Füchse</span>
|}
==Champions==
The champions, runners-up and regular season premiers of the league standings:<ref name="Kicker" >[http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga/2013-14/0/0/spieltag.html DEL 2] {{in lang|de}} ''[[kicker.de]]'', accessed: 22 September 2015</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
! style="background:#a01720;" colspan="17"| <span style="color:white;"> DEL2 season-by-season results</span>
|-
! rowspan=2|Season
! colspan=2|Regular season
! colspan=10|Playoffs
! colspan=2|Top scorer
! rowspan=2|Promoted team
! rowspan=2|Relegated team
|-
! Premiers !! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} !! Champions !! Result !! Runners-up !! {{Tooltip|G1|Game 1}} !! {{Tooltip|G2|Game 2}} !! {{Tooltip|G3|Game 3}} !! {{Tooltip|G4|Game 4}} !! {{Tooltip|G5|Game 5}} !! {{Tooltip|G6|Game 6}} !! {{Tooltip|G7|Game 7}} !! Player !! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points (goals+Assists)}}
|-
| [[2013–14 DEL2 season|2013–14]] || [[Fischtown Pinguins]] || 104 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Fischtown Pinguins]] || 4:1 || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 4:3 || 2:3 || 4:3 || 4:2 || 3:2 || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Harrison Reed || 90 || - || -
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| [[2014–15 DEL2 season|2014–15]] || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 114 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 4:2 || [[Fischtown Pinguins]] || 4:3 || 3:4 || 4:3 || 4:3 || 1:6 || 4:3 || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Collins || 81 || - || -
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| [[2015–16 DEL2 season|2015–16]] || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 111 || bgcolor="gold"|[[EC Kassel Huskies]] || 4:0 || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 1:0 || 3:2 || 3:2 || 5:2 || - || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Justin Kelly || 85 || [[Fischtown Pinguins]] || -
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| [[2016–17 DEL2 season|2016–17]] || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 109 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 4:2 || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 7:5 || 4:0 || 4:2 || 2:3 || 1:2 || 5:2 || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Matt McKnight || 72 || - || [[Starbulls Rosenheim]]
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| [[2017–18 DEL2 season|2017–18]] || [[SC Riessersee]] || 103 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 4:1 || [[SC Riessersee]] || 3:1 || 3:5 || 2:1 || 6:3 || 2:0 || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Richard Mueller || 80 || - || [[SC Riessersee]]
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| [[2018–19 DEL2 season|2018–19]] || [[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 97 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Ravensburg Towerstars]] || 4:2 || [[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 5:3 || 1:3 || 6:5 || 7:4 || 1:3 || 5:1 || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|FIN}} Roope Ranta || 79 || - || [[Deggendorfer SC]]
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| [[2019–20 DEL2 season|2019–20]] ||[[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 94|| colspan="10"|Play-offs '''cancelled''' due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|coronavirus pandemic]]|| align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Dylan Wruck || 88 || - || -
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| [[2020–21 DEL2 season|2020–21]] || [[Kassel Huskies]] || 112 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Bietigheim Steelers]] || 3:2 || [[Kassel Huskies]] || 1:2 || 1:4 || 3:2 || 5:4 || 5:2 || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Pfleger || 86 || [[Bietigheim Steelers]] || -
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| [[2021–22 DEL2 season|2021–22]] || [[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 112 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Löwen Frankfurt]] || 4:0 || [[Ravensburg Towerstars]] || 7:0 || 3:1 || 1:0 || 2:1 || - || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Quenneville || 80 || [[Löwen Frankfurt]] || [[EC Bad Tölz|Tölzer Löwen]]
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| [[2022–23 DEL2 season|2022–23]] || [[Kassel Huskies]] || 131 || bgcolor="gold"|[[Ravensburg Towerstars]] || 4:1 || [[EC Bad Nauheim]] || 4:2 || 0:3 || 5:2 || 3:1 || 7:3 || - || - || align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Marcel Müller || 70 || - || [[Heilbronner Falken]]
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|}
==League player records==
The following are the top five all-time leaders in five different statistical categories: matches played; goals; assists; points; penalty minutes<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/del2/stats/all-time | title= DEL2 - All Time Regular Season Player Stats | publisher= www.eliteprospects.com | access-date=2019-08-27 }}</ref>
{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="4"| All-time appearances
|-
!width=1%|#
!width=55%|Name
!width=13%|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width=13%|{{Tooltip|MP|Matches played}}
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Henry Martens
|D||307
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Müller
|D||304
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Hüfner
|D||303
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} René Schoofs
|F||302
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Adriano Carciola
|F||296
|-
|}
|
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4"| All-time goals
|-
!width=1%|#
!width=55%|Name
!width=13%|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width=13%|{{Tooltip|Gol|Goals scored}}
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Richard Mueller
|F||166
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Matt McKnight
|F||133
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Tyler McNeely
|F||123
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Sommerfeld
|F||110
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Adriano Carciola
|F||105
|}
|
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4"| All-time assists
|-
!width=1%|#
!width=55%|Name
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|A|Assists created}}
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Matt McKnight
|F||257
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Sommerfeld
|F||216
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Tyler McNeely
|F||215
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Weller
|F||194
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|SLO}}  Robin Just
|F||171
|}
|
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4"| All-time points
|-
!width=1%|#
!width=55%|Name
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Matt McKnight
|F||390
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Tyler McNeely
|F||338
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Sommerfeld
|F||326
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Richard Mueller
|F||295
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Weller
|F||292
|}
|
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="4"| All-time PIM
|-
!width=1%|#
!width=55%|Name
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width=8%|{{Tooltip|PIM|Penalty minutes}}
|-
|align=left|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Josef Frank
|D||483
|-
|align=left|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Carter Proft
|F||447
|-
|align=left|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Andrew McPherson
|F||412
|-
|align=left|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Marco Müller
|D||403
|-
|align=left|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Henry Martens
|D||401
|}
|}
==See also==
{{Portal|Germany|Ice hockey}}
*[[List of ice hockey leagues]]
*[[2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)|2nd Bundesliga]]
*[[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.del-2.org/ Official website]
* [https://www.eliteprospects.com/league/del2 Elite Prospects profile]
* [https://www.facebook.com/DEL.2.org/ DEL2 Facebook]
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