Final of the ninth Bundesliga season in Berlin: Premiere for the northern club: OneKiel wins the championship trophy

The five-time record champions from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein have been dethroned: the OneKiel club from Schleswig-Holstein has won the German sailing club championship trophy for the first time. Ole Nietiedt, Max Schuberth, Philipp Sudbrack and Til Blenckner proudly lifted the silver trophy into the sky above the Seglerhaus am Wannsee clubhouse on Saturday evening on behalf of their entire team, who have taken it in turns to ensure the young club's success this season. The 36 teams in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga had previously fought thrilling races here, battling for every point in the final classification. In the final, the North Germans achieved an impressive fourth of six wins this season on the Wannsee. With just ten points in their final account, the Kiel team had only finished one league weekend this year without a podium finish. The team came through the year without a single mishap and never left any doubt about their determination to finally lift the title in 2021.

OneKiel sailor Til Blenckner said: "I still had a score to settle with Wannsee from last year, which I have now settled. We can rely on the whole team and we know what we've put in this year. We had the title as our goal, that's what we were training for. Now we are overjoyed to have brought the trophy home. Becoming champions against such strong competition is great. We will sail ambitiously again next year, it's a long season and a lot can happen."

Wassersportverein Hemelingen secured the vice-championship with fourth place in Berlin and 29 points to their name. Jan Seekamp, Eike Martens, Jens Tschentscher and Tjorben Wittor secured the second runner-up title for their club since 2019, while Flensburger Segel-Club with Gordon Nickel, Nils Drewniok, Florian Jakobtorweihen and Cedric Menzel sailed to third place in the season rankings. The quartet thus completed the best league result in the club's history. Both Hemelingen and Flensburg secured their places in the 2022 Champions League with their successes. Click here for the final season table of the 1st Sailing Bundesliga (please click!) in which the perennial favourites from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein have to be satisfied with fifth place this year behind the Württembergischer Yacht-Club.

The final hosts from the Seglerhaus am Wannsee club finished the season in seventh place overall. The Münchner Yacht-Club improved to eighth place in the final season rankings with their third podium finish in the capital. And for these clubs, the relegation places 15 to 18 are down to the 2nd Sailing Bundesliga: the Bodensee-Yacht-Club Überlingen (15th place) and the Konstanzer Yacht Club (17th place) were only able to enjoy their first league pleasure for one year and were relegated directly. The Schlei-Segel-Club (16th place) is back in the second division after three years of first division regattas. The Chiemsee Yacht Club (bottom of the table and founding members of the German Sailing League (DSBL)) have to come to terms with the first relegation in their club's history.

In the 2nd German Sailing League, the Düsseldorfer Yachtclub won the second division for the third time this season and the second-placed Seglervereinigung 1903 from Berlin was promoted straight back to the top flight. The Hamburger Segel-Club, which will be sailing in the 1st Bundesliga again in 2022 after a four-year absence, and the Seglervereinigung Itzehoe from Schleswig-Holstein will also be in the first division next year. Click here for the final table of the 2nd Bundesliga season (please click!). After five second league sailing weekends, the four relegation places 15 to 18 were occupied by Yachtclub Möhnesee, Segler-Vereinigung Wuppertal, Segel-Club Ville (all from North Rhine-Westphalia) and, in 18th place, Segel-Club Salzgitter from Lower Saxony. However, all four clubs still have the chance to secure their place in the 2nd Bundesliga in the "German Sailing League Cup" (DSL Cup) on 6 and 7 November on the Wannsee. After the DSL Cup, the 36 clubs for the league's tenth anniversary season will be finalised. The best clubs in the 1st and 2nd German Sailing League, the best clubs from the German Junior Sailing League, the four relegated clubs from the 2nd German Sailing League and twelve new clubs will compete for the four open spots for the 2022 league season.