TSV Handschuhsheim

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German rugby union club, based in Heidelberg

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::summary German rugby union club, based in Heidelberg ::

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locationHeidelberg, Germany
countryflagGermany
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groundAm Neckarfeld
chairmanVolker Kraft
coachGordon Hanlon
captainSven Wetzel
leagueRugby-Bundesliga
season2016–17
positionRugby-Bundesliga South/West, 4th
urlhttp://www.tsv-rugby.de/
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The TSV Handschuhsheim is a German rugby union club from Heidelberg, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports like association football, handball and tennis.

History

The club was formed in 1886 in Handschuhsheim, a suburb of Heidelberg, one of the centres of German rugby.

For most of its existence, it has stood in the shadow of the other, more successful rugby clubs in town, the SC Neuenheim, Heidelberger RK and RG Heidelberg.

TSV had a breakthrough in 1953, when it reached the German championship final for the first time. It played in three more finals in the next four years, winning its sole championship in 1957. Three more final appearances followed in the 1960s.

With the establishment of the Rugby-Bundesliga in 1971, success dropped off for the team and after one more finals appearance in 1978 a long drought followed.

After a 27-year title-wait, TSV took out the German Cup in 2005 but lost the championship final that year. Both games were against DRC Hannover.

In 2008 it won the cup once more, beating German champions RG Heidelberg, 24–23, after extra time in front of 1,000 spectators.

In 2008–09, the club sat in fourth place at the winter break with good chances of making it into the expanded finals, where the top-four now qualified but narrowly missed those with a sixth-place finish. Its reserve team played in the 2nd Bundesliga South/West this season. The club also reached the German Cup final once more, losing to champions SC 1880 Frankfurt.

The 2010–11 season saw the club finish third, behind the two professional outfits Heidelberger RK and SC 1880 Frankfurt, prompting it to be referred to as German amateur champions. It also saw the retirement of its most reliable try-scorer Alexander Pipa at the end of the season. TSV finished fifth in their group in the 2012–13 season and failed to qualify for the championship round, instead entering the second tier DRV-Pokal, where it came first in the south/west division. The club took out the German Cup with a 42–10 victory over Heidelberger TV. The club's reserve team took out the championship in the 3rd Liga South/West.

In 2013–14 the team qualified for the championship and the play-offs in the Rugby-Bundesliga, defeating SC Germania List, 31–22, in the first round and being knocked out by TV Pforzheim in the quarter-finals. In the 2014–15 season the club finished fifth in the south-west championship group and was knocked out by Heidelberger RK in the quarter-finals of the play-offs after a first-round victory over SC Germania List.

The club's rugby department had a membership of 360 in 2007.

Club honours

Recent seasons

Men: First team

Recent seasons of the club: ::data[format=table]

YearDivisionPosition
1997-98Rugby-Bundesliga (I)6th
1998-99Rugby-Bundesliga South/West
Bundesliga qualification round1st
1999-2000Rugby-Bundesliga South/West1st
Bundesliga championship round6th
2000-01Rugby-Bundesliga South/West1st
Bundesliga championship round4th
2001-02Rugby-Bundesliga4th
2002-03Rugby-Bundesliga5th
2003-04Rugby-Bundesliga4th
2004-05Rugby-Bundesliga2nd — Runners up
2005-06Rugby-Bundesliga4th
2006-07Rugby-Bundesliga6th
2007-08Rugby-Bundesliga3rd
2008-09Rugby-Bundesliga6th
2009–10Rugby-Bundesliga4th — Semi-finals
2010–11Rugby-Bundesliga3rd — Semi-finals
2011–12Rugby-Bundesliga5th
2012–13Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – South5th
DRV-Pokal – South-West1st — Winners
2013–14Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – South3rd
Rugby-Bundesliga championship round – South-West6th — Quarter–finals
2014–15Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – South5th
Rugby-Bundesliga championship round – South-West5th — Quarter finals
2015–16Rugby-Bundesliga South-West5th
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  • Until 2001, when the single-division Bundesliga was established, the season was divided in autumn and spring, a Vorrunde and Endrunde, whereby the top teams of the Rugby-Bundesliga would play out the championship while the bottom teams together with the autumn 2nd Bundesliga champion would play for Bundesliga qualification. The remainder of the 2nd Bundesliga teams would play a spring round to determine the relegated clubs. Where two placing's are shown, the first is autumn, the second spring. In 2012 the Bundesliga was expanded from ten to 24 teams and the 2nd Bundesliga from 20 to 24 with the leagues divided into four regional divisions.

