Portuguese Handball Third Division

Terceira Divisão Portuguesa

Countries	Portugal
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1978
Number of teams	14
Promotion to	Second Division
Relegation to	Regional Championship's
Levels on pyramid	Level 3
Domestic cup(s)	Portuguese Handball Cup
Current champions	AC Devesa (2013–14)
Most championships	Dramático Cascais; Fermentões; Académico AC (2)
Website	Federação Andebol

Portuguese Handball Third Division or "Terceira Divisão Portuguese" is the third handball league in Portugal. The best teams get promoted to Portuguese Handball Second Division.

Due to some disputes between the League and the Federation, between 2001 and 2006 Portuguese Handball Third Division or "3a Divisão Portuguesa" was the fourth handball league in Portugal.

With the ending of the League, Portuguese Handball Third Division re-assumed the position of third handball league in Portugal.

Teams for 2013/14 season

North Zone AC Devesa Boavista FC Estarreja AC Juve Lis ACD Monte AD Albicastrense SIR 1º Maio Gondomar Cultural

South Zone GS Loures Almada AC C Oriental Lisboa ACR Zona Azul Lagoa AC CF Sassoeiros CR B Janeiro CD Olhanenses

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Portuguese Third Division Champions

1978/1979 : Dramatico Cascais 1979/1980 : Dramatico Cascais (2) 1980/1981 : Salgueiros 1981/1982 : Pedro Nunes 1982/1983 : Boa Hora 1983/1984 : GD TAP 1984/1985 : Império Cruzeiro 1985/1986 : FC Gaia 1986/1987 : GS Loures 1987/1988 : AD Fafe 1988/1989 : Ginasio do Sul 1989/1990 : Estrelas da Avenida 1990/1991 : Académico FC 1991/1992 : FC Maia 1992/1993 : Fermentões 1993/1994 : Ginásio Clube de Odivelas 1994/1995 : Juve Lis 1995/1996 : Aguas Santas 1996/1997 : Quintajense

1997/1998 : Fermentões (2) 1998/1999 : Ilhavo AC 1999/2000 : Olivais e Moscavide 2000/2001 : Académico FC (2) 2001/2002 : Sanjoanense 2002/2003 : CDE Camões 2003/2004 : Callidas Clube 2004/2005 : Empregados Comércio 2005/2006 : AC Sismaria 2006/2007 : Evóra AC 2007/2008 : Alto Moinho 2008/2009 : Paço de Arcos 2009/2010 : Vitória Setubal 2010/2011 : FC Infesta 2011/2012 : Boa Hora FC 2012/2013 : Benfica B 2013/2014 : Arsenal Clube Devesa

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References

1. "Concorrentes 2013-14". fpa.pt.
2. "Lista de Vencedores de Provas Nacionais" (PDF). fpa.pt.