Volleyball, the University of Montpellier Champion of France 2025
The Grenoble-based Ligue AURA (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes) hosted the N1 and N2 finals of the French University Volleyball Championships on Wednesday June 4 and Thursday June 5.
Not only did Team 1 win the French N1 championship, but Team 2, which qualified for the Nationale 2, also had the luxury of finishing in second place. The University of Montpellier therefore took two podium finishes for this 2025 edition.
These two teams emerged brilliantly from the academic and interacademic qualifying phases at the start of the year. They are made up of students on a dual "sports and university STAPS/Law/Science/Campus connecté de Sète" project. These athletes play at the Pôle France de Volley (CNVB), and in the MSHC Volley, Arago de Sète, Narbonne, Agde and Ajaccio clubs.
After beating, respectively, the University of Strasbourg (2-0), the University of Paris cité STAPS (2-1) and the University of Rennes 1 (2-0), the team defeated INSA Lyon in the ½ final by a score of 2 sets to 0, and then the defending 2024 champions, Tours, in the final by a score of 2 sets to 1. Team 2 lost in the final by a narrow score of 2 sets to 1 to the University of Grenoble Alpes. The team had initially beaten the Université de Lille, the Université de Lyon, the Université de Paris Saclay Orsay and the Université de la Côte d'Azur in the pool and then in the ½-final without dropping a set.
On the women's side, the University of Montpellier, without 2 key players on national training camps, managed to climb to 4th place in the Nationale 2 Championship.
The University of Montpellier has qualified for the European University Championships to be held in July 2026 in Salerno, Italy. This 2026 edition of the "EUSA Games" will bring together some 20 sports and 5,000 participants from 45 countries and 400 universities.
Men's Team 1 squad :
MARE Haukéa (Pôle France), GIBOUIN Valentin (Pôle France), RESPAUT Guillaume (Pôle France), BARBIER Wayan (Arago de Sète), PERLADE LOUIS (Ajaccio), FROUARD Simon (Pôle France), LEROYER Tom (Pôle France), SPANO Nathan (MHSC Montpellier), BRANCIER VALENTIN (Pôle France), SECRETANT TIMÉO (Pôle France), SCHLIENGER TRISTAN (Arago de Sète), ASI FLORIAN, HALLART Dominique (Manager)
Men's Team 2 squad :
DOLADILLE Mathis (MHSC Montpellier), DJOUADJ Nadir (Arago de Sète), ROUS Gael (Agde Volleyball), SIKSOU Kayan (MHSC Montpellier), ROSSI Enio (Arago de Sète), LABBE Alexandre (MHSC Montpellier), ROUX Léonard (Arago de Sète), DELOLME Matthias (MHSC Montpellier), BOUCHER Raphael LAURENT (Narbonne), Laurent Eliott (MHSC Montpellier), REVEL Thibault (Arago de Sète), LOPEZ Enzo (Arago de Sète), GUERCIO Nathan (Manager)
Women's team: Staps / Medicine / Pharmacy / Law / Polytech
BERNARD Malory (Sète VB), CASABIANCA Zoé (Lattes), FERESIN Clara (ASV Mauguio), HAMEL Louise, LAMBE Solenne (Volleyclub Gignac), LECLERCQ Alice (Lattes), MENG Ninon (Vienne), MIQUEL Agathe, POMMERET Héléna (Montpellier Croix d'Argent), REY Auriana (LAMVAC), SANTER Lilou (Béziers Volley), CADART Julie (Manager)
