LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1

Current season, competition or edition: 2015-16
Countries	France
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1952 (Nationale 1A) 1985 (Division 1)
Number of teams	14
Relegation to	Division 2
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue
International cup(s)	Champions League EHF European Cup
Current champions	PSG Handball
Most championships	Montpellier AHB (14)
Website	http://www.lnh.fr/

The Division 1 of Ligue Nationale de Handball is the premier men's professional handball league in France, administered by the French Handball Federation. Founded in 1952, it is currently contested by 14 teams.

The Montpellier Agglomération Handball is the most successful club with 14 titles, but this is also the club which won the most consecutive titles: 5 between 2002 and 2006 and between 2008 and 2012.

The champion and the vice-champion are directly qualified for the group phase of the EHF Champions League. The winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue are qualified for the EHF Cup. If the winner of (one of) these cups is also the champion, the place(s) are attributed in terms of the final ranking.

Current season

Teams for season 2012–13

Club	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Aix en Provence	Complexe du Val de L'Arc	1 500
Billère	Sporting d'Este	1 500
Chambéry SH	Le Phare	4500
Fenix Toulouse	Palais des Sports André Brouat	4 200
Montpellier AHB	Palais des sports René Bougnol Arena Montpellier	3 000 9 000
PSG Handball	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	4 016
US Créteil	Palais des Sports Robert Oubron	2 500
US Dunkerque	Stade de Flandres	2 500
Saint-Raphaël Var HB	Palais des Sports Jean-François Krakowski	2 000
HBC Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	5 500
US Ivry HB	Gymnase Auguste Delaune	1 500
Cesson-Rennes	Palais des Sports de la Valette	1 400
Tremblay en France	Palais des sports de Tremblay-en-France	1 200
Sélestat Alsace Handball	CSI Sélestat Rhénus Strasbourg	2 300 6 200

Winners

Season Champion 1952–1953 Villemomble-Sports 1953–1954 ASPP Paris Handball 1954–1955 ASPP Paris Handball 1955–1956 Paris UC 1956–1957 ASPOM Bordeaux 1957–1958 ASPOM Bordeaux 1958–1959 Paris UC 1959–1960 AS Mulhouse 1960–1961 Bataillon de Joinville 1961–1962 Paris UC 1962–1963 US Ivry Handball 1963–1964 US Ivry Handball 1964–1965 SMUC 1965–1966 US Ivry Handball 1966–1967 SMUC 1967–1968 Stella Saint-Maur 1968–1969 SMUC 1969–1970 US Ivry Handball 1970–1971 US Ivry Handball 1971–1972 Stella Saint-Maur 1972–1973 Cercle Sportif Laïc Dijon 1973–1974 Paris UC 1974–1975 SMUC 1975–1976 Stella Saint-Maur 1976–1977 RC Strasbourg 1977–1978 Stella Saint-Maur 1978–1979 Stella Saint-Maur 1979–1980 Stella Saint-Maur 1980–1981 USM Gagny 1981–1982 USM Gagny 1982–1983 US Ivry Handball 1983–1984 SMUC

Season Champion 1984–1985 USM Gagny 1985–1986 USM Gagny 1986–1987 USM Gagny 1987–1988 USAM Nîmes 1988–1989 US Créteil 1989–1990 USAM Nîmes 1990–1991 USAM Nîmes 1991–1992 Vénissieux handball 1992–1993 USAM Nîmes 1993–1994 OM Vitrolles 1994–1995 Montpellier Handball 1995–1996 OM Vitrolles 1996–1997 US Ivry Handball 1997–1998 Montpellier Handball 1998–1999 Montpellier Handball 1999–2000 Montpellier Handball 2000–2001 Chambéry Savoie Handball 2001–2002 Montpellier Handball 2002–2003 Montpellier Handball 2003–2004 Montpellier Handball 2004–2005 Montpellier Handball 2005–2006 Montpellier Handball 2006–2007 US Ivry Handball 2007–2008 Montpellier Handball 2008–2009 Montpellier Handball 2009–2010 Montpellier Handball 2010–2011 Montpellier Handball 2011–2012 Montpellier Handball 2012–2013 PSG Handball 2013–2014 US Dunkerque 2014–2015 PSG Handball

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016[1] 1.  (1) DKB Handball-Bundesliga (167.29) 2.  (2) Liga ASOBAL (105.86) 3.  (3) LNH Division 1 (83.67) 4.  (6) K&H férfi kézilabda liga (74.57) 5.  (4) Boxer Herreligaen (66.71)

Sesonal Coefficient Ranking Graph.: Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Rank 5 4 3 3 3 3 4

References

1. (PDF). European Handball Federation.

External links

• Official site