In the last seven seasons only once have the bottom team at Christmas managed to avoid relegation.

He played 21 times for the bottom team.

Did the fans of the bottom teams start each season with "real" World Series hopes?

With so many players leaving, there is less distance between the top and the bottom teams.

They lie 11th in the table, nine points ahead of bottom team Newcastle.

The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play-offs.

The bottom team in each group is relegated to the Bezirksliga.

The eight bottom teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

The bottom team in each of the three-team groups played its counterpart for 13th and 14th places.

The two bottom teams play with each other in "Best of three" format.