Topvolley Antwerpen

Topvolley Precura Schelde-Natie Antwerpen is a volleyball club from Antwerp, Belgium.

Topvolley Antwerpen
GroundFort 8
Hoboken
Belgium
ChairmanBelgium Jean Marie Vankerkhove
LeagueLiga Heren
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Antwerpen plays in the Liga, the highest level of Belgian men's volleyball. The club has been present at this level since 2008. They ended 5th after the regular competition of the 2008-09 season, but still had to participate in the playdowns after they lost a double confrontation against 8th placed PNV Waasland.

The club came into existence in 1995, after a merger between VC Zorgvliet Hoboken and First Antwerp Volley Team. Two years later, VC Zorgvliet Antwerpen promoted for the first time to the Liga. After some quite successful seasons and a participation in the 1998 CEV Cup, the club relegated in 2003. After five seasons at the second level, Antwerpen returned to the highest division.

The team merged with VBC Scheld-Natie Kapellen after the 2010-11 season. Kapellen were also playing in the Liga at that moment.

In 2014, the club secured the victory in the Belgian cup.[1]

Squad
Coach: Belgium Kris Tanghe
# Nat. Name Position Birthday Height
1 Belgium Dennis Deroey Libero 14/08/87 191
2 Belgium Niels Huysegoms Middleblocker 11/04/93 201
4 Netherlands Jente de Vries Opposite 04/07/94 200
6 Sweden Jens Ahremark Middleblocker 22/04/94 197
8 Finland Elviss Krastins Outside hitter 15/09/94 192
10 Belgium Jolan Cox Opposite 12/07/91 194
11 Belgium Simon Peeters Outside hitter 28/04/97 192
12 Belgium Stef van Heyste Setter 04/03/96 191
14 Finland Sauli Sinkkonen Middleblocker 14/09/89 201
16 AUS Thomas Powell Outside hitter 16/09/92 194

References
  1. Asterix KIELDRECHT and Precura ANTWERPEN claim Belgium’s national cups.
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