The 2022–23

Belgian Division 3 The Belgian Division 3, commonly referred to as simply Derde Afdeling (in Dutch) or Division 3 (in French) is the fifth-highest division in the Belgian football league system, one level below the Belgian Division 2. It was created by the Royal Be ...

is the seventh season of the division in its current format, placed at the fifth-tier of

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Team changes

In

* Relegated from the

2021–22 Belgian Division 2 The 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 is the sixth season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium. As the previous season was cancelled in January 2021 due to governmental measures against COVID-19 prohib ...

were Houtvenne,

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, Couvin-Mariembourg, Givry and

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. * Promoted from the Belgian Provincial Leagues were: ** Champions for each of the provincial leagues: Wezel (Antwerp), Léopold (Brabant ACFF),

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(Brabant VV),

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(East Flanders), Monceau (Hainaut), La Calamine (Liège), Libramont (Luxembourg),

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(Namur),

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(West-Flanders) ** In Limburg, Schoonbeek-Beverst took over the promotion spot of champions Achel, who did not ask for licence and were hence ineligible for promotion. ** Due to teams folding and/or voluntarily relegating at this and higher levels, extra spots opened up: *** Two extra teams were promoted from East-Flanders: Elene Grotenberge and

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. *** Two extra teams were promoted from West-Flanders: Roeselare-Daisel and

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. ** Winners of the interprovincial round on VV side: ASV Geel,

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and

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. ** Winners of the interprovincial round on ACFF side: Meix-dt-Virton.

Out

* Directly promoted into the Belgian Division 2 were

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champions

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(VV A),

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(VV B),

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(ACFF A) and

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(ACFF B). * Six teams also gained promotion following wins in the promotion play-offs:

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and

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. * Relegated based on their finishing positions last season were **

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and Rhode-De Hoek from division VV A, ** De Kempen, Berlaar-Heikant and

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from division VV B, ** Pont-à-Celles-Buzet and Stockel from division ACFF A, and ** Oppagne-Wéris, Wanze Bas-Oha and

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from division ACFF B. * Due to financial difficulties,

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opted to drop down to the Belgian Provincial Leagues.

Belgian Division 3 VV A

League table

Belgian Division 3 VV B

League table

Belgian Division 3 ACFF A

League table

Belgian Division 3 ACFF B

League table

Championship matches

Both the two VV and two ACFF teams winning their leagues can arrange a title match to determine the overall VV and ACFF champions of the Belgian Division 3. This season, the overall ACFF champion was decided in a single match, with Rochefort winning the title. On VV side, Overijse and Wezel decided not to play a championship match. There was hence also no match between the overall VV and ACFF champions.

Championship match ACFF

Rochefort was awarded the symbolic title of Belgian Division 3 ACFF champion.

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs VV

The teams finishing in second place in the Belgian Division 3 VV A and Belgian Division 3 VV B take part in a promotion playoff first round together with the three period winners from both these divisions. These 8 teams from the VV play the first round of a promotion playoff, with the four winners moving into round 2. The winners of round 2 are promoted to the

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. Losing teams continue in round 3 in case extra places open up. In both divisions, the teams in places 2 through 5 qualified as no teams outside the top 5 had managed to win a period.

VV Round 1

Wielsbeke, Kalken, Wellen and Hamme were eliminated. The winning teams qualified for the Promotion play-offs VV Round 2.

VV Round 2

Voorde-Appelterre and Houtvenne were promoted, while Termien and Geel will enter round 3 of the VV play-offs.

VV Round 3

By winning, ASV Geel became first in line to promote in case a spot opened up.

Promotion play-offs ACFF

The teams finishing in second place in the Belgian Division 3 ACFF A and Belgian Division 3 ACFF B take part in a promotion playoff first round together with the three period winners from both these divisions. These eight teams played off for one single promotion place up for grabs. In the ACFF B division, the teams in places 2 through 5 qualified as no teams outside the top 5 had managed to win a period, however this was not the case in ACFF A where 8th-place finisher Manageoise won a period and qualified, together with the teams in places 2 through 4.

ACFF Round 1

Richelle, Manageoise, Symphorinois and Onhaye were eliminated. The winning teams qualified for the Promotion play-offs ACFF Round 2.

ACFF Round 2

La Calamine and Tournai were promoted, while Raeren-Eynatten and Habay were eliminated.

ACFF Round 3

The match had no significance as both clubs were already certain of promotion.

Relegation play-offs

ACFF

Prior to the match, results in higher divisions had resulted in this match becoming obsolete as both winner and loser of the match would be spared of relegation. The match was played nonetheless.

VV

Prior to the match, it was known that the loser of this VV play-off would be relegated, while the winner would need to await the results of higher divisions. Drongen was thus relegated while Witgoor Dessel was unsure. On 27 May 2023, following the loss of La Louvière Centre in the Promotion play-offs Final of the

2022–23 Belgian Division 2 The 2022–23 Belgian Division 2 is the seventh season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium. With respect to the previous season, the most important change is the inclusion of U23 teams, with all ...

, there would be no extra relegations on VV side and hence Witgoor was spared of relegation.

Number of teams by provinces

References

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