[1] It was a rematch of the 2006-07 final, also played in Frankfurt am Main, which SC 1880 had lost to Heidelberg 15-23.

This was decided on 19 July 2008 at the annual meeting of the German rugby association.

The decision was made to expand the league to ten teams for the 2009-10 season.

The 2nd Bundesliga champion is directly promoted, which was the RK 03 Berlin in 2008.

It was not broadcast live on television but the Deutsches Sportfernsehen showed one hour of highlights the following Monday.