2020–21 DEL season

The 2020–21 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season is the 27th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced 13 November 2020 as the start date, which was later postponed to a later date.[1][2] On 19 November 2020, the DEL announced that the season will start on 17 December 2020.[3]

2020–21 DEL season
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration17 December 2020 – TBD
Number of games364
Number of teams14
Regular season
Top scorerDaniel Fischbuch
Joe Whitney
(21 points)
Finals

Format

The season will see the same 14 teams as last year, as all teams were given a license.[4] Adler Mannheim will be the defending champions from the 2018–19 DEL season as the 2019–20 season was ended after the regular season. At that point, EHC Red Bull München, who won three consecutive DEL titles until Mannheim’s 2019 triumph (a 4–1 series win against Munich), were the league leaders and had clinched the first seed for the DEL playoffs.

This season would have marked the return of promotion and relegation, as the last placed team would have been relegated to the second tier DEL2 and the 2020–21 DEL2 champions would have replaced them for the 2021–22 season DEL.[5] On 23 October 2020, the relegation rule was moved to next season. Still, the DEL2 champion can be promoted at the end of this season, so next season could be played with 15 teams.[6] The 14 teams will play the regular season in two groups (North and South). They play the teams from the same group four times and the teams from the other group twice. After that, the top four clubs from both groups advance to the playoffs. The quarterfinals will be played within the group before, from the semifinals on, it will be mixed. All playoff rounds will be best of three.[3]

Teams
Teams of the 2020–21 DEL season
Blue: North group; Yellow: South group
Team City Arena Capacity
Augsburger Panther Augsburg Curt Frenzel Stadium 6,218
Eisbären Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 14,200
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven Eisarena Bremerhaven 4,674
Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorf ISS Dome 13,400
ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Saturn Arena 4,815
Iserlohn Roosters Iserlohn Eissporthalle Iserlohn 5,000
Kölner Haie Cologne Lanxess Arena 18,500
Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld König Palast 9,000
Adler Mannheim Mannheim SAP Arena 13,600
EHC Red Bull München Munich Olympia Eishalle 6,256
Nürnberg Ice Tigers Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 7,810
Schwenninger Wild Wings Villingen-Schwenningen Helios Arena 6,215
Straubing Tigers Straubing Eisstadion am Pulverturm 6,000
Grizzlys Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Eis Arena Wolfsburg 4,660

Regular season

North

South

Intra-groups games

Playoffs

All rounds will be played in a best of three format. The first round will be played in the regional group.

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
N1  
N4  
 
 
N2  
N3  
 
 
S1  
S4  
 
 
S2  
S3  

References
  1. "Saisonstart am 13. November 2020". del.org. 4 August 2020.
  2. "PENNY DEL kann am 13. November 2020 nicht starten". del.org. 2 October 2020.
  3. "PENNY DEL Saison 2020/21 startet mit 14 Clubs". del.org. 19 November 2020.
  4. "Alle 14 Clubs erhalten Lizenz – PENNY DEL verschiebt Saisonstart". del.org. 9 July 2020.
  5. "Profi-Eishockey führt Auf- und Abstieg wieder ein". del.org. 27 July 2018.
  6. "PENNY DEL und DEL2 einigen sich über Auf- und Abstieg für die Saison 2021/22". del.org. 23 October 2018.
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