| 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 |
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| Chairman | Norbert Poff | |
| Coach(es) | Alan Edmond | |
| League(s) | Rugby-Bundesliga | |
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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.[1]
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The club, formed as gymnastics club on 19 April 1834, does not have quite such a long history in the sport of rugby union.[2]
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.[3]
The following year, the club came second, having played two games less than Heidelberger TV on top spot.[4] After promotion, the side won all 18 season games in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, followed by a 89-0 victory over North/East champions TSV Victoria Linden, earning another promotion.[5][6] 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.[7]
Recent seasons of the club:
| Year | Division | Position |
| 2008–09 | Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg | 4th |
| 2008–09 | Rugby-Regionalliga Baden-Württemberg | 2nd — Promoted |
| 2010–11 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 1st — Promoted |
| 2011–12 | Rugby-Bundesliga |
In the 2010–12 campaign, Mustafa Güngör, Carlos Soteras Merz and Callum Sauer were selected from the club as German internationals.
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