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The 2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 40th edition of this competition and the 91st edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, the first division, nine teams played a home-and-away season with a finals round between the top four teams at the end. The season started on 28 August 2010 and finish with the championship final on 28 May 2011, interrupted by a winter break from December to late February. Cold weather and heavy snow falls however meant that the last game before the winter break was played already on 6 November 2010.〔(Spieltag witterungsbedingt komplett abgesagt ) ''Rugby-Journal'', published: 2 December 2010, accessed: 22 December 2010〕 The championship was won by Heidelberger RK, the defending champion, who defeated SC 1880 Frankfurt 12-9 in the final, marking the third season in a row that these two teams played each other in the championship game, being the only two professional sides in German rugby.〔(Getränke-Hersteller gegen Gold-Händler ) ''Offenbach-Post'', published: 28 May 2011. accessed: 21 August 2011〕 Heidelberg had won the 2010 final while Frankfurt triumphed in 2009. It as the eighth championship for ''HRK''. The two finalists of 2009 and 2010 are the only two clubs in Germany considered professional, the remaining clubs and players are all amateurs.〔(TotalRugby Interview mit Hannover 78s neuem/alten Trainer Carsten Segert ) totalrugby.de, published: 27 February 2011, accessed: 5 March 2011〕 Below the Rugby-Bundesliga sits the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, which is divided into two divisions with ten teams each. With the RC Luxembourg, a team from Luxembourg, a non-German side competes in the league in 2010-11, the club having joined the German league system in 2009.〔(Karlsruhe und Luxemburg steigen in die 2.Liga Süd auf ) totalrugby.de, published: 6 July 2009, accessed: 19 March 2010〕 In the 2nd Bundesliga, TV Pforzheim won the championship and promotion without dropping a game, while northern champion TSV Victoria Linden declined promotion for a second year in a row. }} ==Overview== The 2009-10 modus is identical to the previous season. However, the competition had been reduced from ten to nine teams, after the withdrawal of the ASV Köln Rugby during last season and no team from the 2nd Bundesliga accepting promotion.〔(ASV Köln verkündet Rückzug aus der Rugbybundesliga ) totalrugby.de, published: 16 April 2010, accessed: 17 April 2010〕 Like in 2008-09, the top four teams qualify for the finals. The two semi-finals winners then contested the championship final. At the bottom end of the table, nominally the last two teams are relegated while the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga champions are promoted, however, this is subject to the 2nd Bundesliga champions accepting promotion and a decision on the league strength for 2011-12. In February 2011, the ''DRV'' decided that the league would continue to play with ten teams in the future.〔(Es bleibt bei 10 Vereinen in der Bundesliga ) totalrugby.de, published: 9 February 2011, accessed: 5 March 2011〕 As a sign of the gap between the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga, TSV Victoria Linden, who only won the 2009-10 North/East division in the last round of the championship, declined promotion, citing the additional cost of travelling and the limited player pool as their reason. The South/West champion, Stuttgarter RC, also declined promotion because of the loss of eight first-team players at the end of the season, originally leaving the Bundesliga with only eight clubs for the next season.〔(Victoria Linden verzichtet auf den Bundesligaaufstieg ) , totalrugby.de, published: 27 May 2010, accessed: 29 May 2010〕〔(RC gewinnt Zweitligameisterschaft - verzichtet aber dennoch auf den Aufstieg ) , totalrugby.de, published: 31 May 2010, accessed: 1 June 2010〕 ''DSV 78'' protested the decision to reduce the league to eight teams again and thereby relegating the club,〔(Abstieg von Hannover 78 besiegelt - Bundesligasaison 2010/2011 mit nur 8 Mannschaften ) totalrugby.de, published: 8 June 2010. accessed: 14 June 2010〕 and was ultimately permitted to stay in the league. In the 2nd Bundesliga, SC Siemensstadt and TV Pforzheim are new teams for 2010-11, while FT Adler Kiel Rugby and RC Mainz were relegated. A third team, the Karlsruher SV Rugby, withdrew from the league during the 2009-10 season. After suffering nine defeats in eleven games, the SC Siemensstadt withdrew its team from the North/East division of the 2nd Bundesliga in March 2011.〔(Rückzug ) ''DRV'' website, accessed: 1 April 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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