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Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. VDK Gent-Heusden was founded in 1990, after a merger between VDK Wondelgem, Nova Smash Sint-Amandsberg and VBK Heusden. The new club had men's and women's teams. In 1993, White Star Sint-Amandsberg and VOM Gentbrugge joined, and the name of the club was shortened to VDK Gent. The activities of Gent were split up in 1997. The women's teams became active under ''VDK Gent Damesvolleybalteam'', the men's compartiment was named ''VDK Gent Herenvolleyteam''. The women's A squad currently plays in Liga A. They achieved promotion to the highest level for the first time in their history in 1995. It has won the Liga A, the Belgium Cup and the Supercup. The team has also played several times in European competitions such as the Challenge Cup,

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Honours

National competitions

Belgian Championship: 1 :2012–13 * Roundel of Belgium

Belgian Cup: 1 :2008–09 * Belgium-orb

Belgian Supercup: 4 :2009, 2011, 2013, 2015

Squad

''Season 2016–2017, as of January 2017.''

References

External links

Official site
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