France: Chaumont sweep Tours in advance of Round 5 and fly temporarily to the top!

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Round 5 of 2023/24 Marmara Spike League started today with the fourth defeat in 5 games of titleholders and Supercup winners Tours, now relegated at 12th place in the current standings with only 3 points!
In a remake of last season Final, as many as 2023/24 Supercup, this time to celebrate is Chaumont, after a well-deserved straight sets away win (25:27, 21:25, 22:25).
After a hard-fought first set, lasted as many as 42 minutes and in which the hosts have always been in control of the game and Chaumont had to recover from 16-12 and, then, also from 21-19, Tours collapsed and the rivals were able to close second and third sets without major problems, with 16 points from top scorer Victor Cardoso (54% in attack and 1 block), supported by Patrick Indra, who also contributed with 12 and an excellent Niko Suihkonen, who ended the game with 11 points to his name through 70% in attack, 2 aces and 2 winning blocks.
For Tours, Aboubacar Drame Neto scored 13 points but with only 37%, blocked 6 times with 2 errors and 11/30 in attack.
With this victory Chaumont temporarily fly to the top with 13 points, ahead Tourcoing (12) and Nantes Rezé (10). The first one will play tomorrow on the field of last-placed and still winless Narbonne, and the second will welcome Nice (second-to-last with only 2 points in the standings).

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🇫🇷| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2023/24 | JOURNÉE 5 | Round 5

Friday November 10, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Chaumont 0-3 (25:27, 21:25, 22:25)

Saturday November 11, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis Robinson – Saint Nazaire 3-0 (25:18, 25:16, 25:20)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Jean d’Illac – Montpellier 0-3 (16:25, 17:25, 17:25)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Toulouse 0-3 (21:25, 25:27, 14:25)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Paris 2-3 (25:22, 19:25, 18:25, 25:18, 11:15)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Tourcoing 0-3 (22:25, 15:25, 24:26)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Nice 3-0 (25:10, 26:24, 25:17)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Chaumont 13
2. Tourcoing 12
3. Nantes Rezé 10
4. Montpellier 8
5. Toulouse 7
6. Saint Nazaire 7
7. Paris 6
8. Poitiers 6
9. Sète 5
10. Plessis Robinson 4
11. Saint-Jean d’Illac 3
12. Tours 3
13. Nice 2
14. Narbonne 1

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🇫🇷| NEXT GAMES| JOURNÉE 6 | Round 6

Wednesday November 15, 2023
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Plessis Robinson

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