2018–19 Feldhockey-Bundesliga
# 2018–19 Feldhockey-Bundesliga

The 2018–19 Bundesliga was the 77th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's highest field hockey league. It began on 25 August 2019 and it concluded with the championship final on 19 May 2019 in Krefeld.

Uhlenhorst Mülheim were the defending champions, and won their 18th Bundesliga title by defeating Mannheimer HC 5–4 in the final.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were Hamburger Polo Club and Blau-Weiss Berlin, who replaced TSV Mannheim and Münchner SC.

| Team | Location | State |
| - | - | - |
| Berliner HC | Berlin | Berlin |
| Blau-Weiss Berlin | Berlin | Berlin |
| Club an der Alster | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Düsseldorfer HC | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Hamburger Polo Club | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Harvestehuder THC | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Mannheimer HC | Mannheim | Baden-Württemberg |
| Crefelder HTC | Krefeld | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Nürnberger HTC | Nuremberg | Bavaria |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| UHC Hamburg | Hamburg | Hamburg |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Mülheim | North Rhine-Westphalia |

### Number of teams by state

| State | Number of teams | Clubs |
| - | - | - |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 4 | Düsseldorfer HC, Crefelder HTC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| Hamburg | 4 | Club an der Alster, Hamburger Polo Club, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg |
| Berlin | 2 | Berliner HC and Blau-Weiss Berlin |
| Baden-Württemberg | 1 | Mannheimer HC |
| Bavaria | 1 | Nürnberger HTC |
| Total | 12 | |

## Regular season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 95 | 40 | +55 | 53 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 48 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 3 | Mannheimer HC | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 41 | Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs |
| 4 | UHC Hamburg | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 41 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Harvestehuder THC | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 37 | |
| 6 | Berliner HC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 31 | |
| 7 | Hamburger Polo Club | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 30 | |
| 8 | Crefelder HTC | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 25 | |
| 9 | Club an der Alster | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 23 | |
| 10 | Nürnberger HTC | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 23 | |
| 11 | Düsseldorfer HC (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 15 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |
| 12 | Blau-Weiss Berlin (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 34 | 102 | −68 | 6 | Relegation to the 2. Bundesliga |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BHC | BWB | ALS | CRE | DHC | HPC | HAR | MHC | NÜR | RWK | UHC | UHL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Berliner HC | — | 4–1 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Blau-Weiss Berlin | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 0–10 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–8 |
| Club an der Alster | 4–6 | 3–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Crefelder HTC | 3–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 |
| Düsseldorfer HC | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | — | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 5–6 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Hamburger Polo Club | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 |
| Harvestehuder THC | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–6 | 6–5 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 |
| Mannheimer HC | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Nürnberger HTC | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–4 |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2–3 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–4 | 2–3 |
| UHC Hamburg | 4–2 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | — | 1–2 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 6–3 | 8–1 | 9–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 5–1 | — |

## Play-offs

The championship play-offs were held at the Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion in Krefeld on 18 and 19 May 2019.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 18 May – Krefeld | 18 May – Krefeld |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5 |
| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5 | 19 May – Krefeld | 19 May – Krefeld |
| UHC Hamburg | 2 | 19 May – Krefeld | 19 May – Krefeld |
| UHC Hamburg | 2 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5 |
| 18 May – Krefeld | 18 May – Krefeld | | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5 |
| 18 May – Krefeld | 18 May – Krefeld | Mannheimer HC | 4 |
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2 | Mannheimer HC | 4 |
| Mannheimer HC | 3 | | |

### Semi-finals

* 18 May 2019 15:30

| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5–2 | UHC Hamburg |
| - | - | - |
| Panesar 26' Schiffer 41' Herzbruch 43', 58' Brock 51' | Report | Kohl 36' Teschke 55' |

* Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld
* 18 May 2019 18:00

| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2–3 | Mannheimer HC |
| - | - | - |
| Große 36' Gomoll 55' | Report | Peillat 28' Haase 29', 37' |

* Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld

### Final

* 19 May 2019 15:00

| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 5–4 | Mannheimer HC |
| - | - | - |
| Schiffer 18' Hellwig 22' Matania 27', 30' Meyer 41' | Report | Peillat 16', 38' Barreiros 17' Vila 45' |

* Gerd-Wellen-Hockeystadion, Krefeld

## Statistics

### Top goalscorers

    As of 12 May 2019

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Timm Herzbruch | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 29 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Peillat | Mannheimer HC | 25 |
| 3 | Tom Grambusch | Rot-Weiss Köln | 20 |
| 3 | Marco Miltkau | Rot-Weiss Köln | 20 |
| 5 | Martin Häner | Berliner HC | 19 |
| 6 | Michael Körper | Harvestehuder THC | 17 |
| 6 | Lukas Windfeder | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 17 |
| 8 | Peter Kohl | UHC Hamburg | 16 |
| 9 | Jonathan Fröschle | Hamburger Polo Club | 15 |
| 9 | Justus Weigand | Nürnberger HTC | 15 |
