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2007–08 Rugby-Bundesliga
Countries	Germany
Champions	SC 1880 Frankfurt (5th title)
Relegated	none
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The 2007-08 Rugby-Bundesliga was the 37th edition of this competition and the 88th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 25 August 2007 to 31 May 2008, ending with the relegation final.

Overview

In 2007-08, eight teams played a home-and-away season with a final between the top two teams at the end, which was won by the SC 1880 Frankfurt. It was the club's fifth German title and its first in 83 years, having last won it in 1925. It was a rematch of the 2006-07 final, also played in Frankfurt am Main, which SC 1880 had lost to Heidelberg 15-23. Alongside the national championship final, the 2nd Bundesliga final was played as a curtain raiser for the game.

Last placed RK Heusenstamm would have been relegated but the league was expanded to nine teams for 2008-09 and no team had to drop down to the 2nd Bundesliga. 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.

Nominally, the eight placed team in the league would be relegated while the seventh placed team had to play the loser of the 2nd Bundesliga final for one more league place. The 2nd Bundesliga champion is directly promoted, which was the RK 03 Berlin in 2008.

The 2007-08 final was sponsored by the French bank Société Générale. It was not broadcast live on television but the Deutsches Sportfernsehen showed one hour of highlights the following Monday.

Bundesliga table

• Relegated: none
• Promoted: RK 03 Berlin

Bundesliga results

Results table

Key

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Promotion/relegation play-off

2nd Bundesliga final

Relegation match

Final

SC 1880 FRANKFURT: Russel Kupa Zane Gardener Marcus Seuseu Zion Nordstrom Bevan Gray Jason Campell Api Matenga Aaron Satchwell Andrew Porter Sam Henderson Rodrigo Eleter Corey Read Bill Gadolo Jared Brook Ralph Klinghammer Substitutes: Daniel Preussner Mark Wasson Rolf Wacha Daniel Cünzer Dennis Feidelberg Stefan Kunde Conrad Dent Coach: Phil Stevenson

RG HEIDELBERG: Edmoore Takaendesa Christoph Werle Sebastien Chaule Holger Wüst Steffen Thier Patrick Schachner Mustafa Güngör Costa Dinha Jeff Tigere Tim Kasten Sebastian Werle Manuel Wilhelm Miguel Bleickert Kehoma Brenner Mohammad Kabir Substitutes: Falk Schmitt Christoph Hug Armin Ergert Nemedin Collaku Oliver Stock Christopher Müller Jan Bratschke Coach: Rudolf Finsterer

2nd Bundesliga tables

South/West

• Promoted to Bundesliga: none
• Relegated from Bundesliga: none
• Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none
• Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: Heidelberger RK II

North/East

• Promoted to Bundesliga: RK 03 Berlin
• Relegated from Bundesliga: none
• Relegated from 2nd Bundesliga: none
• Promoted to 2nd Bundesliga: RU Hohen Neuendorf, SG Schwalbe/DRC Hannover II

References

1. SC 1880 Frankfurt vs. RG Heidelberg (in German) 2008 final preview, accessed: 29 December 2008
2. Société Générale Endspieltag: Ermäßigung für Gruppentickets (in German) Rugby Journal - Information on the finals
3. DRT beschließt Reform des Spielbetriebs Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Rugby Journal - Reforms 2008, accessed: 7 January 2009
4. Pressekonferenz zum Endspieltag Archived 2008-06-12 at archive.today (in German) rugby-journal, accessed: 30 December 2008

External links

• rugbyweb.de - Rugby-Bundesliga table & results (in German)
• Rugby-Journal - Bundesliga table & results (in German)
• Totalrugby.de - Bundesliga table & results (in German)

• Rugby-Bundesliga seasons
• 2007–08 in German rugby union
• 2007–08 in European rugby union leagues