Division 1 (France)

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Division 1

Current season 2012/13
sport ice Hockey
Association French Federation of Hockey on Ice
League foundation 1930
Teams 14th
Country countries FranceFrance France
Title holder Scorpions de Mulhouse
Website www.hockeyfrance.com
^ Ligue Magnus

The Division 1 is the second highest league in since 1930 French Professional Hockey . Above Division 1, the Ligue Magnus is the top division. Among them are Division 2 as the third highest and Division 3 as the fourth highest division.

history

For the first time, an ice hockey championship was played in France in the 1906/07 season. The addition of a second division took place in the 1930/31 season when the so-called 2 e série began playing. In a third class a championship was only played twice in 1934 and 1935. With the division of the 1 re série for the 1973/74 season in Série A and Série B, the third division was reintroduced. The fourth division was finally introduced in 1986.

Today's Division 1 was founded in 1930 under the name 2 e série . She kept this until 1973. In the following years several renaming followed. From 1973 to 1975 it was called Série B , then from 1975 to 1985 National B , in the 1985/86 season National 2 , from 1986 to 1990 National 1B , then Division 1 until 1992 and National 2 until 1994 . From the 1994/95 season, the name Nationale 1B followed again , which, with the exception of the 1995/96 season, was re- chosen as the Division 1 name , also in the 1996/97 season. From 1997 to 2001, National 1 was the league name. It has had its current name since 2001.

mode

Play-offs

After the regular season, which is played in a home and return leg (a total of 26 games), the first four teams have so far played first in the semi-finals, then in the final in the first and second leg. The winner of the final moves up to the Ligue Magnus , the first French ice hockey league . Since the 2009/10 season, the first eight teams from the quarter-finals onwards have been promoted to Ligue Magnus.

Play-downs

The team placed last after the regular season has so far been relegated to the third-class Division 2. From the 2009/10 season, the last two placed in Division 2 will be relegated.

Clubs 2017/18

team Hometown Stadion Stadium capacity founding year
Anglet Hormadi Elite Anglet Patinoire de la Barre 1200 1969
Chevaliers du Lac d'Annecy Annecy Complexe piscine patinoire 1650 1968
Albatross de Brest Brest Rinkla Stadium 1100 1991
Diables Rouges de Briançon Briançon Patinoire René Froger 2150 1934
Drakkars de Caen Caen Patinoire de Caen la mer 856 1968
Jokers de Cergy Cergy-Pontoise Patinoire de Cergy-Pontoise - 1981
Dogs de Cholet Cholet GlisséO 1200 1977
Bouquetins de Courchevel-Méribel-Pralognan Meribel Patinoire du Parc Olympique 1800 1990
Hockey sur glace Dunkerque Dunkerque Patinoire Michel Raffoux 2000 1979
Aigles de La Roche-sur-Yon La Roche-sur-Yon Patinoire Arago 1200 1983
HC Mont-Blanc Combloux Patinoire de Saint-Gervais 1280 1986
Nantes Atlantique Hockey Glace Nantes Patinoire du Petit Port 3535 1984
Hockey Club Neuilly-sur-Marne Neuilly-sur-Marne Patinoire municipale de Neuilly-sur-Marne 500 1974
Association des Sports de Glace de Tours Tours Patinoire municipale 1700 1972

Division 1 Champion

(incomplete list)

see also: Ice hockey in France , Ligue Magnus

Well-known former players

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