The 2015–16 Pro A is the 68th season of French League Volleyball. It is the highest level of volleyball competition for men in France. The French League Volleyball is sanctioned by Fédération Française de Volley-Ball
Classification
The classification round will use double round-robin format. Each team plays the other 13 teams twice totaling the number of matches to 182 matches.
Ranking
Points system will be used to determine the ranking of teams.
Match won in 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner; 0 match points for the loser
Match won in 3–2: 2 match points for the winner; 1 match point for the loser
Succeeding tie-break criteria(in order):
number of matches won
Set ratio
Point ratio
Playoff
At the end of classification round, Top eight teams continue to the playoff round.
Teams ranked 9th to 11th are as is.
Bottom three teams are relegated to Pro B League.
Quarterfinals
1st vs 8th (QF1)
2nd vs 7th (QF2)
3rd vs 6th (QF3)
4th vs 5th (QF4)
The higher seed hosts first round; lower seed hosts second round. The higher seed hosts third round if necessary.
Semifinals
QF1 winner vs QF4 winner
QF2 winner vs QF3 winner
The higher seed hosts first round; lower seed hosts second round. The higher seed hosts third round if necessary.
Finals
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
SW
SL
SR
SPW
SPL
SPR
Qualification or relegation
1
Arago de Sète V.B
26
20
6
57
67
35
1.914
2388
2194
1.088
Playoffs
2
Tours VB
26
17
9
55
66
37
1.784
2398
2172
1.104
3
Chaumont VB 52
26
19
7
54
63
41
1.537
2426
2357
1.029
4
Spacer's Toulouse Volley
26
15
11
49
63
45
1.400
2429
2280
1.065
5
GFC Ajaccio VB
26
16
10
46
56
46
1.217
2344
2234
1.049
6
Paris Volley
26
15
11
44
57
48
1.188
2313
2275
1.017
7
Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley
26
14
12
42
57
51
1.118
2403
2424
0.991
8
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
26
15
11
41
53
47
1.128
2244
2259
0.993
9
Beauvais Oise Université Club
26
12
14
37
47
52
0.904
2263
2293
0.987
10
AS Cannes VB
26
15
11
37
53
56
0.946
2397
2395
1.001
11
Montpellier-Agglomération-Volley UC
26
11
15
33
44
54
0.815
2225
2254
0.987
12
ASUL Lyon Volley
26
8
18
29
44
61
0.721
2328
2417
0.963
Relegated to Pro B
13
Narbonne Volley
26
2
24
13
30
75
0.400
2185
2461
0.888
14
Grand Nancy VB
26
3
23
9
21
73
0.288
1951
2279
0.856
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
1
Sète (2)
3
3
X
8
Poitiers (0)
2
0
X
1
Sète (2)
3
3
X
5
GFC Ajaccio (0)
1
2
X
5
GFC Ajaccio (2)
3
3
X
4
Toulouse (0)
0
1
X
1
Sète
0
6
Paris
3
3
Chaumont (0)
0
2
X
6
Paris (2)
3
3
X
6
Paris (2)
0
3
3
2
Tours (1)
3
2
0
7
Nantes Rezé (0)
0
1
X
2
Tours (2)
3
3
X
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
08 Apr
20:00
Tours
3–0
Nantes Rezé
25–15
25–17
25–22
75–54
Report
12 Apr
20:00
Nantes Rezé
1–3
Tours
25–23
22–25
20–25
18–25
85–98
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
09 Apr
15:00
Sète
3–2
Poitiers
21–25
25–21
25–22
22–25
15–13
108–106
Report
13 Apr
20:00
Poitiers
0–3
Sète
17–25
18–25
19–25
54–75
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
09 Apr
20:00
GFC Ajaccio
3–0
Toulouse
25–16
25–15
25–16
75–47
Report
13 Apr
20:00
Toulouse
1–3
GFC Ajaccio
25–27
16–25
25–21
21–25
87–98
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
09 Apr
20:00
Chaumont
0–3
Paris
23–25
24–26
26–28
73–79
Report
13 Apr
20:00
Paris
3–2
Chaumont
20–25
25–23
25–22
18–25
15–13
103–108
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
23 Apr
15:00
Sète
3–1
GFC Ajaccio
27–25
17–25
28–26
25–22
97–98
Report
28 Apr
20:30
GFC Ajaccio
2–3
Sète
26-24
25-23
19-25
20-25
17-19
107-116
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
23 Apr
20:00
Tours
3–0
Paris
25–17
25–22
25–23
75–62
Report
27 Apr
20:00
Paris
3–2
Tours
25–18
21–25
25–16
14–25
15–11
100–95
Report
30 Apr
20:00
Tours
0–3
Paris
20–25
20–25
23–25
63–75
Report
Date
Time
Score
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Total
Report
07 May
18:00
Sète
0–3
Paris
20–25
26–28
23–25
–
–
69–78
Report
Rank
Team
Paris Volley
Arago de Sète
Tours
4
GFC Ajaccio
5
Toulouse
6
Chaumont
7
Nantes Rezé
8
Poitiers
9
Beauvais
10
AS Cannes
11
Montpellier
12
ASUL Lyon
13
Narbonne
14
Grand Nancy
2016 Pro A League
Paris 9th title
Team Roster
CHAUDET David, CORREA LECHALIER Gabriel, SAITTA Davide , HOAG Nicolas , GASPARINI Mitja , FERNANDEZ Jorge , MASSARI Jacopo , GROC Lucas, STEUERWALD Markus , HENNO Benjamin, KABA Kevin, BAHOV Dmitrii, KREEK Ardo , BLANDIN Jules, WALGENWITZ Dimitri
Head coach ROUGEYRON Dorian