Volleyball: fifth in the regular season in League A, Montpellier will face Tours in the quarter-finals of the play-offs

Joris Seddik, élu MVP de la rencontre face à Nantes. Midi Libre – Giacomo Italiano

Montpellier a battu Nantes au tie-break, samedi soir à Castelnau. Les Héraultais défieront le TVB au meilleur des cinq matchs à partir de mardi.

MHSC VB had to win to hope to finish the regular phase in the first four teams in the ranking. He did it at the end of the suspense against Nantes assured of second place that Montpellier will find next Sunday in Paris (3:30 p.m.) for the final of the Coupe de France.

Yet this result was not enough since at the same time, Tourcoing (3rd) and Tours (4th) won their match. Thus, the Montpellier residents, fifth in the end, will challenge the Tourangeaux in the quarter-final, in the best of five matches without having home advantage (read below).

The MHSC returns to Nantes on March 31 in the Coupe de France final

The clash between the last two French champions promises to be hot. It will start this Tuesday in Indre-et-Loire. MHSC VB leaves with the advantage of having beaten TVB twice this season, which has no value at the start of this first round of the play-offs.

Nevertheless, the people of Montpellier are moving forward with certainty. They have just won 11 of their last 15 matches in all competitions and they have the ability to beat the big names in the championship like Nantes in the tie-break of the fifth round. Eight days before meeting again in the capital, next Sunday (3:30 p.m.), the two teams fought an epic duel. But before trying to win the first Coupe de France in its history, the MHSC VB has a meeting with the TVB on Tuesday.

League A quarter-final

Match 1: Towers – MHSC VB, Tuesday March 26
Match 2: Rounds – MHSC VB, Wednesday April 3
Match 3: MHSC VB – Tours, Saturday April 6
Match 4 (if necessary): MHSC VB – Tours, Monday April 8
Match 5 (if necessary): Rounds – MHSC VB, Thursday April 11

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