RC Cannes

RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.

RC Cannes
Full nameRacing Club de Cannes
Founded1922
GroundPalais des Victoires,
Cannes, France
(Capacity: 4,000)
ChairmanAgostino Pesce
Head coachRiccardo Marchesi
LeagueLigue AF
2016–175th (Play-off semifinalist)
WebsiteClub home page
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History

Racing Club de Cannes was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball 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 (Cup Winners Cup). In 1993, Chinese coach Yan Fang was hired and the club became very successful.[1] 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 CEV Women's Champions League (in 2001–02 and 2002–03, finishing second in 2005–06 and 2011–12).[2] The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International 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.[1]

Honours

National competitions
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
  • French Cup: 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
2001–02, 2002–03

Team

Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.[3][4][5]

Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date
1 Myriam KlosterMiddle blocker1.8876 (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989
2 Olga SavenchukOpposite1.8878 (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
3 Lucille GicquelOutside hitter1.8971 (1997-11-13) 13 November 1997
4 Mariana Thomaz de AquinoMiddle blocker1.9270 (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991
5 Taylor SandbotheMiddle blocker1.8768 (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994
6 Déborah OrtschittLibero1.6558 (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987
7 Sanja BursaćOutside hitter1.7863 (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990
10 Vedrana JakšetićSetter1.8373 (1996-09-17) 17 September 1996
11 Tanja GrbićSetter1.7664 (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988
15 Sara HutinskiMiddle blocker1.8671 (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991
16 Nadiia KodolaOutside hitter1.8578 (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988
17 Gergana DimitrovaOutside hitter1.8474 (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996
18 Kotoki ZayasuLibero1.5956 (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990
19 Romane RuizLibero1.7867 (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997
20 Carla BoudalLibero1.6762 (1999-07-14) 14 July 1999

Notable players
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References
  1. "Le club". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. "Anny Courtade quitte la présidence du RC Cannes". L'Équipe (in French). 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. "L'équipe". RC Cannes (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Racing Club de Cannes". Ligue Nationale de Volley (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "RC Cannes - Team 2016–17". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "RC Cannes - Team 2010–11". CEV. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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