Löwen Frankfurt was crowned league premiers by finishing top of the regular season standings.
Ravensburg Towerstars caused an upset by claiming the championship title by defeating Löwen Frankfurt 4-2 in the final series.
The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format.
In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards.
[2] In 2018, the two leagues signed a new agreement to reintroduce an automatic promotion and relegation system to start in 2020–21.
In 2019, the two lower ranked teams in the qualifiers, Dresdner Eislöwen and ETC Crimmitschau, won their series and advanced to the playoffs.
In 2019, the top seed Löwen Frankfurt dominated their quarter and semi-finals to reach the final.