2016–17 LNH Division 1

The 2016–17 LNH Division 1 is the 65th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 40th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 21 September 2016 to 8 June 2017.

LNH Division 1
Season2016-17
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain
RelegatedUS Créteil
Sélestat
EHF Champions LeagueParis Saint-Germain
Nantes
Montpellier
EHF CupChambéry
Saint Raphaël
Matches played182
Goals scored10,460 (57.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Uwe Gensheimer
(167 goals)
2015-16
2017-18

Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2016–17 season:

Team Location Arena Capacity
Aix Aix-en-Provence Complexe sportif du Val de l'Arc 1,650
Cesson-Rennes Rennes Palais des sports de la Valette
Le Liberté
1,400
4,000
Chambéry Chambéry Le Phare 4,400
US Créteil Créteil Palais des Sports Robert Oubron 2,500
Dunkerque Dunkerque Stade des Flandres 2,400
US Ivry Ivry-sur-Seine Gymnase Auguste-Delaune 1,500
Montpellier Montpellier Palais des sports René-Bougnol
Park&Suites Arena
3,000
8,000
Nantes Nantes Palais des Sports
Halle XXL de la Beaujoire
5,000
9,000
USAM Nîmes Nîmes Le Parnasse 3,391
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Halle Georges Carpentier
3,402
4,300
Saint Raphaël Saint-Raphaël Palais des sports J-F Krakowski 2,000
Saran Saran Halle du Bois Joly 1,440
Sélestat Sélestat CSI Sélestat
Rhénus Sport
2,300
5,500
Fenix Toulouse Toulouse Palais des Sports André Brouat 4,200

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 26 24 0 2 899 729 +170 48 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 HBC Nantes 26 22 1 3 843 732 +111 45
3 Montpellier 26 20 0 6 848 704 +144 40
4 Saint Raphaël 26 16 3 7 746 691 +55 35 Qualification to EHF Cup
5 Chambéry 26 13 0 13 727 702 +25 26
6 Dunkerque 26 12 2 12 699 711 12 26
7 Toulouse 26 11 3 12 749 779 30 25
8 Aix 26 10 2 14 761 769 8 22
9 Ivry 26 9 4 13 705 740 35 22
10 USAM Nîmes 26 10 2 14 703 733 30 22
11 Cesson-Rennes 26 6 4 16 681 748 67 16
12 Saran 26 6 4 16 745 845 100 16
13 Créteil 26 7 2 17 738 815 77 16 Relegation to 2017–18 LNH Division 2
14 Sélestat 26 2 1 23 616 762 146 5
Source: lnh.fr/lidl-starligue
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

[1] AIX CES CHA CRÉ DUN IVR MON NAN NIM PSG STR SAR SEL TOU
Aix 34–2525–3232–2231–3528–3022–3133–3832–2728–3029–2927–3033–2838–35
Cesson-Rennes31–34 22–3333–2323–2231–2628–3727–3324–2422–2825–2226–2522–2426–26
Chambéry27–2527–25 29–3029–2029–2532–3433–3017–2226–3328–2326–2836–2330–29
Créteil27–2728–2731–29 31–3429–2924–3226–3225–2928–2931–3735–3630–2427–29
Dunkerque27–2127–2524–2234–30 31–2026–3126–3423–2327–3727–2327–2929–2124–24
Ivry23–2827–2727–2427–2828–21 30–2929–3033–2321–3121–2835–3127–2232–28
Montpellier36–3235–2829–2535–2738–2632–27 25–2637–3033–3433–2542–2831–2031–29
Nantes34–2829–2530–2735–2927–2330–3030–33 29–3337–3138–3334–2540–2942–27
Nîmes25–2930–2423–2530–2626–2329–2721–3431–34 33–3626–2825–2831–2022–27
Paris34–3241–2831–2539–3236–2940–2631–2537–3837–23 28–2430–2938–2542–31
Saint Raphaël31–2929–2930–2539–2826–2127–2127–2623–2129–2529–32 30–3025–1831–25
Saran26–2830–2633–3632–3723–3732–3220–3727–3131–3932–4427–44 28–2828–29
Sélestat28–2919–2120–2726–2724–2624–2527–3419–2722–2519–3224–2830–27 26–32
Toulouse28–2735–3130–2830–2729–3028–2728–3224–3033–2827–3824–2630–3032–26 

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Uwe Gensheimer Paris Saint-Germain 167
2 Hugo Descat Créteil 158
3 Morten Vium Ivry 152
4 Raphaël Caucheteux Saint Raphaël 150
5 David Balaguer Nantes 139
6 Jure Dolenec Montpellier 132
7 Fahrudin Melić Chambéry 130
Nemanja Ilić Toulouse
9 Snorri Stein Guðjónsson Nîmes 127
10 Nicolas Claire Nantes 125

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
September Jean-Jacques Acquevillo Saran Loiret HB
October Matthieu Drouhin Saran Loiret HB
November Nicolas Claire HBC Nantes
December Cyril Dumoulin HBC Nantes
February Jean-Loup Faustin Montpellier Handball
March Hugo Descat US Créteil
April Jure Dolenec Montpellier Handball
May David Balaguer HBC Nantes

References

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