tours, France – October 30, 2025 – A championship โขrematch โunfolds โคtonight as Tours VB โhosts Alterna Stade Poitevin at the Palais des Sports, marking the fourth โขday ofโ the MSL season. The highly โanticipated derby pits the league-leading Tourangeaux against theirโ rivals in a contest brimming โฃwith recent history and individual storylines.
This clash revisits the 2025 French Championship final, where Tours VB โคsecured โคtheir tenth title with โvictories in both legs โข- โขa 1-3 win on the road and a decisive 3-0 โคtriumph at home. โฃThe stakes โextendโค beyondโ local โpride, โขas โToursโ currently boasts a perfect 3-0 start to the season, fueled by strong โcollective play, โwhile Poitiers seeks to buildโ momentumโค after aโค challengingโ initial stretch.
Adding โฃintrigueโ to the matchup is Nik Mujanovic, the TVB’s current top โscorer with 58 points in 10 sets, who transferred from Poitiers during the off-season. Tours demonstrated its dominanceโค over Poitiers even last season,โค securing a 3-1 victory in their denโค at the start of the regular season.
Poitiers rebounded from early โlosses to saint-nazaireโฃ (3-2) and Montpellier (3-0) withโข a commanding 3-0 win in Cannes. Toursโค has โalso enjoyedโ recent success, defeating Ajaccio (3-0), Plessisโ (1-3), and Narbonne (3-0).
