Damesvolleybalclub Asterix Kieldrecht is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 women's volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 club based in Kieldrecht (Beveren

Beveren

Beveren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Beveren proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene....

).

The team was founded in 1969. By the end of the 1980s

1980s

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, the team climbed to the highest level of women's volleyball in Belgium. The club won its first trophy in 1996, when Datovoc Tongeren

Datovoc Tongeren

Damesvolleybalclub Tongeren is a Belgian women's volleyball team based in Tongeren.The club was founded in 1967, under the name Tovoc. After a merger with Hasselt, the club's name changed to Hatovoc. This team promoted for the first time to Ere Divisie Dames in 1985. The merger with Hasselt ended...

 was defeated in the Belgian cup final.

Climax in the history of Asterix Kieldrecht is the 2001 CEV Top Teams Cup

Women's CEV Top Teams Cup

The CEV Top Teams Cup was an official competition for women's Volleyball clubs of Europe and took place every year from 1972/73 to 2006/07.Before 2001, it was the CEV Cup Winner's Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Cup.-Cup Winners Cup:-Top Teams Cup:...

 victory against the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n club Telekom Post Wien.

Honours

• Ere Divisie:
  • Winners (5): 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-2011
• Belgian Cup:
  • Winners (8): 1995-96, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-2011
• Belgian Supercup:
  • Winners (4): 1999-00, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06
• Top Teams Cup
  Women's CEV Top Teams Cup
  The CEV Top Teams Cup was an official competition for women's Volleyball clubs of Europe and took place every year from 1972/73 to 2006/07.Before 2001, it was the CEV Cup Winner's Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Cup.-Cup Winners Cup:-Top Teams Cup:...
  
  :
  • 'Winners (1): 2000-2001
• Challenge Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2009-2010

Current squad

Coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

:   Gert Vande Broek

#	Nat.	Name
2		Ester Lowette
3		Meritxell Alseda Aizcorbe
4		Nina Coolman
5		Laura Heyrman
6		Stephanie Van Bree
7		Ilka Van de Vijver
8		Britt Ruysschaert
9		Freya Aelbrecht
10		Sarah Coppens
12		Linde Hervent
13		Sarah Smits
14		Jolien Wittock

External links

• Official site