3rd league (handball) 2017/18

This article describes the 3rd men's handball league 2017/18 , for the women's competition see 3rd women's handball league 2017/18 .

3rd league (handball) 2017/18
Climbers	Handball sports club Hamburg TV Großwallstadt TuS Ferndorf TSV Bayer Dormagen
Relegated	HF Springe HG Hamburg-Barmbek VfL Fredenbeck TV Gelnhausen HSV Bad Blankenburg HSC Bad Neustadt TV 1893 Neuhausen TV Hochdorf SG Köndringen / Teningen OHV Aurich ATSV habenhausen TV Korschenbroich
Teams	63 in four seasons
Games	930  (of which 930 played)
Gates	50949  (ø 54.78 per game)
spectator	511092  (ø 550 per game)
yellow cards	1418  (ø 1.52 per game)
Time penalties	1594  (ø 1.71 per game)
Red cards	73  (ø 0.08 per game)
← 3rd league (handball) 2016/17 3rd league (handball) 2018/19 →
↑ 2. Handball Bundesliga 2017/18 Handball-Oberliga ↓

The 2017/18 season of the 3rd league is the 8th season of the third highest German division in men's handball .

mode

The 3rd league consists of four seasons, the composition of which was based on geographical considerations. A double round tournament is played in each season . The four season winners are promoted to the second Bundesliga. The three last-placed teams of each season are relegated to the corresponding major leagues . Deviating from this general stipulation, there may be other promotion and relegation scenarios that are bindingly regulated in the DHB game rules and the implementation regulations.

See also : "Mode" in Article 3. League (handball)

North season

TSV Altenholz Up Rostock HSV Hamburg Hamburg- Barmbek HF jump HSG Burgwedel VfL Fredenbeck Mecklenburg bulls Schwerin Oranienburger HC 1. VfL Potsdam SG Flensburg-Handewitt II DHK Flensborg MTV Braunschweig HSV Hannover TSV Burgdorf II

Venues of the 3rd League North season 2017/18

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Handball Sport Club Hamburg	28	24	02	02	0865: 6780	+187	0050: 6000
02.	TSV Altenholz	28	19th	05	04th	0892: 7960	+96	0043:1300
03.	Mecklenburg bulls Schwerin	28	19th	02	07th	0816: 7700	+46	0040:1600
04th	HF jump *	28	19th	01	08th	0823: 7510	+72	0039:1700
05.	TSV Burgdorf II *	28	13	05	10	0776: 7540	+22	0031:2500
06th	1. VfL Potsdam	28	13	02	13	0796: 7920	+4	0028:2800
07th	Oranienburger HC	28	12	02	14th	0729: 7290	± 0	0026:3000
08th.	HSV Hannover *	28	10	06th	12	0779: 8260	−47	0026:3000
09.	SG Flensburg-Handewitt II	28	10	04th	14th	0767: 7850	−18	0024:3200
10.	MTV Braunschweig	28	09	04th	15th	0721: 7630	−42	0022:3400
11.	DHK Flensborg	28	08th	04th	16	0758: 8160	−58	0020:3600
12.	HC Empor Rostock (A)	28	09	02	17th	0704: 7350	−31	0020:3600
13.	Handball Hannover-Burgwedel	28	07th	05	16	0747: 8020	−55	0019:3700
14th	HG Hamburg-Barmbek (N)	28	06th	05	17th	0723: 7810	−58	0017:3900
15th	VfL Fredenbeck	28	06th	03	19th	0700: 8180	−118	0015:4100
Source:

(*) The clubs switched from the eastern to the northern relay before the season

• HF Springe withdrew from the 3rd division after the end of the season.

