France: Narbonne close Round 15 by winning at tie break the never ending marathon against Poitiers

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8 January 2023 Danilo

Round 15 of 2022/23 Ligue B has been completed today with the Sunday postponement between Narbonne and Poitiers, respectively at 6th and 11th place in the standings prior to this game.
A game that turned to be a battle, ended at tie break and lasted as many as 2 hours and 41 minutes!
The match, with lot of up and down between the two sides, was played at a very high level, above all in last three sets, with fourth and fifth ended overtime.
Partially it was 23:25, 25:18, 25:23, 28:30 and 20:18 and, eventually, it was Narbonne to celebrate in front of their home fans.
The hosts were decisive from the service line, with top scorer Willner Rivas author of 4 of his team’s 8 ace, and 30 points through 46% in attack (including two winning blocks).
Gabriel Da Silva put down 27 points for Poitiers that, after the point gained, managed to level the score in the standings with Toulouse (both 15 points), while Narbonne is now fifth.

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | | JOURNÉE 15 | Round 15

| Thursday January 5, 2023
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Toulouse 3-0 (30:28, 25:20, 25:17)

| Friday January 6, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Tours 0-3 (24:26, 21:25, 20:25)

| Saturday January 7, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Saint-Nazaire 1-3 (25:19, 26:28, 22:25, 21:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Tourcoing 1-3 (23:25, 25:22, 10:25, 19:25)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cambrai – Nantes Rezé 0-3 (21:25, 16:25, 24:26)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Paris 3-2 (19:25, 25:21, 25:22, 23:25, 15:12)

👉🏼 Sunday January 8, 2023
• 15.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Poitiers 3-2 (23:25, 25:18, 25:23, 28:30, 20:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 38
2. Nantes 33
3. Saint Nazaire 32
4. Chaumont 32
5. Narbonne 26
6. Tourcoing 25
7. Paris 23
8. Montpellier 21
9. Sète 21
10. Toulouse 15
11. Poitiers 15
12. Nice 13
13. Plessis Robinson 12
14. Cambrai 7

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 16 | Round 16

Friday January 13, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Chaumont

Sunday January 15, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Narbonne

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