France: Montpellier down Sète and reach the 7th place in the standings

After and advance played yesterday, and in which Toulouse down Poitiers 3-0, another game of 2022/23 Ligue A Round 20 has been played today.

After a hard-fought first set, ended overtime, titleholders Montpellier easily defeat Sète by 3-1 (32:34, 25:19, 25:18, 25:22) in front of their home fans, to confirm their good moment: this was, in fact, their fourth victory in a row counting all competition, including the great success against Italy’s Piacenza, in quarterfinals of 2022/23 CEV Cup, celebrated on Thursday!
Theo Faure ended the game as top scorer with 23 points to his name through 60% in attack, while Danny Demyanenko also contributed with 6 winning blocks. Kyle Russell tallied 22 on the losing side.

With this result, the winners overtake the same rivals Sète in the standings, and now they are at 7th place, with one more point.

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🏐| Ligue A 2022/23 | JOURNÉE 20 | Round 20

| Thursday February 9, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Poitiers 3-0 (25:22, 25:18, 25:23)

👉🏼 Friday February 10, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Sète 3-1 (32:34, 25:19, 25:18, 25:22)

| Saturday February 11, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Plessis-Robinson 3-1 (25:20, 25:15, 22:25, 25:23)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Nantes Rezé 2-3 (25:20, 24:26, 23:25, 25:18, 13:15)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Nazaire – Tours 0-3 (24:26, 23:25, 21:25)

| Sunday February 12, 2023
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Paris 3-0 (25:22, 25:14, 25:20)
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Cambrai 3-0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Tours 44
2. Saint Nazaire 41
3. Chaumont 40
4. Nantes 39
5. Tourcoing 35
6. Narbonne 35
7. Montpellier 31
8. Sète 30
9. Paris 25
10. Poitiers 22
11. Toulouse 21
12. Nice 16
13. Plessis Robinson 13
14. Cambrai 8

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 21 | Round 21

Thursday February 16, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Saint-Nazaire

Saturday February 18, 2023
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Toulouse
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Montpellier
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Narbonne
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Tourcoing
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Séte – Chaumont
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Cambrai

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