Indoor hockey fever: Who makes the leap into the quarter-finals?

The tension in the indoor hockey Bundesliga culminated, since the weekend, January 18, the decision about the quarter-final participants in the East season is due. The two best -placed teams qualify for the quarter -finals, a phase that is of great importance for many teams.

In the women, the Berlin HC (BHC) leads the table with the TuS Lichterfelde (Tusli), with both teams collected 21 points. The BHC has this advantage due to the better goal difference of +36 compared to that of Tusli that is at +17. The Zehlendorfer wasps are also around the places with 18 points and a goal difference of +12. Two direct duels at the weekend could be decisive: the BHC will play against the Zehlendorfer wasps (2 p.m., elementary school at the Rohrgarten) on Saturday and on Sunday against Tusli (12 p.m., Cole Sports Center). Tusli meets the Osternienburger HC on Saturday (11 a.m., Kiriat-Bialik-Sporthalle), while the wasps compete against TC Blau-Weiss on Sunday (12 p.m.).

relegation battle and quarterfinal planning

The relegation battle remains exciting, especially between the Osternienburger HC and ATV Leipzig. For men, both the Berlin HC and the wasps have already reached the quarter -finals, with the wasps theoretically still have the opportunity to become first, but with five points behind. The HC Roseneck, on the other hand, has a heavy stand with just one point and will descend.

In the quarter-finals, the winner of the East League plays against the second from the west, the east second meets the westernest. In the event that the BHC has home rights, the team is planning a move to the Sömmeringhalle. The final Four for the championship will take place on January 25th and 26th in Frankfurt am Main.

On Sunday, January 12th, another important game in the hall hockey Bundesliga is also on the program. Rot-Weiss Cologne meets the Crefelder HTC in the Rewe Sportpark at 2 p.m. Both teams are tied with 15 points and are located in places 2 and 3 in the west table. Only the top 2 qualify for the quarter-finals, which underlines the explosiveness of this encounter. The Gladbacher HTC leads the table, but has only one point ahead.

The focus is particularly on the players Elian Mazkour from Rot-Weiss Cologne, who is the third best scorer with 22 goals, and Anton Boomes from Crefeld HTC, who takes fifth place on the goal scorer list with 18 goals. The Cologne team will also compete against Schwarz-Weiß Neuss on Saturday. Rot-Weiss Cologne won the first leg with a narrow 6: 5.

The exciting match between Rot-Weiss Cologne and Crefelder HTC is transmitted live on site or on YouTube, so that fans can also follow the decision for their teams from a distance.