Aquacare Halen
Encyclopedia
Volleybalclub Aquacare Halen is a volleyball
club based in Halen
, Belgium
.
The men's A squad currently plays in the Liga, the highest level of Belgian men's volleyball. The club has been there since 2002. Their best league position was 5th, achieved in 2004-05, 2006-07 and 2007-08. Because of this, the team has already played three times in the Challenge Cup
, formerly known as CEV Cup.
The club was founded in 2002 as a result of a merger between Schuvoc Herk-de-Stad en Halen VC. Those two teams also were the result of earlier mergers.
The men's B and C squad, as well as the three women's teams, play in the lower, provincial
leagues.
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 Halen
Halen
Halen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, to the east of Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Halen had a total population of 8,624. The total area is 36.29 km² which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants per km²....
, Belgium
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...
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The men's A squad currently plays in the Liga, the highest level of Belgian men's volleyball. The club has been there since 2002. Their best league position was 5th, achieved in 2004-05, 2006-07 and 2007-08. Because of this, the team has already played three times in the Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup (volleyball)
The Challenge Cup is an official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It was started in the 1980/81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed to Challenge Cup.-CEV Cup:-Challenge Cup:...
, formerly known as CEV Cup.
The club was founded in 2002 as a result of a merger between Schuvoc Herk-de-Stad en Halen VC. Those two teams also were the result of earlier mergers.
The men's B and C squad, as well as the three women's teams, play in the lower, provincial
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...
leagues.
2010-11 squad
- CoachCoach (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:...
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Johan Isacsson
# Nat. Name 1 
Dries Koekelkoren 2 
Jelle van Jaarsveld 3 Wannes Rosiers 4 Hans Goverde 5 Wout Gielens 6 Linus Tholse 10 
Ignacio Forastiero 11 Dirk Luyten 13 Tom Van Walle 15 Daan Van den Eynde 17 Aljosa Urnaut