Avignon Volley-Ball is a French professional Volleyball team based in

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Vaucluse Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.

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for the 2013/2014 season.

History

Initially, the Volley-ball team was a part of the

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team of Avignon (SOA XIII), but in 1961 the club became independent. In 1996, "AVB" achieved its highest ranking in French volleyball league, finishing at the fourth place and qualifying for the CEV European cup. In 1997, the team also qualified for the

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, due to their participation in the French volley-ball cup final but lost against

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1-3. They were eliminated on the first round by the Avtomobilist St Petersburg. In the 2011/2012 season, they won their third "second division" title and were promoted to French volleyball league.

Achievements

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** Runners-up : 1997 * Pro B (second division) (3) ** Champion : 1999, 2000, 2012,

Squad 2013/2014

Previous players

* Loïc De Kergret * Romain Vadeleux *

Frédéric Havas Frédéric Havas (born May 17, 1973) is a retired volleyball player from France, born in Kaolack, Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It ...

* Matti Hietanen * Mark McGivern * Eemi Tervaportti *

Nathan French Nathan French (born 20 April 1990) is a British volleyball player. French was born in Chelmsford, Essex and he competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. French was the youngest member (at age 22) of the men’s team and started play ...

* Mariusz Sordyl * Delano Thomas * Mariusz Szyszko *

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* Ruslans Sorokins * Élysée Ossosso

External links

Official site
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