RC Cannes

Racing Club de Cannes 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.[1] 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).[2] The club has also won minor international tournaments, such as the Women's Top Volley International on six occasions (1990, December 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002 and 2005).

In 2005 the club moved from the Palais des Sports André Henry to the Palais des Victoires.[1]

Season 2016–2017, as of March 2017.[3][4][5]

Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Myriam Kloster	Middle blocker	1.88	76	(1989-08-04) 4 August 1989
2	Olga Savenchuk	Opposite	1.88	78	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
3	Lucille Gicquel	Outside hitter	1.89	71	(1997-11-13) 13 November 1997
4	Mariana Thomaz de Aquino	Middle blocker	1.92	70	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991
5	Taylor Sandbothe	Middle blocker	1.87	68	(1994-12-15) 15 December 1994
6	Déborah Ortschitt	Libero	1.65	58	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987
7	Sanja Bursać	Outside hitter	1.78	63	(1990-01-10) 10 January 1990
10	Vedrana Jakšetić	Setter	1.83	73	(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996
11	Tanja Grbić	Setter	1.76	64	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988
15	Sara Hutinski	Middle blocker	1.86	71	(1991-06-20) 20 June 1991
16	Nadiia Kodola	Outside hitter	1.85	78	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988
17	Gergana Dimitrova	Outside hitter	1.84	74	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996
18	Kotoki Zayasu	Libero	1.59	56	(1990-01-11) 11 January 1990
19	Romane Ruiz	Libero	1.78	67	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997
20	Carla Boudal	Libero	1.67	62	(1999-07-14) 14 July 1999

2010–2011 Team[6]
Number	Player	Position	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Birth date
1	Hanka Pachale	Outside hitter	1.90		(1976-09-12) 12 September 1976
2	Amadéa Duraković	Outside hitter	1.88		(1988-10-06) 6 October 1988
3	Paola Croce	Libero	1.67		(1978-03-06) 6 March 1978
4	Maryna Marchenko	Outside hitter	1.87		(1985-07-12) 12 July 1985
5	Alessandra Camarda	Libero	1.74		(1988-08-05) 5 August 1988
7	Ana Antonijević	Setter	1.85		(1987-08-26) 26 August 1987
8	Laurianne Delabarre	Setter	1.76		(1987-04-24) 24 April 1987
10	Alexandra Fomina	Libero	1.73		(1975-05-04) 4 May 1975
11	Irina Polechtchouk	Middle blocker	1.86		(1973-08-01) 1 August 1973
12	Victoria Ravva	Middle blocker	1.89		(1975-10-31) 31 October 1975
13	Nadia Centoni	Opposite	1.85		(1981-06-19) 19 June 1981
15	Anja Spasojević	Outside hitter	1.87		(1983-07-04) 4 July 1983
16	Milena Rašić	Middle blocker	1.93		(1990-10-25) 25 October 1990
17	Jelena Lozančić	Middle blocker	1.86		(1983-03-26) 26 March 1983

• 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)

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