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| Full name | Poitiers Volley | ||
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| Short name | SPVB, les Blacks | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | Salle Frédéric Lawson-Body (Capacity: 3,200) | ||
| Chairman | Claude Berrard | ||
| Manager | Brice Donat | ||
| Captain | Giacomo Raffaelli | ||
| League | LNV Ligue A | ||
| 2022–23 | 9th | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Stade Poitevin Poitiers is a French volleyball club from Poitiers and plays in the LNV Ligue A.
Club originally was founded in 1973 and reorganised in 2012 after compulsory liquidation.
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