Winner of Terville-Florange on Saturday, in the 25th and penultimate day of the Championship, Levallois-Paris took a solid option on second place and a ticket to the European Cup. Marcq-en Baroeul secured its 8th place.
At the same time, Vandoeuvre-Nancy, who were second behind Nantes, only managed to pick up two points against Béziers, winning in a tie-break (25-23, 29-31, 19-25, 25-21, 15-10). The Lorraine team has the same number of points as Levallois-Paris, but will be exempt from the final day of play next Saturday, while the Parisian team will play at France Avenir. In the unlikely event of a 3-0 defeat against the French hopefuls, the two teams would be separated by their points ratio.
Away at Le Cannet, Nantes Neptunes, assured of retaining their first place at the end of the regular season next Saturday, lost 3-1 after winning the first set (29-31, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22). This was the third defeat of the season for Nantes and the seventh consecutive victory for the reigning French champions.