2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season

2019–20 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
LeagueErste Bank Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration13 September 2019 – 3 March 2020
Number of teams11
Regular season
Austrian Hockey League seasons

The 2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season began on 13 September 2019.[1] The defending champion's are EC KAC.

Following the conclusion of his previous season Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, announced their withdrawal from the EBEL citing financial difficulties.[2] With the reduction to the 11 team league, the EBEL announced changes in the second round of the season, taking place from 26 January 2020.

The placement round will be reduced to a pool of 5 teams, qualifying automatically for the post-season while each playing 8 games for seeding. The bottom placed 6 teams are drawn into the Qualifying round with each team playing 10 games, with the highest 3 ranked clubs advancing to the post-season.[3]

The season was prematurely ended on 3 March 2020 due to concerns about the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe.[4]

Teams

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Teams participating in the 2019–20 season
Team City Arena Capacity
Dornbirn Bulldogs Austria Dornbirn Messestadion Dornbirn 4,270
Moser Medical Graz 99ers Austria Graz Merkur-Eisarena 4,126
HC TWK Innsbruck Austria Innsbruck Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena 3,000
EC KAC Austria Klagenfurt Stadthalle Klagenfurt 4,945
EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz Austria Linz Keine Sorgen EisArena 4,863
EC Red Bull Salzburg Austria Salzburg Eisarena Salzburg 3,200
Vienna Capitals Austria Vienna Erste Bank Arena 7,022
EC Panaceo VSV Austria Villach Stadthalle Villach 4,500
HC Orli Znojmo Czech Republic Znojmo Hostan Arena 4,800
Hydro Fehérvár AV19 Hungary Székesfehérvár Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall 3,500
HCB Südtirol Alperia Italy Bolzano Eiswelle 7,200

Standings

Regular season

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Legend:      Qualified for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League      Qualified for placement round      Qualified for qualification round

Rank Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA GD Points
1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 40 22 7 6 5 138 82 +56 83
2 Vienna Capitals 40 23 10 2 5 130 86 +44 78
3 EC KAC 40 19 14 4 3 110 79 +31 68
4 Graz 99ers 40 18 14 4 4 113 113 0 66
5 HC Bozen 40 18 15 5 2 118 96 +22 66
6 EC VSV 40 17 15 5 3 122 109 +13 64
7 Black Wings Linz 40 17 14 3 6 132 132 0 63
8 Orli Znojmo 40 17 16 3 4 128 133 −5 61
9 Fehérvár AV19 40 13 19 4 4 108 137 −29 51
10 HC Innsbruck 40 7 26 3 4 100 159 −59 31
11 Dornbirn Bulldogs 40 6 27 4 3 84 157 −73 29

Placement round

     Qualified for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League      Qualified as higher seed      Qualified as lower seed

Rank Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA GD Points
1 HC Bozen 8 7 1 0 0 27 11 +16 21 (0)
2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 8 4 2 2 0 22 21 +1 20 (4)
3 Vienna Capitals 8 3 4 1 0 25 24 +1 13 (2)
4 EC KAC 8 2 3 0 3 19 22 −3 10 (1)
5 EC Graz 99ers 8 0 6 1 1 19 34 −15 3 (0)

Qualification round

     Qualified for playoffs      Eliminated from playoff contention

Rank Team GP W L OTW OTL GF GA GD Points
1 EC VSV 10 4 3 2 1 30 27 +3 25 (8)
2 Black Wings Linz 10 5 3 1 1 38 32 +6 24 (6)
3 HC Orli Znojmo 10 4 3 0 3 25 28 −3 19 (4)
4 Fehérvár AV19 10 3 4 2 1 35 29 +6 16 (2)
5 HC Innsbruck 10 4 4 1 1 33 32 +1 16 (1)
6 Dornbirn Bulldogs 10 2 5 2 1 23 36 −13 11 (0)

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
PL1 HC Bozen 1
QU3 HC Orli Znojmo 0
 
 
PL2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 0
QU1 EC VSV 1
 
 
PL3 Vienna Capitals 1
PL5 EC Graz 99ers 0
 
 
PL4 EC KAC 0
QU2 Black Wings Linz 1

References

  1. ^ "2019-20 EBEL Standings and schedule". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. 2017-05-04. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  2. ^ "News about the future of KHL Medveščak Zagreb" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak Zagreb. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Schedule for the 2019-20 season is fixed" (in German). Austrian Hockey League. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "NEWS". Archived from the original on 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  5. ^ "Erste Bank Eishockey Liga". 2020-03-03. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2019-07-04.