Rugby-Regionalliga

History

• * Bremen
• * Hamburg
• * Lower Saxony '
• * Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• * Schleswig-HolsteinRegionalliga East A & B
• * Berlin
• * Brandenburg
• * Saxony
• * Saxony-Anhalt
• * ThuringiaRegionalliga West
• * Hesse '
• * Lower Saxony '
• * Luxembourg
• * North Rhine-Westphalia
• * Rhineland-Palatinate
• * SaarlandRegionalliga Hesse
• * Hesse 'Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg
• * Baden-WürttembergRegionalliga Bavaria
• * Bavaria
• * Baden-Württemberg '
• * Austria '

Champions

Northern Germany

• Until 2002, North Rhine-Westphalia played a separate spring and autumn championship.
• In 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Lower Saxony and East played a combined North/East championship in spring.
• Until 2001 and from 2007 to 2009, Lower Saxony played a separate spring and autumn championship.
• From 2010-11 onwards no separate Regionalliga North was played.

Southern Germany

• In 2006-07, RC Mainz competed in both Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate.
• In 2005-06, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate played a combined championship.
• Until 2001, Bavaria played a separate spring and autumn championship.
• Until 2001, Rhineland-Palatinate played a separate spring and autumn championship.
• For the 2018-20 season, Rhineland-Palatinate formed a 3 pool competition Rheinland / Westfalen / Rheinland-Pfalz&Luxemburg with the addition of RC Walferdange - the second team from that country to join the Germany National competition after RC Luxemburg with a 1st and 2nd XV.

Placings

North

Lower Saxony

• Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring. From 2003 to 2009, the league was once more divided into autumn and spring. From 2004 to 2007, a North/East championship was played in spring. Since 2010, the clubs from Lower Saxony play in the Regionalliga North and no Regionalliga Lower Saxony exists.¹ Combined reserves team of SV Odin Hannover and VfR Döhren.² Combined reserves team of DSV 78 Hannover and SV 08 Ricklingen.³ Played in the Regionalliga North in 2009-10.⁴ Combined team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and the reserve team of DRC Hannover.⁵ Combined reserves team of TSV Victoria Linden and DSV 78 Hannover.⁶ Combined reserves team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and VfR Döhren.⁷ Hamburger RC also played in the Regionalliga North championship in 2005-06.

East

• Until 2007 and again in 2009-10, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion, until 2001, receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring.
• * In 2003-04, the league was divided into a northern and a southern group, which played in autumn. The top two teams from the north and the best team from the south then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining top teams in each group then played in placings round 1 while the bottom teams played in round 2.
• * From 2004-05 to 2006-07, the league was played in an A and a B division in autumn. The best teams from the A division then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining teams from the A division and the winner of B then played in the placings round 1. The worst team in the A group and the rest of B played in round 2.
• * In 2007-08 and 2008–09, an A and a B division existed with a standard home-and-away season and no separate autumn and spring rounds.
• * In 2009-10, all clubs in the East played a single autumn round in one division. The top five then played in the A division in spring while the bottom six played in the B division.¹ Combined team of the reserve side of RU Hohen Neuendorf and Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby.² Combined team of the reserve side of RV Dresden and Sachsen-Anhalter SV.³ Combined team of the reserve side of USV Potsdam Rugby and Berlin Grizzlies.

North Rhine-Westphalia

• Until 2002, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion, until 2001, receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. Since the 2013–14 season the league has been split into a Rhineland and Westphalia division.¹ Combined team of Brühler TV and RC Hürth.² Combined team of WMTV Solingen and SVD Sundwig.

Rhineland-Palatinate

• Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring.¹ Combined team of FSV Trier-Tarforst and DJK Andernach.² Combined team of RC Worms and a team from Speyer.³ In 2006-07, RC Mainz took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.⁴ In 2005-06, the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate played as a joined league. SC 1880 Frankfurt II, Eintracht Frankfurt Rugby, RU Marburg, Blau-Gelb Darmstadt and URC Gießen 01 are clubs from Hesse.⁵ In 2003-04, RC Worms took part in both the Regionalliga Hesse and Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate.⁶ Combined team of the reserve team of RC Mainz and TuS Horrweiler.

Hesse

Baden-Württemberg

• Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. No competition has been held since 2012.¹ Combined team of RC Konstanz and TSB Ravensburg.² Combined team of RC Rottweil and the reserve team of Stuttgarter RC.³ Combined team of Karlsruher SV Rugby, TV Pforzheim and the reserve team of Heidelberger TV.⁴ Combined team of Karlsruher SV Rugby and TV Pforzheim.⁵ Combined team of the reserve team of SC Neuenheim and TV Pforzheim.

Bavaria

• Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn ' and a spring ' championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West qualification round in spring. As the 2000 autumn champions, München RFC II, was ineligible to compete in the 2nd Bundesliga, being a reserves team, the second placed team, TSV 1846 Nürnberg, went instead. 2015/16 München RFC II, was ineligible to compete in the 2nd Bundesliga, Unterföhring lost the promotion play-off against Karlsruher SV. In 2016/17 Nürnberg declined the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, so Unterföhring stepped in.