Montpellier Handball put their candidature for the first two places in the French Championship by beating HBC Nantes in away encounter last night – 30:27. Aymen Toumi was the most efficient with six goals, while Valentin Porte added five for the winners. On the other side in team of Thierry Anti, the future PGE Vive Kielce signing, line player Nicolas Tournat, scored five goals.
Results of Round 4:
| Nantes | 27 – 30 | Montpellier | |||||
| Massy Essonne | 21 – 21 | Cesson Rennes-Metropole | |||||
| Tremblay | 26 – 27 | Ivry | |||||
| Chambery Savoie | 23 – 27 | Toulouse | |||||
| Nimes | 31 – 25 | Dunkerque | |||||
| Saran | 35 – 37 | Aix |
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Montpellier | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 115:94 | 8 | |
| 2. | Paris SG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97:66 | 6 | |
| 3. | Aix | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 123:101 | 6 | |
| 4. | Nantes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 119:107 | 6 | |
| 5. | Nimes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 109:97 | 6 | |
| 6. | Dunkerque | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 102:104 | 5 | |
| 7. | Ivry | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 102:111 | 4 | |
| 8. | Saran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126:131 | 4 | |
| 9. | Toulouse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113:116 | 4 | |
| 10. | St. Raphael | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76:73 | 3 | |
| 11. | Cesson Rennes-Metropole | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 103:113 | 1 | |
| 12. | Massy Essonne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 79:115 | 1 | |
| 13. | Tremblay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 99:113 | 0 | |
| 14. | Chambery Savoie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88:110 | 0 |
