Blair Bann

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Blair Bann
Blair Bann
2016
portrait
Date of birth February 26, 1988
place of birth Edmonton, Canada
size 1.85 m
position Libero
societies
2006–2011
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2018
2018–2019
since 2019 		University of British Columbia
evivo Düren
Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley
SWD Powervolleys Düren
Chaumont Volley-Ball 52
SWD Powervolleys Düren
National team
since 2008 A national team
successes
2013
2015
2016
2017
2017
2019
2020 		NORCECA runner-up in the
Bundesliga, third in the
Olympic Games, fifth in the
Bundesliga, third in the
World League, and third in the
French runner-up,
DVV Cup finalist

As of June 6, 2020

Blair Cameron Bann (born February 26, 1988 in Edmonton ) is a Canadian national volleyball player . With the national team he was u. a. Fifth in the Olympics. The Libero played for two French first division teams and since 2019 again for the SWD Powervolleys Düren .

Career

Bann began his career at Picard High School in Edmonton. From 2006 he played with the Thunderbirds of the University of British Columbia . There he was named Libero of the Year three times by the Canadian Interuniversity Sport . In the summer of 2008, Bann made his debut for the Canadian national team . With the national team he reached sixth place at the Pan American Games in 2011 and received an award as the best acceptance player of the tournament. In 2012 he played with Canada in the world league .

He then moved to the German Bundesliga club evivo Düren . With the Düren, he reached the playoff quarter-finals in the Bundesliga , which were lost to VfB Friedrichshafen without winning a set . Düren was able to defeat the same opponent with a spell in the quarter-finals of the DVV Cup , before the end of the semifinals against Generali Haching . In 2013, Bann and Canada became the NORCECA runner-up and the best acceptance player of the tournament. He also played in the world league again . Then he went to the French first division club Nantes Rezé Métropole Volley. He finished fifth in the 2014 World League .

After a year in France, the Libero returned to Düren. With the SWD Powervolleys he reached third place in the Bundesliga and the semi-finals in the DVV Cup in the 2014/15 season . In the statistics of the Bundesliga main round, he was the best libero of the season. In summer 2015 he played with the national team in the world league again ; the Canadians took third place in their preliminary group in Division II. In the 2015/16 season he reached the quarter-finals of the Bundesliga playoffs ; The Dürener also reached the quarter-finals in the CEV Cup .

Bann took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with the Canadian national team. The Canadians reached the quarterfinals in second place, where they were eliminated by Russia . He was also in the 2016 World League . In the 2016/17 season, the sweeper with the SWD Powervolleys was eliminated in the cup quarter-finals , but reached the semi -finals in the Bundesliga and thus reached third place. In the 2017 World League he played with Canada in Group 1 and won the bronze medal by beating the USA ; Bann also received an individual award as the best libero in the world league. In the 2017/18 season, the Powervolleys made it to the second round of the CEV Cup with a ban , but had to admit defeat in the playoff quarter-finals of the Bundesliga. Then the Libero moved to the French first division club Chaumont Volley-Ball 52 . With the national team, he finished seventh in the new Nations League . With Chaumont he became French runner-up and he reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League . After the season he returned to Düren again. With the SWD Powervolleys he reached the semi-finals of the DVV Cup and the quarter-finals of the Bundesliga playoffs in the 2018/19 season . With the national team, he came ninth in the 2019 Nations League overall. In the 2019/20 DVV Cup , Bann reached the final with the SWD Powervolleys, which the team lost to the Berlin Recycling Volleys . When the Bundesliga season was canceled shortly before the playoffs, Düren was in sixth place in the table. Bann will also play for the SWD Powervolleys in the 2020/21 season.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profile at the UBC Thunderbirds (English)
  2. ↑ Profile at LZ Sport Pro (English)
  3. ↑ Profile at the World League 2012 (English)
  4. ↑ Blair Cameron Bann becomes the new Evivo Libero. Aachener Nachrichten , June 22nd, 2012, accessed on September 22nd, 2012 .
  5. ↑ USA goes to the FIVB Grand Champions Cup. NORCECA, September 28, 2013, accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ USA's Matt Anderson chosen as MVP of Norceca Men's Continental Championship. NORCECA, September 28, 2013, accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Profile at the World League 2013 (English)
  8. ↑ Le nouveau libéro du NRMV. NRMV, July 12, 2013, archived from the original on October 12, 2013 ; accessed on June 17, 2019 (French).
  9. ↑ a b c Profile at olympic.ca (English)
  10. Jump up ↑ Bundesliga: An old and new head of defense. volleyballer.de, May 23, 2014, archived from the original ; accessed on May 23, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Who was the winner in the 2014/15 season? VBL, May 15, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Blair Bann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  13. ↑ France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League. FIVB, July 9, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Chaumont volley ball. Le CVB 52 revient avec une nouvelle équipe. France 3, September 12, 2018, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Profile at the Nations League 2018 (English)
  16. ↑ a b Blair Bann returns to Düren. SWD Powervolleys, June 17, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Profile at FIVB (English)
  18. ↑ Blair Bann stays in Düren. SWD Powervolleys Düren, July 21, 2020, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ban, Blair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bann, Blair Cameron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Canada