North The league placings in the Regionalliga North: 1 Combined team of VfL Jesteburg and VfL Geesthacht. 2 Welfen Braunschweig played in the Regionalliga Lower Saxony until 2009. 3 Hamburger RC also played in the North/East championship in spring 2006. Lower Saxony The league placings in the Regionalliga Lower Saxony. The league has been defunct since the end of the 2009–10 season: Until 2001, the league was played in an autumn (A) and a spring (S) championship, with the autumn champion receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring. From 2003 to 2009, the league was once more divided into autumn and spring. From 2004 to 2007, a North/East championship was played in spring. Since 2010, the clubs from Lower Saxony play in the Regionalliga North and no Regionalliga Lower Saxony exists. 1 Combined reserves team of SV Odin Hannover and VfR Döhren. 2 Combined reserves team of DSV 78 Hannover and SV 08 Ricklingen. 3 Played in the Regionalliga North in 2009-10. 4 Combined team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and the reserve team of DRC Hannover. 5 Combined reserves team of TSV Victoria Linden and DSV 78 Hannover. 6 Combined reserves team of FC Schwalbe Hannover and VfR Döhren. 7 Hamburger RC also played in the Regionalliga North championship in 2005-06. East The league placings in the Regionalliga East: Until 2007 and again in 2009-10, the league was played in an autumn (A) and a spring (S) championship, with the autumn champion, until 2001, receiving the opportunity to play in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East qualification round in spring. In 2003-04, the league was divided into a northern and a southern group, which played in autumn. The top two teams from the north and the best team from the south then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining top teams in each group then played in placings round 1 while the bottom teams played in round 2. From 2004-05 to 2006-07, the league was played in an A and a B division in autumn. The best teams from the A division then played in the North/East championship in spring. The remaining teams from the A division and the winner of B then played in the placings round 1. The worst team in the A group and the rest of B played in round 2. In 2007-08 and 2008–09, an A and a