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 ValetteLe 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-BougnolPark&Suites Arena 3,000 8,000 Nantes Nantes Palais des SportsHalle XXL de la Beaujoire 5,000 9,000 USAM Nîmes Nîmes Le Parnasse 3,391 Paris Saint-Germain Paris Stade Pierre de CoubertinHalle Georges Carpentier 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 SélestatRhénus 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. AIXCESCHACRÉDUNIVRMONNANNIMPSGSTRSARSELTOUAix 34–2525–3232–2231–3528–3022–3133–3832–2728–3029–2927–3033–2838–35Cesson-Rennes31–34 22–3333–2323–2231–2628–3727–3324–2422–2825–2226–2522–2426–26Chambéry27–2527–25 29–3029–2029–2532–3433–3017–2226–3328–2326–2836–2330–29Créteil27–2728–2731–29 31–3429–2924–3226–3225–2928–2931–3735–3630–2427–29 Dunkerque27–2127–2524–2234–30 31–2026–3126–3423–2327–3727–2327–2929–2124–24Ivry23–2827–2727–2427–2828–21 30–2929–3033–2321–3121–2835–3127–2232–28Montpellier36–3235–2829–2535–2738–2632–27 25–2637–3033–3433–2542–2831–2031–29Nantes34–2829–2530–2735–2927–2330–3030–33 29–3337–3138–3334–2540–2942–27Nîmes25–2930–2423–2530–2626–2329–2721–3431–34 33–3626–2825–2831–2022–27Paris34–3241–2831–2539–3236–2940–2631–2537–3837–23 28–2430–2938–2542–31Saint Raphaël31–2929–2930–2539–2826–2127–2127–2623–2129–2529–32 30–3025–1831–25Saran26–2830–2633–3632–3723–3732–3220–3727–3131–3932–4427–44 28–2828–29Sélestat28–2919–2120–2726–2724–2624–2527–3419–2722–2519–3224–2830–27 26–32Toulouse28–2735–3130–2830–2729–3028–2728–3224–3033–2827–3824–2630–3032–26 

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Uwe GensheimerParis Saint-Germain1672 Hugo DescatCréteil1583 Morten ViumIvry1524 Raphaël CaucheteuxSaint Raphaël1505 David BalaguerNantes1396 Jure DolenecMontpellier1327 Fahrudin MelićChambéry130 Nemanja IlićToulouse9 Snorri Stein GuðjónssonNîmes12710 Nicolas ClaireNantes125

Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClubSeptember Jean-Jacques AcquevilloSaran Loiret HBOctober Matthieu DrouhinSaran Loiret HBNovember Nicolas ClaireHBC NantesDecember Cyril DumoulinHBC NantesFebruary Jean-Loup FaustinMontpellier HandballMarch Hugo DescatUS CréteilApril Jure DolenecMontpellier HandballMay David BalaguerHBC Nantes

References

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