France: Montpellier close Round 22 with a four sets win over Cannes

Round 22 of 2025/26 MARMARA Spike League has been completed today with the clash between Cannes and No.2 Montpellier.
Predictions respected with the visiting side who collected seventh win in a row counting all competitions, including two games of Champions League against italian powerhouse Cucine Lube Civitanova and Belgium’s Leuven.
But not only as, with a 1-3 (24:26, 25:19, 21:25, 20:25) win, they now sit at -1 with 34 points from leaders Tours, unexpectedly defeated yesterday on the field of Poitiers!
Tomas Lopez Pascual earned MVP honors with 23 points to his name through 49% in attack, 4 blocks and 1 ace, one more than Xander Ketrzynski on the other side of the net.
Great volleyball in France will continue already on Tuesday with both semifinals of Coupe de France, in which superfavorite Tours will welcome Nice, and Paris will face Chaumont, both starting at 8pm local time, while Marmara Spike League resumes on Thursday with the advance of Round 23 between Paris and Montpellier.

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🏐| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2025/26 | JOURNÉE 22 | Round 22

Thursday February 19, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Tourcoing 1-3 (25:27, 20:25, 25:18, 22:25)

Friday February 20, 2026
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Ajaccio 3-0 (25:21, 25:15, 25:11)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nice – St-Nazaire 3-1 (19:25, 25:18, 25:12, 25:23)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Saturday February 21, 2026
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Paris 3-0 (26:24, 25:23, 25:17)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Chaumont 2-3 (23:25, 19:25, 25:19, 25:20, 13:15)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Tours 3-2 (25:21, 23:25, 23:25, 25:20, 15:11)

👉🏼Sunday February 22, 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Cannes – Montpellier 1-3 (24:26, 25:19, 21:25, 20:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Tours 55
2. Montpellier 54
3. Tourcoing 49
4. Poitiers 38
5. Sète 35
6. Toulouse 34
7. Nice 32
8. Plessis Robinson 30
9. Narbonne 27
10. Cannes 26
11. Chaumont 22
12. Paris 22
13. Saint Nazaire 19
14. Ajaccio 16

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | JOURNÉE 23 | Round 23

Thursday February 26, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Montpellier

Friday February 27, 2026
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Nice
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Poitiers

Saturday February 28, 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Plessis-Robinson
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – Ajaccio
• 20.00 (Local Time) | St-Nazaire – Tours
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Cannes

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