Ratinger Lowen was an ice hockey team in

Ratingen Ratingen (; ) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf. Administration With a communal reform of 1975 the independent municipalit ...

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founded in 1979. They played in the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called Penny (supermarket), PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga) (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a professional ice hockey league in Germany and the highest division in German i ...

from 1994-1997.

History

* Ratinger played in the

Regionalliga A (, plural ) is a regional league in numerous Sports governing body, sports governing bodies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, usually located in the upper or middle tiers of the sports leagues. The term is often associated with the Germa ...

for the 1984-85 season, which they promptly won, and were promoted to the Oberliga. They won the Oberliga two years later, and were promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Ratinger was promoted to the 1.Bundesliga after a second-place finish in the 2.Bundesliga. When the 1.Bundesliga became the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 1994, Ratinger continued playing there until they folded in 1997. A successor club,

Revierlöwen Oberhausen Revierlöwen Oberhausen was an ice hockey team in Oberhausen, Germany. They played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called Penny (supermarket), PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga) (; English: ''Germ ...

, was founded in 1997 and operated until 2007.

Season-by-season record

External links

Club profile
on hockeyarenas.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratinger Lowen Ice hockey teams in Germany Ice hockey clubs established in 1979 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1997 Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams 1979 establishments in West Germany 1997 disestablishments in Germany Mettmann (district) Sport in North Rhine-Westphalia