Fenix Toulouse Handball 31:32 Caen Handball: Match Result

Cannes edged past Phoenix Toulouse 32-31 in a tightly contested Starligue match on Thursday evening. The result gives the visitors two points from their opening fixture, while the hosts remain on zero despite not losing. Neither side had played a league game before this meeting, so the table tells you very little about either team's ambitions. One win, one draw — and that's all there is to write home about at this stage. Toulouse had shown promise in pre-season with a 31-25 victory over BM Torrelavega back in August, but their recent form has been mixed. They dropped points against Saran 27-25 on September 5th, and this draw keeps them from building any real momentum. Cannes arrived with a solid 26-24 win over Dunkerque the previous day. It's only their second league victory in recent memory — they lost to both Pontoise-Compiègne and Nantes earlier in the month — so this narrow win might not feel like much, but it puts them eighth for now. The gap between these two sides remains theoretical. One point separates them in the standings, and that's about as meaningful as it gets when you've played one game and nothing else.

#	Team	P	W	D	Points
1	Nantes	2	2	0	4
2	Saran Loiret Handball	2	2	0	4
3	Caen Handball	2	2	0	4
4	Montpellier	1	1	0	2
5	Limoges	2	1	1	2
6	Provence Aix	2	1	1	2
7	PSG	1	1	0	2
8	USAM Nîmes Gard	1	1	0	2
9	Selestat Alsace Handball	2	1	1	2
10	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	2	1	1	2

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