French Ligue A 2011/2012 season

12th day results:

Sète 2/3 Poitiers 25-20 21-25 25-23 16-25 10-15 P2
Narbonne 3/2 Lyon 25-18 18-25 25-23 20-25 15-13 P2
Rennes 3/2 Toulouse 21-25 22-25 25-22 25-19 15-13
Paris 2/3 AS Cannes 20-25 25-23 25-17 29-31 9-15 P2
Nantes Rezé 3/0 Montpellier 25-20 27-25 25-19 P2
Tourcoing 3/0 Beauvais 25-14 25-13 25-21 P2
Tours 3/1 Ajaccio 25-22 25-27 25-20 25-22 P2

Ranking:

1. Tours 30
2. Poitiers * 30
3. Montpellier 20
4. Rennes 20
5. AS Cannes 20
6. Nantes Rezé 19
7. Toulouse ** 19
8. Sète 18
9. Tourcoing * 17
10. Beauvais 17
11. Paris 13
12. Narbonne ** 12
13. Ajaccio 10
14. Lyon 7

* one game less
** one game more

Comments:

Pitiful game from Beauvais in Tourcoing and great victory for Nantes against Montpellier: those are the main results of the week-end. For now in Montpellier, Gromadowski is not more convincing than he was in Paris 2 season before.
Tours had not an easy game against Ajaccio, and you can look at Poitiers either like they lost a point against Sète, or they won two points there, depending on what you consider is the real value of Sète. Anyway since Rennes, and Cannes both struggle, the good news is for Tours/Poitiers who now have a 10 points head, and Nantes that is back at the level of the main play-off contenders.

There is now a 4 points gap between the best 10 and Paris, and unless Paris comes back quickly in the race, they might be out of the playoff pretty early...

even if you are champion, you can have financial troubles :
http://www.lnv.fr/FM/2011-2012…6571ed0a8f8ee054db7e50df0
This teams have 10 days to show that they can be clear and finish the season!

13th day results:

Poitiers 3/2 Tours 26-24 18-25 19-25 25-20 15-8 P2
Lyon 1/3 Sète 25-21 23-25 15-25 19-25 P2
Montpellier 3/0 Paris 25-22 28-26 25-19 P2
Tourcoing 2/3 Nantes Rezé 17-25 25-18 20-25 25-18 10-15 P2
Ajaccio 3/2 Beauvais 25-27 25-21 25-19 30-32 15-8 P2

( Toulouse 3/0 Narbonne 25-16 25-22 25-12 P2 played earlier on 12/01)
Cannes vs Rennes delayed to 12/29

Ranking:

1. Poitiers * 32
2. Tours 31
3. Montpellier 23
4. Sète 21
5. Nantes Rezé 21
6. Rennes * 20
7. AS Cannes * 20
8. Toulouse 19
9. Tourcoing * 18
10. Beauvais 18
11. Paris 13
12. Ajaccio 12
13. Narbonne 12
14. Lyon 7

* one game less

Comments:

Main results is obviously the victory of Poitiers against Tours. However Tours was appearing better than Poitiers until David Konecny had to leave the game after an injury at 8-8 in the 4th set. The victory of Ajaccio against Beauvais is an other blow for Beauvais, but a good news for the Corsican team. The victory of Nantes in Tourcoing is also quite a good result. Montpellier and Sète both got 3 points against weaker opponents which is very important since the ranking of playoff teams is so tight.

Quote from le coq gaulois

even if you are champion, you can have financial troubles :
http://www.lnv.fr/FM/2011-2012…6571ed0a8f8ee054db7e50df0
This teams have 10 days to show that they can be clear and finish the season!

About the financial trouble of Poitiers, it looks like nothing new. Poitiers had a 270 000 € deficit from 2 seasons ago. This bad finances lead to a 2 points penalty last season, and they had to get 85 000 € benefit so they could reimburse some of the debt. Yet they where a bit short and only manage a 79 000€ benefit. As a consequence they now have an other penalty (a 11 000€ fine) for not making enough efforts to reimburse the debt. But on the long run, the club is not really in danger. It could only lead the team to make a few more cuts.
The relegation decision looks like it's only some kind of rhetorical threat, and we learn that the same threat had been made last season but were not made public at the time. (rules about publicity changed this season)

I'm not too much worried about Poitiers for now. Maybe it would cost them a good player or two next season, and probably they won't be allowed to recruit a new player this season even in case of an injury, but I don't believe any second they're going to be in Ligue B next season !

late 6th day result:

Tourcoing 3/0 Poitiers 26-24 25-23 25-22

late 13th day result:

AS Cannes 1/3 Rennes 21-25 25-23 16-25 32-34 P2

Ranking after half championship:

1. Poitiers 32
2. Tours 31
3. Montpellier 23
4. Rennes 23
5. Tourcoing 21
6. Sète 21
7. Nantes Rezé 21
8. AS Cannes 20
9. Toulouse 19
10. Beauvais 18
11. Paris 13
12. Ajaccio 12
13. Narbonne 12
14. Lyon 7

What is the system after the main round?

