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In the second season for the European Second League, recently demoted Seville looked to make their E2L a brief one. The Stingrays had the Western Conference’s best record at 108-54. Stuttgart and Turin repeated as playoff teams, tying for second at 101-61. The fourth and final playoff spot went to Frankfort at 90-72. Falling just short were Lyon (88-74), Toulouse (86-76), and Liverpool (85-77).

In the Western Conference’s Double Round Robin, Frankfurt (5-1) and Seville (3-3) advanced to the conference final, while both Stuttgart and Turin were 2-4. In the conference final, the Stingrays swept the Falcons, sending Seville right back to the top-tier after only one season.



Wroclaw finished first in the Eastern Conference at 102-60, repeating as a playoff team. After just missing last year, Sarajevo took second at 96-66. Riga, who was relegated the prior year from the EBF Elite, took third at 95-67.

There was a three-way tie for the fourth playoff spot at 91-71 between Cluj-Napoca, Ljubljana, and Lviv. The Juggernauts won their tiebreaker game over the Lunkers, but lost to the Paladins, sending Cluj-Napoca forward. The Paladins had only won 78 games the prior year.

Despite being the #4 seed, Cluj-Napoca swept the field at 6-0 in the round robin phase. #3 seed Riga at 3-3 also advanced to the Eastern Conference Championship, while Wroclaw was 2-4 and Sarajevo was 1-5. The Roosters topped the Paladins 4-2 in the finale.



With that, the first two teams to be relegated after the 2005 season earned promotion right back up in 2006. In the Second League Championship, Seville swept Riga 4-0. They were the only two teams guaranteed promotion in 2006. The next season would see the rule change where any EBF Elite team with 100+ losses would be relegated, allowing for more than two promoted/relegated teams in a season.



Other notes: Lyon’s Yannick de Vries tossed the first-ever perfect game in E2L history, striking out 19 in a dominant feat against Reykjavik.