The Hannover Indians are a professional German
ice hockey
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team and
public limited company
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from
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
in
Lower Saxony,
Germany
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. The current club was founded in 1998 after the bankruptcy of a previous one, and has been named Hannover Indians since then. The club itself was called ''Kleefelder Eissportverein'' (KEV) until 2006 when it was renamed to the ''EC Hannover Indians''. Since 2002 the team had played in the
Oberliga and was promoted to the
2nd Division in 2008.
In 2013 they had to declare bankruptcy and automatically dropped down to the third-tier
Oberliga. Due to the massive financial support of fans and sponsors the club was able to furthermore participate in the competition. They ended the 2013–2014 season in third place.
Season records
Tournament results
References
Hannover Indians bancruptficial
Official Club website
Ice hockey teams in Germany
Ice hockey clubs established in 1998
Sport in Hanover
Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams
Oberliga Nord
1998 establishments in Germany
Organisations based in Hanover
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