Montpellier, with Dimitar Dimitrov and Nikola Le Goff, faced significant difficulties to escape the trap set by Cannes in the 14th round of the Marmara SpikeLeague. The team from Hérault asserted their will in the decisive fifth set to win 3:2 (22-25, 29-27, 22-25, 25-18, 15-8). They occupy third place. For its part, Cannes continues its bad run with a third consecutive loss.National player Dimitar Dimitrov finished with an impressive 33 points (3 aces, 2 blocks), a result that helped him climb to third position among the championship's top scorers.
With solid defense, Silvano Prandi's Chaumont won on Saturday evening as guests against Poitiers and took second place in the Marmara SpikeLeague standings. After their heavy loss on Tuesday against Montpellier, the Poitiers volleyball players wanted to make amends in front of their home crowd this Saturday evening against Chaumont. But the revenge did not happen. Neither their superstar Earvin Ngapeth, nor their captain Brett Walsh managed to find the key to prevail over Chaumont, who won decisively 3:0 (21-25, 17-25, 23-25). With this victory, Chaumont became the new runner-up to Tourcoing, displacing Montpellier.