1980–81 ice hockey Bundesliga season
# 1980–81 ice hockey Bundesliga season

The 1980–81 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the 23rd season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in Germany. 12 teams participated in the league, and SC Riessersee won the championship.

## First round

| | Club | Gp | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | SC Riessersee | 44 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 212:123 | 68:20 |
| 2. | Düsseldorfer EG | 44 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 258:167 | 61:27 |
| 3. | Mannheimer ERC (M) | 44 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 258:163 | 55:33 |
| 4. | Berliner SC | 44 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 202:170 | 52:36 |
| 5. | EV Landshut | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 211:141 | 51:37 |
| 6. | SB Rosenheim | 44 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 187:145 | 50:38 |
| 7. | ESV Kaufbeuren (N) | 44 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 190:234 | 42:46 |
| 8. | EV Füssen | 44 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 196:210 | 40:48 |
| 9. | VfL Bad Nauheim | 44 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 171:201 | 39:49 |
| 10. | Kölner EC | 44 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 151:181 | 36:52 |
| 11. | EHC 70 München (N) | 44 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 157:205 | 30:58 |
| 12. | Duisburger SC | 44 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 65:328 | 2:86 |

## Relegation

| | Club | Gp | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Kölner EC | 50 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 198:198 | 46:54 |
| 10. | VfL Bad Nauheim | 50 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 195:233 | 42:58 |
| 11. | EHC 70 München (N) | 50 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 180:235 | 36:64 |
| 12. | Duisburger SC | 50 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 84:362 | 7:93 |

## Playoffs

### Quarterfinals (annulled)

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SC Riessersee | – | ESV Kaufbeuren | 2:0 | 8:3 | 4:3 | – |
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | ESB Rosenheim | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:3 | 5:2 |
| Mannheimer ERC | – | Berliner SC | 2:0 | 6:3 | 8:3 | – |
| Kölner EC | – | EV Landshut | 2:0 | 6:2 | 5:3 | – |

### Quarterfinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SC Riessersee | – | EV Füssen | 2:0 | 6:4 | 3:1 | – |
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | ESV Kaufbeuren | 2:0 | 14:4 | 7:5 | – |
| Mannheimer ERC | – | SB Rosenheim | 2:1 | 3:2 OT | 2:4 | 3:2 |
| Berliner SC | – | EV Landshut | 2:1 | 4:3 | 2:7 | 4:0 |

### Semifinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SC Riessersee | – | Berliner SC | 2:1 | 5:3 | 3:4 | 4:2 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | Mannheimer ERC | 2:1 | 5:0 | 2:6 | 5:4 OT |

### 3rd place

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannheimer ERC | – | Berliner SC | 2:0 | 3:2 OT | 4:1 | – |

### Final

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SC Riessersee | – | Düsseldorfer EG | 2:1 | 4:2 | 1:4 | 7:4 |
