Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Preview & Betting Guide

Ten-time champions Eisbären Berlin are the reigning champions and will be expected to be around the bookies pre-season favourites to lift the 2024-25 Meisterschale.
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Preview & Betting Guide
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Horse Racing stats man, Andy has contributed to OLBG for 18 years - An Ipswich fan and F1 fanatic, he also contributes EFL football and Motor Sport opinion.

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.

  1. Russian KHL: 62.82%
  2. Finnish Liiga: 62.61%
  3. Swiss NLA: 61.3%
  4. USA NHL: 60.82%
  5. German DEL: 60.61%
  6. 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


2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24
Home Favs63.95%65.93%61.15%62.35%59.35%
Away Favs58.49%64.36%53.38%61.60%49.21%
Overall Favs62.36%65.37%58.56%62.15%56.19%

*Favourite statistics only include regular-season games

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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.

SeasonTeam (Points)Playoff Outcome
2023–24Fischtown Pinguins (107)Lost in Finals
2022–23EHC Red Bull München (122)DEL Champions
2021–22Eisbären Berlin (112)DEL Champions
2020–21Adler Mannheim (87)Lost in Semi-Finals
2019–20EHC Red Bull München (108)Playoffs not completed
2018–19Adler Mannheim (116)DEL Champions
2017–18EHC Red Bull München (107)DEL Champions
2016–17EHC München (107)DEL Champions
2015–16EHC München (94)DEL Champions
2014–15Adler 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

YearChampionsSeriesRunners-up
2023-24Eisbären Berlin
4-1Fischtown Pinguins
2022-23EHC Red Bull München
4-1ERC Ingolstadt
2021-22Eisbären Berlin
3-1EHC Red Bull München
2020-21Eisbären Berlin
2-1Grizzlys Wolfsburg
2019-20No competition
2018-19Adler Mannheim
4-1EHC Red Bull München
2017-18EHC München
4-3Eisbären Berlin
2016-18EHC München
4-1EHC Wolfsburg
2015-16EHC München
4-0EHC Wolfsburg
2014-15Adler Mannheim
4-2ERC Ingolstadt

2023-24 Playoff Bracket

German DEL Teams

2024-25 Teams in the DEL

TeamCityArenaCapacity
Adler MannheimMannheimSAP Arena13,600
Augsburger PantherAugsburgCurt Frenzel Stadium6,218
Düsseldorfer EGDüsseldorfPSD Bank Dome13,400
EHC Red Bull MünchenMunichSAP Garden11,000
Eisbären BerlinBerlinUber Arena14,200
ERC IngolstadtIngolstadtSaturn Arena4,815
Fischtown PinguinsBremerhavenEisarena Bremerhaven4,674
Grizzlys WolfsburgWolfsburgEis Arena Wolfsburg4,660
Iserlohn RoostersIserlohnEissporthalle Iserlohn5,000
Kölner HaieCologneLanxess Arena18,500
Löwen FrankfurtFrankfurtEissporthalle Frankfurt6,000
Nürnberg Ice TigersNurembergArena Nürnberger Versicherung7,810
Schwenninger Wild WingsVillingen-SchwenningenHelios Arena6,215
Straubing TigersStraubingEisstadion am Pulverturm6,000

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Andy Powell manages this Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) Preview & Betting Guide and other hockey content in this section of the site as well as the Ice Hockey Tipsters in the OLBG tipster competition in his role in the OLBG Expert Team. Andy meticulously updates the date and results for these pieces and is an erstwhile Penguins fan in the NHL. He provides Ice Hockey betting advice in our bookmaker reviews as well as providing a huge contribution to the Best Ice Hockey Betting Sites Guide.

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Andy also possesses a keen interest in American sports with a particular affinity for the NFL and the NHL. He follows the Pittsburgh Penguins, emphasizing his broad palette for diversified sporting events.

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