2nd Bundesliga (ice hockey)

2nd Bundesliga
SportIce hockey
Founded1973
Ceased2013
No. of teams13
CountryGermany Germany
Last
champion(s)
Bietigheim Steelers
Promotion toDEL
Eishockey-Bundesliga
Relegation toOberliga
Related
competitions
DEL
DEL2
Oberliga
Regionalliga
Official websiteOfficial ESBG website

The 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga was the second tier of Ice hockey in Germany until 2012/13 and has since been replaced by DEL2. Starting in 2002, the league was organized by the ESBG (de:Eishockeyspielbetriebsgesellschaft mbH), to which the league organization was outsourced from the DEB, the German ice hockey federation. In the 2012–13 season, it featured 13 teams.