2016–17 LNH Division 1 explained

Competition:	LNH Division 1
Season:	2016-17
Winners:	Paris Saint-Germain
Continentalcup1:	EHF Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Paris Saint-Germain Nantes Montpellier
Continentalcup2:	EHF Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Chambéry Saint Raphaël
Relegated:	US Créteil Sélestat
League Topscorer:	Uwe Gensheimer (167 goals)
Matches:	182
Total Goals:	10460
Prevseason:	2015-16
Nextseason:	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

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		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

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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Aix		34–25	25–32	32–22	31–35	28–30	22–31	33–38	32–27	28–30	29–29	27–30	33–28	38–35
Cesson-Rennes	31–34		22–33	33–23	23–22	31–26	28–37	27–33	24–24	22–28	25–22	26–25	22–24	26–26
Chambéry	27–25	27–25		29–30	29–20	29–25	32–34	33–30	17–22	26–33	28–23	26–28	36–23	30–29
Créteil	27–27	28–27	31–29		31–34	29–29	24–32	26–32	25–29	28–29	31–37	35–36	30–24	27–29
Dunkerque	27–21	27–25	24–22	34–30		31–20	26–31	26–34	23–23	27–37	27–23	27–29	29–21	24–24
Ivry	23–28	27–27	27–24	27–28	28–21		30–29	29–30	33–23	21–31	21–28	35–31	27–22	32–28
Montpellier	36–32	35–28	29–25	35–27	38–26	32–27		25–26	37–30	33–34	33–25	42–28	31–20	31–29
Nantes	34–28	29–25	30–27	35–29	27–23	30–30	30–33		29–33	37–31	38–33	34–25	40–29	42–27
Nîmes	25–29	30–24	23–25	30–26	26–23	29–27	21–34	31–34		33–36	26–28	25–28	31–20	22–27
Paris	34–32	41–28	31–25	39–32	36–29	40–26	31–25	37–38	37–23		28–24	30–29	38–25	42–31
Saint Raphaël	31–29	29–29	30–25	39–28	26–21	27–21	27–26	23–21	29–25	29–32		30–30	25–18	31–25
Saran	26–28	30–26	33–36	32–37	23–37	32–32	20–37	27–31	31–39	32–44	27–44		28–28	28–29
Sélestat	28–29	19–21	20–27	26–27	24–26	24–25	27–34	19–27	22–25	19–32	24–28	30–27		26–32
Toulouse	28–27	35–31	30–28	30–27	29–30	28–27	28–32	24–30	33–28	27–38	24–26	30–30	32–26

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Uwe Gensheimer	Paris Saint-Germain	167
2	Hugo Descat	Créteil	158
3	Morten Vium	Ivry	152
4	Raphaël Caucheteux	Saint Raphaël	150
5	David Balaguer	Nantes	139
6	Jure Dolenec	Montpellier	132
7	Fahrudin Melić	Chambéry	130
7	Nemanja Ilić	Toulouse	130
9	Snorri Stein Guðjónsson	Nîmes	127
10	Nicolas Claire	Nantes	125

Monthly awards

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

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Results . 2017-04-16 . 2014-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140823151843/http://www.lnh.fr/championnat-d1m/calendrier . dead .