Teams
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FC 포르토 B
CDC 사오 파이오 올레이로스
AD 모디수스 산딤
AA 상 마메드
CDC 산타나
GC 산토-티르소
CD 피렌세
보아위스타 FC
아세날/LXS 그룹
키코 안데볼
GM 1 데젬브로
AC 파페
CD 사오 베르나르도
CCR 알토 모이뇨
유웨 리스
CS 마르티모 마데이라
CF 삿소에이로스
에스타레하 AC
AC 코임브라
포보아 드 바르짐 AC
스포팅 포르투갈 II
아카데미코 FC
SL 벤피카 B
CA 파나필
CDE 카모에스
FC 인페스타
AC 루이스타노스/ST 제이므스 레알 에스타테
AD 산조아넨시
IFC 토렌세
알마다 AC
AC 시스마리아
ADC 베나벤트
AD 알비카스트렌세
CD 마리엔세스
라고아 AC
곤도마르 컬처랄
FC 가야
CD 마프라
HC 웰라 타위라
C 오리엔탈 리스보아
기나시오 C 술
버 호라 FC
CCP Serpa
알라보 AC
CP 나타카오
시르 1 마요
ACR 조나 술
CCR 페르멘토에스
SC 호르타
CR B 자네이로
Wikipedia - Portuguese Handball Second Division
Campeonato Nacional de Seniores Masculinos, Segunda Divisão (in English, Men's Senior National Championship, 2nd Division), also known as Andebol 2 or just Segunda Divisão, is the second-tier handball league in Portugal. The best teams get promoted to Andebol 1, and the worst are relegated to the Portuguese Handball Third Division.
Almada AC is the most successful club, having won the competition four times.
The competition is played over two phases by 30 teams, initially geographically grouped into three zone groups.
The current champions are CD São Bernardo, from Aveiro.
History
The second tier was established in 1966 as a result of the need for the expansion of national handball competitions due to the increase in the number of participating teams in regional championships. The competition was created under its current name for the 1966–67 season and ran for only four consecutive seasons, as in 1970–71 it was abolished. However, the competition returned the following year.
In 1982, a new top-division league (Divisão de Honra) was created, and the Segunda Divisão became the 3rd tier of Portuguese handball. Nevertheless, with the creation of the new single round-robin league in 1985, the Second Division returned to be the 2nd-tier competition.
In 2001, another rebranding of the top division led to the Segunda Divisão becoming once again the 3rd tier of Portuguese handball. Moreover, due to the League-Federation dispute, the competition took an even lower standard between 2002 and 2007. During that period, the Segunda Divisão was de facto the 4th tier of the league system, although considered de jure the 3rd tier by the Portuguese Handball Federation.
As the dispute ended, the Segunda Divisão became de facto the 3rd tier of Portuguese handball in 2007.
As the Liga Portuguesa de Clubes de Andebol folded in 2008, the Segunda Divisão has been the level 2 league of Portuguese handball since the 2009–2010 season.