# Coupe de la Ligue (handball)

The Coupe de la Ligue was an annual League cup competition for French men's handball professional clubs. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, it first took place in 2002. He was run by the French Handball Federation for the two first years, and in 2004 the Ligue Nationale de Handball took over until it was cancelled in 2022.
Montpellier Handball is the competition's most successful club as of 2019 with ten titles, followed by Paris Saint-Germain Handball with three.
In the 2019-2020 the tournament was cancelled at the semifinals, and in the 2020-2021 season, it was cancelled outright. It came back for a single season in 2021-2022, but was ultimately scrapped to lighten the schedule in French handball.

## Champions
### Winners by season

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Location |
| 2001-2002 [fr] | SO Chambéry | Dunkerque HBGL | 25 – 19 | Cosec Eugène Griesmar, Sélestat |
| 2002-2003 [fr] | US Créteil | Montpellier Handball | 27 – 23 | Palais des Sports, Besançon |
| 2003-2004 [fr] | Montpellier Handball | US Créteil | 26 – 23 | Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque |
| 2004-2005 [fr] | Montpellier Handball (2) | Paris Handball | 27 – 21 | Le Parnasse, Nîmes |
| 2005-2006 [fr] | Montpellier Handball (3) | Paris Handball | 31 – 30 | Gymnase Pierre Charpy, Paris |
| 2006-2007 [fr] | Montpellier Handball (4) | US Ivry | 34 – 33 | Les Arènes, Metz |
| 2007-2008 [fr] | Montpellier AHB (5) | US Créteil | 26 – 23 | Halle olympique, Albertville |
| 2008-2009 [fr] | Istres OPH | Montpellier AHB | 22 – 20 | AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami |
| 2009-2010 [fr] | Montpellier AHB (6) | Saint-Raphaël VHB | 37 – 25 | Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes |
| 2010-2011 [fr] | Montpellier AHB (7) | Chambéry SH | 32 – 29 | Palais des Sports, Pau |
| 2011-2012 [fr] | Montpellier AHB (8) | Saint-Raphaël VHB | 28 – 27 | Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes |
| 2012-2013 [fr] | US Dunkerque HBGL | HBC Nantes | 28 – 24 | Palais des sports André-Brouat, Toulouse |
| 2013-2014 [fr] | Montpellier AHB (9) | Saint-Raphaël VHB | 34 – 21 | Le Phare, Chambéry |
| 2014-2015 [fr] | HBC Nantes | Fenix Toulouse | 23 – 20 | Kindarena, Rouen |
| 2015-2016 [fr] | Montpellier Handball (10) | Paris Saint-Germain Handball | 31 – 26 | Arena Montpellier, Montpellier |
| 2016-2017 [fr] | Paris Saint-Germain (1) | HBC Nantes | 31 – 27 | Complexe René-Tys, Reims |
| 2017-2018 [fr] | Paris Saint-Germain (2) | Fenix Toulouse Handball | 40 – 30 | Les Arènes, Metz |
| 2018-2019 [fr] | Paris Saint-Germain (3) | Montpellier Handball | 31 – 25 | Antarès, Le Mans |
| 2019-2020 [fr] | cancelled in semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled in semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled in semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled in semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020-2021 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021-2022 [fr] | HBC Nantes (2) | Chambéry Savoie | 28 – 21 | Les Arènes, Metz |

### Performances

| # | Club | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| # | Club | Nb | Years | Nb | Years |
| 1 | Montpellier Handball | 10 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 | 3 | 2003, 2009, 2019 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain Handball | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2016 |
| 3 | HBC Nantes (T) | 2 | 2015, 2022 | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
| 4 | US Créteil Handball | 1 | 2003 | 2 | 2004, 2008 |
| 4 | Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc Handball | 1 | 2002 | 2 | 2011, 2022 |
| 6 | Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral | 1 | 2013 | 1 | 2002 |
| 7 | Istres Ouest Provence Handball | 1 | 2009 | 0 | - |
| 8 | Saint-Raphaël Var Handball | 0 | - | 3 | 2010, 2012, 2014 |
| 9 | Fenix Toulouse Handball | 0 | - | 2 | 2015, 2018 |
| 10 | US Ivry Handball | 0 | - | 1 | 2007 |
| - | Cancelled | 2 | 2020, 2021 | 2 | 2020, 2021 |
| Total | Total | 21 | 2002-2022 | 21 | 2002-2022 |
    Legend : 10 cups won; (T) : title holder