France: Montpellier to semifinals! Tourcoing and Poitiers to Game 5

Best-of-five Quarterfinals of 2024/25 Marmara Spike League continue today with two Games 4.
After Chaumont and Tours, who eliminated Toulouse and Nice in three games, also regular season winners Montpellier claimed their ticket for semifinals, and they did it after a thrilling 2-3 (25:22, 22:25, 25:21, 18:25, 12:15) win on the field of No.8 Cannes.
After 2 hours and 30 minutes of play, setter Raphael Corre played an excellent game sendings as many as 6 players in double digit: Ezequiel Palacios, top scorer with 20 points to his name, MVP Tomas Lopez Pascual, who added 15 through 53% in attack and 3 aces, Dimitar Dimitrov, who left the court with 12, Raphaël Pascal with 11, and Nicolas Le Goff and Veikka Lindqvist, who also contributed with 10 each.
Reda Haikal scored 22 points for Cannes, all in attack with 56% efficiency, but he wasn’t enough.
After a 3-1 (25:22, 25:23, 20:25, 31:29) home win against third-placed in regular season Tourcoing, Poitiers send the rivals to decisive Game 5, scheduled on Friday, April 18, in Tourcoing.
Nik Mujanovic played another great game scoring as many as 30 points in four sets with 1 ace, 1 block and 65% in attack, while libero Franco Massimino earned MVP honors.

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🏐| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2024/25 | QUARTERFINALS (best-of-five)

Game 1

Friday, April 4 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont (2) – Toulouse (7) 3-2 (25:19, 20:25, 23:25, 32:30, 16:14) Series: 1-0
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier (1) – Cannes (8) 0-3 (22:25, 22:25, 18:25) Series: 0-1
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing (3) – Poitiers (6) 3-1 (25:23, 27:29, 25:21, 27:25) Series: 1-0
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours (4) – Nice (5) 3-0 (25:19, 25:21, 25:21) Series: 1-0

Game 2

Sunday, April 6 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont (2) – Toulouse (7) 3-1 (25:22, 20:25, 25:18, 25:21) Series: 2-0
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Montpellier (1) – Cannes (8) 3-0 (25:23, 25:22, 25:22) Series: 1-1
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing (3) – Poitiers (6) 3-1 (25:16, 20:25, 31:29, 28:26) Series: 2-0
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Tours (4) – Nice (5) 3-1 (23:25, 25:12, 25:17, 25:19) Series: 2-0

Game 3

Saturday, April 12 2025
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse (7) – Chaumont (2) 0-3 (23:25, 17:25, 23:25) Series: 0-3
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cannes (8) – Montpellier (1) 0-3 (19:25, 16:25, 24:26) Series: 1-2
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers (6) – Tourcoing (3) 3-1 (25:21, 23:25, 25:23, 27:25) Series: 1-2
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nice (5) – Tours (4) 2-3 (28:30, 26:28, 25:20, 25:22, 14:16) Series: 0-3
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