Simple play-off system: 1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, and so on.
The quarter and semi-final of play-off are played at best of 3 games (so 2 victories are enough) with best ranked team hosting game 1 and 3. The final is played on a single game in Paris like in Italy.

The 2 worst teams go directly in Ligue B.

I see new site doesn't work yet. Is there any other place where can I find stats of all games 1/8 French Cup?

Quote from Kaziyski

no stats yet

but thanks for results

Quote from Justyna

I see new site doesn't work yet.

The new website is supposed to be online tomorrow at 4 pm.

French Cup results:
Nancy 0 - 3 Tours
Narbonne 2 - 3 Rennes
Toulouse 3 - 1 Montpellier
Ajaccio 3 - 2 Nantes
Beauvais 3 - 2 Sète
Orange 0 - 3 Cannes
Martigues 0 - 3 Paris
Harnes 3 - 2 Poitiers

14th day results:

Ajaccio 2 - 3 Poitiers
Lyon 0 - 3 Tours (stats)
Toulouse 0 - 3 Sète (stats)
Cannes 3 - 0 Narbonne (stats)]
Montpellier 1 - 3 Rennes (stats)
Tourcoing 3 - 2 Paris (stats)

Beauvais vs Nantes to be played january 31st

Ranking (points/#games played/#victory/#defeats):

1. Poitiers 34 14 12 2
2. Tours 34 14 11 3
3. Rennes 26 14 9 5
4. Sète 24 14 8 6
5. Tourcoing 23 14 8 6
6. Montpellier 23 14 8 6
7. Cannes 23 14 7 7
8. Nantes 21 13 7 6
9. Toulouse 19 14 6 8
10. Beauvais 18 13 6 7
11. Paris 14 14 4 10
12. Ajaccio 13 14 5 9
13. Narbonne 12 14 4 10
14. Lyon 7 14 2 12

15th day results:

Nantes Rezé 3 - 2 Ajaccio stats
Paris 3 - 1 Beauvais stats
Rennes 2 - 3Tourcoing stats
Narbonne 3 - 1Montpellier stats
Sète 3 - 0 Cannes stats
Poitiers 3 - 2Lyon stats
Tours 3 - 0 Toulouse stats

Ranking (points/#games played/#victory/#defeats):

1. Tours 37 15 12 3
2. Poitiers 36 15 12 2
3. Sète 27 15 9 6
4. Rennes 27 15 9 6
5. Tourcoing 25 15 9 6
6. Montpellier 23 15 8 7
7. Nantes Rezé 23 14 8 6
8. Cannes 23 15 7 8
9. Toulouse 19 15 6 9
10. Beauvais 18 14 6 7
11. Paris 17 15 4 10
12. Narbonne 15 15 5 10
13. Ajaccio 14 15 5 10
14. Lyon 8 15 2 12

Comments:

The leader (Poitiers) almost lost to the last team : Lyon. Lyon was leading 2-1 and the 4th set ended at 36-34 ! After Haching, Ajaccio and Harnes, This is the 4th 5 setter for Poitiers in 2012 ! And Poitiers has not had a 3 points game since one month.
As a consequence, Tours is now the best team after an other clean victory against Toulouse.
Sète also clearly dominated Cannes, and Tourcoing had a great victory in Rennes. But the main surprise is Montpellier's defeat in Narbonne.
An other disappointing result for Beauvais (or a good one for Paris), and a rather good for Nantes (or not too bad for Ajaccio).

16th day results:

Tourcoing 3 - 2 Narbonne stats
Toulouse 1 - 3 Poitiers stats
Nantes Rezé 3 - 0 Paris stats
Cannes 3 - 1Tours stats
Montpellier 0 - 3 Sète stats
Beauvais 1 - 3 Rennes stats
Lyon 0 - 3 Ajaccio stats

Ranking (points/#games played/#victory/#defeats):

1. Poitiers 39 16 14 2
2. Tours 37 16 12 4
3. Sète 30 16 10 6
4. Rennes 30 16 10 6
5. Tourcoing 27 16 10 6
6. Nantes Rezé 26 15 9 6
7. Cannes 26 16 8 8
8. Montpellier 23 16 8 8
9. Toulouse 19 16 6 10
10. Beauvais 18 15 6 9
11. Ajaccio 17 16 6 10
12. Paris 17 16 5 11
13. Narbonne 16 16 5 11
14. Lyon 8 16 2 14

French cup 1/4:

Beauvais 3 - 2 Paris
Toulouse 0 - 3 Rennes
Cannes 0 - 3 Tours

Ajaccio vs Harnes delayed to 01/31

Comments:

A surprising result with Cannes's victory against Tours, but Tours managed to win the french cup game 3 days after this one. Otherwise, Sète and Rennes are looking great, but Montpellier is drowning. Paris and Beauvais appearing more and more like they can't reach the playoff this season. And Lyon's fate seems to be going back to Ligue B.

I won't be able to make updates on french league for the next two weeks. If you are looking for results and rankings, go to http://www.lnvstats.com/

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