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.
Paris Saint-Germain won their first ever title.
Teams
Club ArenaCapacity Aix Val de l'Arc 2 000 Billère Palais des Sports 3 391 Cesson-Rennes Palais des Sports de la Valette 1 400 Chambéry Le Phare 4 500 Créteil Palais des Sports Robert Oubron 2 500 Dunkerque Salle Dewerdt 2 500 Ivry Gymnase Auguste Delaune 1 500 Montpellier Arena Montpellier 8 500 Nantes Palais des Sports de Beaulieu 5 500 Paris Stade Pierre de Coubertin 4 016 Saint-Raphaël Palais des Sports Intercommunal 2 000 Sélestat CSI Séléstat 2 200 Toulouse Palais des Sports André Brouat 3 751 Tremblay Palais des sports de Tremblay-en-France 1 200
Regular season
Standings
# Team MP W D L F A Dff Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 26 24 1 1 870 699 171 49 2 US Dunkerque 26 18 3 5 744 672 72 39 3 Montpellier Agglomération Handball 26 17 4 5 857 759 98 38 4 Chambéry Savoie Handball 26 15 4 7 752 723 29 34 5 HBC Nantes 26 15 4 7 732 665 67 34 6 Saint-Raphaël VHB 26 12 3 11 746 745 1 27 7 Cesson Rennes MHB 26 11 4 11 686 710 -24 26 8 Sélestat Alsace HB 26 9 3 14 740 774 -34 21 9 Pays d'Aix UC 26 8 5 13 767 784 -17 2110 US Ivry 26 9 3 14 657 700 -43 2111 Fenix Toulouse Handball 26 8 4 14 759 787 -28 2012 Tremblay-en-France Handball 26 8 2 16 714 717 -3 1813 US Créteil 26 7 2 17 711 763 -52 1614 Billère Handball 26 0 0 26 608 845 -237 0 source:handnews.fr
Champions League EHF Cup Relegated
Results In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top. ClubAIXBILCESCSHCREDUNIVRYMONNANPSGSRVSELTOUTREAix-en-Provence 37–2936–2330–3627–2723–3132–2427–2728–2827–3127–29 38–34Billère21–30 26–2728–3424–2624–3224–2924–5020–2918–26 24–3828–3224–32Cesson-Rennes26–2735–22 23–3125–1827–2820–2028–3727–2527–32 28–24 28–25Chambéry32–3027–2229–30 31–2724–23 30–3024–2828–2635–3534–2428–28Créteil 34–2625–3129–29 29–3020–2333–3524–2828–3530–3125–2836–2826–24Dunkerque27–2637–2228–24 27–22 38–2228–2928–2530–3631–2824–2326–26Ivry30–28 25–2630–2127–2422–22 28–32 22–3429–2926–2533–3125–26Montpellier36–3238–2835–3033–2232–3326–2633–29 25–2529–2635–2941–3140–30Nantes34–1729–17 29–3229–3226–2827–2229–33 26–2424–2433–2331–2623–22Paris39–33 34–2336–2930–2830–2527–2238–2431–29 33–2842–2743–29Saint-Raphaël30–3231–2528–3030–2832–26 27–2428–2624–3129–35 38–2632–31Sélestat36–3032–2323–2325–30 25–27 30–3024–2929–4529–32 28–3528–26Toulouse34–3428–2729–2625–2934–3132–3731–2234–2923–26 26–2231–32 27–27Tremblay-en-France33–2829–2026–1820–2322–2528–2520–22 24–2526–2736–2328–2928–25
Statistics
Top scorers RankNameClubGoals1 Valero RiveraHBC Nantes1582 Matthieu DrouhinTremblay-en-France1573 Hugo DescatUS Créteil1394 Raphaël CaucheteuxSaint Raphaël1255 Jorge MaquedaHBC Nantes1206 Jérôme FernandezFenix Toulouse Handball1197 Nikola KarabatićAix-en-Provence1188 Edin BašićChambéry Savoie Handball1159 Paweł PodsiadłoSélestat Alsace Handball112 Quentin MinelUS Créteil
Top goalkeepers RankNameClubSaves/ShootsPercentage1 Vincent GérardUS Dunkerque282 / 757 37.25%2 Mickaël RobinMontpellier Agglomération Handball269 / 770 34.94%3 Slaviša ĐukanovićSaint Raphaël257 / 688 37.35%4 Robin CappelleAix-en-Provence253 / 797 31.74%5 Cyril DumoulinChambéry Savoie Handball240 / 646 37.15%6 José Manuel SierraPSG Handball233 / 625 37.28%7 Yann GentyCesson Rennes MHB208 / 573 36.30%8 László FülöpSélestat Alsace Handball196 / 586 33.45%9 François-Xavier ChaponUS Ivry179 / 554 32.31%10 Arnaud SiffertHBC Nantes170 / 512 33.20%
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