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The Bavarian ice hockey leagues are part of the German ice hockey league system and form the tiers four to six of the league system in the state of Bavaria. The leagues are operated by the ''Bayrischer Eissport Verband'', the Bavarian association for ice sports. ==Overview== The league system in Bavaria consists of three separate tiers, these being the ''Bayernliga'' (IV) (English:''Bavarian League''), ''Landesliga'' (V) (English:''State League'') and ''Bezirksliga'' (VI) (English:''County League''). The overall system has remained unchanged for a lengthy period of seasons. The number of clubs, especially in the lowest tier, the ''Bezirksliga'', can fluctuate due to teams joining and other teams leaving the league. This is mostly due to lack of players, or, the other extreme, an over supply of players and the need to form a reserves team. Occasionally, clubs fold, reform or re-enter the league system. In the current ''Bayernliga'' season, the ''EC 2000 Ulm/Neu-Ulm'' folded in December 2007, being unable to pay their players. The ''Bayernliga'' champion earns the right to gain promotion to the ''Oberliga''. At the end of the 2006-07 season, the runner-up was also promoted, which is an exception. Until the end of the 1999-2000 season, the ''Bayernliga'' was only the fifth tier of the league system. The league between ''Oberliga'' and ''Bayernliga'', the ''Regionalliga'', was disbanded after this season and the majority of its clubs integrated into the ''Oberliga''. The ''Bavarian Eissport Verband'' (BEV) is the largest regional ice hockey association in Germany with 14.000 registered players in over 90 clubs. Apart from the 79 senior teams playing in its league system for the 2007-08 season, there is also eight women's teams and 284 junior teams.〔 〕 For this reason, the ''Bayernliga'' is the only statewide league whose champion directly qualifies for the ''Oberliga'', all other leagues, the ''Regionalligas'' (English:''Regional Leagues'') cover larger areas or have to go through a promotion play-off round. Above the ''BEV'' there is currently four Bavarian teams in the ''DEL'' (''German Ice Hockey League'') (I), three in the ''2nd Bundesliga'' (II) and ten in the ''Oberliga'' (III). This means, 17 of 45 clubs in the first three divisions of German ice hockey currently come from Bavaria. 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「Bavarian ice hockey leagues」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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