FFHG Division 3 explained

FFHG Division 3 (Fédération Française de Hockey sur Glace Division 3 or French Ice Hockey Federation Division 3) is an amateur ice hockey league in France. It is the fourth of four levels of national ice hockey in France.

Teams

FFHG Division 3 consists of 32 teams divided into four pools with eight teams each.

Pool A Boxers de Bordeaux II Albatros de Brest II Dogs de Cholet II Taureaux de feu de Limoges II Corsaires de Nantes II Dragons de Poitiers Cormorans de Rennes Aigles de La Roche-sur-Yon II

Pool B Tigres de l'ACBB Drakkars de Caen II Coqs de Courbevoie II Chiefs de Deuil-Garges Corsaires de Dunkerque II Renards d'Orléans Remparts dre Tours II Diables rouges de Valenciennes

Pool C Gaulois de Châlons-en-Champagne Élans de Champigny Titans de Colmar Caribous de Seine-et-Marne Ducs de Dijon II Dauphins d'Épinal II Jets d'Évry Viry II Tornado Luxembourg

Pool D Chevaliers du lac d'Annecy II Éléphants de Chambéry II Sangliers Arvernes de Clermont II Vipers de Montpellier Aigles de Nice II Boucaniers de Toulon Lynx de Valence II Bouquetins de Val-Vanoise II

Season

Each team plays the other teams in their pool at home and away. At the end of this regular season the 4 highest-ranking teams in each pool enter a combined knock-out play-off series while the four lowest-ranking teams (two from each pool) enter a play-off series of their own. The winner of the former play-off series is promoted to FFHG Division 2.

Champions

width=75	Year	width=100	Denomination	width=200	Champion
1986-87	Division 3	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble II
1987-88	Division 3	Gothiques d'Amiens II
1988-89	Division 3	Galaxians d'Amnéville
1989-90	Division 3	Ours de Villard-de-Lans II
1990-91	Division 3	Wild Horses de Nîmes
1991-92	Division 3	Vikings de Cherbourg
1992-93	Division 3	No competition
1993-94	Division 3	No competition
1994-95	Division 3	Éléphants de Chambéry
1995-96	Division 3	Peaux-Rouges d'Évry
1996-97	Division 3	Castors d'Asnières
1997-98	Division 3	Albatros de Brest
1998-99	Division 3	Vikings de Cherbourg
1999-00	Division 3	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
2000-01	Division 3	Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne
2001-02	Division 3	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble II
2002-03	Division 3	Vipers de Montpellier
2003-04	Division 3	Aigles de Nice
2004-05	Division 3	Élans de Champigny
2005-06	Division 3	Avalanche Mont-Blanc II
2006-07	Division 3	Aigles des Pyrénées de Font-Romeu
2007-08	Division 3	Dragons de Rouen II
2008-09	Division 3	Orques d'Anglet
2009-10	Division 3	Boucaniers de Toulon
2010-11	Division 3	Lions de Compiègne
2011-12	Division 3	Étoile noire de Strasbourg II
2012-13	Division 3	Renards de Roanne
2013-14	Division 3	Castors d'Avignon
2014-15	Division 3	Lions de Wasquehal
2015-16	Division 3

External links

• FFHG Division 3 Official Site