1st Division

First division stands for:

• military units, see 1st division (military)

1st Division (I. Division, also Division 1, engl. 1st Division, frz. 1ère Division) stands for the following divisions:

in American football:

• Austrian Football Division One, second Austrian league

in hockey:

• second highest division in international ice hockey, see Ice Hockey World Championship
• Division 1 (France), the second highest French ice hockey league
• Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey), the third Swedish ice hockey league (now known as Hockeyettan).
• Division 1 (NCAA), highest division in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
• 1. division (ice hockey), second highest Danish ice hockey division
• 1. divisjon, second highest Norwegian ice hockey division

in football:

• Name of the highest Belgian men's division from 1904 to 1926 and 1952 to 2016, see Division 1A.
• Botswana First Division, the second highest division in Botswana.
• Première Division (Burkina Faso), the highest division in Burkina Faso.
• 1st Division (football, Denmark), formerly the highest, now the second-highest division in Denmark.
• Football League First Division, 1892/93 until 1991/92 the highest, then until 2003/04 the second highest division in England
• as Division 1 or Première Division 1932-2002 the highest men's football division in France, today Ligue 1
• Division 1 Féminine, the highest division in French women's football
• League of Ireland First Division, the second highest division in Ireland.
• Première Division (Cameroon), the highest division in Cameroon.
• First Division (Liberia), highest division in Liberia
• Première Division (Mali), the highest division in Mali.
• Namibia First Division, the second highest division in Namibia.
• Eerste Divisie, the second highest division in Dutch men's football
• 1st Divisjon, the highest division in Norwegian football from 1963 to 1990, see Tippeligaen.
• 1st Divisjon, the second highest division in Norwegian men's football until 2004, see 1st Division (football, Norway).
• 1976 to 1993 the highest Austrian division, see Football Bundesliga (Austria)
• Perwenstwo FNL, the second highest division in Russia
• Scottish Football League First Division, the second highest division in Scotland.
• Division 1 (Sweden), until 1986 the highest, until 1999 the second highest and since 2006 the third highest division in Swedish men's football.
• National First Division, the second highest division in South Africa
• Tanzania First Division, the second highest division in Tanzania.
• Welsh Football League First Division, second highest division in Wales
• First Division (Cyprus), the highest division in Cyprus.

in handball:

• 1. division (handball), until 1998 highest and since then second highest division in Danish handball
• Division 1 (handball, Belgium), the highest division in Belgian handball
• Division 1 (handball, France), the highest division in French women's handball
• Division 1 (handball), the third (men) or second (women) Swedish handball league.

in chess:

• 1st division (chess), until 2004 highest, since then second highest league of the Danish team championship
• Division I (chess), until 1987 highest, then until 2007 second-highest, since then third-highest league of the Swedish team championship.

in basketball:

• First Division (Albania), the second highest division in Albanian basketball.

See also: