EHF Passau Black Hawks e.V.

About the Club

EHF Passau Black Hawks e.V. is a Passau ice hockey club founded in 1997, created through the merger of the Passauer Wölfe and the Patriching Black Hawks. After entering league play in 2003 at the Eis-Arena Passau, the first team advanced to the third-tier Ice Hockey Oberliga, in which it has been represented again since 2020. The home venue is the Eis-Arena Passau with 1,500 seats, including 200 seated places. Under the umbrella of the club, which has around 330 members, there is also an inline hockey department in the German Inline Hockey League, a cheerleading and a referees department as well as youth teams from U15 to U20 and a second senior team. The league operations of the professional team are organized through Passau Black Hawks Spielbetriebs GmbH.

Site

Passau

Processes

Ice hockey league operations (Oberliga Süd), Youth teams (U15–U20, second senior team), Inline hockey (German Inline Hockey League), Cheerleading department, Referees department, Ticketing (online advance sales via etix.com and box office)

Founded

1997

Industries

Sports/Club, Ice Hockey Oberliga Süd (third German tier)

1. 01

   Ice hockey league operations (Oberliga Süd)

2. 02

   Youth teams (U15–U20, second senior team)

3. 03

   Inline hockey (German Inline Hockey League)

4. 04

   Cheerleading department

5. 05

   Referees department

6. 06

   Ticketing (online advance sales and box office)

Venue

Passau

DE

Home venue Eis-Arena Passau

• Eis-Arena Passau, 1,500 places (200 seated, 1,300 standing, 4 wheelchair spaces)

Teams

Inside the production

Club History

1. 1929

   Foundation of the predecessor ERSV Passau as Ice Sports Club (ESV) Passau

2. 1934

   Addition of a roller skating department, renamed Ice and Roller Skating Sports Club (ERSV) Passau

3. 1950

   First league match of ERSV Passau against EV Landshut

4. 1965

   Withdrawal of ERSV Passau from the ice hockey district league

5. 1980

   ERSV Passau struck from the register of associations by official order

6. 1997

   Foundation of EHF Passau Black Hawks e.V. through the merger of the Passauer Wölfe and the Patriching Black Hawks (23.12.1997)

7. 2003

   Entry into league play; opening/first season at the Eis-Arena Passau; promotion to the Landesliga Bayern

8. 2006

   Bavarian Landesliga champions and promotion to the Bavarian Ice Hockey League; Bavarian Cup (Bayernkrug) winners

9. 2007

   Bavarian champions (4th tier) and promotion to the Oberliga

10. 2008

    Second senior team entered in the district league for the first time

11. 2016

    Promotion to the Regionalliga

12. 2020

    Return to the Oberliga Süd

13. 2026

    Participation in the Oberliga Süd, 2026/27 season