Volero Le Cannet managed to win the city derby against RC Cannes Volley-Ball, thus recording their first points in the French championship. Ivan Petkov's girls managed to break their city rival in an away five-set battle 2:3 (19:25, 26:24, 25:22, 17:25, 8:15). After taking a strong lead, the players of the former national coach allowed an equalization, with the outcome of the second set being decided at the very end of the game. Having gained momentum from the positive development, the hosts managed to take a 2:1 lead. A very strong fourth set followed, in which there was only one team on the court - Volero's. In the tie-break, Petkov's girls managed to secure a comfortable lead, closing the set and the match. The Belarusian Liuba Svetnik from the Volero team was named MVP of the derby.

With this victory, Volero is in 11th position in the standings. The Lille team is at the top. The next match for Ivan Petkov's girls is on Saturday against the reigning champions from Saint-Cloud Paris SF.