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BundesligaComeback for two second division clubs

Tatjana Pokorny

 · 10.10.2015

Bundesliga: Comeback for two second division clubsPhoto: DSBL
DSBL qualification 2015 before Glücksburg
Only two of the six relegation-threatened second division clubs managed to defend their second division status at the qualifying summit outside Glücksburg
League summit in front of Glücksburg: For six clubs, it became the lift to Bundesliga 2Photo: DSBL League summit in front of Glücksburg: For six clubs, it became the lift to Bundesliga 2

Six second division teams travelled to the qualification summit off Glücksburg to defend their second division status against 52 newcomers and to sail in the 2nd Bundesliga again next year. However, only two of them managed to stay in class on this super regatta weekend with a total of 58 club teams. Segel-Club Ville and Seglervereinigung 1903 Berlin will remain in the league in 2016. The four other previous second division teams - Duisburger Segel-Club, Segel-Club Münster, Yachtclub Strelasund and Yacht-Club Langenargen from Lake Constance - will be relegated and will have to take a one-year break and try their luck again at the next qualification summit.

Exciting duels for six places in the Bundesliga 2Photo: DSBL Exciting duels for six places in the Bundesliga 2

The qualifying regatta was won by the Schaumburg-Lippische Seglerverein. Niels Hentschel said: "Our goal was to finish no race worse than third place. The fact that we have now achieved overall victory in Glücksburg is amazing. It was a crew performance that put us in the 2nd division. It was a great event. We are delighted." Along with the winners and the two old and new second division teams, Duisburger Yacht-Club, Schlei-Segel-Club and Seglergemeinschaft Lohheider See also sailed their way into the 2nd Bundesliga.

On permanent duty in front of Glücksburg: 58 clubs allowed themselves the dream of second-class football. For six it came truePhoto: DSBL On permanent duty in front of Glücksburg: 58 clubs allowed themselves the dream of second-class football. For six it came true

The Flensburger Segel-Club and the Deutsche Hochseesportverband Hansa with their many volunteers offered the 232 sailors a thrilling long sailing weekend. They sailed on J 70 and Bavaria B/one OneDesigns. The complete line-up for the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga will only be determined on the evening of 1 November, after the last regatta of the 1st league on the Hamburg Outer Alster (29 to 31 October) and the relegation to the 1st Bundesliga (1 November) have been completed. So there is still just under a month of excitement left in the third season of the young German Sailing League.

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Tatjana Pokorny

Tatjana Pokorny

Sports reporter

Tatjana “tati” Pokorny is the author of nine books. As a reporter for Europe's leading sailing magazine YACHT, she also works as a correspondent for the German Press Agency (DPA), the Hamburger Abendblatt and other national and international media. In summer 2024, Tatjana will be reporting from Marseille on her ninth consecutive Olympic Games. Other core topics have been the America's Cup since 1992, the Ocean Race since 1993, the Vendée Globe and other national and international regattas and their protagonists. Favorite discipline: Portraits of and interviews with sailing personalities. When she started out in sports journalism, she was still intensively involved with basketball and other sports, but sailing quickly became her main focus. The reason? The declared optimist says: “There is no other sport like it, no other sport with such interesting and intelligent personalities, no other sport so diverse, no other sport so full of energy, strength and ideas. Sailing is like a constantly refreshing declaration of love for life."

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