2019–2021 Feldhockey-Bundesliga

The 2019–20 Bundesliga was the 78th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey league. It began on 7 September 2019 and it concluded with the championship final on 24 May 2019 in Mannheim.^[1][2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league was suspended on 13 March until 1 April 2020.^[3] The season returned on 2 September 2020 and was extended into 2021 with an extra round of matches.

Bundesliga

Season	2019–2021
Dates	7 September 2019 – 9 May 2021
Champions	Rot-Weiss Köln (9th title)
Regular season	Rot-Weiss Köln
Relegated	Großflottbek Crefelder HTC
Euro Hockey League	Rot-Weiss Köln Uhlenhorst Mülheim
EHL Ranking Cup	Mannheimer HC
Matches played	161
Goals scored	795 (4.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Körper (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Uhlenhorst Mülheim 10–0 Nürnberger HTC
Biggest away win	Großflottbek 1–9 Harvestehuder THC
Highest scoring	TSV Mannheim 8–5 Nürnberger HTC
← 2018–19 2021–22 →

For the 2019–20 season, the German Hockey Federation introduced a new format.^[4] The league was played by twelve teams grouped in two pools of six (Pool A and Pool B) based on the previous season's ranking. The teams of the same pool competed 2 times and faced the teams of the other pool once. The first four of each pool were qualified for the play-offs and the last two of each pool played the play-downs.

Uhlenhorst Mülheim are the two-time defending champions.^[5]

Teams

 

 

Hamburg

 

Berliner HC

 

TSV Mannheim

 

Rot-Weiss Köln

 

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

 

Crefelder HTC

 

Nürnberger HTC

 

Mannheimer HC

 

Hamburg teams:
Alster
Großflottbek
Hamburger Polo Club
Harvestehude
UHC Hamburg

class=notpageimage|

2019–2021 Feldhockey-Bundesliga teams

 

 

Alster

 

Großflottbek

 

Hamburger Polo Club

 

Harvestehude

 

UHC Hamburg

class=notpageimage|

Location of Hamburg teams

A total of 12 teams participated in the 2019–2021 edition of the Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Großflottbek and TSV Mannheim who replaced Düsseldorfer HC and Blau-Weiss Berlin.

Team	Location	State
Berliner HC	Berlin	Berlin
Club an der Alster	Hamburg	Hamburg
Crefelder HTC	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia
Großflottbek	Hamburg	Hamburg
Hamburger Polo Club	Hamburg	Hamburg
Harvestehuder THC	Hamburg	Hamburg
Mannheimer HC	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg
Nürnberger HTC	Nuremberg	Bavaria
Rot-Weiss Köln	Cologne	North Rhine-Westphalia
TSV Mannheim	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg
UHC Hamburg	Hamburg	Hamburg
Uhlenhorst Mülheim	Mülheim	North Rhine-Westphalia

Number of teams by state

State	Number of teams	Clubs
Hamburg	5	Club an der Alster, Großflottbek, Hamburger Polo Club, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg
North Rhine-Westphalia	3	Crefelder HTC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Baden-Württemberg	2	Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim
Berlin	1	Berliner HC
Bavaria		Nürnberger HTC
Total	12

Regular season

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	27	16	7	4	105	44	+61	55	Qualification for the play-offs
2	UHC Hamburg	27	12	7	8	65	64	+1	43
3	Harvestehuder THC	27	12	6	9	88	73	+15	42
4	Club an der Alster	27	11	5	11	59	66	−7	38
5	Crefelder HTC	27	8	2	17	54	72	−18	26	Qualification for the play-downs
6	Großflottbek	27	3	4	20	38	104	−66	13

Source: hockey.de

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rot-Weiss Köln	26	18	5	3	87	45	+42	59	Qualification for the play-offs
2	Mannheimer HC	27	15	6	6	82	41	+41	51
3	Berliner HC	27	15	5	7	74	51	+23	50
4	Hamburger Polo Club	27	14	5	8	66	48	+18	47
5	TSV Mannheim	27	5	3	19	53	91	−38	18	Qualification for the play-downs
6	Nürnberger HTC	26	2	5	19	30	102	−72	11

Source: hockey.de

Overall table

The leading team in this table qualifies for the Euro Hockey League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rot-Weiss Köln	26	18	5	3	87	45	+42	59	2022 Euro Hockey League
2	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	27	16	7	4	105	44	+61	55
3	Mannheimer HC	27	15	6	6	82	41	+41	51	2022 Euro Hockey League Ranking Cup
4	Berliner HC	27	15	5	7	74	51	+23	50
5	Hamburger Polo Club	27	14	5	8	66	48	+18	47
6	UHC Hamburg	27	12	7	8	65	64	+1	43
7	Harvestehuder THC	27	12	6	9	88	73	+15	42
8	Club an der Alster	27	11	5	11	59	66	−7	38
9	Crefelder HTC	27	8	2	17	54	72	−18	26
10	TSV Mannheim	27	5	3	19	53	91	−38	18
11	Großflottbek	27	3	4	20	38	104	−66	13
12	Nürnberger HTC	26	2	5	19	30	102	−72	11

