2012–13 LNH Division 1

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = LNH Division 1

| season = 2012–13

| winners = Paris Saint-Germain (1st)

| relegated =

| continentalcup1 =

| continentalcup1 qualifiers =

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| league topscorer = Valero Rivera
(158 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 182

| total goals = 9141

| prevseason = 2011–12

| nextseason = 2013–14

}}

2012–13 Ligue Nationale de Handball Division 1 season is the 61st since its establishment. Montpellier were the defending champions, having won their title the previous season.

Teams

{{Location map+ |France |width=350 |float=right |caption=Location of teams in 2012–13 LNH Division 1 |places=

{{Location map~ |France|lat=45.57 |long=5.9118 |label=Chambéry |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.61194 |long=3.97722 |label=Montpellier|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=47.255631 |long=-1.525375 |label=Nantes |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.841422 |long=2.393053 |label=Paris|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.107458 |long=-1.712839 |label=Rennes}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.583314 |long=1.434047 |label=Toulouse|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=51.03683|long=2.37451|label=Dunkerque|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=43.53200|long=5.44700|label=Aix|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=43.30244|long=-0.39741|label=Billère|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.741422 |long=2.353053 |label=Créteil|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=48.81355|long=2.38843|label=Ivry|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=48.2599|long=7.454|label=Sélestat|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=43.4255|long=6.7684|label=Saint-Raphaël|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |France|lat=48.98060|long=2.5573|label=Tremblay|position=right}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! align="center"|Club

! align="center"|Arena

! align="center"|Capacity

AixVal de l'Arcalign=center| 2 000
BillèrePalais des Sportsalign=center| 3 391
Cesson-RennesPalais des Sports de la Valettealign=center| 1 400
ChambéryLe Pharealign=center| 4 500
CréteilPalais des Sports Robert Oubronalign=center| 2 500
DunkerqueSalle Dewerdtalign=center| 2 500
IvryGymnase Auguste Delaunenalign=center| 1 500
MontpellierArena Montpellieralign=center| 8 500
NantesPalais des Sports de Beaulieualign=center| 5 500
ParisStade Pierre de Coubertinalign=center| 4 016
Saint-RaphaëlPalais des Sports Intercommunalalign=center| 2 000
SélestatCSI Séléstatalign=center| 2 200
ToulousePalais des Sports André Brouatalign=center| 3 751
TremblayPalais des sports de Tremblay-en-Francealign=center| 1 200

Regular season

=Standings=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! align="center"|#

! align="center"|Team

! align="center"|MP

! align="center"|W

! align="center"|D

! align="center"|L

! align="center"|F

! align="center"|A

! align="center"|Dff

! align="center"|Pts

style="background: #90EE90;"

| 1

align="left"| Paris Saint-Germain26241187069917149
style="background: #90EE90;"

| 2

align="left"| US Dunkerque2618357446727239
style="background: #90EE90;"

| 3

align="left"| Montpellier Agglomération Handball2617458577599838
style="background: #97DEFF;"

| 4

align="left"| Chambéry Savoie Handball2615477527232934
style="background: #97DEFF;"

| 5

align="left"| HBC Nantes2615477326656734
6align="left"| Saint-Raphaël VHB2612311746745127
7align="left"| Cesson Rennes MHB2611411686710-2426
8align="left"| Sélestat Alsace HB269314740774-3421
9align="left"| Pays d'Aix UC268513767784-1721
10align="left"| US Ivry269314657700-4321
11align="left"| Fenix Toulouse Handball268414759787-2820
12align="left"| Tremblay-en-France Handball268216714717-318
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|13

align="left"| US Créteil267217711763-5216
style="background: #FFCCCC;"

|14

align="left"| Billère Handball260026608845-2370

  • source:[http://handnews.fr/lnh-2/ handnews.fr]

