France: a super Narbonne down Tours in last game of Round 16!

Round 16 of 2022/23 Ligue A has been completed today with a result probably against all odds: a majestic win of Narbonne on the field of leaders Tours – 2-3 (25:21, 27:29, 25:23, 19:25, 12:15).
After a first set won without problems by the hosts, Narbonne react, winning the second lasted as many as 38 minutes, and wasted a lead of 22-24 in third set, to keep the control of the game in the decisive two, also thanks to a great performance in blocking, with 15 points from this element.
Willner Rivas was named MVP of the match with 19 points, 2 aces and 49% in attack, while Pierre Derouillon and Aboubacar Drame Neto scored 21 points each for Tours.
About the standings, almost nothing changes: Tours remain to the top with 39 points, 3 more than pursuers Nantes, while Narbonne remain sixth, but now with the same number of points of Tourcoing, 28.

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | | JOURNÉE 16 | Round 16

| Friday January 13, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Chaumont 3-1 (22:25, 25:15, 25:16, 25:16)

| Saturday January 14, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Nice 3-2 (16:25, 25:18, 25:22, 18:25, 15:11)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Montpellier 1-3 (25:18, 23:25, 24:26, 22:25)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Cambrai 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:23)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Plessis-Robinson 3-2 (25:19, 15:25, 21:25, 25:23, 15:11)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Sète 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:19, 25:23)

👉🏼 Sunday January 15, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Narbonne 2-3 (25:21, 27:29, 25:23, 19:25, 12:15)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 39
2. Nantes 36
3. Saint Nazaire 35
4. Chaumont 32
5. Tourcoing 28
6. Narbonne 28
7. Paris 25
8. Montpellier 24
9. Sète 21
10. Poitiers 17
11. Toulouse 15
12. Nice 14
13. Plessis Robinson 13
14. Cambrai 7

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 17 | Round 17

| Friday January 20, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Tours

| Saturday January 21, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Narbonne
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Saint-Nazaire
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cambrai – Nice
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Toulouse
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Tourcoing
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Poitiers

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