A! B! C Titan's Mountain. country
| A! B! C Titan's Mountain. country | |
| German volleyball association | |
| Club data | |
|---|---|
| founding | 2008 as Wuppertal Titans |
| address | A! B! C Titan's Mountain. Land Kleiner Werth 34 42275 Wuppertal |
| executive Director | Thorsten Westhoff |
| Volleyball department | |
| league | Bundesliga |
| Venue | Bayer Sports Park |
| Trainer | Georg Grozer senior |
| Assistant coach | Michael Kohne |
| successes |
German champion 1979, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997 DVV Cup winner 1988, 1995 2nd place European Cup Winners' Cup 1996 (both Bayer Leverkusen / Wuppertal) |
| last season | Champion 2nd Bundesliga North |
| Was standing: | May 3, 2012 |
A! B! C Titan's Mountain. Land was a volleyball club from Wuppertal that played in the first and second Bundesliga . In 2008, the predecessor club Wuppertal Titans emerged from the volleyball department of SV Bayer Wuppertal . In the summer of 2010, the club was renamed again because it cooperated with the newly promoted Bayer Leverkusen . In April 2012, the club withdrew from professional sport due to financial difficulties.
history
The history of the team in the Bundesliga goes back to 1978, when the predecessor club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen rose. From that year until 2011, the team was represented in the first division without interruption. In 1992 the team moved to Wuppertal. Under player - coach Lee Hee-wan and with the outstanding Wolfgang Kuck, they became German champions in 1994 and 1997 and DVV cup winners in 1995 . During this time, numerous national players such as Ralph Bergmann , Thomas Kröger , Georg Wiebel , Lukas Kampa and Sebastian Kühner grew up in Wuppertal . When Bayer AG withdrew as the main sponsor in summer 2008, the club ran into financial difficulties and had to be restructured. The Bundesliga game operations were spun off from the Bayer Wuppertal club and transferred to a game operations company.
The final end was already indicated in 2011. At that time, the club was relegated from the first division. A year later he was champion of the second division , but made no more license applications due to lack of financial resources. The main sponsor withdrew, so that ultimately the entire team was canceled.
team
The squad for the 2011/12 season consisted of 13 players. For the new season, Gergely Chowanski moved to TV Rottenburg. Thomas Güßgen, Raphael Möllers, Daniel Wernitz, Roman Sauss, Novak Stankovic, Björn Matthes, Ezequiel Cruz and Sebastian Pecherz also left the club. Newcomers were Michal Kotas from Poland, Tomi Rumpunen from Finland, Daniel Thomsen from Denmark, Tony Zylstra from Canada and Dominik Sikorski and Tom Grozer from Germany.
In addition, the team was strengthened by Florian Mönikes from the Bayer youth team.
Georg Grozer senior had been the trainer of A! B! C Titans Berg since December 2010. Country. Bernd Cramer looked after the team as a physiotherapist. For the fitness of the A! B! C Titans Berg. Ester Cramer took care of the land. The Wuppertal entrepreneur Thorsten Westhoff, A! B! C group of companies, accompanied the position of manager.
| Surname | No. | nation | size | Date of birth | position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Kotas | 1 |
 Poland
|
1.98 m | Aug 21, 1986 | Z |
| Tomi Rumpunen | 3 |
 Finland
|
1.94 m | Apr 11, 1987 | AA |
| Dominik Sikorski | 5 |
 Germany
|
2.02 m | Dec 1, 1991 | AA |
| Lars Dinglinger | 6th |
Germany
|
2.01 m | Aug 12, 1977 | MB |
| Toni Mester | 7th |
Germany
|
1.99 m | Aug 15, 1989 | MB |
| Julian Stuhlmann | 10 |
Germany
|
1.78 m | Feb. 21, 1986 | L. |
| Daniel Thomsen | 11 |
 Denmark
|
2.01 m | Feb. 4, 1985 | MB |
| Anthony Zylstra | 12 |
 Canada
|
2.01 m | Sep 10 1984 | MB |
| Peter Lyck Hansen | 13 |
Denmark
|
1.99 m | 10 Mar 1985 | D. |
| Bryce Hickerson | 14th |
 United States
|
1.93 m | 5th July 1983 | AA |
| Florian Mönikes | 15th |
Germany
|
1.82 m | Oct 17, 1993 | Z |
| Ilya return | 16 |
Germany
|
1.98 m | Apr 5, 1977 | Z |
| Tom Grozer | 18th |
Germany
|
1.94 m | July 18, 1992 | AA |
Positions : AA = acceptance / outside, D = diagonal, L = Libero, MB = middle block, Z = pass
Bundesliga
After the previous clubs won several championship titles, the team played since the 2008/09 season initially under the name Wuppertal Titans in the Bundesliga. As a result of a sporting cooperation with Bayer Leverkusen, the club entered under the name A! B! C Titans Berg from the 2010/11 season. Country. As bottom of the table, they were relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2011 . In 2012 the Titans were champions in the 2nd Bundesliga North , but no longer applied for a license for the Bundesliga.
DVV Cup
The cup winners of 1988 and 1995 have not made it past the quarter-finals in recent years. In the 2003/04 season, the Wuppertal failed in the second round against the then second division Netzhoppers Königs Wusterhausen and in the following seasons they were eliminated against Düren, Friedrichshafen and SCC Berlin in the second or quarter finals.
European Cup
In 1996 they reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup , where they lost to Olympiacos .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A! B! C Titans: On the website www.abctitans.de (no longer available), accessed on April 30, 2012
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 26.7 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 21.5 ″ E