Regionalliga West-Südwest


30th Round , 17-19 Apr 1998

A good result for WSV, as they fight off leaders Oberhausen for a point. Trier stops Siegen from putting the stranglehold on the 2nd place, and they plus Homburg and Saarbruecken are still in the hunt, although time is running out. Essen's loss means that unless they win the makeup in Wuppertal, the lights go out. Another good result for Salmrohr, who appeared to have saved themselves despite being "fusioned" by Trier.

In the Tuesday night replay, WSV defeated RW Essen 2-0, which may condemn the Esseners to the red-white-black-white derby next year.

WUPPERTAL - Oberhausen		2:2
Trier - Siegen			1:0
Muenster - Ahlen		0:0
Essen - Aachen			0:1
Kaisersl. Am. - Saarbruecken	1:4
Teveren - Salmrohr		0:2
Verl - Erkenschwick		2:1
Bonn - Paderborn		1:1
Homburg - Remscheid		2:0

Replay of 24th round on April 21:

WUPPERTAL - Essen		2:0	(earlier 1-0 annulled)

			GP	GF:GA	Pts.
 1. RW Oberhausen	30	58:26	65
 2. SpFr Siegen 	30	61:32	58
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 3. FC Homburg		30	61:30	55
 4. 1.FC Saarbruecken	30	57:35	53
 5. Eintracht Trier	30	52:30	53
 6. LR Ahlen		30	57:45	47
 7. 1.FC Kaisersl. Am.	30	43:39	45
 8. Alemannia Aachen	29	52:38	41
 9. SC Paderborn	30	49:31	40
10. Preussen Muenster 	30	47:46	40
11. SC Verl		29	42:46	38
12. WUPPERTALER SV	30	45:50	36
13. FSV Salmrohr	30	30:56	34
14. FC Remscheid	30	36:50	33
15. SpVgg Erkenschwick 	30	34:57	30
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16. RW Essen  		30	32:67	26
17. Bonner SC 		30	29:63	26
18. Germannia Teveren	30	23:67	15

table adjusted for WSV-RWE to be replayed

Relegated from 2.Liga: RW Essen
Promoted from 4.Liga:  Siegen, Kaisersl., Bonn