2016–17 LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1
Season 2016-17
Matches played 364
Top goalscorer Germany Uwe Gensheimer
(136 goals)
← 2015-16
2017-18 →

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.

Team information

Cesson Rennes
Aix
Saran
Locations of the 2016-17 LNH Division 1

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 Germany Uwe Gensheimer Paris Saint-Germain 167
2 France Hugo Descat Créteil 158
3 Denmark Morten Vium Ivry 152
4 France Raphaël Caucheteux Saint Raphaël 150
5 Spain David Balaguer Nantes 139
6 Slovenia Jure Dolenec Montpellier 132
7 Montenegro Fahrudin Melić Chambéry 130
Serbia Nemanja Ilić Toulouse
9 Iceland Snorri Stein Guðjónsson Nîmes 127
10 France Nicolas Claire Nantes 125

Monthly awards

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

References

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