France: 3 points for Toulouse, Sète, Paris and Saint Nazaire. 2 for Nantes and Tours

After yesterday advance, in which Chaumont won at tie break on the field of Narbonne, Round 18 of 2022/23 Ligue A has been completed today.

Leaders Tours needed five sets to defeat Tourcoing in front of their home fans – 3-2 (23:25, 25:21, 25:19, 25:27, 15:13). The winners, led by Top Scorer Luciano Palonski, who ended the game with 23 points, all in attack, and 58%, were better in attack but also in the key moments of the game. Aboubacar Drame Neto also contributed with 18 points, and Dmitro Teryomenko with 6 winning blocks.
Tie break win also for Tours’ pursuers Nantes, who won on tue field of titleholders Montpellier by 2-3 (25:23, 25:17, 17:25, 22:25, 9:15), although the hosts played really a great performance in blocking, recording 15 points from this element (of which 6 from Renan Michelucci and 5 from Nicolas Le Goff). Chizoba Neves Atu put down 27 points on the winning side.
Behind them newcomers Saint-Nazaire, who defeat at home Plessis-Robinson by 3-1 (21:25, 25:18, 25:21, 25:18), led by Kyle Ensing (top scorer with 22 points, and an almost perfect Mendes Spencer, who also contributed with 14, and 14/16 in attack (88%).

3 points also for Toulouse, who down Cambrai in four sets (25:21, 22:25, 25:22, 25:23), and Sète , who won 1-3 (25:23, 22:25, 16:25, 23:25) on the field of Nice, led by U.S. Kyle Russel, author of 25 points, 2 blocks 1 ace and 55% in attack and named MVP of the game.
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
The hosts, on the other hand, suffered the heavy absence of setter Javier Gonzalez, replaced by young Hugo Mora.

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | | JOURNÉE 18 | Round 18

| Friday January 27, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Chaumont 2-3 (25:16, 26:28, 25:21, 23:25, 11:15)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

👉🏼 Saturday January 28, 2023

• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Cambrai 3-1 (25:21, 22:25, 25:22, 25:23)

• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Sète 1-3 (25:23, 22:25, 16:25, 23:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Paris 1-3 (23:25, 22:25, 25:23, 16:25)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Plessis-Robinson 3-1 (21:25, 25:18, 25:21, 25:18)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Tourcoing 3-2 (23:25, 25:21, 25:19, 25:27, 15:13)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Nantes Rezé 2-3 (25:23, 25:17, 17:25, 22:25, 9:15)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 44
2. Nantes 39
3. Saint Nazaire 38
4. Chaumont 37
5. Tourcoing 32
6. Narbonne 32
7. Sète 27
8. Paris 25
9. Montpellier 25
10. Poitiers 19
11. Toulouse 18
12. Nice 16
13. Plessis Robinson 13
14. Cambrai 8

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 19 | Round 19

Friday February 3, 2023
• 2.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Saint-Nazaire

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