 In 1994, the Regionalliga Nord was re-established, now as the third tier of the league system.The "Oberliga Nord" was in turn replaced by two parallel Oberligen, Niedersachsen/Bremen and Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein.For the "Verbandsliga Niedersachsen", this meant a further slip, now to tier five, and a split to two separate divisions again, but also, for the first time in its history, direct promotion for the league champions.