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2024-25 DEL Preview
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) moves into its 31st season with the 2024-25 season where defending champions Eisbären Berlin will be looking to defend their crown.
Their win in 2024 was their third in the last four seasons and looking back at their history, when winning the title having not won it the season before, on all four occasions they have retained that title the following season.
The Augsburger Panthers have retained their place in the league this season despite being relegated last season due to Eisbären Regensburg who won promotion from DEL2 not applying for a license.

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How often do Favourites win in DEL?
How do the Favourites Compare?
The German league is well down the list of the top six leagues with it sitting in fifth place, only the SHL being worse off for winning favourites when comparing six of the most popular leagues in ice hockey.
- Russian KHL: 62.82%
- Finnish Liiga: 62.61%
- Swiss NLA: 61.3%
- USA NHL: 60.82%
- German DEL: 60.61%
- Swedish SHL: 59.83%
Which teams are the most and least reliable?
The most reliable team when it comes to favourites in the DEL over the past five seasons is Bremerhaven. They have a win rate of 66.67% when priced up by the bookmakers as favourites with 104 wins from a total of 156 games.
At the other end of the scale is Krefeld Pinguine with a win rate of 37.50%. That has come from 16 games producing 6 wins, they are maybe the team in this league to avoid when they are priced up as favourites.
DEL Favourite Statistics by Season
2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | |
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Home Favs | 63.95% | 65.93% | 61.15% | 62.35% | 59.35% |
Away Favs | 58.49% | 64.36% | 53.38% | 61.60% | 49.21% |
Overall Favs | 62.36% | 65.37% | 58.56% | 62.15% | 56.19% |
*Favourite statistics only include regular-season games
Past DEL Regular Season Winners
The regular season top point scorers tend to be successful in the playoffs.
Since 2015 of the nine playoffs completed, the champions have been the regular season winners on seven occasions and only one has failed to make the finals.
Here are the last ten regular-season champions and how they went on to perform in the playoffs.
Season | Team (Points) | Playoff Outcome |
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2023–24 | Fischtown Pinguins (107) | Lost in Finals |
2022–23 | EHC Red Bull München (122) | DEL Champions |
2021–22 | Eisbären Berlin (112) | DEL Champions |
2020–21 | Adler Mannheim (87) | Lost in Semi-Finals |
2019–20 | EHC Red Bull München (108) | Playoffs not completed |
2018–19 | Adler Mannheim (116) | DEL Champions |
2017–18 | EHC Red Bull München (107) | DEL Champions |
2016–17 | EHC München (107) | DEL Champions |
2015–16 | EHC München (94) | DEL Champions |
2014–15 | Adler Mannheim (107) | DEL Champions |
Past DEL Champions
The champions of the DEL in Germany get presented with the Meisterschale, which means "Champion's Bowl" and since 1995 which is the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) era it has been Eisbären Berlin who has been most successful.
During that time, they are the only team to have won double-figure championships with their 2024 win moving them on to ten titles. That is three ahead of Adler Mannheim on seven and they have not won a title since 2019.
The dominance of those two teams is plain to see with the fact that only two other teams have won multiple championships which are EHC Red Bull München (x4) and Kölner Haie (x2).
Here are the last ten DEL Champions
Year | Champions | Series | Runners-up |
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2023-24 | Eisbären Berlin | 4-1 | Fischtown Pinguins |
2022-23 | EHC Red Bull München | 4-1 | ERC Ingolstadt |
2021-22 | Eisbären Berlin | 3-1 | EHC Red Bull München |
2020-21 | Eisbären Berlin | 2-1 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
2019-20 | No competition | ||
2018-19 | Adler Mannheim | 4-1 | EHC Red Bull München |
2017-18 | EHC München | 4-3 | Eisbären Berlin |
2016-18 | EHC München | 4-1 | EHC Wolfsburg |
2015-16 | EHC München | 4-0 | EHC Wolfsburg |
2014-15 | Adler Mannheim | 4-2 | ERC Ingolstadt |
2023-24 Playoff Bracket
German DEL Teams
2024-25 Teams in the DEL
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,600 |
Augsburger Panther | Augsburg | Curt Frenzel Stadium | 6,218 |
Düsseldorfer EG | Düsseldorf | PSD Bank Dome | 13,400 |
EHC Red Bull München | Munich | SAP Garden | 11,000 |
Eisbären Berlin | Berlin | Uber Arena | 14,200 |
ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Saturn Arena | 4,815 |
Fischtown Pinguins | Bremerhaven | Eisarena Bremerhaven | 4,674 |
Grizzlys Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Eis Arena Wolfsburg | 4,660 |
Iserlohn Roosters | Iserlohn | Eissporthalle Iserlohn | 5,000 |
Kölner Haie | Cologne | Lanxess Arena | 18,500 |
Löwen Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Eissporthalle Frankfurt | 6,000 |
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 |