Ligue féminine de handball 2018/19

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Ligue féminine de handball 2018/19
master Metz handball
Relegated HBCSA Porte du Hainaut
Teams 12
Games 168
Gates 9135  (ø 54.38 per game)
Top scorer Ana Gros  (187 goals)
← LFH 2017/18

The 2018/19 Ligue féminine de handball was the 67th season of the top French division in women's handball and the tenth in the history of the Ligue féminine de handball (LFH). Twelve teams played for the French championship from August 29, 2018, which ended with the final playoffs on May 19, 2019.

The French champions 2019 were for the 23rd time in the club's history - and for the fourth time in a row - the team of Metz Handball ; Newcomer HBCSA Porte du Hainaut from Saint-Amand-les-Eaux in French Flanders near the Belgian border was relegated to Division 2 again.

mode

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

The four last-placed teams of the regular season determine the relegated to Division 2 in another double-round tournament , with the teams starting the relegation round according to their placement with point specifications (4, 3, 2, 0 points).

Venues

Venues of the Ligue féminine de handball 2018/19

The venues of the participating clubs and their audience capacity are listed below:

society Venue capacity opening
Metz handball Arènes de Metz 4,525 2002
Brest Brittany handball Brest Arena 4,077 2014
ESBF Besançon Palais des sports Ghani-Yalouz 3,380 1967
Nantes Atlantique handball Salle de la Trocardière 4.185
Paris 92 Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris) 4.016 1937
OGC Nice Charles Ehrmann Sports Hall 1,450 1970s
Chambray Touraine handball Gymnase de la Fontaine Blanche 0.700
CJF Fleury Loiret Palais des Sports d'Orléans 2,738
Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball Palais des sports Jauréguiberry 4,300 2004
Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball Complexe Vercors 1,200
Joan of Arc Dijon Handball Palais des sports Jean Michel Geoffroy 3,100 1977
HBCSA Porte du Hainaut Salle Maurice Hugot 1,114

Season course

Regular season

The regular season began on August 29, 2018 and ended on April 3 with the conclusion of the 22nd matchday.

LFH - season 2018/19
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. Metz Handball (M) 22nd 20th 01 01 0748: 5280 +220 63
02. Brest Brittany handball 22nd 18th 01 03 0690: 5590 +131 59
03. OGC Nice 22nd 16 01 05 0561: 5080 +53 55
04th ESBF Besançon 22nd 11 05 06th 0648: 5850 +63 49
05. Nantes Atlantique handball 22nd 13 00 09 0566: 5560 +10 48
06th CJF Fleury Loiret 22nd 10 02 10 0599: 6060  −7 44
07th Chambray Touraine handball 22nd 07th 04th 11 0575: 6040 −29 40
08th. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 22nd 08th 01 13 0568: 6080 −40 39
09. Paris 92 22nd 07th 02 13 0522: 5960 −74 38 *
10. Joan of Arc Dijon Handball 22nd 04th 04th 14th 0543: 6390 −96 34
11. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball 22nd 04th 02 16 0573: 6610 −88 32
12. HBCSA Porte du Hainaut (A) 22nd 02 01 19th 0508: 6510 −143 27
Source: L'Équipe
*Due to the use of an ineligible player from Paris 92, the games Paris-Fleury (1st matchday) and Besançon-Paris (2nd matchday) were subsequently rated at the green table as defeats with 0:20 goals from Paris.

Playoffs

Overview

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  VF1  Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 38            
 Metz handball 52  
HF1  Nantes Atlantique handball 46
   Metz handball 61  
VF4  Nantes Atlantique handball 53
 
 ESBF Besançon 49  
F.  OGC Nice 49
   Metz handball 66
VF2  Chambray Touraine handball 48
 
 Brest Brittany handball 61  
HF2  OGC Nice 53
3rd place match
   Brest Brittany handball 50  
VF3  CJF Fleury Loiret 49 P3  Nantes Atlantique handball 55
 
   OGC Nice 50    Brest Brittany handball 60

Quarter finals

The eight teams placed first in the regular season qualified for the quarter-finals, which were played in the knockout system with a return leg:

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
1st quarter finals:
April 21, 2019 19:30 o'clock Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball - Metz handball 17:28
April 24, 2019 8:00 p.m. Metz handball - Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 24:21
2nd quarter finals:
19th April 2019 8:30 p.m. Chambray Touraine handball - Brest Brittany handball 23:29
April 24, 2019 8:30 p.m. Brest Brittany handball - Chambray Touraine handball 32:25
3rd quarter finals:
April 20, 2019 8:00 p.m. CJF Fleury Loiret - OGC Nice 25:25
April 24, 2019 8:30 p.m. OGC Nice - CJF Fleury Loiret 25:24
4th quarter finals:
April 20, 2019 8:30 p.m. Nantes Atlantique handball - ESBF Besançon 31:23
April 24, 2019 8:00 p.m. ESBF Besançon - Nantes Atlantique handball 26:22

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

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, which were played between April 27 and May 5, 2019, Metz and OGC Nice qualified for the final of the French championship.

