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 . In the 2011/2012 season, they won their third "second division" title and were promoted to French volleyball league.

Achievements[]

- Runners-up : 1997
(second division) (3)
- Champion : 1999, 2000, 2012,

Squad 2013/2014[]

No.	Name	Nationality	Role
1	Mario Ferrera	Spain	Spiker
2		France	Libero
3		France	Spiker
4		France	Spiker
5		France	Diagonal
7		France	Spiker
8		France	Spiker
9		France	Middle
10		Brazil	Middle
11		France	Setter
12		France	Setter
13		United States	Middle
14	(capt)	Switzerland	Setter
15		France	Diagonal

Previous players[]

External links[]

Official site