Rugby-Regionalliga
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 inception 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 inception 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 six leagues cover the following states:
- Regionalliga North
- * Bremen
- * Hamburg
- * Lower Saxony '
- * Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- * Schleswig-Holstein
- Regionalliga East A & B
- * Berlin
- * Brandenburg
- * Saxony
- * Saxony-Anhalt
- * Thuringia
- Regionalliga West
- * Hesse '
- * Lower Saxony '
- * Luxembourg
- * North Rhine-Westphalia
- * Rhineland-Palatinate
- * Saarland
- Regionalliga Hesse
- * Hesse '
- Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg
- * Baden-Württemberg
- Regionalliga Bavaria
- * Bavaria
- * Baden-Württemberg
- * Austria ''
Clubs participating in 2018-19
Champions
Northern Germany
- Until 2002, North Rhine-Westphalia played a separate spring and autumn championship.
- In 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Lower Saxony and East played a combined North/East championship in spring.
- Until 2001 and from 2007 to 2009, Lower Saxony played a separate spring and autumn championship.
- From 2010-11 onwards no separate Regionalliga North was played.
Southern Germany
- In 2006-07, RC Mainz competed in both Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.
- In 2005-06, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate played a combined championship.
- Until 2001, Bavaria played a separate spring and autumn championship.
- Until 2001, Rhineland-Palatinate played a separate spring and autumn championship.
- For the 2018-20 season, Rhineland-Palatinate formed a 3 pool competition Rheinland / Westfalen / Rheinland-Pfalz&Luxemburg with the addition of RC Walferdange - the second team from that country to join the Germany National competition after RC Luxemburg with a 1st and 2nd XV.
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 | 15 | 16 |
| Hamburger RC 3 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 4 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |
| Welfen Braunschweig 2 | 3 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||||||||
| DSV 78 Hannover II | 2 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||||||||||
| Bremen 1860 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | |||||||||
| DRC Hannover | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ |
| SG SV Odin/VfR Döhren | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | 8 | 3 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | |||||||||
| FT Adler Kiel Rugby | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ♦ | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ♦ | ||||||
| Northern Lions | 2 | x | |||||||||||||||
| FC St. Pauli Rugby II | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ♦ | 2 | 3 | x | ||||||
| Union 60 Bremen | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ♦ | ♦ | 4 | x | |||||||||
| Hamburg Exiles RFC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | x | ||||||
| TuS Lübeck | 6 | x | |||||||||||||||
| SC Germania List II | 3 | x | |||||||||||||||
| 08 Ricklingen/Wunstorf | 2 | 1 | ♦ | ♦ | |||||||||||||
| SG Varel/Oldenburg | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Union 60 Bremen II | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| FC St. Pauli III | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| VfL Jesteburg | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Bremen 1860 II | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| FC Schwalbe Hannover | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| SG Jesteburg/Geesthacht 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| RSG M-V | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| SC Varel | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| RG Bremen | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Hamburger SV Rugby | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| VfL Geesthacht | w |
- 1 Combined team of VfL Jesteburg and VfL Geesthacht.
- 2 Welfen Braunschweig played in the Regionalliga Lower Saxony until 2009.
- 3 Hamburger RC also played in the North/East championship in spring 2006.
Lower Saxony
- Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring. From 2003 to 2009, the league was once more divided into autumn and spring. From 2004 to 2007, a North/East championship was played in spring. Since 2010, the clubs from Lower Saxony play in the Regionalliga North and no Regionalliga Lower Saxony exists.
- 1 Combined reserves team of SV Odin Hannover and VfR Döhren.
- 2 Combined reserves team of DSV 78 Hannover and SV 08 Ricklingen.
- 3 Played in the Regionalliga North in 2009-10.
- 4 Combined team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and the reserve team of DRC Hannover.
- 5 Combined reserves team of TSV Victoria Linden and DSV 78 Hannover.
- 6 Combined reserves team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and VfR Döhren.
- 7 Hamburger RC also played in the Regionalliga North championship in 2005-06.
East
- Until 2007 and again in 2009-10, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion, until 2001, receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring.
