2014–15 LNH Division 1

The 2014–15 LNH Division 1 is the 63rd season of the LNH Division 1, France's premier Handball league.

LNH Division 1
Season2014–15
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain Handball
Matches played182
Goals scored10,200 (56.04 per match)
Top goalscorerDenmark Mikkel Hansen (201 goals)
Biggest home winPSG 41–20 Istres
(11 February 2015)
Biggest away winAix 29–43 PSG
(12 December 2014)
Highest scoringSaint-Raphaël 41–32 Aix
(18 August 2013)

Team information

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The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2014–15 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
Istres Istres Halle Polyvalente 2,000
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
Sélestat Sélestat CSI Sélestat
Rhénus Sport
2,300
5,500
Fenix Toulouse Toulouse Palais des Sports André Brouat 4,200
Tremblay Tremblay-en-France Palais des sports 1,100

Personnel and kits

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Following is the list of clubs competing in 2014–15 LNH Division 1, with their president, head coach, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aix Christian Salomez   Zvonimir Serdarušić Kempa GTM Sud, Saigi
Cesson-Rennes Stéphane Clémenceau   Yérime Sylla Kempa
Chambéry Alain Poncet   Mario Cavalli
  Jackson Richardson (interim)
  Ivica Obrvan
hummel Excoffier, EDF
US Créteil Jean-Luc Druais   Benjamin Pavoni
  Christophe Mazel
Kappa Suez Sita
Dunkerque Jean Pierre Vandaele   Patrick Cazal hummel Dillinger
Istres Louis Morales   Gilles Derot Kempa ville'd Istres
Montpellier Rémy Lévy   Patrice Canayer ASICS Montpellier Agglomération
Nantes Gaël Pelletier   Thierry Anti hummel SOGEA Atlantique
USAM Nîmes David Tebib   Jérôme Chauvet
  Franck Maurice
Kappa piscineprivee, Nîmes
Paris Saint-Germain Nasser Al-Khelaifi   Philippe Gardent Nike gfi
Saint Raphaël Jean-François Krakowski   Joël Da Silva hummel Pizzorno
Sélestat Vincent Mompert   Jean-Luc Le Gall
  Christian Gaudin
hummel Reproland, Galva-Hilo
Fenix Toulouse Philippe Dallard   Antonio García hummel E.Leclerc
Tremblay Pascal Papillon   David Christmann hummel Veolia

League table

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# Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain (C) (F) 26 22 1 3 842 661 181 45 Qualification to EHF Champions League group stage
2 Montpellier AHB 26 21 2 3 801 683 118 44
3 Saint-Raphaël VHB 26 15 4 7 775 754 21 34 Qualification to EHF Cup round 2
4 Chambéry SH 26 16 1 9 703 682 21 33
5 Dunkerque HGL 26 16 0 10 661 639 22 32 -
6 HBC Nantes 26 13 3 9 737 713 24 31 Qualification to EHF Cup round 2
7 Cesson Rennes MHB 26 10 4 12 651 674 -23 24 -
8 USAM Nîmes 26 10 3 13 738 744 -6 23
9 US Créteil Handball 26 9 3 14 724 751 -27 21
10 Fenix Toulouse Handball 26 8 4 14 749 753 -4 20
11 Tremblay-en-France Handball 26 9 2 15 703 748 -45 20
12 Pays d'Aix UC 26 8 3 15 737 777 -40 19
13 Sélestat Alsace HB 26 5 0 21 688 795 -107 10 Relegation to the 2015–16 LNH Division 2
14 Istres Provence Handball 26 3 2 21 691 826 -135 8

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

Schedule and results

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

[1] Aix CessR Cha Cré Dunk Istr Mon Nan Nîm PSG St-R Sél Tou Tre
Aix   32–29 26–31 29–26 20–27 30–31 22–33 31–36 28–34 29–30 29–35 33–27 27–27 33–28
Cesson Rennes 24–24   23–21 26–23 21–22 29–21 27–27 25–30 29–27 23–26 23–23 27–31 25–24 25–29
Chambéry 29–28 17–18   28–26 25–24 22–22 29–27 25–24 28–21 33–32 29–26 30–24 33–24 29–30
US Créteil 31–29 25–26 35–31   21–28 24–24 30–34 25–28 28–27 21–29 35–35 41–31 31–28 25–23
Dunkerque 31–23 21–22 17–21 27–26   30–25 24–30 27–25 27–25 27–26 33–36 24–19 27–24 27–18
Istres 28–35 22–26 26–34 26–30 25–32   26–32 29–32 27–35 24–28 32–33 33–27 28–31 26–30
Montpellier 35–28 36–27 32–22 30–24 28–21 38–26   30–21 34–26 28–32 32–28 34–24 31–30 31–30
Nantes 33–25 29–30 33–24 27–27   26–27 29–24 30–23
USAM Nîmes 24–28 25–25 27–27 33–31   30–35 26–32 33–33 29–21
Paris Saint-Germain 31–27 35–19 36–20 33–21   34–31 35–26
Saint-Raphaël 31–29 27–34 37–34 32–31   31–22 33–28 32–30
Sélestat 26–29 24–32 29–31 24–27 35–30 29–43   22–26
Toulouse 26–23 40–26 33–25 29–30 28–34 25–25   32–34
Tremblay 27–27 22–19 23–22 27–24 23–24 28–28 23–25  

Number of teams by regions

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Region No. teams Teams
1   Île-de-France 3 US Créteil, Paris Saint-Germain and Tremblay
  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 3 Aix, Istres and Saint-Raphaël
3   Languedoc-Roussillon 2 Montpellier and USAM Nîmes
4   Alsace 1 Sélestat
  Brittany 1 Cesson-Rennes
  Nord-Pas-de-Calais 1 Dunkerque
  Midi-Pyrénées 1 Toulouse
  Pays de la Loire 1 Nantes
  Rhône-Alpes 1 Chambéry

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
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