Ligue Nationale de Handball

(Redirected from French First League of Handball)

The Ligue Nationale de Handball (English: National Handball League) is a governing body established in 2004 to administer French men's professional handball autonomously from the national federation (FFHB). It has jurisdiction over the country's top two men's divisions, a cup tournament and a super cup.

Competitions

LNH Division 1, marketed as Starligue
LNH Division 2, marketed as Proligue
Coupe de la Ligue (English: League Cup)
Trophée des Champions (English: Champions' Trophy)

President

From June 2010 to February 2018, its president was former rugby union international player Philippe Bernat-Salles. Olivier Girault was the president from 2018 till 2020. David Tebib was an interim in 2021. Bruno Martini is the current president.

References

"Philippe Bernat-Salles, nouveau président de la LNH (in French)". Fédération Française de Handball. 2010-07-26. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

External links

Official site

Handball in France

League competitions

men:	LNH Starligue LNH Proligue
women:	LFH Division 1 Féminine LFH Division 2 Féminine

Cup competitions

men:	Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophée des Champions
women:	Coupe de France

Defunct competitions

women:	Coupe de la Ligue (2003-16)

National teams - Senior

National teams - Youth

men:	Under-21 Under-19
women:	Under-20 Under-18

Organizations

v t e Top level men's handball leagues of Europe (EHF)
SEHA (multinational) BENE-League (multinational) Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (defunct) Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia (defunct)

Top level men's handball leagues of Europe (EHF)

v t e LNH Division 1
2024–25	Aix Cesson-Rennes Chambéry Chartres Créteil Dunkerque Istres Ivry Limoges Montpellier Nantes Nîmes PSG Saint-Raphaël Toulouse Tremblay
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

LNH Division 1

2024–25

Seasons

1969–70
1970–71
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2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

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