2023-04-21 15:08:24
Good habits do not change and sport continues to occupy your weekends. Le Parisien offers a selection of issues and details the events not to be missed in Île-de-France. Overview.
The event: the cream of French basketball at the Accor Arena
BASKET. This is an event awaited each year by fans of the big orange ball. This weekend, the Accor Arena in Paris will once again be full for the finals of the Coupes de France. After a tempting appetizer on Friday with the women’s and men’s finals reserved for National level teams, then on Saturday morning with the youth competitions, the level will rise on Saturday afternoon with the pros’ finals.
Three days after clashing in the Women’s League, Asvel and its stars will find the Basket Landes of Marine Fauthoux and the icon Céline Dumerc. The latter will try to keep the trophy won last year. A shock at the top which will ideally launch the battle of the leaders among the gentlemen. The men’s final will indeed pit Monaco against Asvel, the two French ambassadors in the Euroleague and the two biggest budgets in the history of the Basketball League.
The poster of the weekend: the duel of titans between PSG and Montpellier
HANDBALL. This Sunday evening, we will have an idea of the name of the future champion of France. The winner of the clasico of the French hand PSG – Montpellier (5 p.m., Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium, live on BeINsport) will put his hand on the trophy. Six days from the end, the two rivals are tied. The winner will take a two-point lead and a clear option on the final victory. Will Montpellier win a 15th title, the first since 2012? Will PSG go for its tenth, the ninth in a row?
At the bottom of the table, Créteil can take a serious option for maintaining against Istres, another contender, while Ivry will not have the easy part in Dunkirk. In Proligue, Tremblay, already qualified for the playoffs and who receives Cherbourg, is still aiming for 1st place held by Dijon.
The challenge of the weekend: the volleyball players of the Stade Français dispute the beautiful
VOLLEY. Stop or for the Marianas? Beaten in five sets Wednesday evening in Aix-Venelles during the quarter-final second leg of the Women’s League A playoffs, the players of the Stade Français Paris Saint-Cloud no longer have a choice. Second in the regular season behind Mulhouse, they must win on Saturday, at home, during the support match to win their ticket for the last four of the championship. If successful, they will face the winner of the duel between Nantes (3rd) and Le Cannet (6th) who are also playing a great Saturday.
The sentence: “We can’t wait to play again” announces Dorian Rougeyron, Paris Volleyball coach
VOLLEY. On forced rest since March 25, and their success against Cambrai on the last day of the regular phase of Ligue A, Paris Volley will finally find their way back to competition. On Saturday, the Parisians welcome Poitiers for the first day of the European Qualification Tournament. A new competition which brings together 6 teams – the four beaten in the quarter-finals as well as the 9th (Paris) and the 10th (Poitiers) of the regular season – and which offers its winner a ticket for a European Cup.
“We can’t wait to play again,” says coach Dorian Rougeyron. It’s always complicated to train every day with the same intensity without having the objective of playing on Saturday… Three weeks (the players had a week off after the game against Cambrai) to train without playing is long. We could not play friendly matches. Either the teams were in the playoffs or they had finished their season and released their players. The only team in our situation was Poitiers… but they took part in a tournament in Dubai. »
For this return to competition, Paris will be deprived of the Argentinian Nicolas Mendez and the Serbian Nikola Kovacevic, injured. Libero Alexis Gonzalez is doubtful. “We will draw on the club’s training center”, announces Rougeyron.
The unusual outing: the Bulky Games will animate Torcy
“The Big Slide”, a gigantic inflatable slide 12 m high, “jumping balls”, walls and pyramids… This is a small part of the menu that awaits participants in the Bulky Games who settle on Saturday and Sunday on the leisure island of Vaires-Torcy in Seine-et-Marne. On a 5 km course, these somewhat masochistic athletes will have to swallow 12 inflatable obstacles, each more spectacular than the other. A race reserved for over 16s. Faced with the enthusiasm, the organizers have scheduled an additional session on Sunday.
The place to be: the Grand Parquet of Fontainebleau
EQUITATION. Until Sunday, the Grand Parquet of Fontainebleau lives to the rhythm of the coronations, those of the new French show jumping champions, awarded in three categories: Pro 2, Pro 1 and in the queen category, Pro Elite. For the second consecutive year, the Printemps des Sports Equestres is hosting the prestigious championship, alongside numerous international competitions.
Nearly seventy couples are thus expected in the Pro Elite category, one hundred for the Pro 1 and Pro 2 categories, i.e. more than 250 riders in the running and just as many mounts to welcome. In the Pro Elite category, the big names in French jumping will be there: Julien Epaillard, current second best rider in the world, Reynald Angot, Alexandra Ledermann, Edward Levy, Marc Dilasser, Kevin Staut, Philippe Rozier, Roger-Yves Bost, Grégory Cottard, Simon Delestre, and Julien Gonin.
THE PROGRAM
BASKET. French Cup (Accor Arena, Paris XII). Women’s Trophy Final : Nice (NF1) – Ifs (NF1) (Friday, 6 p.m.); men’s trophy final : Fougères (NM2) – Beaujolais (NM2) (Friday, 8.30 p.m.). Women’s U18 Final : Charleville-Mézières – Bourges (Saturday, 9:15 a.m.); Finale U17 masculine : Cholet – Roanne (Saturday, 11:45 a.m.); Women’s French Cup final : Basket Landes (LFB) – ASVEL Women (LFB) (Saturday, 2:15 p.m.); men’s French Cup final : Monaco (Betclic Elite) – ASVEL (Betclic Elite) (Saturday 4:45 p.m.).
HANDBALL. Liqui Moly Starligue (25th day): Dunkirk – IVRY (Friday, 8 p.m.); CRETEIL – Istres (Friday, 8.30 p.m., R. Oubron Sports Center); PSG – Montpellier (Sunday, 5 p.m., Pierre-de-Coubertin room). Proligue (27th day): TREMBLAY – Cherbourg (Friday, 8.30 p.m., Palais des sports); Villeurbanne – PONTAULT (Friday, 8.30 p.m.); Sarrebourg – MASSY (Saturday, 8.30 p.m.). Butagaz League (21st day): Chambray – PARIS 92 (Saturday, 8 p.m.).
RUGBY. Top 14 (23rd day): Perpignan – RACING 92 (Saturday, 5 p.m.); STADE FRANCAIS – Stade Toulousain (Saturday, 9:05 p.m., Jean-Bouin stadium).
VOLLEY. European Qualification Tournament (1st day): PARIS – Poitiers (Saturday, 6 p.m., Charléty stadium). Women’s A League, quarter-finals (support match): STADE FRANCAIS PARIS ST-CLOUD – Aix-Venelles (Saturday, 8 p.m., Geo-André stadium).
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