2025–26 LNH Division 1

LNH Division 1
Season	2025–26
Dates	5 September 2025 – 6 June 2026
Matches	128
Goals	7,986 (62.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aymeric Minne (130 goals)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 LNH Division 1, also known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the 74th season of the LNH Division 1, France's premier handball league. The season began on 5 September 2025^[1] and is expected to conclude on 6 June 2026.^[2]

Teams

2025–26 LNH Division 1 is located in France

2025–26 Starligue teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 LNH Division 2	Relegated from 2024–25 LNH Division 1
Dijon Métropole Handball^[3] Sélestat Alsace Handball^[4]	US Créteil US Ivry

Stadiums

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
C' Chartres MHB	Chartres	Halle Jean-Cochet	1,200
Cesson Rennes MHB	Cesson-Sévigné	Glaz Arena	4,500
Chambéry SMB HB	Chambéry	Le Phare	4,500
Dijon Métropole Handball	Dijon	Palais des sports Jean-Michel-Geoffroy	3,295
Dunkerque HGL	Dunkerque	Stade des Flandres	2,400
Fenix Toulouse	Toulouse	Palais des Sports André-Brouat	4,397
HBC Nantes	Nantes	H Arena	5,500
Istres Provence Handball	Istres	Halle polyvalente	1,500
Limoges Handball	Limoges	Palais des Sports de Beaublanc	5,516
Montpellier Handball	Montpellier	FDI Stadium	3,000
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	3,400
Pays d'Aix UC	Aix-en-Provence	Arena du Pays d'Aix	6,004
Saint-Raphaël VHB	Saint-Raphaël	Palais des sports J-F Krakowski	2,500
Sélestat Alsace Handball	Sélestat	Centre Sportif Intercommunal	2,300
Tremblay Handball	Tremblay-en-France	Palais des Sports	1,020
USAM Nîmes	Nîmes	Le Parnasse	4,191

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain	16	15	1	0	556	451	+105	31	Qualification for the Champions League
2	HBC Nantes	17	14	3	0	637	517	+120	31	Qualification for the European League
3	Montpellier Handball	16	12	1	3	538	466	+72	25
4	Limoges Handball	16	10	2	4	528	514	+14	22
5	Chambéry SMB HB	16	8	3	5	507	503	+4	19
6	Tremblay Handball	16	8	2	6	520	511	+9	18
7	Fenix Toulouse	16	9	0	7	479	461	+18	18
8	Saint-Raphaël VHB	16	8	1	7	499	511	−12	17
9	USAM Nîmes	16	7	1	8	459	479	−20	15
10	Pays d'Aix UC	16	6	2	8	463	466	−3	14
11	Cesson Rennes MHB	16	6	1	9	499	508	−9	13
12	Sélestat Alsace Handball	16	4	2	10	483	509	−26	10
13	Dijon Métropole Handball	16	3	1	12	459	510	−51	7
14	C' Chartres MHB	17	3	1	13	485	554	−69	7
15	Dunkerque HGL	16	2	2	12	436	505	−69	6	Relegation to LNH Division 2
16	Istres Provence Handball	16	2	1	13	439	522	−83	5	Relegation to LNH Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: LNH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	CCH	CES	CHA	DIJ	DUN	TOU	NAN	IST	LIM	MON	PSG	AIX	STR	SEL	TRE	NIM
C' Chartres MHB	—	28–31			24–25		27–41	27–28		29–33	26–34		24–24	33–39	28–34
Cesson Rennes MHB		—			33–25	34–26			30–31	31–40		31–25	30–34			35–31
Chambéry SMB HB	33–30	29–27	—	30–28		31–33	34–34		32–39			31–29	35–33
Dijon Métropole Handball	29–28	33–33		—	31–24	29–31	34–48	39–31				25–29	27–32		31–36
Dunkerque HGL			29–33		—		30–34			28–36	25–29	25–30		26–27	27–27	29–27
Fenix Toulouse	41–29				36–27	—		35–23		27–33	33–36	25–29				27–22
HBC Nantes	40–27	43–30				28–22	—	34–28			31–31	34–28	46–32		41–32
Istres Provence Handball		32–27	27–33		32–32	19–29		—	25–35	27–34	29–39			23–33
Limoges Handball	36–29			32–31	39–29	30–35	35–40		—	31–30				29–29	38–34	33–33
Montpellier Handball			28–21	30–21			31–31		38–32	—			44–34	35–30	36–31
Paris Saint-Germain		38–33	33–26	35–27	32–28				40–25	34–31	—			36–28		31–29
Pays d'Aix UC	29–31		32–32					28–24	30–32	29–30	24–37	—				32–26
Saint-Raphaël VHB					35–27	33–28	32–33	35–34	29–31		25–33	27–26	—		30–36	31–28
Sélestat Alsace Handball	32–36	28–34	33–33	32–28		26–28	33–41					24–31	29–33	—
Tremblay Handball		34–32	33–40	34–25		32–23		33–29			31–38	32–32		34–32	—
USAM Nîmes	25–29	31–28	35–34	24–21			31–38	29–28		30–29				29–27	29–27	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: LNH
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Aymeric Minne	HBC Nantes	130
2	Nemanja Ilić	Fenix Toulouse	125
3	Diogo Oliveira	Dunkerque HGL	123
4	Mattéo Fadhuile	Tremblay Handball	111
5	Noam Leopold	HBC Nantes	110
6	Xavier Labigang	Cesson Rennes MHB	97
7	Lucas Vanegue	Chambéry SMB HB	87
8	Jack Thurin	Montpellier Handball	84
9	Elohim Prandi	Paris Saint-Germain	82
9	Guéric Vincent	USAM Nîmes	82