Legend:

		Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
		Relegated to the major leagues
(A)		Relegated in the 2016/17 season
(N)		Newcomer of the 2016/17 season (newcomer)

Season east

HC Erlangen II HSV Bad Blankenburg Northeimer HC SV Anhalt Bernburg SC Magdeburg II HSC 2000 Coburg II 3 GSV Eintracht Baunatal HSG Rodgau Nieder-Roden MSG Groß Bieberau / Modau HSG Hanau 5 HSC Bad Neustadt 2 1 4th

1 TV Gelnhausen; 2 SG Bruchköbel; 3 TV Großwallstadt; 4 TVG Großsachsen; 5 SG Leutershausen venues of the 3rd League East season 2017/18

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	TV Großwallstadt	30th	24	01	05	0830: 6960	+134	0049:1100
02.	HC Erlangen II (N)	30th	17th	04th	09	0810: 7520	+58	0038:2200
03.	HSG Hanau	30th	17th	02	11	0801: 7570	+44	0036:2400
04th	HSG Rodgau Nieder-Roden	30th	14th	07th	09	0811: 7850	+26	0035:2500
05.	MSG Groß-Bieberau / Modau	30th	17th	00	13	0776: 7560	+20	0034:2600
06th	SG Leutershausen (A)	30th	13	06th	11	0793: 7580	+35	0032:2800
07th	Northeimer HC	30th	14th	01	15th	0846: 8430	+3	0029:3100
08th.	GSV Eintracht Baunatal *	30th	12	05	13	0806: 8380	−32	0029:3100
09.	TV Germania Großsachsen *	30th	13	02	15th	0791: 8430	−52	0028:3200
10.	SG Bruchköbel	30th	11	04th	15th	0763: 7890	−26	0026:3400
11.	SV Anhalt Bernburg *	30th	12	02	16	0827: 8400	−13	0026:3400
12.	SC Magdeburg II *	30th	11	04th	15th	0847: 8860	−39	0026:3400
13.	HSC 2000 Coburg II	30th	11	03	16	0762: 8280	−66	0025:3500
14th	TV Gelnhausen	30th	11	01	18th	0816: 8230	−7	0023:3700
15th	HSV Bad Blankenburg	30th	09	04th	17th	0765: 8050	−40	0022:3800
16.	HSC Bad Neustadt	30th	10	02	18th	0719: 7640	−45	0022:3800
Source:

(*) The clubs switched from the north to the east season before the season

Legend:

		Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
		Relegated to the major leagues
(A)		Relegated in the 2016/17 season
(N)		Newcomer of the 2016/17 season (newcomer)

Season south

Master SV Salamander Kornwestheim did not submit a license application for the 3rd league, as did the second-placed TSB Heilbronn-Horkheim.
Therefore, no team from the southern season will be promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.

SG Nussloch TSB Heilbronn-Horkheim HBW Balingen- Weilstetten II SG Koendringen- Teningen TSv Neuhausen / Filder TGS Pforzheim TV 1893 Neuhausen Salamander Kornwestheim 1 2 HC Oppenweiler / Backnang VfL Pfullingen Fürstenfeldbruck Participants from Bavaria TuS 04 Dansenberg TV Hochdorf TSG Haßloch Participants from Rhineland-Palatinate

1 HG Oftersheim / Schwetzingen; 2 Rhein-Neckar Löwen II clubs of the 3rd League South 2017/18

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	SV Salamander Kornwestheim (N)	30th	20th	01	09	0929: 8330	+96	0041:1900
02.	TSB Heilbronn-Horkheim	30th	19th	02	09	0889: 8250	+64	0040:2000
03.	Rhine-Neckar Lion II	30th	16	07th	07th	0892: 8430	+49	0039:2100
04th	TSG Haßloch	30th	16	02	12	0820: 8040	+16	0034:2600
05.	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten II	30th	16	01	13	0870: 8250	+45	0033:2700
06th	TuS Fürstenfeldbruck	30th	16	01	13	0805: 7870	+18	0033:2700
07th	SG Nussloch	20th	15th	03	02	0873: 8450	+28	0033: 7000
08th.	TGS Pforzheim	30th	14th	03	13	0862: 8730	−11	0031:2900
09.	HG Oftersheim / Schwetzingen	30th	14th	03	13	0775: 7960	−21	0031:2900
10.	TSV Neuhausen / Filder	30th	13	04th	13	0829: 8640	−35	0030:3000
11.	VfL Pfullingen	30th	13	02	15th	0826: 8530	−27	0028:3200
12.	HC Oppenweiler / Backnang	30th	11	05	14th	0855: 8660	−11	0027:3300
13.	TuS 04 Dansenberg (N)	30th	12	01	17th	0783: 8440	−61	0025:3500
14th	TV 1893 Neuhausen	30th	11	00	19th	0801: 8390	−38	0022:3800
15th	TV Hochdorf	30th	09	03	18th	0767: 7880	−21	0021:3900
16.	SG Koendringen / Teningen	30th	05	02	23	0823: 9140	−91	0012:4800
Source:

