Ligue féminine de handball 2017/18

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Ligue féminine de handball 2017/18
master Metz handball
Relegated Le Havre AC handball
Teams 12
Games 168
Top scorer Ana Gros  (196 goals)
← LFH 2016/17

The Ligue féminine de handball 2017/18 was the 66th season of the top French division in women's handball and the ninth in the history of the Ligue féminine de handball (LFH). Twelve teams played for the French championship from August 30, 2017, which ended on May 26, 2018.

The French champions 2018 were for the 22nd time in the club's history - and for the third time in a row - the team of Metz Handball ; Le Havre AC Handball was relegated to Division 2 .

mode

Twelve teams initially played in a double round tournament of the regular season, also known as the basic round . The eight teams placed first qualified for the playoffs , which were played in the knockout system with a return leg up to the final. Inferior teams played the final placements in placement games.

The last four teams placed in the regular season determined the relegation to Division 2 in another double round tournament , whereby the teams started the relegation round according to their placement with point specifications (4, 3, 2, 0 points).

The 2017/18 season was the first in which twelve teams took part, after eleven teams in 2016/17 .

Season course

Regular season

Defending champion Metz Handball dominated the 2017/18 regular season and took first place undefeated and 10 points ahead. Only on the last day of the match was CJF Fleury Loiret able to secure participation in the playoffs in a direct duel against Toulon Saint-Cyr Var handball with a 27:22 home win.

LFH - season 2017/18
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. Metz handball 22nd 21st 01 00 0689: 4910 +198 65
02. Brest Brittany handball 22nd 15th 03 04th 0579: 5070 +72 55
03. Issy Paris hand 22nd 14th 03 05 0617: 5470 +70 53
04th OGC Nice 22nd 14th 03 05 0575: 5260 +49 53
05. Nantes LAH 22nd 14th 00 08th 0556: 5380 +18 50
06th ESBF Besançon 22nd 08th 04th 10 0531: 5330  −2 42
07th CJF Fleury Loiret 22nd 08th 02 12 0563: 6040 −41 40
08th. Chambray Touraine handball 22nd 07th 01 14th 0520: 5510 −31 37
09. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 22nd 07th 01 14th 0517: 5820 −65 37
10. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball 22nd 06th 02 14th 0587: 6660 −79 36
11. Le Havre AC handball 22nd 04th 00 18th 0514: 6100 −96 30th
12. Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 22nd 03 02 17th 0500: 5930 −93 25 -5
Source: handzone.net , as of September
-5The Arbitration Commission ( Commission contentieuse ) of the Commission Nationale de Contrôle de Gestion (CNCG) sanctioned the team of Cercle Dijon Bourgogne with a deduction of five points by decision of November 17, 2017.

Playoffs

Overview

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  VF1  Chambray Touraine handball 48            
 Metz handball 73  
HF1  Nantes LAH 48
   Metz handball 69  
VF4  Nantes LAH 42
 
 OGC Nice 41  
F.  Brest Brittany handball 51
   Metz handball 53
VF2  CJF Fleury Loiret 52
 
 Brest Brittany handball 58  
HF2  ESBF Besançon 46
3rd place match
   Brest Brittany handball 54  
VF3  ESBF Besançon 47 P3  ESBF Besançon 47
 
   Issy Paris hand 43    Nantes LAH 41

Quarter finals

The eight top-ranked teams of the regular season qualified for the quarter-finals, which were played in the knockout system with a return leg between 14 and 21 April 2018:

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
1st quarter finals:
April 18, 2018 Chambray Touraine handball - Metz handball 19:34
April 21, 2018 Metz handball - Chambray Touraine handball 39:29
2nd quarter finals:
April 15, 2018 CJF Fleury Loiret - Brest Brittany handball 24:30
April 21, 2018 Brest Brittany handball - CJF Fleury Loiret 28:28
3rd quarter finals:
April 14, 2018 ESBF Besançon - Issy Paris hand 30:25
April 20, 2018 Issy Paris hand - ESBF Besançon 18:17
4th quarter finals:
April 14, 2018 Nantes LAH - OGC Nice 23:22
April 20, 2018 OGC Nice - Nantes LAH 19:19

The winners qualified for the semi-finals, while the losers played in a placement round for places 5 to 8.