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style="background: #90EE90;" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Champions League

style="background: #97DEFF;" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | EHF Cup

style="background: #FFCCCC" width="20" |

| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" | Relegated

=Results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"
Club

!AIX

!BIL

!CES

!CSH

!CRE

!DUN

!IVRY

!MON

!NAN

!PSG

!SRV

!SEL

!TOU

!TRE

style="text-align: left;"|Aix-en-Provencebgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–36bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–24bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–34
style="text-align: left;"|Billèrebgcolor=#FFDFDF|21–30bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–34bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–50bgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|18–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–38bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–32
style="text-align: left;"|Cesson-Rennesbgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–22bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|25–18bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–28bgcolor=#FFFFDD|20–20bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–37bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–32bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–25
style="text-align: left;"|Chambérybgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–30bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|24–23bgcolor=#FFFFDD|30–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–26bgcolor=#FFFFDD|35–35bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–24bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28
style="text-align: left;"|Créteilbgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–31bgcolor=#FFFFDD|29–29bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|33–35bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–35bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–24
style="text-align: left;"|Dunkerquebgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–22bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–22bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–36bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|24–23bgcolor=#FFFFDD|26–26
style="text-align: left;"|Ivrybgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–21bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–24bgcolor=#FFFFDD|22–22bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–34bgcolor=#FFFFDD|29–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–26
style="text-align: left;"|Montpellierbgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–32bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|32–33bgcolor=#FFFFDD|26–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–29bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFFFDD|25–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|41–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|40–30
style="text-align: left;"|Nantesbgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–17bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–17bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–33bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–24bgcolor=#FFFFDD|24–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–23bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|23–22
style="text-align: left;"|Parisbgcolor=#DFE7FF|39–33bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–23bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–22bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–29bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|42–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|43–29
style="text-align: left;"|Saint-Raphaëlbgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–32bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–35bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–31
style="text-align: left;"|Sélestatbgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–23bgcolor=#FFFFDD|23–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|30–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–45bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–32bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–35bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–26
style="text-align: left;"|Toulousebgcolor=#FFFFDD|34–34bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–37bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–22bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|31–32bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27
style="text-align: left;"|Tremblay-en-Francebgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–20bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–18bgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–25bgcolor=#CCCCCC| 

Statistics

= Top scorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Name

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Valero Rivera

|align="left"|HBC Nantes

|rowspan="1"|158

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Drouhin

|align="left"|Tremblay-en-France

|rowspan="1"|157

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Descat

|align="left"|US Créteil

|rowspan="1"|139

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raphaël Caucheteux

|align="left"|Saint Raphaël

|rowspan="1"|125

rowspan="1"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Maqueda

|align="left"|HBC Nantes

|rowspan="1"|120

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérôme Fernandez

|align="left"|Fenix Toulouse Handball

|rowspan="1"|119

rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nikola Karabatić

|align="left"|Aix-en-Provence

|rowspan="1"|118

rowspan="1"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Edin Bašić

|align="left"|Chambéry Savoie Handball

|rowspan="1"|115

rowspan="2"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Podsiadło

|align="left"|Sélestat Alsace Handball

|rowspan="2"|112

align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Quentin Minel

|align="left"|US Créteil

=Top goalkeepers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Name

!Club

!Saves/Shoots

!Percentage

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Gérard

|align="left"|US Dunkerque

|rowspan="1"|282 / 757

|rowspan="1"|37.25%

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Mickaël Robin

|align="left"|Montpellier Agglomération Handball

|rowspan="1"|269 / 770

|rowspan="1"|34.94%

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Slaviša Đukanović

|align="left"|Saint Raphaël

|rowspan="1"|257 / 688

|rowspan="1"|37.35%

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Robin Cappelle

|align="left"|Aix-en-Provence

|rowspan="1"|253 / 797

|rowspan="1"|31.74%

rowspan="1"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Dumoulin

|align="left"|Chambéry Savoie Handball

|rowspan="1"|240 / 646

|rowspan="1"|37.15%

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Manuel Sierra

|align="left"|PSG Handball

|rowspan="1"|233 / 625

|rowspan="1"|37.28%

rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Yann Genty

|align="left"|Cesson Rennes MHB

|rowspan="1"|208 / 573

|rowspan="1"|36.30%

rowspan="1"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} László Fülöp

|align="left"|Sélestat Alsace Handball

|rowspan="1"|196 / 586

|rowspan="1"|33.45%

rowspan="1"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} François-Xavier Chapon

|align="left"|US Ivry

|rowspan="1"|179 / 554

|rowspan="1"|32.31%

rowspan="1"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Siffert

|align="left"|HBC Nantes

|rowspan="1"|170 / 512

|rowspan="1"|33.20%