FFHG Division 3
# FFHG Division 3

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 |
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## 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

| Year | Denomination | Champion |
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| 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 | |
