The RU Hohen Neuendorf is a German

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from

Hohen Neuendorf Hohen Neuendorf () is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located north west of Berlin. Geography Hohen Neuendorf is situated upon the Havel river (built on the Oder-Havel Canal) and is bordered by the Berlin areas ...

, currently playing in the

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. The club is located in the

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bunde ...

district, north west of

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. The district is home to two more rugby union clubs, Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby and Veltener RC.

History

The club was formed in November 1997, when ''Grün-Weiß Birkenwerder'' and the ''Rugbyclub Hohen Neuendorf'' merged. It achieved promotion from the

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to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga in 2003 and spent three seasons at this level, with a fourth place in 2005 as its best result. After returning to the Regionalliga in 2006, it won promotion to the second division once more in 2008 and now played there as a mid-table side until 2012 when it was forcefully relegated after missing two league matches without adequate excuse. A championship in the Regionalliga in 2012–13 took the club back up to the 2nd Bundesliga again for the following season. The club qualified for the DRV-Pokal in 2013–14 and was knocked out by

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in the quarter finals of the play-offs. Promoted to the Rugby-Bundesliga for 2014–15 the club qualified for the championship round where it came seventh and missed out on play-off qualification.

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club:RugbyWeb Ergebnisarchiv
rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 24 July 2012

References

External links

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Official website
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RU Hohen Neuendorf club info at totalrugby.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohen Neuendorf, RU German rugby union clubs Rugby clubs established in 1997 Rugby union in Brandenburg 1997 establishments in Germany