The 2021–22 Feldhockey-Bundesliga was the 79th season of the Men's Feldhockey Bundesliga, Germany's premier field hockey league.
The season started on 4 September and concluded on 5 June 2022 with the championship final. Rot-Weiss Köln are the defending champions. They defended their title by defeating Hamburger Polo Club 1–0 in the championship final.
Teams
A total of 12 teams participate in the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga. The promoted teams are Frankfurt 1880 and Düsseldorfer HC who replaced Crefelder HTC and Grossflottbeker THGC.
TeamLocationStateBerliner HCBerlinClub an der AlsterHamburgDüsseldorfer HCDüsseldorfFrankfurt 1880FrankfurtHamburger Polo ClubHamburgHarvestehuder THCHamburgMannheimer HCMannheimNürnberger HTCNurembergRot-Weiss KölnCologneTSV MannheimMannheimUHC HamburgHamburgUhlenhorst MülheimMülheim
Number of teams by state StateNumber of teamsClubs4Club an der Alster, Hamburger Polo Club, Harvestehuder THC and UHC Hamburg3Düsseldorfer HC, Rot-Weiss Köln and Uhlenhorst Mülheim2Mannheimer HC and TSV Mannheim1Berliner HCNürnberger HTCFrankfurt 1880Total12
Regular season Standings Pool A
Pool B
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Gonzalo Peillat Mannheimer HC 31 2 Kane Russell Hamburger Polo Club 29 3 Malte Hellwig Uhlenhorst Mülheim 16 Michael Körper Harvestehuder THC 5 Masi Pfandt Harvestehuder THC 15 6 Niklas Bruns Club an der Alster 12 7 Paul Smith Hamburger Polo Club 11 8 Christopher Rühr Rot-Weiss Köln 10 Justus Weigand Mannheimer HC Constantin Staib Hamburger Polo Club Raphael Hartkopf Mannheimer HC Elian Mazkour Rot-Weiss Köln
Play-downs The play-downs took place from 14 May to 4 June 2022 and were played in a best of five format. Overview
Matches
TSV Mannheim won series 3–0 and stayed in the Bundesliga while Nürnberger HTC were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga..
Düsseldorfer HC won series 3–2 and stayed in the Bundesliga while Frankfurt 1880 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga..
Play-offs The quarter-finals were played in a best of three format with the first match hosted by the weaker-placed team on 14 or 15 May and the return match and potential third decisive match hosted by the better placed team on 28 and 29 May respectively. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Bonner THV in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia on 4 and 5 June 2022.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Mannheimer HC won series 2–0.
Rot-Weiss Köln won series 2–0.
Harvestehuder THC won series 2–1.
Hamburger Polo Club won series 2–1.
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
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