Nikola Karabatic, French handball champion for the 12th time. - Patrik STOLLARZ / AFP

While Ligue 1 and the Top 14 are knotting their brain to find a way to resume games at the end of the confinement scheduled (gradually) for May 11, the National Handball League has not been in the lace . Its steering committee formalized Tuesday the cancellation of the last eight days of the Championship, and also of the end of the Proligue season (D2) following the announcements of Emmanuel Macron during his speech Monday evening.

Fruit of an intense collective work carried out by all the actors of professional handball, it was decided to put a definitive end to the Lidl Starligue season.

Congratulations to the crowned @psghand Champion 2020!

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- Lidl Starligue (@LidlStarligue) April 14, 2020

The President of the Republic has indeed warned that all events with the public were unthinkable until at least mid-July, and the clubs obviously did not wish to explore the track of matches behind closed doors. The NHL therefore approved the classification at the end of the 18th day of Lidl Starligue, the last to have been disputed. This does not change much for PSG, crowned champion for the sixth time in a row. The capital's club, still undefeated, was six points ahead of its Nantes runner-up and qualified directly for the next Champions League.

💬 "It's difficult to plan, it feels like being on a break" It is with the double Olympic champion and quadruple world champion that we have an appointment this evening, Nikola Karabatic 🤾

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- France tv sport (@francetvsport) April 13, 2020

Note that to pass the pill, the NHL has advanced by one year the transition to 16 clubs in the elite, to allow Cesson-Rennes and Limoges to go up immediately.

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