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The 2012–13 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 42nd edition of this competition and the 93rd edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, twenty-two teams played in, initially, four regional divisions, the first stage of the competition. The season started on 25 August 2012 and finished with the championship final on 15 June 2013, interrupted by a winter break from 25 November to 3 March.〔(Rugby Spielpläne - 2012/2013 ) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 16 September 2012〕〔(1. Bundesliga ) totalrugby.de, accessed: 16 September 2012〕 The regular season finished on Wednesday 1 May and the play-offs started on the following weekend, 4 May, and the German championship final was held on 15 June 2013.〔 The defending champions were Heidelberger RK who defeated TV Pforzheim in the 2012 final to take out its eights championship and third in a row. Heidelberger RK took out the national championship once more, remaining unbeaten all season and defeating local rival SC Neuenheim 41–10 in the final. ==Overview== }} The league has been radically modified from the 2011–12 season. In 2011–12 the league operated with ten teams playing in a single division in a home-and-away format with semi-finals and a final at the end.〔 (Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2011/2012 – 1. Bundesliga ) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 16 September 2012〕 In 2012–13 the league has been expanded, initially to twenty-four teams, which were to play in four regional divisions of six teams each. In those each team would play the others in its division just once. However, two teams resigned from the league before the start of the season, reducing the number of clubs to twenty-two. The Berlin Grizzlies of the eastern division opted to form a team with the reserve side of USV Potsdam Rugby and play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga instead.〔(DRV veröffentlicht Vorrunden-Spielpläne für 1. und 2. Bundeslig ) totalrugby.de, published: 7 August 2012, accessed: 16 September 2012〕 DRC Hannover withdrew from the northern division just before the first game of the season, suffering from a lack of first team players and entered the tier three Rugby-Regionalliga instead for 2012–13.〔(DRC Hannover vor Neuanfang in der Regionalliga Nord ) totalrugby.de, published: 5 September 2012, accessed: 16 September 2012〕 The first stage of the competition, the ''Vorrunde'', will finish on 3 October 2012 after which the second stage will start, the ''Qualifikationsphase'', in which the top four teams each from the southern and the western group play each other in one group while the top teams from the north and east play each other in another.〔(Bundesligaausschusssitzung bestätigt Bundesliga-Gruppen ) totalrugby.de, published: 4 August 2012, accessed: 16 September 2012〕 The finals series will be expanded from four to eight teams. The six teams not qualified for the ''Qualifikationsphase'' will enter the ''DRV-Pokal'', the German rugby union cup, together with the top eight teams of the 2nd Bundesliga.〔(TotalRugby Review: 1. Bundesliga - 4. Spieltag ) totalrugby.de, published: 16 September 2012, accessed: 17 September 2012〕 The 2nd Bundesliga teams not qualified for the ''DRV-Pokal'' will play for the ''Liga Pokal''.〔(Rugby-Bundesliga: Wie geht es nach der Vorrunde weiter? ) totalrugby.de, published: 19 September 2012, accessed: 20 September 2012〕 In the second stage the teams within a group will play each other in a home-and-away format, with the teams that already played each other in the first stage carrying over those results. All sixteen clubs will qualify for the knock-out stage.〔 One of the main aims of the reform was to reduce the number of kilometres traveled by individual teams and therefore reduce the travel expenses. Additionally, the 2nd Bundesliga was also expanded to 24 teams.〔(DRT 2012: Ligareform kommt / Vertrag mit DRV-Vermarkter wird überprüft ) totalrugby.de, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕〔(DRT ) ''DRV'' website, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕〔(Rugby-Vizemeister TV Pforzheim will 2013 den Titel holen ) ''Pforzheimer Zeitung'', published: 9 May 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕 Because of the enlargement of the league from ten to twenty-two (initially twenty-four) teams no club was relegated after the 2011–12 season but twelve clubs promoted: *Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga South/West: Heidelberger TV, RC Luxembourg, ASV Köln Rugby, RC Mainz, RC Aachen *Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga North/East: FC St. Pauli Rugby, SC Germania List, TSV Victoria Linden, Hamburger RC, Berliner SV 92, USV Potsdam Rugby (DRC Hannover withdrew before the first round due to a lack of players) *Promoted from the Rugby-Regionalliga: RC Leipzig (Berlin Grizzlies withdrew before the start of the season) Two clubs finished the regular season unbeaten, DSV 78 Hannover and Heidelberger RK. Of the sixteen clubs qualified for the play-offs three decided to cancel their first round match, the three bottom placed clubs in the north east, Berliner SV 92, Victoria Linden and USV Potsdam, with all three games awarded 50-0 to the opposition.〔 The quarter finals saw the south western clubs dominate with all four advancing teams being from that division and all north eastern clubs being knocked out.〔(TotalRugby Review: Meisterrunde - Viertelfinale ) totalrugby.de, published: 26 May 2013, accessed: 7 June 2013〕 The semi finals were heavily affected by bad weather, with both games, to be held in Heidelberg, being canceled and rescheduled.〔 The final saw Heidelberger RK defeat SC Neuenheim 41–10 to take out its ninth national championship and fourth consecutive one. 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「2012–13 Rugby-Bundesliga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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