AVIGNON VOLLEY-BALL

Avignon Volley-Ball
Short name	AVB
Founded	1961
Ground	Palais Omnisports de Champfleury, ; Avignon
Chairman	Thierry Minssen
Manager	José Amet
League	Ligue B
2013-14	relegated
Uniforms
Home	Away

Avignon Volley-Ball is a French professional Volleyball team based in Avignon, Vaucluse. It is playing in the Ligue B for the 2013/2014 season.

History

Initially, the Volley-ball team was a part of the Rugby league 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 CEV cup, due to their participation in the French volley-ball cup final but lost against Paris Université Club 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

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

Squad 2013/2014

No.	Name	Nationality	Role
1	Mario Ferrera	Spain	Spiker
2	Clément Daniel	France	Libero
3	Thibault Carn	France	Spiker
4	Bilal M'Barki	France	Spiker
5	Stanislas Rabiller	France	Diagonal
7	Renaud Ventresque	France	Spiker
8	Antoine Aubree	France	Spiker
9	Gaël Tranchot	France	Middle
10	Diego Santos Pinheiro	Brazil	Middle
11	Quentin Rossard	France	Setter
12	Jordi Leugé-Maillet	France	Setter
13	Dylan Davis	United States	Middle
14	Cédric Hominal (capt)	Switzerland	Setter
15	Christopher Suve	France	Diagonal