Reserve team

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YearDivisionPosition
2001-02Rugby-Regionalliga (III)1st
2002-03Rugby-Regionalliga3rd
2003-04Rugby-Regionalliga2nd
2004-05Rugby-RegionalligaPromoted
2005-062nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West(II)5th
2006-072nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West5th
2007–082nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West3rd
2008–092nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West5th
2009–102nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West7th
2010–112nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West4th
2011–122nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West8th — Relegated
2012–133rd Liga South/West - West (III)1st — Champions
2013–142nd Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – West1st
DRV-Pokal – South-West5th — First round
2014–152nd Rugby-Bundesliga qualification round – South5th
Liga-Pokal – South-West2nd — Winners
2015–162nd Rugby-Bundesliga South4th
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Rugby internationals

In Germany's 2006–08 European Nations Cup campaign, Thorsten Wiedemann, Sebastien Chaule, Jens Schmidt, Alexander Pipa and Alexander Hug were called up for the national team.

In the 2008–10 campaign, Wiedemann, Chaule, Hug, Pipa and Schmidt all appeared for the TSV and Germany again, while Alexander Metz was a new addition to the club's list of internationals.

In the 2010–12 campaign, Sven Wetzel, Rob May and Felix Bayer were new additions to the club's list of German internationals, while Jens Schmidt and Alexander Hug were re-selected for the side.

The club had three players selected for the German under-18 team at the 2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, these being Matthias Marin, Sebastian Kößler and Konstantin Hoffmann. Of these, Sebastian Kößler also played at the 2010 tournament.

Coaches

Recent coaches of the club: ::data[format=table]

NamePeriod
Mathias Bechtel & Günther Sträßer- 2009
Jan Ceselka2009 - 2012
Alexander Pipa (head coach), Frank Genthner (forwards), Nico Strohmeier (backs)2013-2016
Peter Ianusevici (Head Coach)2016-2017
Gordon Hanlon (Director of Rugby, Christoph Heising (Backs), Alex Hug (Lineouts and Defense),2017–Present
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References

References

  1. [http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/drv_pokal_tsv_handschuhsheim_erkaempft_sich_den_titel/ TSV Handschuhsheim erkämpft sich den Titel] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-03-04 {{in lang). de rugbyjournal.de - Article on the German Cup final 2008, accessed: 24 January 2009
  2. [http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/3014/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012] {{in lang. de totalrugby.de, accessed: 21 August 2011
  3. [http://www.lifepr.de/pressemeldungen/rugby-club-konstanz-ev/boxid-9532.html TSV Handschuhsheim zur gast beim Rugby Club Konstanz] {{in lang. de Article on the ''TSV H'', accessed: 24 January 2009
  4. [http://www.rugbyweb.de/archive/index.php RugbyWeb Ergebnisarchiv] {{in lang. de rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 24 July 2012
  5. [http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/u18-em_deutsches_team_feiert_klaren_auftakterfolg_-_310/ U18-EM: Deutschland feiert klaren Auftaktsieg]{{Dead link. (June 2018). de ''[[Rugby-Journal]]'' - 2009 squad, published: 4 April 2009, accessed: 30 April 2010
  6. [http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/2626/40/ U18 in Bestbesetzung zur EM nach Italien] {{in lang. de totalrugby.de, published: 23 March 2010, accessed: 30 April 2010
  7. "Alex Pipa ab Sommer neuer Trainer des TSV – TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby – die Löwen".

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