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Spacer's Toulouse Volley
Full nameSpacer's Toulouse Volley
NicknameLes Spacer's
Founded1994
GroundPalais des sports André-Brouat
3 rue Pierre Laplace, Toulouse
(Capacity: 4,397)
ChairmanYann Kerihuel [fr]
ManagerPatrick Duflos
LeagueLNV Ligue A
2024–257th
WebsiteClub home page
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2024–25 LNV Ligue A Masculine

Spacer's Toulouse Volley is a French professional volleyball club based in Toulouse, France. It was formed from the merger of the volleyball sections of the Toulouse Université Club (TUC) and the Toulouse Olympique Aérospatiale Club (TOAC). The club currently competes in the top flight of French volleyball, the LNV Ligue A.

History

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In 1992, the TOAC (Toulouse Olympique Aérospatiale Club) reached the French second division (Pro B). Two years later, in 1994, the TOAC team, still playing in Pro B, and the TUC team, in fourth division (Nationale 2), merged to create TOAC-TUC VB, a single entity aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of volleyball in Toulouse.[1]

In 1996, the president of the basketball club Spacer’s Toulouse proposed to group together the basketball, handball, rugby league, and volleyball clubs under a single banner to form an omnisports club, in order to better promote these so-called minor sports compared to rugby union and football in Toulouse. The first team of TOAC-TUC VB then adopted the name Spacer's Toulouse Volley-ball.

In 1999, the basketball club from Toulouse, the driving force behind this project, was relegated to a lower division, and its president decided to step down. As a result, the Spacer’s Toulouse entity was abandoned by all the clubs—except for the volleyball team, which continued to use the name for its professional team’s communications.

In 2005, the Toulousains were crowned champions of PRO B France. They were then promoted to the PRO A championship.

During the 2006/2007 season, the club lost in the semi-finals of both the French Championship and the French Cup. Spacer's Toulouse Volley-Ball finished fourth in the championship, the club’s best ranking to date. They thus qualified for the European Cup.

In January 2008, the Toulouse club reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup (CEV Cup) for the first time, losing to M. Roma Volley[2] (the future winner of the tournament).

On January 28, 2011, the club broke the attendance record for a French Ligue A Men’s Championship match: 4,223 spectators at the Palais des Sports André Brouat in Toulouse. This record was set during the Toulouse-Cannes match of the sixteenth matchday of the championship.[3]

During the 2012/2013 season, the club qualified for its first final of the French Cup, losing to Tours.[4][5]

After another fourth place in the championship during the 2013/2014 season, the club qualified for the CEV Cup for the 2014/2015 season. They were then eliminated by Dynamo Moscow in the quarter-finals,[6][7][8] the eventual winner of the tournament.

This fourth place finish in the Ligue A regular season was achieved again during the 2015/2016 season.

In 2017-2018, for the first time the club is qualified for the CEV Champions League.[9] They won against Novi Sad during the qualification round,[10] and were set in the Pool D with VC Zenit-Kazan, Jastrzębski Węgiel and Berlin Recycling Volleys.[11] They only scored one point in 6 matchs (thanks to a 2-3 home defeat against Jastrzębski[12]).[13][14] The Spacer's have many difficulties during this 2017-2018 season, ending at the twelfth and last place of the league, and only saved from relegation to the second division due to the league expanding to fourteen clubs.[15]

Honours

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Domestic

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Runners up (1): 2016-2017
  • Pro B
Winners (1): 2004-2005
  • French Cup
Runners up (1): 2012-2013

International

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Quarter-finals (2): 2007-2008, 2014-2015
League round (1): 2017-2018

References

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  1. ^ "Les Spacer's veulent grandir". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). December 31, 2004. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  2. ^ "Coupe de la CEV. Toulouse fait trembler le grand Rome". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). January 31, 2008. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  3. ^ Assemat, Anthony (January 21, 2018). "Toulouse. Opération "remontada"... et entrées gratuites pour les volleyeurs des Spacers !". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  4. ^ Boffet, Laurence (March 3, 2013). "Dernière ligne droite pour les volleyeurs toulousains avant la finale de la Coupe de France". France Info (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  5. ^ "Volley: Tours reprend son bien en Coupe de France". L'Express (in French). March 3, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  6. ^ Valery, Fabrice (January 14, 2015). "Volley-ball : les Spacer's Toulouse ont frôlé l'exploit face au Dynamo Moscou en coupe d'Europe". France Info (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  7. ^ "Volley-ball : Dinamo MOSCOW prepare for much anticipated re-match with TOULOUSE". cev.eu. January 19, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  8. ^ "Volley-ball: les Spacer's tombent à Moscou". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). January 11, 2015. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  9. ^ Stival, Nicolas (November 13, 2017). "VIDEO. Merci les Spacer's! Enfin, Toulouse va découvrir la Ligue des champions". 20 minutes (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  10. ^ Pech, Michel (November 13, 2017). "Volley : les Spacer's de Toulouse se qualifient pour la phase des poules". France Info (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  11. ^ "Berlin, Jastrzebski, Kazan : rien que du lourd !". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). December 6, 2017. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  12. ^ "Spacer's : valeureux jusqu'au bout !". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). February 14, 2018. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  13. ^ "Des Spacer's trop démunis pour la campagne de Russie". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). February 28, 2018. ISSN 0181-7981. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  14. ^ DeMarque, Carly (March 2, 2018). "Spacer's Toulouse Without 2 Players In Final Champions League Match". volleymob.com. Retrieved June 9, 2025..
  15. ^ Valery, Fabrice (March 26, 2018). "Derniers du championnat, les Spacer's Toulouse vont quand même rester en Ligue A de Volley-ball". France Info (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2025..
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