2013–14 LNH Division 1

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

LNH Division 1
Season2013–14
ChampionsDunkerque
(1st title)
RelegatedUS Ivry
Dijon Bourgogne
Champions LeagueDunkerque
Paris Saint-Germain
Montpellier
EHF CupNantes
Fenix Toulouse
Matches played182
Goals scored10,066 (55.31 per match)
Top goalscorerDragan Gajić
(192 goals)
Biggest home winPSG 41–22 Dijon
Biggest away winAix 24–40 PSG
Highest scoringSaint-Raphaël 41–32 Aix

Team information edit

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 edit

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 edit

# 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
    Paris Saint-Germain 26 19 2 5 825 730 +95 40
    Montpellier AHB 26 19 2 5 824 703 +121 38*
4   HBC Nantes 26 17 1 8 741 669 +72 35 2014–15 EHF Cup round 2
5   Fenix Toulouse 26 16 1 9 730 702 +28 33
6   Saint-Raphaël VHB 26 14 1 11 752 756 −4 29
7   Cesson-Rennes Métropole HB 26 12 3 11 698 720 −22 27
8   Chambéry SH 26 13 1 12 766 744 +22 27
9   Pays d'Aix UCH 26 8 3 15 680 750 −70 19
10   USAM Nîmes 26 9 1 16 694 728 −34 19
11   Sélestat AHB 26 7 3 16 713 767 −54 17
12   Tremblay-en-France Handball 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

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.

LNH Division 1 2013–14
Champions

US Dunkerque
1st Title
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 edit

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

                           
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 edit

Number of teams by regions edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

External links edit