RC Cannes is a French women's

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club based in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ci ...

and playing in the Ligue AF.

History

was created as a

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in 1922 and the

department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 1948 when the men's team was dissolved. The club played in regional and lower national leagues and when the national league was restructured in 1967, it gained a place in the elite league. The club proved to be competitive and after finishing second in 1972, it qualified for the first time to play in a European competition (

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). In 1993,

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coach

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was hired and the club became very successful. For the next 23 seasons (from 1993–94 to 2015–16) under his coaching, the club won twenty French Championships (including eighteen consecutive titles from 1997–98 to 2014–15 and finish second in 1993–94, 1996–97 and 2015–16), nineteen French Cups (finish second in 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02 and 2014–15), two

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(in 2001–02 and 2002–03, finishing second in 2005–06 and 2011–12). The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the

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on six occasions (1990, December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2005).

Venue

In 2005 the club moved from the Palais des Sports André Henry to the Palais des Victoires.

Honours

National competitions

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: 21 :1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018-19 * Roundel of France

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: 20 :1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017-18

International competitions

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: 2 :2001–02, 2002–03

Team

''Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.''

Notable players

* Malgorzata Glinka (2005–2006) *

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(2003–2004) *

Nadia Centoni Nadia Centoni (Barga, 19 June 1981) is an Italian volleyball player. She currently plays for RC Cannes, playing as opposite. Career Centoni played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place af ...

(2007–2014) *

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(2008–2010) * Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005) * Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009) *

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(2005–2010) *

Strashimira Filipova Strashimira Filipova (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Страшимира Филипова) (born August 18, 1985) is a Bulgarian volleyball player. She represented the Bulgaria national team at the 2005 Women’s European Volleyball Championship, which ...

(2006–2009) *

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(2004–2005) *

Milena Rašić Milena Rašić ( sr-cyr, Милена Рашић; born 25 October 1990) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player. She played for Serbia women's national volleyball team. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and also com ...

(2010–2014) *

Victoria Ravva Victoria Ravva (born October 31, 1975) is a Georgian-born volleyball player who represented both Azerbaijan and France in international volleyball. She spent the most of her career in RC Cannes. Ravva was born in Tbilisi. She started her career ...

(1994–2015) *

Zhang Yuehong Zhang Yuehong (; born November 9, 1975 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a volleyball player from Liaoning, China. Clubs * Liaoning (1993–2002) * RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue ...

(2002–2003) *

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(2004–2006) *

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(2007–2009) *

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(2014-2015)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cannes, RC French volleyball clubs Volleyball clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in France Women's volleyball in France Sport in Cannes Women's volleyball teams