- * In 2003-04, the league was divided into a northern and a southern group, which played in autumn. The top two teams from the north and the best team from the south then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining top teams in each group then played in placings round 1 while the bottom teams played in round 2.
- * From 2004-05 to 2006-07, the league was played in an A and a B division in autumn. The best teams from the A division then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining teams from the A division and the winner of B then played in the placings round 1. The worst team in the A group and the rest of B played in round 2.
- * In 2007-08 and 2008–09, an A and a B division existed with a standard home-and-away season and no separate autumn and spring rounds.
- * In 2009-10, all clubs in the East played a single autumn round in one division. The rop five then played in the A division in spring while the bottom six played in the B division.
- 1 Combined team of the reserve side of RU Hohen Neuendorf and Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby.
- 2 Combined team of the reserve side of RV Dresden and Sachsen-Anhalter SV.
- 3 Combined team of the reserve side of USV Potsdam Rugby and Berlin Grizzlies.
North Rhine-Westphalia
- Until 2002, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion, until 2001, receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. Since the 2013–14 season the league has been split into a Rhineland and Westphalia division.
- 1 Combined team of Brühler TV and RC Hürth.
- 2 Combined team of WMTV Solingen and SVD Sundwig.
Rhineland-Palatinate
- Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring.
- 1 Combined team of FSV Trier-Tarforst and DJK Andernach.
- 2 Combined team of RC Worms and a team from Speyer.
- 3 In 2006-07, RC Mainz took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 4 In 2005-06, the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate played as a joined league. SC 1880 Frankfurt II, Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby, RU Marburg, Blau-Gelb Darmstadt and URC Gießen 01 are clubs from Hesse.
- 5 In 2003-04, RC Worms took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 6 Combined team of the reserve team of RC Mainz and TuS Horrweiler.
Hesse
| Club | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 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 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ||||||||
| SCW Göttingen | 3 | 1 | x | ||||||||||||||
| RK Heusenstamm II | w | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | x | ||||||
| URC Gießen 01 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | w | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | x | |||
| RU Marburg | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ♦ | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | x | ||||
| Rugby Cassel | 4 | 6 | x | ||||||||||||||
| RC Worms 4 5 | 3 | 8 | ♦ | ♦ | x | ||||||||||||
| SG Südhessen | x | ||||||||||||||||
| SG BSC Offenbach/Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| TSV Krofdorf-Gleiberg | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| TGS Hausen/Heusenstamm II 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| BSC Offenbach II/BG Darmstadt 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| CRC Babenhausen | w |
- 1 Combined team of RU Marburg and CRC Babenhausen.
- 2 Combined team of the third team of SC 1880 Frankfurt and CRC Babenhausen.
- 3 In 2006-07, RC Mainz took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 4 In 2005-06, the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate played as a joined league. RC Mainz, RC Worms and the Ramstein Rogues RFC are clubs from Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 5 In 2003-04, RC Worms took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 6 Combined team of the reserve team of RK Heusenstamm and the TGS Hausen.
- 7 Combined team of the reserve team of BSC Offenbach and the Blau-Gelb Darmstadt.
- 8 Combined team of CRC Babenhausen and TGS Hausen.
Baden-Württemberg
- Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. No competition has been held since 2012.
- 1 Combined team of RC Konstanz and TSB Ravensburg.
- 2 Combined team of RC Rottweil and the reserve team of Stuttgarter RC.
- 3 Combined team of Karlsruher SV Rugby, TV Pforzheim and the reserve team of Heidelberger TV.
- 4 Combined team of Karlsruher SV Rugby and TV Pforzheim.
- 5 Combined team of the reserve team of SC Neuenheim and TV Pforzheim.
Bavaria
- Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. As the 2000 autumn champions, München RFC II, was ineligible to compete in the 2nd Bundesliga, being a reserves team, the second placed team, TSV 1846 Nürnberg, went instead. 2015/16 München RFC II, was ineligible to compete in the 2nd Bundesliga, Unterföhring lost the promotion play-off against Karlsruher SV. In 2016/17 Nürnberg declined the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, so Unterföhring stepped in.
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