Source: TheSports.org

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BHC	ALS	CRE	GFB	HPC	HAR	MHC	NÜR	RWK	TSV	UHC	UHL
Berliner HC	—	1–2	3–1	7–0	1–0	1–2	2–4	5–0	1–5	5–1	0–2	4–4
Club an der Alster	0–3	—	2–3	3–1	3–5	1–2	1–5	4–3	3–5	4–2	2–2	1–3
Crefelder HTC	1–3	2–2	—	2–0	2–3	3–1	5–4	3–1	1–3	3–1	4–0	0–3
Großflottbek	0–5	2–3	4–2	—	1–1	1–9	1–6	1–1	1–3	6–1	0–5	3–3
Hamburger Polo Club	3–2	4–1	4–2	3–2	—	3–0	0–1	6–0	2–0	5–2	3–3	3–2
Harvestehuder THC	4–6	2–3	4–3	6–3	5–2	—	3–3	7–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–2
Mannheimer HC	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	6–4	—	4–1	3–3	7–0	3–2	2–3
Nürnberger HTC	2–2	3–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–6	—	3–4	1–0	0–2	0–7
Rot-Weiss Köln	2–2	2–2	4–2	3–1	2–1	6–4	2–1	2–1	—	2–0	7–1	3–2
TSV Mannheim	2–2	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–6	1–4	8–5	4–7	—	4–5	1–5
UHC Hamburg	4–5	2–1	2–2	6–2	0–5	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	—	2–4
Uhlenhorst Mülheim	2–2	2–0	3–2	10–1	1–1	7–2	2–2	10–0	3–1	8–0	1–3	—

Source: TheSports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–27

Pool A Home \ Away ALS CRE GFB HAR UHC UHL Club an der Alster — 3–2 — — — 2–1 Crefelder HTC — — 1–3 1–6 — — Großflottbek 0–4 — — — 2–3 — Harvestehuder THC 1–3 — 5–1 — 2–0 — UHC Hamburg 3–3 4–2 — — — 1–4 Uhlenhorst Mülheim — 4–1 5–1 4–4 — — Source: TheSports.org Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pool B Home \ Away BHC HPC MHC NÜR RWK TSV Berliner HC — — 3–2 — — 2–1 Hamburger Polo Club 2–3 — 1–1 — — 3–2 Mannheimer HC — — — 6–0 1–1 — Nürnberger HTC 0–2 1–3 — — — — Rot-Weiss Köln 5–1 6–0 — — — — TSV Mannheim — — 0–1 5–0 1–4 — Source: TheSports.org Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 17 April 2021

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Michael Körper	Harvestehuder THC	14	21	1	36
2	Gonzalo Peillat	Mannheimer HC	0	28	4	32
3	Malte Hellwig	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	25	1	0	26
4	Martin Häner	Berliner HC	0	21	1	22
4	Christopher Rühr	Rot-Weiss Köln	10	7	4	21
6	Constantin Staib	Hamburger Polo Club	14	3	1	18
7	Timm Herzbruch	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	10	2	4	16
	Lukas Windfeder	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	5	11	0
9	Philip Schlageter	TSV Mannheim	6	9	0	15
10	Niklas Bruns	Club an der Alster	6	6	1	13
	Tino Kossel	Crefelder HTC	0	13	0

Play-downs

Overview

The play-downs were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 25 April and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 1 and 2 May respectively.^[6]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
TSV Mannheim	2–0	Großflottbeker THGC	1–0	6–0
Crefelder HTC	1–2	Nürnberger HTC	2–2 (2–4 p.s.o.)	3–2	1–1 (2–4 p.s.o.)

Matches

25 April 2021 13:00 Großflottbeker THGC 0–1 TSV Mannheim Report Dehoff   37' Großflottbeker THGC, Hamburg

1 May 2021 13:00 TSV Mannheim 6–0 Großflottbeker THGC Schlageter   21' Haber   26' Holzhauser   46' Weiher   53' Röthlander   58' Proske   59' Report TSV Mannheim Hockey, Mannheim

TSV Mannheim won series 2–0 and stay in the Bundesliga while Großflottbeker THGC are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

---

25 April 2021 12:00 Nürnberger HTC 2–2 Crefelder HTC F. Wolff   29' Mechtold   36' Report Kossol   54' Eschler   56' Penalties Wesley   Mechtold   F. Wolff   Haustein   Bechhold   4–2   Eschler   Ehling   Bachmann   Michler Nürnberger HTC, Nuremberg

