The Coupe de la Ligue was an annual League cup competition for French men's handball professional clubs. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, it first took place in 2002. He was run by the French Handball Federation for the two first years, and in 2004 the Ligue Nationale de Handball took over until it was cancelled in 2022..
Montpellier Handball is the competition's most successful club as of 2019 with ten titles, followed by Paris Saint-Germain Handball with three.
In the 2019-2020 the tournament was cancelled at the semifinals, and in the 2020-2021 season, it was cancelled outright.. It came back for a single season in 2021-2022, but was ultimately scrapped to lighten the schedule in French handball.
Champions Winners by season YearChampionRunner-up Score LocationSO ChambéryDunkerque HBGL 25 – 19 Cosec Eugène Griesmar, SélestatUS CréteilMontpellier Handball 27 – 23 Palais des Sports, BesançonMontpellier HandballUS Créteil 26 – 23 Stade des Flandres, DunkerqueMontpellier Handball (2)Paris Handball 27 – 21 Le Parnasse, NîmesMontpellier Handball (3)Paris Handball 31 – 30 Gymnase Pierre Charpy, ParisMontpellier Handball (4)US Ivry 34 – 33 Les Arènes, MetzMontpellier AHB (5)US Créteil 26 – 23 Halle olympique, AlbertvilleIstres OPHMontpellier AHB 22 – 20 AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami Montpellier AHB (6)Saint-Raphaël VHB 37 – 25 Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, NantesMontpellier AHB (7)Chambéry SH 32 – 29 Palais des Sports, PauMontpellier AHB (8)Saint-Raphaël VHB 28 – 27 Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, NantesUS Dunkerque HBGLHBC Nantes 28 – 24 Palais des sports André-Brouat, ToulouseMontpellier AHB (9)Saint-Raphaël VHB 34 – 21 Le Phare, ChambéryHBC NantesFenix Toulouse 23 – 20 Kindarena, RouenMontpellier Handball (10)Paris Saint-Germain Handball 31 – 26 Arena Montpellier, MontpellierParis Saint-Germain (1)HBC Nantes 31 – 27 Complexe René-Tys, ReimsParis Saint-Germain (2)Fenix Toulouse Handball 40 – 30 Les Arènes, MetzParis Saint-Germain (3)Montpellier Handball 31 – 25 Antarès, Le Manscolspan="4" 2020-2021colspan="4" HBC Nantes (2)Chambéry Savoie 28 – 21 Les Arènes, Metz
Performances # Club Winner Runner-upNb YearsNb Years1 Montpellier Handball 102004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 3 2003, 2009, 20192 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 3 2017, 2018, 2019 3 2005, 2006, 20163 HBC Nantes (T) 2 2015, 2022 2 2013, 20174 US Créteil Handball 1 2003 2 2004, 2008 Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball 1 2002 2 2011, 20226 Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral 1 2013 1 20027 Istres Ouest Provence Handball 1 2009 0 -8 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 0 - 3 2010, 2012, 2014 9 Fenix Toulouse Handball 0 - 2 2015, 2018 10 US Ivry Handball 0 - 1 2007 - Cancelled 2 2020, 2021 2 2020, 2021 Total 21 2002-2022 21 2002-2022 Legend : 10 cups won; (T) : title holder
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See also LNH Division 1 Coupe de France Trophée des Champions Coupe de la Ligue (women)