2015–16 LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1

Season	2015-16
Matches played	42
Goals scored	2402 (57.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	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

Dunkerque

PSG

Tremblay

Créteil

Cesson Rennes

Nantes

Chambéry

Toulouse

Montpellier

Nîmes

Aix

St-Raphaël

Chartres

Ivry

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	17	16	0	1	576	461	+115	32	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Montpellier	10	7	1	2	318	278	+40	15
3	Saint Raphaël	17	12	2	3	476	451	+25	26	Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round
4	Cesson-Rennes	11	6	2	3	289	292	−3	14	Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round
5	Chambéry	11	6	1	4	308	295	+13	13
6	HBC Nantes	11	5	3	3	337	311	+26	13
7	Créteil	11	5	2	4	315	329	−14	12
8	USAM Nîmes	11	5	2	4	343	342	+1	12
9	Dunkerque	14	4	5	5	291	295	−4	13
10	Aix	11	2	5	4	313	330	−17	9
11	Ivry	11	4	0	7	300	338	−38	8
12	Toulouse	10	2	2	6	287	384	−97	6
13	Tremblay	10	2	0	8	247	273	−26	4	Relegation to
14	Chartres	11	0	1	10	273	332	−59	1

Schedule and results

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

	AIX	CES	CHA	CHR	CRÉ	DUN	IVR	MON	NAN	NIM	PSG	STR	TOU	TRE
Aix		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34–34	–	25–35	–	30–30	27–26
Cesson-Rennes	23–23		–	–	–	25–23	27–23	–	32–29	–	–	–	–	–
Chambéry	–	–		34–24	–	–	–	25–35	34–29	–	–	–	–	–
Chartres	–	23–25	–		–	–	–	–	27–29	–	20–32	–	–	–
Créteil	31–29	–	27–27	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	26–30	–	30–24
Dunkerque	–	–	–	–	23–25		–	30–26	–	34–27	–	–	–	–
Ivry	–	–	–	34–29	–	–		–	–	35–36	27–33	–	–	–
Montpellier	37–30	36–29	–	31–25	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Nantes	–	–	–	–	40–29	–	–	–		–	–	23–27	26–26	–
Nîmes	–	–	30–27	–	30–30	–	–	33–29	–		–	–	32–28	–
Paris	–	–	35–27	–	–	34–24	–	–	–	36–32		34–27	–	–
Saint Raphaël	–	–	–	–	–	–	31–23	25–34	–	–	–		–	26–21
Toulouse	–	–	–	29–22	–	27–28	31–21	–	–	–	–	26–28
Tremblay	–	24–27	25–28	–	–	25–24	23–24	–	–	–	–	–	–

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 26 October 2015.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikkel Hansen	Paris Saint-Germain	75
2	Nemanja Ilić	Toulouse	55
3	Snorri Stein Guðjónsson	Nîmes	52
4	Edin Bašić	Chambéry	46
	Benjamin Bataille	Ivry
6	Valero Rivera	Nantes	45
7	Timothey N’Guessan	Chambéry	43
8	Raphaël Caucheteux	Saint Raphaël	42
	Vasko Ševaljević	Toulouse
10	Dragan Gajić	Montpellier	41

Monthly awards

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

Number of teams by regions

	Region	No. teams	Teams
1	Île-de-France	4	Créteil, Ivry, Paris and Tremblay
2	Languedoc-Roussillon	2	Montpellier and Nîmes
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur		Aix and Saint-Raphaël
4	Brittany	1	Cesson-Rennes
	Centre		Chartres
	Midi-Pyrénées		Toulouse
	Nord-Pas-de-Calais		Dunkerque
	Pays de la Loire		Nantes
	Rhône-Alpes		Chambéry

External links

• Official site (French)