1988–89 ice hockey Bundesliga season
# 1988–89 ice hockey Bundesliga season

The 1988–89 Ice hockey Bundesliga season was the 31st season of the Ice hockey Bundesliga, the top level of ice hockey in West Germany. Ten teams participated in the league, and SB Rosenheim won the championship.

## First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Kölner EC (M) | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 179:108 | 54:18 |
| 2. | SB Rosenheim | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 152: 98 | 47:25 |
| 3. | Mannheimer ERC | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 137:130 | 41:31 |
| 4. | Düsseldorfer EG | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 170:151 | 39:33 |
| 5. | Schwenninger ERC | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 150:157 | 39:33 |
| 6. | BSC Preussen | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 144:136 | 37:35 |
| 7. | Eintracht Frankfurt | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 149:137 | 36:36 |
| 8. | EV Landshut | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 144:156 | 33:39 |
| 9. | EHC Freiburg (N) | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 108:166 | 20:52 |
| 10. | ESV Kaufbeuren | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 100:194 | 14:58 |

## Relegation round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | EHC Freiburg | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 107:43 | 31: 5 |
| 2. | EC Hedos München | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 108:80 | 24:12 |
| 3. | SV Bayreuth | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 70: 6 | 23:13 |
| 4. | ESV Kaufbeuren | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 78:69 | 22:14 |
| 5. | EC Bad Nauheim | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 90:67 | 21:15 |
| 6. | Krefelder EV | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 89:93 | 19:17 |
| 7. | ESC Wolfsburg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 88:112 | 13:23 |
| 8. | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 69:110 | 10:26 |
| 9. | EHC Essen-West | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 73:101 | 9:27 |
| 10. | Heilbronner EC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 67:108 | 8:28 |

## Playoffs

### Quarterfinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kölner EC | – | EV Landshut | 3:0 | 8:2 | 4:2 | 5:3 | – | – |
| SB Rosenheim | – | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3:1 | 8:2 | 3:2 | 4:6 | 9:2 | – |
| Mannheimer ERC | – | BSC Preussen | 3:1 | 3:4 | 3:2 | 5:2 | 4:0 | – |
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | Schwenninger ERC | 3:0 | 5:2 | 5:4 OT | 6:2 | – | – |

### Semifinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kölner EC | – | Düsseldorfer EG | 1:3 | 3:2 | 2:5 | 1:7 | 3:4 | – |
| SB Rosenheim | – | Mannheimer ERC | 3:0 | 7:3 | 4:1 | 4:3 OT | – | – |

### 3rd place

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannheimer ERC | – | Kölner EC | 7:10 | 2:5 | 5:5 |

### Final

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SB Rosenheim | – | Düsseldorfer EG | 3:1 | 7:1 | 2:4 | 5:0 | 4:2 | – |
