After the win of Nice at tie break in the advance played on Friday (3:2 against Sete), Round 18 of the French Ligue A was completed. What’s happened? Victory in straight sets for Tourcoing and Ajaccio, respectively against Cannes and Toulouse and another victory for…
Yesterday the only advance of Round 18 of the French Ligue A was played. The prediction was not respected and Nice needed 5 sets to win the game against Sete. An interesting side of this match? It was a big duel of opposites, between Nice’s…
The victories of Narbonne and Chaumont, respectively against Poitiers and Montpellier, close Round 17. The game is practically one-way that between Poitiers (still without one of their best players Schops, injured, and still without the new substitute Djuric) and Narbonne: the guests earn 3 points…
Less than a week after the injury of one of their best players Jochen Schöps, Poitiers found his replacement: this is Mitar Djuric, who starts his season in P.A.O.K. He should be registered under the “joker médical” option , so club need to get approval…
The first part of Round 17 has just ended in France: what happened briefly? Sete unexpectedly beat Nantes in four sets, Nice won the away derby against Cannes in straight sets, and Ajaccio and Tourcoing also won with the same result, respectively against Rennes and…
It’s not a good period for French Volleyball. The DNACG (Direction Nationale d’Aide et de Controle de Gestion) has decided to sanction several clubs from the professional divisions. In the Ligue A Rennes has been fined € 15200 for wrong communications and breaches of equity,…
Since several weeks, Cannes have been confronted with a difficult financial situation which forced the team to implement some drastic choices, in particular to departure of the head coach, Arnaud Josserand. The next step is the departure of the Polish spiker Wojciech Ferens, after a…
The Round 16 of Ligue A was completed yesterday evening. The leaders of Tours have destroyed Poitiers (without one of their best players, Schops) in straight sets and they earned another point on Rennes, now at -4: the team coached by coach Matijasevic lately seems…
Game practically without story in the advance of the round 16, played tonight. Nice played a game almost perfect, with very few mistakes, defeating Toulouse in one of the direct clash for playoffs. In the first set the hosts immediately start very good: they conquer…
The 15th day of Ligue A makes Tours reach the top of the standings: they win 3-0 away against Sète in a match without story, even if the hosts try a comeback in the first set. Once again Tupchii was the top scorer for Sete…
Tours risks elimination by surprise, but under 0-2 manages to make a great comeback on Toulouse and is the last team qualified for the Final Four of the French Cup after Chaumont, Narbonne and Rennes. In this match Tours had two faces: the first below…
Yesterday the first 3 matches of the quarter-finals of the French Cup were played. Chaumont litterally overwhelmed Nice with the aces: 16 in three sets, of which 6 for the setter Saeta, author for really an excellent match (9 points in total and top scorer…
The curtain closes on Round 14 of the French championship with the victory of Tours against Ajaccio in straight sets. With this victory, Tours is currently the leader, with the same points of Rennes, defeated at tie break in Nice on friday. Despite the defeat,…
If yesterday the first part of Round 14 was played, with Montpellier’s victory in four sets against Toulouse, the great home victory of Nice against leaders of Rennes at tie break, and Nantes which wins in straight sets against Cannes (recap is here), today other…
