Venislav Antov played a strong match and finished with 26 points in Tourcoing's dramatic 2:3 (17:25, 25:23, 25:19, 22:25, 15:17) away loss to Tours in the second round of the French championship on October 20.
The Bulgarian opposite was the top scorer for his team with 25 attack points and one ace. He was just one point shy of the match's leading scorer, Vasily Molotkov, who finished with 27 points – 17 from attack, three aces, and seven blocks. The Russian is known to the Bulgarian public from his time in Montana. Earvin Ngapeth added 10 points for the hosts.
Tourcoing turned the score around after losing the first set and took a 2:1 lead, but Tours won the fourth set and sent the match into a tie-break.
In the decisive set, Antov scored five attack points. He secured the first match point for the visitors at 14:13, and after the equalizer, Jose Gallego gave Tourcoing another chance to close the match – 15:14.
However, three consecutive attack errors followed for the visitors – one by Robert Andringa and two by Antov, with which Tours achieved the final success. Despite the painful finish, Tourcoing left with a point from the away game.