P.or its official entry into the 2022-2023 season, President Fiolet’s men will travel this Wednesday 21 September to Le Havre, one of the big fish in Group B of the championship. A former resident of Pro A, the Havrais would like to regain their former glory. So again this year with a solid workforce, STB intends to aim high. Around Valentin Bigotte, coach Hervé Coudray has built a very competitive team by keeping five players (Bigotte, Sylla, Diagne, Duport and Mady) and bringing players who know their level well, such as Mickael Var who comes from Boulogne, Damien N . ‘Séké Ebélé from Pont-de-Chérruy or Anthony Da Sylva who played in Dax. If we add the arrival of two foreigners, the Senegalese Sérigné Barro and the American Fred Thomas, the Normans should be the protagonists of this season in Group B.
But let’s talk about the cup, since this meeting on Wednesday is the first round of the Coupe de France (the round of 16). It is clear that for the National 1 this first round is equivalent to a good preparation match as the ambitions of the clubs cannot be excessive at this stage of the competition. However, a match remains a match and the winner can dream of at least a good home poster against a ProB or Betclic Elite team. This is exactly what ABR executives and their supporters dream of before this short trip to the port city. There will be no fan bus, but there will still be several cheering on Les Jaune et Bleu for their first game of the season. Dominique Gentil will find his former team. Rested a week after a busy 3X3 season, he needed to recharge his batteries. He returns to the group. Alexandre Moisy will not be operational, has received a PRP (platelet rich plasma) injection and will be out of order for a week or two.
On the Le Havre side, Romain Duport and Oumarou Sylla missed during the preparation and Le Havre presents a mixed record. But with Bigotte in charge, the ABR players will do a first test to find out where they really are after the good warm-up matches.
STB Le Havre-ABBR, Wednesday 21 September, at 7 pm, Lucien Nolent room, rue des Chargeurs gathered. Admission 2 euros.
STB Le Havre
-nº1 Fred THOMAS (1.96m)
-nº7 Oumarou SYLLA (1.85m)
-nº9 Antonio DA SYLVA (1.85 m)
-nº10 Valentin BIGOTTE (1.96 m)
-nº11 Mohamed DIAGNE (1.98m)
-no16 Damien I AM A LOT
-nº34 Sérigné BARRO (2.08 m)
-nº39 Mickael VAR (2.06 m)
-nº49 Romain DUPORT (2.17 m)
-nº95 Louis MADY (1.96 m)
Coach: Hervé COUDRAY
ABBR
-nº7 Thomas TSHIKAYA (2.01 m)
-nº8 Dominique GENTIL (1.97m)
nº9 Florian CHAPUY (1.86 m)
nº11 Arthur EKANI (1.98 m)
nº12 Ludgy LAPORAL (2.03 m)
nº13 Kayode AJENIFUJA (1.95 m)
nº14 Kai MITCHELL (2.00 m)
nº21 Alexandre MOISY (1.75 m)
nº29 Adrien HÉNOCQ (1.94 m)
nº31 Louis LEFÈVRE (2.06 m)
nº95 Alexandre MENDY (1.90 m)
Trainer: Laurent KLEEFSTRA
The first cup results for the teams in Group A of the National 1
Boulazac (Pro B) –Lorient (N1) 75-67
Quimper (Pro B) –Le Sables d’Olonne (N1) 83-64
Tarbes-Lourdes (N1) –Poitiers (N1) 56-75
Lille (Pro B) –Loon-Plage (N1) 84-60
Toulouse (N1) –
Angers (Pro B) 98-91
Tour (N1) –Challans (N1) 79-87
Other results
Orleans (Pro B) –Rouen (N1) 90-77
Saint-Chamond (Pro B) –Aix-Maurienne (Pro B) 83-64
Saint-Vallier (Pro B) –Antibes (Pro B) 58-77
Andrezieux-Boutheon (N1) –Besançon (N1) 88-81
Nantes (Pro B) –La Rochelle (Pro B) 57-68
Boulogne (N1) –Caen (N1) 77-70
Blois (Betclic Elite) –Evreux (Pro B) 76-68
Cergy (N1) –Chalons-Reims (Pro B) 58-85
Denain (Pro B) –Kaysersberg (N1) 66-46
The matches on Wednesday
Wednesday 21 September at 19:00
Le Havre (NM1) – Berck / Rang du Flyers (NM1)
Wednesday 21 September at 8pm
Hyères-Toulon (NM1) – Lyon (NM1)
Pont-de-Cheruy (NM1) – Feurs (NM1)
Chalon (Pro B) – Vichy-Clermont (Pro B)
Ferns (NM2) – Aurora di Vitré (NM1)
Chartres (NM1) – Rennes (NM1)
AS Alsace (Pro B) – Mulhouse (NM1)
Orchie (NM1) – Rueil (NM1)
Saint Quentin (Pro B) – Nancy (Betclic Elite)
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