History
The Regionalligas form the third tier of German rugby union since the intereception of the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga in the early 1990s. Before that, the league was the second tier, below the Rugby-Bundesliga. Below the Regionalliga sits the Rugby-Verbandsliga, however, in some regions, the Regionalliga is the lowest division and no Verbandsliga exists.
The eight leagues cover the following states:
- Regionalliga North
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Lower Saxony (northern parts)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Regionalliga Lower Saxony
- Lower Saxony
- Regionalliga East A & B
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Thuringia
- Regionalliga North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Regionalliga Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Regionalliga Hesse
- Hesse
- Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg
- Baden-Württemberg
- Regionalliga Bavaria
- Bavaria
- Baden-Württemberg (Ulm region)
The champions of the eight leagues play-off at the end of the season for 2nd Bundesliga promotion. In 2007-08, the three northern champions from the Regionalligas East, North and Lower Saxony plus the runners-up from East determined two promoted teams to the 2nd Bundesliga North/East.
The five southern champions determined one promoted team between each other, to the 2nd Bundesliga South/West.
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