1 May 2021 15:00 Crefelder HTC 3–2 Nürnberger HTC Kossol   1' Westphal   43', 52' Report Benke   58' Wesley   60' Gerd-Wellen-Hockeyanlage, Krefeld

2 May 2021 13:00 Crefelder HTC 1–1 Nürnberger HTC Jansen   20' Report Benke   56' Penalties Ehling   Michler   Bachmann   Deecke   2–4   Wesley   Mechtold   F. Wolff   Benke   Jordan Gerd-Wellen-Hockeyanlage, Krefeld

Nürnberger HTC won series 2–1 and stay in the Bundesliga while Crefelder HTC are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

Play-offs

The quarter-finals were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 25 April and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 1 and 2 May respectively.^[6] The semi-finals and final were hosted by Mannheimer HC in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.^[7]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Rot-Weiss Köln		2	4
							8 May – Mannheim
	Club an der Alster		0	1
							Rot-Weiss Köln			6
							Berliner HC			4
	UHC Hamburg		0	1 (2)
													9 May – Mannheim
	Berliner HC		3	1 (3)
													Rot-Weiss Köln			1
													Uhlenhorst Mülheim			0
	Uhlenhorst Mülheim		1	6
							8 May – Mannheim
	Hamburger Polo Club		0	4
							Uhlenhorst Mülheim (s.o.)			2 (4)
							Mannheimer HC			2 (3)
	Mannheimer HC		1	4
	Harvestehuder THC		0	2

Quarter-finals

24 April 2021 13:00 Club an der Alster 0–2 Rot-Weiss Köln Report Van der Weerden   30' Rühr   43' Club an der Alster, Hamburg

1 May 2021 13:00 Rot-Weiss Köln 4–1 Club an der Alster Rühr   8' Prinz   11' Van der Weerden   39' Oruz   49' Report Alt   46' Stadium Rot-Weiss, Cologne

Rot-Weiss Köln won series 2–0.

---

24 April 2021 13:00 Hamburger Polo Club 0–1 Uhlenhorst Mülheim Report Meyer   9' Kunstrasenplatz Polo, Hamburg

1 May 2021 13:00 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 6–4 Hamburger Polo Club Windfeder   3', 9', 36', 46', 52' Hellwig   60' Report Russell   15' Procházka   23', 41' Staib   35' Uhlenhorst Mülheim, Mülheim

Uhlenhorst Mülheim won series 2–0.

---

25 April 2021 12:00 Harvestehuder THC 0–1 Mannheimer HC Report Peillat   45' HTHC Voßberg, Hamburg

1 May 2021 12:30 Mannheimer HC 4–2 Harvestehuder THC Schöllkopf   11' Zmyslony   34' Peillat   50' T. Nguyen   60' Report Pöhling   12' Heuer   21' Mannheimer HC, Mannheim

Mannheimer HC won series 2–0.

---

24 April 2021 15:00 Berliner HC 3–0 UHC Hamburg Gomoll   31', 55' Neßelhauf   52' Report Ernst-Reuter Platz, Berlin

1 May 2021 15:30 UHC Hamburg 1–1 Berliner HC Schwarzhaupt   52' Report Neßelhauf   39' Penalties Struthoff   Harms   H. Schmid   Müller   Kutter   2–3   Klink   Poljaric   Dösch   Lehmann-Richter   Zwicker UHC Hamburg, Hamburg

Berliner HC won series 2–0.

Semi-finals

8 May 2021 16:00 Rot-Weiss Köln 6–4 Berliner HC Prinz   11', 19' Rühr   48', 50' Adrians   49' Mazkour   58' Report Häner   16' Neßelhauf   23' Gomoll   39', 47' Mannheimer HC, Mannheim

---

8 May 2021 19:00 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 2–2 Mannheimer HC Hellwig   13', 44' Report Peillat   14', 57' Penalties Herzbruch   Hellwig   Fürk   Schiffer   Matania   Herzbruch   4–3   Hinrichs   Hartkopf   Weigand   Müller   Barreiros   Hinrichs Mannheimer HC, Mannheim

Final

9 May 2021 16:00 Rot-Weiss Köln 1–0 Uhlenhorst Mülheim Mazkour   38' Report Mannheimer HC, Mannheim

References

1. "Restspielplan". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
2. "Ausschreibung Der Final Four Damen & Herren Feld 2020". web.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
3. . hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
4. . hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
5. Jensen, Björn (19 May 2019). "Uhlenhorst Mülheim verteidigt Feldhockey-Titel der Herren". www.waz.de (in German). Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
6. "Play-offs & -downs stehen fest" (in German). 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
7. "Deutsche Feld-Endrunde 2020 beim Mannheimer HC". web.hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.