France: newcomers Saint-Nazaire open 2022/23 Ligue A with a great win over defending champions Montpellier!

What a start in 2022/23 French Ligue A! In the opener, played on Friday evening, newcomers Saint Nazaire defeated on the road super favorite and defending champions (as well as Super Cup winners, in an event played a week ago) Montpellier.
The match ended in four sets (17:25, 25:22, 22:25, 19:25).
Middle blocker Helder Spencer was named MVP of the match: he scored 16 points including 5 of his team’s winning blocks, while US national team member Kyle Ensing was the most prolific player with 21 points (the same number of points of Theo Faure, in the losing side).

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🇫🇷| LIGUE A 2022/23 | JOURNÉE 1 | Round 1

👉🏼 Friday September 30, 2022
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Saint-Nazaire 1-3 (17:25, 25:22, 22:25, 19:25)

Saturday October 1, 2022
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Tours
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Narbonne
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Tourcoing
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cambrai – Toulouse
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Plessis-Robinson
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Paris

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🏐| STANDINGS (updating on this day)
Saint-Nazaire 3
Narbonne 0
Paris 0
Poitiers 0
Sète 0
Toulouse 0
Tourcoing 0
Tours 0
Nice 0
Plessis Robinson 0
Chaumont 0
Cambrai 0
Nantes Rezé 0
Montpellier 0

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🇫🇷| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 2 | Round 2

Thursday October 6, 2022
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Tourcoing
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Nantes Rezé

Friday October 7, 2022
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Chaumont

Saturday October 8, 2022
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Nice
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Cambrai
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Poitiers
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Montpellier

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