RC Cannes is a French women's

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club based in

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

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 Yan Fang 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 (December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2012).

Venue

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

Honours

National competitions

French Championship: 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) * Simona Rinieri (2003–2004) * Nadia Centoni (2007–2014) *

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(2008–2010) * Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005) * Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009) * Eva Yaneva (2005–2010) * Strashimira Filipova (2006–2009) * Jelena Nikolić (2004–2005) *

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(2010–2014) * Victoria Ravva (1994–2015) * Zhang Yuehong (2002–2003) *

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(2004–2006) * Akiko Ino (2007–2009) *

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(2014–2015)

References

External links

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