Hardly beaten in the first leg in Turkey, the Narbonne volleyball players overthrew Ankara in the second leg of the Challenge Cup (C3) by winning 3 sets to 1, and won the golden set 21-19, at the end of the suspense , Tuesday evening. They thus become the fourth French men’s club to win a European Cup, after Paris Volley, Tours and AS Cannes, the prize going to Parisians and Tourangeaux who notably won the Champions League (2001 for Paris, 2005 for the TVB), the queen competition.
The Centurions of Narbonne were forced to the exploit, after a defeat 3 sets to 0 in Ankara. Tuesday night at home, they had to win without conceding more than a set, which they did by losing only the second set (25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 25-19). The Challenge Cup title was then decided in a golden set of 15 points, which Guillermo Falasca’s players started in the best possible way, quickly taking the lead (5-1). After a return from Ankara, the Narbonnais kept their calm for a final in apotheosis in their boiling Arena (3,600 spectators).