For their first match, Nice Cavigal faces Toulon, the defending champion. Despite great fighting spirit, the Nice players are unlucky and fail to score, while the Toulon players challenge the Nice defense and their throwers Charline Gartner, relieved by Evelyne Golé. The players from Var win with the rather harsh score of 15-0.
The afternoon rain ends the discussions, and it’s the next morning that the Nice Cavigal players lace up their cleats again to face Paris BCF.
A close match where the teams go toe-to-toe, and in this game, it is the Nice players who gain the upper hand and win 8-6. In the last match, a qualifier for the finals, Nice is up against St Priest, and the tension is palpable. Despite attempts to unsettle them, the Nice defense holds strong and does not allow many scoring opportunities for the Lyonnaises. At the same time, the Reds and Blacks lead the contest while remaining within reach of their opponent and finally prevail 5-3.
Three years after their last title and with a team in reconstruction, the Nice Cavigal women’s team returns to the final four of the French Championship. On the upcoming 3rd and 4th of October in Toulon, Nice Cavigal will face Paris BCF, the Tigers from Thiais, and the Comanches from Toulon. As an underdog, the Nice players will travel with the goal of seizing every opportunity to slip into the finals.
