France
Lille wins the Men’s D2 !
Published on 22 May 2022
This weekend, the French D2 Men took place at the Bréquigny pool in Rennes. The LUC Lille team won the Champion title.
A failure can become a success. Not qualified for the third round of D1 for the first time in their history, the Lillois have recovered to win the title of Division 2 champion. Undefeated throughout the competition, Joel Triboult’s teammates had big problems beating Neuilly in their clashes. The semi-final between these two teams was extremely close and the epilogue was decided in the last seconds of play for a 2-1 final victory for LUC.
Well supported by Corbie, their compatriots from Hauts-de-France, in the final against the local team of Rennes 2, the Lillois won easily 5-2.
After a thrilling match, the Squales of Neuilly, who finished ahead of Lille in round 2 of the D1, completed the podium with a victory over Corbie. Trailing twice in the score, the Corbeans battled hard to go to sudden death but the Squales finally managed to win and move up to 3rd place.
The final ranking :
1- Lille (D1 round 2)
2- Rennes 2
3- Neuilly (D1 round 2)
4- Corbie (D1 round 2)
5- Ermont (D1 round 2)
6- Lyon
7- Fontenay 2
8- Sedan
9- Lagny
10- Montpellier
11- Pontoise 2
12- Franconville 2
Credit picture : @RSSM