2017–18 LNH Division 1

The 2017–18 LNH Division 1 is the 66th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 41st season consisting of only one league. It runs from 13 September 2017 to 30 May 2018.

LNH Division 1

Season	2017-18
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Matches played	182
Goals scored	10,208 (56.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raphaël Caucheteux (167 goals)
← 2016-17 2018-19 →

Team information

Dunkerque

PSG

Tremblay

Massy

Cesson Rennes

Nantes

Chambéry

Toulouse

Montpellier

Nîmes

Aix

St-Raphaël

Saran

Ivry

Locations of the 2017-18 LNH Division 1

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2017–18 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Pays d'Aix Université Club	Aix-en-Provence	Complexe sportif du Val de l'Arc Arena du Pays d'Aix	1,650 6,004
Cesson-Rennes	Rennes	Palais des sports de la Valette Le Liberté	1,400 4,000
Chambéry	Chambéry	Le Phare	4,400
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade des Flandres	2,400
US Ivry	Ivry-sur-Seine	Gymnase Auguste-Delaune	1,500
Massy Essonne Handball	Massy	Centre omnisports Pierre-de-Coubertin Gymnase Mares-Yvon	800 2,000
Montpellier	Montpellier	Palais des sports René-Bougnol Sud de France 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
Fenix Toulouse	Toulouse	Palais des Sports André Brouat	4,200
Tremblay	Tremblay-en-France	Palais des sports	1,020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain	26	22	1	3	855	656	+199	45	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Montpellier	26	22	1	3	767	642	+125	45
3	HBC Nantes	26	17	3	6	814	726	+88	37	Qualification to EHF Cup
4	Saint Raphaël	26	15	4	7	734	695	+39	34
5	Aix	26	15	3	8	748	712	+36	33
6	Dunkerque	26	15	2	9	689	687	+2	32
7	Toulouse	26	13	1	12	777	785	−8	27
8	USAM Nîmes	26	12	3	11	729	713	+16	27
9	Chambéry	26	10	3	13	717	732	−15	23
10	Ivry	26	10	3	13	653	742	−89	23
11	Tremblay	26	6	2	18	743	789	−46	14
12	Cesson-Rennes	26	4	5	17	666	732	−66	13
13	Saran	26	5	2	19	757	839	−82	12	Relegation to 2018–19 LNH Division 2
14	Massy	26	2	2	22	618	740	−122	6

Updated to match(es) played on 26 january 2018. 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	DUN	IVR	MAS	MON	NAN	NIM	PSG	STR	SAR	TOU	TRE
Aix		31-32	29-28	27-32	30-25	33-19	28-32	28-28	29-23	33-31	29-29	36-29	29-30	28-25
Cesson-Rennes	16-19		22-30	21-25	26-26	28-23	23-28	27-33	23-24	28-34	27-28	29-30	28-32	30-30
Chambéry	29-30	32-24		26-26	29-23	27-24	21-30	25-29	28-28	24-32	24-28	33-24	23-27	33-29
Dunkerque	30-31	22-21	26-23		25-22	24-21	23-24	30-22	27-30	22-27	30-26	28-22	24-32	37-32
Ivry	21-28	19-26	24-22	26-29		24-24	22-25	30-29	29-26	24-31	25-31	32-27	28-32	24-29
Massy	30-36	21-21	31-32	20-23	24-28		15-21	22-28	29-23	24-27	25-36	25-23	26-30	20-29
Montpellier	22-23	33-27	29-18	33-25	36-22	32-23		33-28	33-30	33-30	28-28	32-29	36-25	28-25
Nantes	29-24	38-30	28-32	31-15	31-22	41-35	27-30		33-25	27-27	31-27	31-29	32-28	36-31
Nîmes	25-25	29-18	25-31	31-25	29-25	27-25	24-28	29-29		26-24	25-26	30-23	33-35	30-21
Paris	33-22	32-25	30-26	32-29	30-22	33-17	26-19	31-29	30-29		27-25	40-31	38-30	25-23
Saint Raphaël	32-28	25-24	30-24	23-23	35-25	25-21	26-25	25-26	31-35	25-26		27-27	27-23	32-28
Saran	35-37	29-29	41-33	32-33	27-29	32-27	29-34	30-39	20-29	28-36	27-28		34-33	39-37
Toulouse	26-25	30-30	32-33	25-28	35-29	31-24	26-34	28-34	27-29	27-34	34-29	37-35		31-29
Tremblay	21-30	29-32	31-31	27-28	26-27	26-23	19-29	33-45	39-35	26-30	29-30	35-25	34-31

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 30 May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Raphaël Caucheteux	Saint Raphaël	167
2	Nemanja Ilić	Toulouse	146
3	Matthieu Drouhin	Saran	140
4	Fahrudin Melić	Chambéry	137
5	Baptiste Butto	Dunkerque	133
6	Mikkel Hansen	Paris Saint-Germain	127
7	David Balaguer	Nantes	123
8	Nicolas Tournat	Nantes	117
9	Uwe Gensheimer	Paris Saint-Germain	115
10	Jean-Jacques Acquevillo	Saran	112

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
September	Vincent Gérard	Montpellier
October	Julien Rebichon	Nîmes
November	Valentin Porte	Montpellier
December	Valentin Porte	Montpellier
February	David Balaguer	Nantes
March	Melvyn Richardson	Montpellier
April	Melvyn Richardson	Montpellier
May	Baptiste Butto	Dunkerque