The Ligue Nationale de Handball ( en, National Handball League) is a governing body established in 2004 to administer French men's professional
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
autonomously from the
national federation (FFHB). It has jurisdiction over the country's top two men's divisions, a cup tournament and a
super cup.
Competitions
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LNH Division 1
LNH Division 1, doing business as Starligue and currently known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional handball league in France. It is administered by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegation ...
, marketed as Starligue
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LNH Division 2
LNH Division 2, doing business as Proligue, is a professional Team handball, handball league, and the second level of the French men's handball pyramid. It is organized by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegation from the Fédération F ...
, marketed as Proligue
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Coupe de la Ligue
The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in France, French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was est ...
( en, League Cup)
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Trophée des Champions
The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the super cups found in many other countries.
His ...
( en, Champions' Trophy)
President
From June 2010 to February 2018, its president was former
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
international player
Philippe Bernat-Salles.
was the president from 2018 till 2020. David Tebib was an interim in 2021.
Bruno Martini
Bruno Ludovic Jean Roger Martini (25 January 1962 – 20 October 2020) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
His professional career was closely associated with Auxerre, for which he played 13 years. Having won more t ...
is the current president.
References
External links
Official site
Professional sports leagues in France
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