Topvolley Precura Antwerpen
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Topvolley Precura Schelde-Natie Antwerpen is a volleyball
club from Antwerp, Belgium
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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.
Volleyball
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club from Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
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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
Challenge Cup (volleyball)
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, 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
Belgium men's volleyball League
The Volleyliga Belgium is the top flight in men's volleyball in Belgium. The league is organized by the Royal Belgian Volleyball Federation. Noliko Maaseik is the most successful club of the Volleyliga with 13 national titles since 1991...
at that moment.
Squad
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Kris Tanghe
# Nat. Name 1 
Peter Wohlfahrtstätter 2 Bart De Ren 3 Kristof Proost 4 
Marlon Rafael Palharini 5 Sven Sophie 6 
Joris Marcelis 7 Leonard De Schrijver 8 Wim Backaert 9 Jan De Ren 10 Gijs Jorna 11 Thomas Koelewijn 12 
Mads Hartmann Ditlevsen — Robin De Bont