France: Toulouse, Poitiers and Ajaccio won Saturday games of Round 20!

After the advance played on Thursday, in which Montpellier won derby on the field of Sète in straight sets, and the victories of Narbonne and Tours, Round 20 of 2025/26 MARMARA Spike League continued today with other three games.
Toulouse inflicted to Chaumont the 17th defeat of the season counting all competition, and they did it in front 2049 home fans to take a seasonal record of spectators at their Palais Des Sport.
Despite losing first set, Toulouse celebrated the 4th success in a row, today led by Jules Duthoit, who left the court with 11 points to his name through 73% in attack and 3 winning blocks.
3 points also for Poitiers, who sweep Paris with a clean 3-0 (25:19, 25:18, 25:19)
Thanks to his 11 points (with 58% in attack) recorded this evening, Tom Picard scored a total of 104 points in his career! Kevin Kobrine and Thomas Pujol led the winners with 13 points each, just like Keihan Takahashi for the team from country’s capital.
Close the picture an amazing win of Ajaccio over St-Nazaire, 3-2 (25:22, 19:25, 25:20, 24:26, 19:17), to celebrate their second win in a row to bridge the gap in the relegation race, having now just 3 points less than Chaumont, Paris and Saint Nazaire!
Daniel Bala played an amazing game scoring as many as 31 points through 61% in attack and 1 ace.
Round 20 will close tomorrow with the clash between Cannes and Tourcoing.

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🏐| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2025/26 | JOURNÉE 20 | Round 20

Thursday February 5, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Sète – Montpellier 0-3 (22:25, 19:25, 27:29)

Friday February 6, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Plessis-Robinson 3-1 (25:18, 19:25, 25:19, 25:22)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nice – Tours 0-3 (17:25, 20:25, 35:37)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

👉🏼Saturday February 7, 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Chaumont 3-1 (22:25, 25:18, 25:20, 25:21)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Paris 3-0 (25:19, 25:18, 25:19)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Ajaccio – St-Nazaire 3-2 (25:22, 19:25, 25:20, 24:26, 19:17)

Sunday February 8, 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Cannes – Tourcoing 3-2 (24:26, 19:25, 25:21, 25:23, 15:12)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Tours 51
2. Montpellier 48
3. Tourcoing 42
4. Poitiers 36
5. Toulouse 31
6. Plessis Robinson 29
7. Sète 29
8. Nice 29
9. Cannes 24
10. Narbonne 22
11. Saint Nazaire 19
12. Paris 19
13. Chaumont 19
14. Ajaccio 16 (-3 penalty).

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | JOURNÉE 21 | Round 21

Thursday February 12, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Cannes

Friday February 13, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Nice

Saturday February 14, 2026
• 18.30 (Local Time) | Montpellier – Poitiers
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Narbonne
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Ajaccio – Toulouse
• 20.00 (Local Time) | St-Nazaire – Sète
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Plessis-Robinson

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