2017–18 Feldhockey-Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	2017–18
Dates	9 September 2017 – 10 June 2018
Champions	Uhlenhorst Mülheim (17th title)
Premiers	Rot-Weiss Köln
Relegated	TSV Mannheim; Münchner SC
Euro Hockey League	Uhlenhorst Mülheim; Rot-Weiss Köln; Mannheimer HC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	680 (5.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Körper (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Club an der Alster 8–2 Düsseldorfer HC
Biggest away win	Düsseldorfer HC 1–10 Harvestehude
Highest scoring	Düsseldorfer HC 1–10 Harvestehude
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 76th season of the top German league for field hockey clubs. The season started in on 9 September 2017 and concluded with the championship final on 10 June 2018. Mannheimer HC were the defending champions, while Düsseldorfer HC and Münchner SC entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga.

Rot-Weiss Köln won the regular season with an eight point lead, they qualified together with Mannheimer HC, Uhlenhorst Mülheim and Harvetshude for the Final Four.^[1] In the Final Four or championship playoff Uhlenhorst Mülheim and Rot-Weiss Köln qualified for the final where Uhlenhorst Mülheim won 3–2 and they won their 17th title after a 21 year wait.^[2]

Teams

Berliner HC

Rot-Weiss Köln

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

Krefeld

Nürnberger HTC

Düsseldorfer HC

TSV Mannheim

Münchner SC

2017–18 Feldhockey-Bundesliga teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Düsseldorfer HC and Münchner SC, who replaced Klipper THC and Lichterfelde.

Team	Location	State
Berliner HC	Berlin	Berlin
Club an der Alster	Hamburg	Hamburg
Düsseldorfer HC	Düsseldorf	North Rhine-Westphalia
Harvestehuder THC	Hamburg	Hamburg
Crefelder HTC	Krefeld	North Rhine-Westphalia
Mannheimer HC	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg
Münchner SC	Munich	Bavaria
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
North Rhine-Westphalia	4	Düsseldorfer HC, Crefelder HTC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Hamburg	3	Club an der Alster, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg
Baden-Württemberg	2	Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim
Bavaria	2	Nürnberger HTC and Münchner SC
Berlin	1	Berliner HC
Total	12

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rot-Weiss Köln	22	16	3	3	71	39	+32	51	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play offs
2	Mannheimer HC	22	12	7	3	62	44	+18	43
3	Uhlenhorst Mülheim (C)	22	13	3	6	71	50	+21	42
4	Harvestehuder THC	22	12	5	5	74	46	+28	41	Qualification for the play offs
5	Club an der Alster	22	11	4	7	84	58	+26	37
6	Berliner HC	22	11	2	9	42	47	−5	35
7	UHC Hamburg	22	7	6	9	59	63	−4	27
8	Crefelder HTC	22	6	5	11	42	55	−13	23
9	Nürnberger HTC	22	6	3	13	48	67	−19	21
10	Düsseldorfer HC	22	6	2	14	44	80	−36	20
11	TSV Mannheim (R)	22	5	4	13	48	63	−15	19	Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga
12	Münchner SC (R)	22	3	4	15	35	68	−33	13	Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga

Source: hockey.de & Flashscore
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Körper	Harvestehuder THC	29
2	Niklas Bruns	Club an der Alster	23
2	Gonzalo Peillat	Mannheimer HC	23
4	Christopher Rühr	Rot-Weiss Köln	21
5	Thilo Stralkowski	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	16
6	Philip Schlageter	TSV Mannheim	14
6	Moritz Fürste	UHC Hamburg	14
8	Marco Miltkau	Rot-Weiss Köln	13
9	Constantin Staib	Club an der Alster	12
10	Martin Häner	Berliner HC	11
	Paul Zmyslony	Mannheimer HC
	Lloyd Norris-Jones	UHC Hamburg

Championship playoff

The playoffs were played on 9 and 10 June 2018 in Krefeld.^[1]

Semi-finals		Final

9 June – Krefeld

Rot-Weiss Köln	8
		10 June – Krefeld
Harvestehuder THC	2
		Rot-Weiss Köln	2
9 June – Krefeld
		Uhlenhorst Mülheim	3
Mannheimer HC	1

Uhlenhorst Mülheim	2

Semi-finals

9 June 2018
16:00

Rot-Weiss Köln	8–2	Harvestehuder THC
Trompertz 3' Zeller 11' T. Grambusch 12' Rühr 29', 53' Fleckhaus 38', 57' Miltkau 55'	Report	Spooner 10' Von Drachenfels 18'

Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld

9 June 2018
18:00

Mannheimer HC	1–2	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Haase 55'	Report	Hellwig 1' Herzbruch 28'

Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld

Final

10 June 2018
15:00

Rot-Weiss Köln	2–3	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Rühr 30' Fleckhaus 40'	Report	Stralkowski 22' Hellwig 49' Schiffer 54'

Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld

References

^ ^a ^b "German FINAL FOUR a carbon copy of 2017 match-ups". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "Uhlenhorst end 21-year wait for German title". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

External links

[playoffs-1] "German FINAL FOUR a carbon copy of 2017 match-ups". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[2] "Uhlenhorst end 21-year wait for German title". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

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