Semifinals

The semi-final first legs were played on April 28, the second legs on May 16, 2018:

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
1st semifinals:
April 28, 2018 Nantes LAH - Metz handball 25:32
May 16, 2018 Metz handball - Nantes LAH 37:23
2nd semifinals:
April 28, 2018 ESBF Besançon - Brest Brittany handball 25:21
May 16, 2018 Brest Brittany handball - ESBF Besançon 33:21

Metz and Brest qualified for the final of the French championship.

3rd place match

Besançon finished third in the 2018 French championship:

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
19th May 2018 ESBF Besançon - Nantes LAH 27:20
May 25, 2018 Nantes LAH - ESBF Besançon 21:20

Both teams, Besançon and Nantes, also obtained the right to start the 2nd qualifying round of the EHF Cup 2018/19 .

final

The first leg of the 2018 French championship took place on May 23 at the Brest Arena ; the second leg was played on May 26th in the Arènes de Metz .

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
23 May 2018 Brest Brittany handball - Metz handball 25:29
May 26, 2018 Metz handball - Brest Brittany handball 24:26

Metz Handball became French champions for the 22nd time and also qualified for the group stage of the EHF Champions League 2018/19 . Per Wildcard also received Brest a place in the Champions League.

Placement round

The four losers of the quarter-finals played in a placement round for places 5 to 8.

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
1. Semi-finals of the placement round:
April 27, 2018 Chambray Touraine handball - OGC Nice 25:23
May 11, 2018 OGC Nice - Chambray Touraine handball 36:22
2nd semi-finals of the placement round:
April 28, 2018 CJF Fleury Loiret - Issy Paris hand 20:26
May 9, 2018 Issy Paris hand - CJF Fleury Loiret 34:22
Games for 7th place:
18th May 2018 Chambray Touraine handball - CJF Fleury Loiret 25:25
May 26, 2018 CJF Fleury Loiret - Chambray Touraine handball 33:33
Play for 5th place:
18th May 2018 OGC Nice - Issy Paris hand 26:35
May 27, 2018 Issy Paris hand - OGC Nice 25:22

Relegation round

The last four placed in the regular season played in another double round tournament - the relegation round - the relegated to the 2nd division. The teams started according to their placement in the regular season with the following point specifications:

  • Toulon Saint-Cyr Var handball: 9th place ⇒ 4 points
  • Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball: 10th place ⇒ 3 points
  • Le Havre AC Handball: 11th place ⇒ 2 points
  • Cercle Dijon Bourgogne: 12th place ⇒ 0 points

After all the games of the relegation round, which were played between April 13 and May 26, 2018, the following final table resulted:

LFH - 2017/18 season - relegation round
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
09. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 06th 03 00 03 0157: 1650  −8 16
10. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball 06th 03 00 03 0169: 1600  +9 15th
11. Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 06th 04th 00 02 0168: 1600  +8 14th
12. Le Havre AC handball 06th 02 00 04th 0153: 1620  −9 12

Le Havre AC Handball was relegated to Division 2 .

Final placements

  1. Metz handball
  2. Brest Brittany handball
  3. ESBF Besançon
  4. Nantes LAH
  5. Issy Paris hand
  6. OGC Nice
  7. Chambray Touraine handball
  8. CJF Fleury Loiret
  9. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
  10. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball
  11. Cercle Dijon Bourgogne
  12. Le Havre AC handball

Web links

Commons : Championnat de France de handball féminin de D1 2017-2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Formule du championnat - season 2016-17. In: HandLFH.org. July 20, 2016, accessed March 27, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ LFH: Metz wins in the regular season, former HBF players dominate the list of goalscorers. In: handball-world.news. April 3, 2018, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ LFH - 2017-2018. In: handzone.net. Retrieved March 25, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ CNCG - Commission contentieuse: Réunion du 17 November 2017. (PDF) HandInfos - Bulletin hebdomadaire de la Fédération Française de Handball, No. 946. In: ff-handball.org. November 28, 2017, accessed March 26, 2019 (French).