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The TV Pforzheim is a German rugby union from Pforzheim, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga, having won promotion to the league in 2011. Apart from rugby, ''TVP'' offers other sports like gymastics, volleyball and track and field.〔(Home ) TV Pforzheim website, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 ==History== The club, formed as gymnastics club on 19 April 1834, does not have quite such a long history in the sport of rugby union.〔(Historisches ) TV Pforzheim website - Club history, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 The side did not field an independent team throughout most of the early 2000s, instead fielding a joined side with Karlsruher SV Rugby. In 2008, ''TVP'' finally entered its own side again in the Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg, coming fourth.〔(Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2008/2009 - Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg ) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 The following year, the club came second, having played two games less than Heidelberger TV on top spot.〔(Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2009/2010 - Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg ) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 After promotion, the side won all 18 season games in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, followed by an 89-0 victory over North/East champions TSV Victoria Linden, earning another promotion.〔(Rugby Spielpläne - Archiv 2010/2011 - 2. Bundesliga Süd ) www.rugbyweb.de, accessed: 26 August 2011〕〔(Rugbyspieler des TV Pforzheim steigen in erste Liga auf ) ''Pforzheimer Zeitung'', published: 4 May 2011, accessed: 26 August 2011〕 The side has been unbeaten in league games since 18 October 2009, when it lost 19-27 at Heidelberger TV. For the 2011-12 season, ''TVP'' has earned the right to compete in the highest division of German rugby, the Rugby-Bundesliga. The club was able to recruit former German and RG Heidelberg captain Mustafa Güngör after the opening round of the season as a player.〔(TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 ) totalrugby.de, accessed: 3 September 2011〕 The club enjoyed a successful first season in the league, initially finishing second at the end of the regular season but finding themselves deducted two points for the lack of a junior squad. ''TVP'' was thereby relegated to third place and lost its home advantage in the semi-finals to SC 1880 Frankfurt but responded with a 46-25 away win and reached the final of the German championship for the first time, where it lost 16-20 to Heidelberger RK.〔(Rugby-Bundesliga 2011-12 ) rugbyweb.de, accessed: 3 May 2012〕 Pforzheim's declared aim for the 2012-13 season was to win the German championship.〔(Rugby-Vizemeister TVPforzheim will 2013 den Titel holen ) ''Pforzheimer Zeitung'', published: 9 May 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕 TV finished first in their group in the 2012-13 season and qualified for the south/west division of the championship round, where it also came first. The club advanced to the semi finals where it was knocked out by Heidelberger RK, losing 9-51. The club finished second in the south-west championship round in 2013–14, received a bye for the first round of the play-offs, defeating TSV Handschuhsheim in the quarter finals and DSV 78 Hannover in the semi finals. The team faced Heidelberger RK in the German championship final where it lost at home 20–43.〔(94. Deutsche Rugby-Meisterschaft: Heidelberger RK holt sich fünften Titel in Folge ) totalrugby.de, published: 21 June 2014, accessed: 24 June 2014〕 ''TV'' also reached the final of the 2013–14 North Sea Cup where it defeated Boitsfort RC from Belgium and won the competition for the first time. In the 2014–15 season the club finished second in the south-west championship group once more. It lost to Heidelberger RK next in the final of the German championship final once more after play-off wins over RK Heusenstamm and SC Neuenheim. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TV Pforzheim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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