Avignon Volley-Ball is a French professional Volleyball team based in
Avignon
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Vaucluse
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Rugby league
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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
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, due to their participation in the French volley-ball cup final but lost against
Paris Université Club
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Sports
The club offers the following sports, among others:
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Coupe de France
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** Runners-up : 1997
* Pro B (second division) (3)
** Champion : 1999, 2000, 2012,
Squad 2013/2014
Previous players
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Loïc De Kergret
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Romain Vadeleux
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Frédéric Havas
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Matti Hietanen
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Career
Early career
Hietanen started his career with Vilppula Tähti. After that he moved to Tampere and started study in Varala Sport High School. At t ...
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Mark McGivern
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Eemi Tervaportti
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Honours Club
* CEV Champions League
** 2022–23 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
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Nathan French
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Vladimir Samsonov
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Ruslans Sorokins
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