Paris Saint Germain stayed at Championship race with Montpellier Handball after tight win in away clash with Saint Raphael 26:25 (13:12). The Danish TOP scorer Mikkel Hansen scored nine goals (eight from 7-meter), the decisive one in the last second of the match, while Nedim Remili and Luc Abalo netted four each.
Montpellier made another step towards trophy by beating Massy 32:23.
Saint-Raphaël – Paris (12-13) 25-26
Saint-Raphaël: Popescu (12 saves), Demaille. Krantz (0/1), Barachet (1/2), Hubert, Abily (5/7), Sarmiento (2/4), Lynggaard (2/2), Caucheteux (7/11 dt 5/5 pen.), Vigneron (1/2), Trottet, Krakowski, Dipanda (4/8), Karalek (3/5), Eponouh, Hmam.
Paris: Omeyer (30′ 3 saves), Corrales (30′ 7 saves). Mollgaard, Stepantic (1/3), Sagosen (1/2), Kounkoud, Damjanovic, Rémili (4/6), Abalo (4/7), Karabatic L. (1/3), Hansen (9/10 dt 8/8 pen.), Nielsen, Karabatic N. (2/5), Nahi (2/3).
RESULTS:
Cesson Rennes-Metropole 27 – 33 Nantes
Tremblay 34 – 31 Toulouse
Dunkerque 30 – 31 Aix
Ivry 24 – 22 Chambery Savoie
Montpellier 32 – 23 Massy Essonne
Nimes 30 – 23 Saran
STANDINGS:
1. Montpellier 17 15 1 1 491:409 31
2. Paris SG 17 13 1 3 512:436 27
3. Nantes 17 12 1 4 531:464 25
4. Nimes 17 10 2 5 463:442 22
5. St. Raphael 17 10 2 5 468:448 22
6. Aix 17 10 1 6 485:457 21
7. Dunkerque 17 9 1 7 443:455 19
8. Toulouse 17 8 1 8 493:494 17
9. Chambery Savoie 17 6 2 9 464:482 14
10. Ivry 17 4 2 11 425:488 10
11. Tremblay 17 4 2 11 473:495 10
12. Cesson Rennes-Metropole 17 2 4 11 431:466 8
13. Massy Essonne 17 2 2 13 386:462 6
14. Saran 17 3 0 14 488:555 6
