RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF.
History 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 French Championship: 21 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 CEV Champions League: 2 2001–02, 2002–03
Team Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017. Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date 1 Myriam Kloster Middle blocker 1.88 76 2 Olga Savenchuk Opposite 1.88 78 3 Lucille Gicquel Outside hitter 1.89 71 4 Mariana Thomaz de Aquino Middle blocker 1.92 70 5 Taylor Sandbothe Middle blocker 1.87 68 6 Déborah Ortschitt Libero 1.65 58 7 Sanja Bursać Outside hitter 1.78 63 10 Vedrana Jakšetić Setter 1.83 73 11 Tanja Grbić Setter 1.76 64 15 Sara Hutinski Middle blocker 1.86 71 16 Nadiia Kodola Outside hitter 1.85 78 17 Gergana Dimitrova Outside hitter 1.84 74 18 Kotoki Zayasu Libero 1.59 56 19 Romane Ruiz Libero 1.78 67 20 Carla Boudal Libero 1.67 62
2010–2011 Team Number Player Position Height (m) Weight (kg) Birth date 1 Hanka Pachale Outside hitter 1.90 2 Amadéa Duraković Outside hitter 1.88 3 Paola Croce Libero 1.67 4 Maryna Marchenko Outside hitter 1.87 5 Alessandra Camarda Libero 1.74 7 Ana Antonijević Setter 1.85 8 Laurianne Delabarre Setter 1.76 10 Alexandra Fomina Libero 1.73 11 Irina Polechtchouk Middle blocker 1.86 12 Victoria Ravva Middle blocker 1.89 13 Nadia Centoni Opposite 1.85 15 Anja Spasojević Outside hitter 1.87 16 Milena Rašić Middle blocker 1.93 17 Jelena Lozančić Middle blocker 1.86
Notable players
Malgorzata Glinka (2005–2006) Simona Rinieri (2003–2004) Nadia Centoni (2007–2014) Valentina Fiorin (2008–2010) Cristina Pîrv (2004–2005) Luminiţa Trombiţaş (2009) Eva Yaneva (2005–2010) Strashimira Filipova (2006–2009) Jelena Nikolić (2004–2005) Milena Rašić (2010–2014) Victoria Ravva (1994–2015) Zhang Yuehong (2002–2003) Yuko Sano (2004–2006) Akiko Ino (2007–2009) Logan Tom (2014–2015)
References
External links
Official website