France: Montpellier down Tourcoing in big match in advance of Round 23 to fly (temporarily) to the top!

Round 23 of 2024/25 Marmara Spike League started today with the big match between No.2 Montpellier and No.3 Tourcoing, with the home team at +1 from their rivals with 42 points in the standings, at least prior to this game!
In fact, with a well-deserved 3-1 (25:22, 25:17, 22:25, 25:22) home win, Montpellier fly temporarily to the top, at +2 from Chaumont, who tomorrow will play on the field of No.9 Paris.
After 2 hours and 8 minutes of play, the hosts made the difference in blocking, scoring 13 points from this element, and were led in score by Dimitar Dimitrov, top scorer of the match with 20 points through 53% in attack, closely followed by Ezequiel Palacios, who added 19 through 54% in attack. Double digit also for Tomas Lopez, who left the court with 14 and Nicolas Le Goff, who added 11.
Round 23 will continue tomorrow with other 4 games. In addition to Paris – Chaumont, Toulouse will welcome Narbonne, Nice will face Plessis Robinson, and Sète faced Tours.

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🏐| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2024/25 | JOURNÉE 23 | Round 23

👉🏼Friday February 28, 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Tourcoing 3-1 (25:22, 25:17, 22:25, 25:22)

Saturday March 1, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Chaumont 2-3 (25:18, 25:21, 20:25, 17:25, 11:15)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Narbonne 3-0 (25:20, 25:17, 25:15)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Plessis Robinson 3-0 (25:19, 25:21, 25:18)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Tours 1-3 (25:17, 21:25, 15:25, 18:25)

Monday March 3, 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Saint Nazaire – Cannes 3-2 (25:21, 25:21, 21:25, 18:25, 19:17)

Dayoff: Poitiers

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Montpellier Herault Sporting Club Volley 45
2. Chaumont Volley-Ball 52 Haute-Marne 43
3. Saems Tourcoing Volley-Ball Lille Metropole 41
4. Tours Volley-Ball 38
5. Spacer’s Toulouse Volley 36
6. Alterna Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball Pro 34
7. Nice Volley Ball 33
8. AS Cannes 30
9. Paris Volley 25
10. Arago De Sète 21
11. Narbonne Volley 19
12. Saint-Nazaire Volley-Ball Atlantique 17
13. Plessis-Robinson Volley-Ball 15

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🏐| NEXT ROUND | JOURNÉE 24 | Round 24

Friday March 7, 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Paris

Saturday March 8, 2025
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Montpellier
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Cannes – Sète
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Toulouse
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Nice
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Plessis Robinson

Dayoff: Saint Nazaire

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