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
1st semifinals:
April 28, 2019 3:00 p.m. Nantes Atlantique handball - Metz handball 24:28
3rd May 2019 8:00 p.m. Metz handball - Nantes Atlantique handball 33:22
2nd semifinals:
April 27, 2019 6:00 p.m. OGC Nice - Brest Brittany handball 26:27
5th May 2019 7:00 p.m. Brest Brittany handball - OGC Nice 23:27

Play for 3rd place

With a 34:29 home win in the second leg, Brest Bretagne Handball secured 3rd place in the French championship after the first leg at Nantes Atlantique Handball ended in a draw.

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
May 10, 2019 8:45 p.m. Nantes Atlantique handball - Brest Brittany handball 26:26
May 18, 2019 8:30 p.m. Brest Brittany handball - Nantes Atlantique handball 34:29 (18:10)

final

In the final, OGC Nice and defending champion Metz Handball faced each other. After the first leg, which was played in the Halle des sports Charles-Ehrmann in Nice , the decision was de facto in favor of Metz after a 33:21 away win. The second leg in the Arènes de Metz on May 19, 2019 was only a matter of form: Metz Handball became French handball champions for the 23rd time.

date Time Home team Visiting team Result
15th May 2019 8:30 p.m. OGC Nice - Metz handball 21:33
19th May 2019 17:00 o'clock Metz handball - OGC Nice 33:28

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, 2019 8:00 p.m. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball - ESBF Besançon 22:22
4th May 2019 8:00 p.m. ESBF Besançon - Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 28:26
2nd semi-finals of the placement round:
April 27, 2019 8:45 p.m. Chambray Touraine handball - CJF Fleury Loiret 38:29
3rd May 2019 8:30 p.m. CJF Fleury Loiret - Chambray Touraine handball 29:21
Games for 7th place:
May 10, 2019 8:30 p.m. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball - CJF Fleury Loiret 31:36
19th May 2019 6:00 p.m. CJF Fleury Loiret - Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 28:31
Play for 5th place:
May 10, 2019 8:30 p.m. Chambray Touraine handball - ESBF Besançon 22:33
May 18, 2019 8:00 p.m. ESBF Besançon - Chambray Touraine handball 35:27

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:

  • Paris 92: 9th place ⇒ 4 points
  • Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball: 10th place ⇒ 3 points
  • Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball: 11th place ⇒ 2 points
  • HBCSA Porte du Hainaut: 12th place ⇒ 0 points

The six game days of the relegation round took place between April 13 and May 18, 2019. Newcomers HBCSA Porte du Hainaut from Saint-Amand-les-Eaux , who already finished the regular season in last place, lost all six games in the relegation round and were relegated to Division 2 .

LFH - 2018/19 season - relegation round
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
09. Paris 92 06th 04th 00 02 0169: 1570 +12 18th
10. Joan of Arc Dijon Handball 06th 04th 00 02 0172: 1590 +13 17th
11. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball 06th 04th 00 02 0179: 1780  +1 16
12. HBCSA Porte du Hainaut 06th 00 00 06th 0152: 1780 −26 06th

Final placements

  1. Metz handball
  2. OGC Nice
  3. Brest Brittany handball
  4. Nantes Atlantique handball
  5. ESBF Besançon
  6. Chambray Touraine handball
  7. CJF Fleury Loiret
  8. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
  9. Paris 92
  10. Joan of Arc Dijon Handball
  11. Bourg-de-Péage Drôme handball
  12. HBCSA Porte du Hainaut

Master Metz Handball also qualified for the group stage of the EHF Champions League 2019/20 . In addition, Brest Bretagne Handball successfully applied for an upgrade : the EHF Executive Committee gave the Breton team a wildcard entry for the Champions League on June 21, 2019 .

Due to their placement, OGC Nice and Nantes Atlantique Handball obtained the right to start the EHF Cup 2019/20 (from the 2nd qualifying round). The fifth-placed ESBF Besançon could also participate by wildcard, but had to start in round 1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation de l'équipement: Plan numéroté de la salle. In: BrestArena.fr. Retrieved April 27, 2017 (French).
  2. ↑ Nos installations. In: tscvhb.fr. Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball, accessed 11 May 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Info pratiques: Le Palais des Sports Jean Michel Geoffroy. In: cdb21.com. JDA Dijon Handball, accessed on May 11, 2017 (French).
  4. ↑ Handball Division 1 (F) classement - 2018-2019. In: lequipe.fr. Retrieved April 4, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ LFH - Communiqué du 13 September 2018. Ligue féminine de handball (LFH), 13 September 2018, accessed on 17 September 2018 (French).
  6. ^ LFH - Communiqué du 13 novembre. Ligue féminine de handball (LFH), November 13, 2018, accessed on November 18, 2018 (French).
  7. ↑ Communiqué du 7 mars 2019. Ligue féminine de handball (LFH), March 7, 2019, accessed on March 21, 2019 (French).
  8. ↑ Handball. Ligue féminine: Brest appointments troisième après sa victoire face à Nantes. In: Ouest-France.fr. May 18, 2019, accessed June 16, 2019 (French).
  9. ^ Christian Stein: LFH: Metz successfully defends its title, pursuers want wildcard for Champions League. In: handball-world.news. May 21, 2019, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 24 teams compete for a place in the women's Champions League. In: handball-world.news. June 15, 2019, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  11. ^ Christian Stein: Handball Champions League of women without Thuringian HC. In: handball-world.news. June 21, 2019, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ EHF Cup - Besançon jouera bien la Coupe EHF! LFH, July 10, 2019, accessed on October 16, 2019 (French).