France: Round 19 is over without major upsets. Chaumont to the top, titleholders Tours continue their winning streak!
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After the advance played yesterday, in which Montpellier won the derby against Toulouse in just three sets, Round 19 of 2023/24 Marmara Spike League continues today with the other games.
Straight sets home win for leaders Chaumont, who down Nice 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:16) led by top scorer and MVP Patrick Indra, who left the court with 23 points to his name including 2 aces and an impressive 84% in attack. On the other side of the net only Simon Hirsch reached a double digit scoring 16 points through 48% in attack with 2 winning blocks and 1 ace.
Behind them in the standings (and at -6 from the leaders) Tourcoing, who won on the field of Nantes with the score of 1-3 (25:22, 27:29, 22:25, 21:25) after 1 hours and 59 minutes of play with 20 points from Pablo Koukartsev and 19 from Ryley Barnes.
Chizoba Neves Atu was the top scorer of the game tallying 23 points for Nantes, now only at 6th place in the standings.
Titleholders Tours, now at third place in the standings, continue their impressive winning streak after a 0-3 (23:25, 17:25, 23:25) victory on the field of Narbonne, with 15 points from top scorer Aboubacar Drame Neto (all in attack, through 54%) and 12 aces (7 only from Märt Tammearu, who struggled in attack, with only 2 points on 17 attempts and a consequent 12%, but decisive from the service line with only 1 error).
Home defeat in five sets for No.4 Saint Nazaire against Plessis Robinson 2-3 (23:25, 25:18, 23:25, 25:16, 10:15), despite 15 winning blocks (10 for the winners) and 27 points from Jordan Ewert (with 4 aces, 2 blocks and 50% in attack), absolute top scorer of the game. Samuel Jeanlys and Antti Ronkainen scored 19 and 16 points for the winners, in the playoffs zone at 8th place in the standings with 29 points and at +2 from Paris, who today won in straight sets on the field of newcomers and last-placed Saint-Jean d’Illac – 0-3 (20:25, 23:25, 21:25), with 14 winning blocks and three players in double digit (top scorer Kento Miyaura with 16, Joachim Panou who added 15 and Lucas Conde Barrios who also contributed with 10).
Close the picture the hard-fought 3-1 (21:25, 25:22, 28:26, 25:23) win of Sète over Poitiers, with 19 points each from Maximiliano Gauna (with 1 ace, 6 winning blocks and 63% in attack) and Cheikh Diop (40% in attack and 2 blocks).
Metin Toy, top scorer of the match, scored 26 points for Poitiers.
Both sides have now 24 points in the standings.
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🇫🇷| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2023/24 | JOURNÉE 19 | Round 19
Friday February 2, 2024
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Toulouse 3-0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:23)
👉🏼Saturday February 3, 2024
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Jean d’Illac – Paris 0-3 (20:25, 23:25, 21:25)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Poitiers 3-1 (21:25, 25:22, 28:26, 25:23)
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Tours 0-3 (23:25, 17:25, 23:25)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Nice 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:16)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint Nazaire – Plessis Robinson 2-3 (23:25, 25:18, 23:25, 25:16, 10:15)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Tourcoing 1-3 (25:22, 27:29, 22:25, 21:25)
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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Chaumont 46
2. Tourcoing 40
3. Tours 38
4. Saint Nazaire 36
5. Montpellier 35
6. Nantes Rezé 34
7. Toulouse 30
8. Plessis Robinson 29
9. Paris 27
10. Poitiers 24
11. Sète 24
12. Nice 12
13. Narbonne 12
14. Saint-Jean d’Illac 9
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🇫🇷| NEXT GAMES| JOURNÉE 20 | Round 20
Friday February 9, 2024
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Chaumont
Saturday February 10, 2024
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Montpellier
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis Robinson – Nantes Rezé
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Tours
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Narbonne
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Saint Nazaire
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Saint-Jean d’Illac
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