Avignon Volley-Ball
# Avignon Volley-Ball

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

## Achievements

* Coupe de France
   * Runners-up : 1997
* Pro B (second division) (3)
   * Champion : 1999, 2000, 2012,

### Squad 2013/2014

| No. | Name | Nationality | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mario Ferrera | Spain | Spiker |
| 2 | Clément Daniel | France | Libero |
| 3 | Thibault Carn | France | Spiker |
| 4 | Bilal M'Barki | France | Spiker |
| 5 | Stanislas Rabiller | France | Diagonal |
| 7 | Renaud Ventresque | France | Spiker |
| 8 | Antoine Aubree | France | Spiker |
| 9 | Gaël Tranchot | France | Middle |
| 10 | Diego Santos Pinheiro | Brazil | Middle |
| 11 | Quentin Rossard | France | Setter |
| 12 | Jordi Leugé-Maillet | France | Setter |
| 13 | Dylan Davis | United States | Middle |
| 14 | Cédric Hominal (capt) | Switzerland | Setter |
| 15 | Christopher Suve | France | Diagonal |

## Previous players

* Loïc De Kergret
* Romain Vadeleux
* Frédéric Havas
* Matti Hietanen
* Mark McGivern
* Eemi Tervaportti
* Nathan French
* Mariusz Sordyl
* Delano Thomas
* Mariusz Szyszko
* Vladimir Samsonov
* Ruslans Sorokins
* Élysée Ossosso
