The Munich Barons were a professional ice hockey team between 1999 and 2002 run by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) in the German Ice Hockey League (German: Deutsche Eishockey Liga - DEL).
In spite of that success, the number of spectators at game was lower than expected (regular season: 2,800; playoffs: 4,900).
In the playoffs, they reached the finals, but lost a hard-fought battle against the eventual champions, the Adler Mannheim.
Because of the expensive player contracts and the lack of sponsors, the Barons accumulated substantial debts.
Although by this time the number of spectators had begun to increase slightly, the Anschutz Group decided to move the team to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002.