2011–12 Ligue Nationale de Handball Division 1 season was the 60th since its establishment. Montpellier were the defending champions, having won their title the previous season.
Team information
Team Location Arena Capacity Chambéry Chambéry Le Phare 4,500 Nîmes Nîmes Le Parnasse 3,391 Toulouse Toulouse Palais des Sports André Brouat 3,751 Montpellier Montpellier Arena Montpellier 9,000 Paris Paris Stade Pierre de Coubertin 4,016 Créteil Créteil Palais des Sports Robert Oubron 2,500 Dunkerque Dunkerque Salle Dewerdt 2,500 Istres Istres Halle polyvalente 2,000 St.-Raphaël Saint-Raphaël Palais des Sports Intercommunal 2,000 Cesson-Rennes Rennes Palais des Sports de la Valette 1,400 Nantes Nantes Palais des Sports de Beaulieu 5,500 Ivry Ivry-sur-Seine Gymnase Auguste Delaune 1,500 Tremblay Tremblay-en-France Palais des sports de Tremblay-en-France 1,200 Sélestat Sélestat CSI Séléstat 2,200
League table TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPtsQualification or relegation 1 Montpellier 26 23 1 2 887 712 +175 47 2012–13 EHF Champions League group stage 2 Chambéry 26 19 1 6 728 656 +72 39 3 Saint Raphaël 26 18 0 8 742 718 +24 36 2012–13 EHF Champions League wild card tournament 4 HBC Nantes 26 12 7 7 729 717 +12 31 2012–13 EHF European Cup third qualifying round 5 Dunkerque 26 15 1 10 713 665 +48 31 6 Toulouse 26 11 2 13 718 730 −12 24 7 Sélestat 26 10 2 14 732 761 −29 22 8 Créteil 26 10 1 15 688 748 −60 21 9 Ivry 26 8 4 14 649 682 −33 20 10 Cesson 26 9 2 15 691 707 −16 20 11 Tremblay HB 26 10 0 16 673 724 −51 20 12 Paris HB 26 9 0 17 704 757 −53 18 13 Istres HB 26 8 2 16 720 760 −40 18 Relegation to the 2012–13 LNH Division 2 14 USAM Nîmes 26 8 1 17 685 722 −37 17 Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
Statistics
Top scorers RankNameClubGoals1 Guillaume SaurinaUSAM Nîmes Gard1622 Valero RiveraHBC Nantes1583 Jérôme FernandezFenix Toulouse Handball1574 Hugo DescatUS Créteil Handball1485 Damien ScaccianoceUSAM Nîmes Gard146
References
External links LNH site