2013–14 LNH Division 1 explained

Competition:	LNH Division 1
Season:	2013–14
Winners:	Dunkerque (1st title)
Relegated:	US Ivry Dijon Bourgogne
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Dunkerque Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Nantes Fenix Toulouse
League Topscorer:	Dragan Gajić (192 goals)
Matches:	182
Total Goals:	10066
Biggest Home Win:	PSG 41–22 Dijon
Biggest Away Win:	Aix 24–40 PSG
Highest Scoring:	Saint-Raphaël 41–32 Aix
Prevseason:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2014–15

The 2013–14 LNH Division 1 is the 62nd season of the LNH Division 1, France's premier Handball league.

Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2013–14 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Aix	Aix-en-Provence	Gymnase Val de l'Arc	2,500
Chambéry	Chambéry	Le Phare	4,500
Dijon Bourgogne	Dijon	Palais des Sports	4,000
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 9,000
Nantes	Nantes	Palais des Sports	5,500
USAM Nîmes	Nîmes	Le Parnasse	4,191
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	4,016
Cesson-Rennes	Rennes	Palais des sports de la Valette Le Liberté	1,400 4,000
Saint-Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël	Palais des sports J-F Krakowski	2,000
Sélestat	Sélestat	CSI Sélestat Rhénus Sport	2,200 5,500
Toulouse	Toulouse	Palais des sports	3,751
Tremblay	Tremblay-en-France	Palais des sports	1,200

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2013–14 LNH Division 1, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aix	Christian Salomez	Zvonimir Serdarušić	Kempa	GTM Sud
Chambéry	Alain Poncet	Mario Cavalli	hummel	EDF Energy
Dijon Bourgogne		Elena Groposila	adidas	Eurogerm
Dunkerque		Patrick Cazal	Puma	GTS
US Ivry	Marc-Olivier Albertini	Pascal Léandri	Erima	Eiffage
Montpellier	Rémy Lévy	Patrice Canayer	ASICS	Montpellier Agglomération
Nantes	Gaël Pelletier	Thierry Anti	hummel	Adim ouest
USAM Nîmes	David Tebib	Jérôme Chauvet	Kappa	piscineprivee
Paris Saint-Germain	Nasser Al-Khelaifi	Philippe Gardent	Nike	Gfi
Cesson-Rennes	Stéphane Clémenceau	David Christmann	Kempa	Cesson-Sévigné
Saint-Raphaël	Jean-François Krakowski	Christian Gaudin	hummel	Pizzorno
Sélestat	Vincent Mompert	Jean-Luc Le Gall	Kempa	Reproland
Toulouse	Philippe Dallard	Joël Da Silva	hummel	sotoulouse
Tremblay		Dragan Zovko	hummel	Veolia

League table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
	US Dunkerque (C)	26	21	1	4	675	602	+73	43	2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage
		26	19	2	5	825	730	+95	40
		26	19	2	5	824	703	+121	38*
4		26	17	1	8	741	669	+72	35	2014–15 EHF Cup round 2
5		26	16	1	9	730	702	+28	33	2014–15 EHF Cup round 2
6		26	14	1	11	752	756	−4	29
7		26	12	3	11	698	720	−22	27
8		26	13	1	12	766	744	+22	27
9		26	8	3	15	680	750	−70	19
10		26	9	1	16	694	728	−34	19
11		26	7	3	16	713	767	−54	17
12		26	6	3	17	672	750	−78	15
13	US Ivry (R)	26	4	3	19	660	715	−55	11	Relegation to the 2014–15 LNH Division 2
14	Dijon Bourgogne Handball (R)	26	3	3	20	636	730	−94	9	Relegation to the 2014–15 LNH Division 2

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Team roster:1 Vincent Gérard, 3 Benjamin Afgour, 4 Bastien Lamon, 6 Kornél Nagy, 7 Jaleleddine Touati, 9 Théophile Caussé, 10 Erwan Siakam-Kadji, 15 Pierre Soudry, 16 William Annotel, 17 Julian Emonet, 19 Romain Guillard, 21 Mickaël Grocaut, 26 Guillaume Joli, 46 Mohamed Mokrani 57 Baptiste Butto and 89 Espen Lie Hansen
Head coach: Patrick Cazal

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

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Pays d'Aix UCH		27–30	33–33	25–27	35–28	28–29	22–27	29–26	24–40	25–25	26–25	28–28	25–22	30–28
Chambéry SH	32–24		36–30	21–17	32–24	33–30	32–28	35–25	31–26	26–31	33–34	31–30	30–31	26–29
Dijon Bourgogne Handball	21–18	28–32		20–25	25–25	22–26	19–27	22–24	28–30	27–26	25–25	26–31	23–27	26–29
US Dunkerque	27–20	26–32	26–25		25–22	25–25	24–25	27–17	25–21	26–23	23–25	30–22	31–27	30–24
US Ivry	20–21	24–22	25–24	22–23		25–30	24–29	29–23	23–26	28–28	28–30	26–28	28–30	25–26
Montpellier AHB	40–28	40–30	27–22	25–26	35–31		31–26	27–26	36–28	32–24	36–31	39–28	36–25	29–21
HBC Nantes	26–25	32–23	34–26	19–22	32–25	29–29		22–37	30–26	29–22	31–27	32–27	29–30	34–25
USAM Nîmes	24–25	34–29	31–24	23–25	29–27	23–27	29–28		22–29	22–27	25–30	31–30	29–25	37–26
Paris Saint-Germain	39–30	30–29	41–22	25–27	34–29	30–29	30–28	35–32		34–27	32–24	37–34	32–28	29–23
Cesson-Rennes HB	30–26	30–30	28–27	25–30	24–21	27–32	18–24	24–22	28–41		32–27	29–26	28–27	30–26
Saint-Raphaël VHB	41–32	28–27	26–18	21–30	31–23	31–30	27–31	35–33	31–36	26–25		36–33	28–29	29–26
Sélestat AHB	30–31	28–26	25–21	21–24	25–31	24–41	23–32	30–27	32–32	28–20	26–30		27–28	24–24
Fenix Toulouse	27–19	30–31	30–26	21–24	25–24	23–28	31–27	34–26	29–29	34–30	30–22	31–22		29–25
Tremblay-en-France	25–24	28–27	23–26	26–30	23–23	27–35	25–30	27–27	29–33	24–27	36–32	24–31	23–27

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

	Player	Goals	Team
1	Dragan Gajić	192	Montpellier
2	Valero Rivera Folch	173	Nantes
3	Jérôme Fernandez	169	Toulouse
4	Pierrick Naudin	154	Dijon
4	Guillaume Saurina	154	USAM Nîmes
6	Raphaël Caucheteux	142	Saint-Raphaël
7	Morten Olsen	137	Saint-Raphaël
8	Baptiste Butto	133	Dunkerque
9	Nemanja Ilić	132	Toulouse
10	Fahrudin Melić	126	PSG

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20140625050059/http://kezilabdaeredmenyek.hu/league.php?lea=836&section_id=1

Number of teams by regions

	No. teams	Teams
1	3	US Ivry, Paris Saint-Germain and Tremblay
2	2	Montpellier and USAM Nîmes
2	2	Aix and Saint-Raphaël
4	1	Sélestat
	1	Cesson-Rennes
	1	Dijon Bourgogne
	1	Dunkerque
	1	Toulouse
	1	Nantes
	1	Chambéry

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Results . 2014-06-30 . 2014-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140823151843/http://www.lnh.fr/championnat-d1m/calendrier . dead .