1988-89 2nd Bundesliga season

The 1988-89 [2nd Bundesliga]] season was the 16th season of the second-level German ice hockey league. 20 teams participated in the league, and EC Hedos München was promoted to the Eishockey-Bundesliga.

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 * 1.||align="left"| Krefelder EV || 32 || 20 || 4 || 8 || 193:123 || 44:20
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 * 2.||align="left"| EHC Essen-West || 32 || 17 || 6 || 9 || 182:139 || 40:24
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 * 3.||align="left"| EC Bad Nauheim || 32 || 17 || 5 || 10 || 192:137 || 39:25
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 * 4.||align="left"| ESC Wolfsburg || 32 || 16 || 4 || 12 || 166:151 || 36:28
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 * 5.||align="left"| Duisburger SV || 32 || 14 || 7 || 11 || 173:184 || 35:29
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 * 6.||align="left"| EC Ratingen || 32 || 16 || 2 || 14 || 165:143 || 34:30
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 * 7.||align="left"| EC Hannover (N) || 32 || 9 || 5 || 18 || 108:166 || 23:41
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 * 8.||align="left"| Westfalen Dortmund (N) || 32 || 8 || 7 || 17 || 142:179 || 23:41
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 * 9.||align="left"| Neusser SC || 32 || 7 || 0 || 25 || 109:308 || 14:50
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 * 10.||align="left"| SC Solingen || colspan="6" | Withdrew