Legend:

		Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
		Relegated to the major leagues
(A)		Relegated in the 2016/17 season
(N)		Newcomer of the 2016/17 season (newcomer)

Season West

Since the champions of the season south and all other runners-up in the table have waived the submission of a license application for the 3rd league or cannot be promoted as a "second" team,
TSV Bayer Dormagen rises to the 2nd league together with TuS Ferndorf.

TuS Ferndorf TuS Volmetal Sauerland wolves HSG Krefeld Schalksmühle-Halver 1 TSV GWD Minden II 4th Ahlener SG HSG Handball Lemgo II VfL Gummersbach II 3 TV Korschen- broich 2 OHV Aurich ATSV habenhausen Participants from Lower Saxony and Bremen

1 Leichlinger TV; 2 HSG Bergische Panther; 3 Longericher SC; 4 TSV Bayer Dormagen venues for the 3rd League West 2017/18

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	TuS Ferndorf	30th	29	01	00	0881: 6200	+261	0059: 1000
02.	TSV Bayer Dormagen	30th	23	02	05	0918: 7320	+186	0048:1200
03.	Leichlinger TV	30th	22nd	01	07th	0958: 8260	+132	0045:1500
04th	HSG Krefeld	30th	21st	02	07th	0831: 7220	+109	0044:1600
05.	Longericher SC	30th	20th	02	08th	0854: 7590	+95	0042:1800
06th	SG Schalksmühle-Halver	30th	17th	03	10	0791: 7610	+30	0037:2300
07th	HSG Bergische Panther	30th	16	00	14th	0799: 8210	−22	0032:2800
08th.	TSV GWD Minden II	30th	16	00	14th	0868: 8390	+29	0032:2800
09.	Ahlener SG	30th	11	02	17th	0826: 8960	−70	0024:3600
10.	VfL Gummersbach II	30th	11	01	18th	0771: 8650	−94	0023:3700
11.	HSG Handball Lemgo II	30th	09	02	19th	0830: 8920	−62	0020:4000
12.	TuS Volmetal	30th	09	01	20th	0784: 8790	−95	0019:4100
13.	SG Menden Sauerland Wolves (N)	30th	09	01	20th	0837: 9190	−82	0019:4100
14th	OHV Aurich	30th	08th	03	19th	0743: 8420	−99	0019:4100
15th	ATSV habenhausen (N)	30th	03	03	24	0779: 9330	−154	0009:5100
16.	TV Korschenbroich	30th	03	02	25th	0721: 8850	−164	0008:5200
Source:

Legend:

		Promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga
		Relegated to the major leagues
(A)		Relegated in the 2016/17 season
(N)		Newcomer of the 2016/17 season (newcomer)

See also

• 3rd league
• Handball Bundesliga 2017/18
• 2. Handball Bundesliga 2017/18
• DHB Cup 2017/18

Web links

• Table on sis-handball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 3rd Handball Bundesliga 2017/18 North at dhb.de
2. ↑ handball-world.news: Bang: HF Springe confirm withdrawal from 3rd division , accessed on May 22, 2018
3. ↑ 3rd Handball Bundesliga 2017/18 East at dhb.de
4. ↑ ^{a b} All registration forms for the 2018/19 season received. In: DHB.de. April 23, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018 . 
5. ↑ 3rd Handball Bundesliga 2017/18 South at dhb.de
6. ↑ 3rd Handball Bundesliga 2017/18 West at dhb.de