TV Pforzheim
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| Full name | Turnverein 1834 Pforzheim e.V. |
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| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1834 |
| Location | Pforzheim, Germany |
| Ground(s) | Bohrain Sportplatz Mäurach Sportplatz |
| Chairman | Norbert Poff |
| Coach(es) | John Willis |
| Captain(s) | Mustafa Güngör |
| League(s) | Rugby-Bundesliga |
| 2015–16 | Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, 2nd |
The TV Pforzheim is a German rugby union club 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.
The club, formed as gymnastics club on 19 April 1834, does not have quite such a long history in the sport of rugby union.
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.
The following year, the club came second, having played two games less than Heidelberger TV on top spot. 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. 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.
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.
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