1979–80 Nationale B season

The 1979-80 Nationale B season was contested by 16 teams, divided into two groups of eight teams apiece. The top two teams in the final round advanced to the promotion/relegation around to the Nationale A. From there Lyon earned promotion.

Regular season

Northern Group

	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	Amiens	14	13	1	0	166:40	+126	27
2	Croix	14	8	1	5	78:71	+7	17
3	Dunkerque	14	7	1	6	97:81	+16	15
4	Dijon	14	6	2	6	95:101	-6	14
5	AC Boulogne-Billancourt	14	7	0	7	69:95	-26	14
6	Epinal	14	4	2	8	61:94	-33	10
7	Reims	14	4	2	8	85:117	-32	10
8	Asnieres	14	2	1	11	68:120	-52	5

Southern Group

	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	Lyon	14	13	1	0	150:38	+112	27
2	Briancon	14	11	2	1	136:36	+100	24
3	Nice	14	9	1	4	104:78	+26	19
4	Annecy	14	7	1	6	99:70	+29	15
5	Grenoble II	14	5	0	9	74:87	-13	10
6	Toulouse	14	4	1	9	82:103	-21	9
7	Avignon	14	3	0	11	50:81	-31	6
8	Clermont-Ferrand	14	1	0	13	32:234	-202	2

Final round

	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	Lyon	6	5	1	0	33:17	+16	11
2	Briancon	6	3	1	2	33:26	+7	7
3	Amiens	6	2	2	2	33:22	+11	6
4	Croix	6	0	0	6	10:44	-34	0

Critérium Nationale B

This round was for 5th-10th place.

	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	Dijon	10	7	0	3	67:44	+23	14
2	Dunkerque	10	7	0	3	65:42	+23	14
3	AC Boulogne-Billancourt	10	7	0	3	56:42	+14	14
4	Nice	10	4	1	5	54:62	-8	9
5	Grenoble II	10	2	1	7	46:74	-28	5
6	Annecy	10	1	2	7	40:64	-24	4

Relegation round

	Team	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Diff.	Pts
1	Epinal	10	8	0	2	81:46	+35	16
2	Reims	10	6	2	2	80:52	+28	14
3	Asnieres	10	5	1	4	63:48	+15	11
4	Toulouse	10	5	0	5	66:69	-3	10
5	Avignon	10	3	0	7	44:70	-26	6
6	Clermont-Ferrand	10	0	1	9	45:94	-49	1

External links

• Season on hockeyarchives.info

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