RC Cannes
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RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.
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. 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). The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International 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
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
- 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.
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France Myriam Kloster | Middle blocker | 1.88 | 76 | (1989-08-04)4 August 1989(age 36) |
| 2 | Ukraine Olga Savenchuk | Opposite | 1.88 | 78 | (1988-05-20)20 May 1988(age 37) |
| 3 | France Lucille Gicquel | Outside hitter | 1.89 | 71 | (1997-11-13)13 November 1997(age 28) |
| 4 | Brazil Mariana Thomaz de Aquino | Middle blocker | 1.92 | 70 | (1991-05-02)2 May 1991(age 34) |
| 5 | United States Taylor Sandbothe | Middle blocker | 1.87 | 68 | (1994-12-15)15 December 1994(age 31) |
| 6 | France Déborah Ortschitt | Libero | 1.65 | 58 | (1987-06-10)10 June 1987(age 38) |
| 7 | Serbia Sanja Bursać | Outside hitter | 1.78 | 63 | (1990-01-10)10 January 1990(age 36) |
| 10 | Croatia Vedrana Jakšetić | Setter | 1.83 | 73 | (1996-09-17)17 September 1996(age 29) |
| 11 | Serbia Tanja Grbić | Setter | 1.76 | 64 | (1988-07-09)9 July 1988(age 37) |
| 15 | Slovenia Sara Hutinski | Middle blocker | 1.86 | 71 | (1991-06-20)20 June 1991(age 34) |
| 16 | Ukraine Nadiia Kodola | Outside hitter | 1.85 | 78 | (1988-09-29)29 September 1988(age 37) |
| 17 | Bulgaria Gergana Dimitrova | Outside hitter | 1.84 | 74 | (1996-02-28)28 February 1996(age 30) |
| 18 | Japan Kotoki Zayasu | Libero | 1.59 | 56 | (1990-01-11)11 January 1990(age 36) |
| 19 | France Romane Ruiz | Libero | 1.78 | 67 | (1997-01-05)5 January 1997(age 29) |
| 20 | France Carla Boudal | Libero | 1.67 | 62 | (1999-07-14)14 July 1999(age 26) |
| 2010–2011 Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Birth date |
| 1 | Germany Hanka Pachale | Outside hitter | 1.90 | (1976-09-12)12 September 1976(age 49) | |
| 2 | Serbia Amadéa Duraković | Outside hitter | 1.88 | (1988-10-06)6 October 1988(age 37) | |
| 3 | Italy Paola Croce | Libero | 1.67 | (1978-03-06)6 March 1978(age 48) | |
| 4 | Ukraine Maryna Marchenko | Outside hitter | 1.87 | (1985-07-12)12 July 1985(age 40) | |
| 5 | Italy Alessandra Camarda | Libero | 1.74 | (1988-08-05)5 August 1988(age 37) | |
| 7 | Serbia Ana Antonijević | Setter | 1.85 | (1987-08-26)26 August 1987(age 38) | |
| 8 | France Laurianne Delabarre | Setter | 1.76 | (1987-04-24)24 April 1987(age 38) | |
| 10 | France Alexandra Fomina | Libero | 1.73 | (1975-05-04)4 May 1975(age 50) | |
| 11 | France Irina Polechtchouk | Middle blocker | 1.86 | (1973-08-01)1 August 1973(age 52) | |
| 12 | Georgia (country) Victoria Ravva | Middle blocker | 1.89 | (1975-10-31)31 October 1975(age 50) | |
| 13 | Italy Nadia Centoni | Opposite | 1.85 | (1981-06-19)19 June 1981(age 44) | |
| 15 | Serbia Anja Spasojević | Outside hitter | 1.87 | (1983-07-04)4 July 1983(age 42) | |
| 16 | Serbia Milena Rašić | Middle blocker | 1.93 | (1990-10-25)25 October 1990(age 35) | |
| 17 | France Jelena Lozančić | Middle blocker | 1.86 | (1983-03-26)26 March 1983(age 43) |
Notable players
- Poland Malgorzata Glinka (2005–2006)
- Italy Simona Rinieri (2003–2004)
- Italy Nadia Centoni (2007–2014)
- Italy Valentina Fiorin (2008–2010)
- Romania Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005)
- Romania Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009)
- Bulgaria Eva Yaneva (2005–2010)
- Bulgaria Strashimira Filipova (2006–2009)
- Serbia Jelena Nikolić (2004–2005)
- Serbia Milena Rašić (2010–2014)
- Georgia (country) Victoria Ravva (1994–2015)
- China Zhang Yuehong (2002–2003)
- Japan Yuko Sano (2004–2006)
- Japan Akiko Ino (2007–2009)
- United States Logan Tom (2014–2015)
External links
- (in French)