The 2007-08 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 37th edition of this competition and the 88th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 25 August 2007 to 31 May 2008, ending with the relegation final.
Overview
In 2007-08, eight teams played a home-and-away season with a final between the top two teams at the end, which was won by the SC 1880 Frankfurt. It was the club's fifth German title and its first in 83 years, having last won it in 1925.SC 1880 Frankfurt vs. RG Heidelberg 2008 final preview, accessed: 29 December 2008 It was a rematch of the 2006-07 final, also played in Frankfurt am Main, which SC 1880 had lost to Heidelberg 15-23. Alongside the national championship final, the 2nd Bundesliga final was played as a curtain raiser for the game.Société Générale Endspieltag: Ermäßigung für Gruppentickets Rugby Journal - Information on the finals
Last placed RK Heusenstamm would have been relegated but the league was expanded to nine teams for 2008-09 and no team had to drop down to the 2nd Bundesliga. This was decided on 19 July 2008 at the annual meeting of the German rugby association. The decision was made to expand the league to ten teams for the 2009-10 season.DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs Rugby Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009
Nominally, the eight placed team in the league would be relegated while the seventh placed team had to play the loser of the 2nd Bundesliga final for one more league place. The 2nd Bundesliga champion is directly promoted, which was the RK 03 Berlin in 2008.
The 2007-08 final was sponsored by the French bank Société Générale. It was not broadcast live on television but the Deutsches Sportfernsehen showed one hour of highlights the following Monday.Pressekonferenz zum Endspieltag rugby-journal, accessed: 30 December 2008
Bundesliga table ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 SC 1880 Frankfurt 14 12 0 2 561 195 366 382 RG Heidelberg 14 9 1 4 490 242 248 333 TSV Handschuhsheim 14 9 1 4 276 276 0 334 Berliner RC 14 7 0 7 301 340 -39 305 SC Neuenheim 14 4 3 7 204 236 -32 256 Heidelberger RK 14 4 3 7 228 274 -46 257 DRC Hannover 14 4 0 10 228 410 -182 228 RK Heusenstamm 14 3 0 11 241 556 -315 20 Relegated: none Promoted: RK 03 Berlin
Bundesliga results
Results table Club SCF RGH TSV BRC SCN HRK DRC RKH SC 1880 Frankfurt — 35-32 78-3 20-17 15-28 24-6 56-19 65-10 RG Heidelberg 16-19 — 44-16 33-8 35-3 26-32 83-23 43-12 TSV Handschuhsheim 24-26 18-25 — 28-11 12-6 27-8 16-0 25-15 Berliner RC 7-84 28-23 15-20 — 18-6 24-13 19-12 61-24 SC Neuenheim 0-21 15-15 3-6 8-21 — 3-3 21-13 47-12 Heidelberger RK 9-34 6-28 15-15 36-26 9-9 — 22-3 25-26 DRC Hannover 14-11 20-41 25-28 23-20 23-25 13-7 — 20-15 RK Heusenstamm 10-73 7-46 5-38 10-26 33-30 16-37 46-20 —
Key Home win Draw Away win Game not played
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Promotion/relegation play-off
2nd Bundesliga final
Relegation match
Final
SC 1880 FRANKFURT: Russel Kupa Zane Gardener Marcus Seuseu Zion Nordstrom Bevan Gray Jason Campell Api Matenga Aaron Satchwell Andrew Porter Sam Henderson Rodrigo Eleter Corey Read Bill Gadolo Jared Brook Ralph Klinghammer Substitutes: Daniel Preussner Mark Wasson Rolf Wacha Daniel Cünzer Dennis Feidelberg Stefan Kunde Conrad DentCoach: Phil StevensonRG HEIDELBERG: Edmoore Takaendesa Christoph Werle Sebastien Chaule Holger Wüst Steffen Thier Patrick Schachner Mustafa Güngör Costa Dinha Jeff Tigere Tim Kasten Sebastian Werle Manuel Wilhelm Miguel Bleickert Kehoma Brenner Mohammad Kabir Substitutes: Falk Schmitt Christoph Hug Armin Ergert Nemedin Collaku Oliver Stock Christopher Müller Jan BratschkeCoach: Rudolf Finsterer
2nd Bundesliga tables
South/West ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 ASV Köln Rugby 16 12 2 2 484 118 366 412 Stuttgarter RC 16 13 1 2 339 190 149 393 TSV Handschuhsheim II 16 10 0 6 377 276 101 354 SC 1880 Frankfurt II 16 8 1 7 415 245 170 335 München RFC 16 7 2 7 261 282 -21 316 StuSta München 16 5 1 10 238 405 -167 277 Heidelberger TV 16 5 0 11 253 377 -124 268 RG Heidelberg II 16 5 0 11 274 440 -166 259 RC Mainz 16 3 1 12 133 441 -308 23 Promoted to Bundesliga: none Relegated from Bundesliga: none Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: Heidelberger RK II
North/East ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstDifferencePoints1 RK 03 Berlin 16 14 0 2 714 158 556 442 TSV Victoria Linden 16 12 0 4 527 232 295 403 FC St Pauli Rugby 16 11 0 5 554 300 254 384 DSV 78/08 Ricklingen 16 10 0 6 504 265 239 365 SC Germania List 16 8 0 8 313 337 -24 326 SV Odin Hannover 16 7 1 8 280 306 -26 297 USV Potsdam 16 6 1 9 350 503 -153 278 Hamburger RC 16 2 0 14 137 556 -419 209 Berliner SV 92 Rugby 16 1 0 15 97 819 -722 18 Promoted to Bundesliga: RK 03 Berlin Relegated from Bundesliga: none Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: RU Hohen Neuendorf, SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II
References
External links rugbyweb.de - Rugby-Bundesliga table & results Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga table & results Totalrugby.de - Bundesliga table & results