2015–16 LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1
Season 2015-16
Matches played 42
Goals scored 2402 (57.19 per match)
Top goalscorer Denmark Mikkel Hansen
(219 goals)
2014-15
2016-17 →

The 2015–16 LNH Division 1 is the 64th season of the LNH Division 1, French premier handball league and the 39th season consisting of only one league. It runs from 21 August 2015 to 4 June 2016.

Team information

Tremblay
Cesson Rennes
Toulouse
Nîmes
Aix
Chartres
Locations of the 2015-16 LNH Division 1

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2015–16 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
Chartres MHB 28 Morancez Halle Jean Cochet 1,200
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
Fenix Toulouse Toulouse Palais des Sports André Brouat 4,200
Tremblay Tremblay-en-France Palais des sports 1,100

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 26 23 0 3 883 739 +144 46 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Saint Raphaël 26 16 4 6 749 713 +36 36 Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round
3 HBC Nantes 26 16 2 8 769 681 +88 34 Qualification to Champions League group stage
4 Montpellier 26 15 3 8 758 721 +37 33
5 Chambéry 26 14 3 9 730 690 +40 31 Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round
6 Créteil 26 11 6 9 786 787 1 28
7 Dunkerque 26 11 4 11 681 687 6 26
8 Cesson-Rennes 26 10 5 11 681 717 36 25
9 Toulouse 26 10 4 12 762 743 +19 24
10 USAM Nîmes 26 9 4 13 767 779 12 22
11 Ivry 26 8 3 15 697 765 68 19
12 Aix 26 6 5 15 734 779 45 17
13 Chartres 26 5 2 19 674 784 110 12 Relegation to 2016–17 LNH Division 2
14 Tremblay 26 5 1 20 725 811 86 11
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2015. Source: lnh.fr/championnat-d1m
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 CHR CRÉ DUN IVR MON NAN NIM PSG STR TOU TRE
Aix 34–3425–3530–3027–26
Cesson-Rennes23–23 25–2327–2332–29
Chambéry 34–2425–3534–29
Chartres23–25 27–2920–32
Créteil31–2927–27 26–3030–24
Dunkerque23–25 30–2634–27
Ivry34–29 35–3627–33
Montpellier37–3036–2931–25 
Nantes40–29 23–2726–26
Nîmes30–2730–3033–29 32–28
Paris35–2734–2436–32 34–27
Saint Raphaël31–2325–34 26–21
Toulouse29–2227–2831–2126–28 
Tremblay24–2725–2825–2423–24 

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 26 October 2015.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Denmark Mikkel Hansen Paris Saint-Germain 75
2 Serbia Nemanja Ilić Toulouse 55
3 Iceland Snorri Stein Guðjónsson Nîmes 52
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Bašić Chambéry 46
France Benjamin Bataille Ivry
6 Spain Valero Rivera Nantes 45
7 France Timothey N’Guessan Chambéry 43
8 France Raphaël Caucheteux Saint Raphaël 42
Montenegro Vasko Ševaljević Toulouse
10 Slovenia Dragan Gajić Montpellier 41

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club
September Slovenia Jure Dolenec Montpellier
October
November
December

Number of teams by regions

Region No. teams Teams
1  Île-de-France4 Créteil, Ivry, Paris and Tremblay
2  Languedoc-Roussillon2 Montpellier and Nîmes
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurAix and Saint-Raphaël
4  Brittany1 Cesson-Rennes
 CentreChartres
 Midi-PyrénéesToulouse
 Nord-Pas-de-CalaisDunkerque
 Pays de la LoireNantes
 Rhône-AlpesChambéry

References

External links

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