2018–19 LNH Division 1

The 2018–19 LNH Division 1 is the 67th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 42nd season consisting of only one league. It runs from 5 September 2018 to 5 June 2019.

LNH Division 1

Season	2018-19
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Matches	182
Goals	10,028 (55.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Raphaël Caucheteux (179 goals)
← 2017-18 2019-20 →

Team information

Dunkerque

PSG

Tremblay

Pontault

Cesson Rennes

Nantes

Chambéry

Toulouse

Montpellier

Nîmes

Aix

St-Raphaël

Istres

Ivry

Locations of the 2017-18 LNH Division 1

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2018–19 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
UMS Pontault-Combault HB	Pontault-Combault	Espace Boisramé	1,500
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
Istres	Istres	Halle polyvalente	2,000
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	24	1	1	855	656	+199	49	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Montpellier Handball	26	21	1	4	740	666	+74	43
3	Chambéry SMB	26	20	1	5	738	655	+83	41	Qualification to EHF Cup
4	HBC Nantes	26	19	1	6	800	710	+90	39
5	USAM Nîmes	26	17	2	7	747	720	+27	36
6	Pays d'Aix UC	26	14	0	12	697	666	+31	28
7	Saint-Raphaël VHB	26	11	3	12	766	744	+22	25
8	Fenix Toulouse Handball	26	10	3	13	757	763	−6	23
9	Tremblay-en-France Handball	26	9	4	13	712	774	−62	22
10	Dunkerque HGL	26	8	3	15	639	663	−24	19
11	Istres Provence Handball	26	6	2	18	676	756	−80	14
12	US Ivry	26	4	2	20	653	741	−88	10
13	Cesson Rennes MHB	26	3	3	20	599	727	−128	9	Relegation to 2018–19 LNH Division 2
14	Pontault-Combault Handball	26	3	0	23	649	787	−138	6

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2020. Source: lnh.fr/lidl-starligue
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goals scored.

External links

• LNH site