Limburgse Handbal Dagen

The Limburgse Handbal Dagen / Limbourg Handball Days is a handball tournament organized since 1988 in Limburg (Netherlands), especially in the cities of Sittard, Geleen and Beek. The tournament lasts for 3 days with teams from Europe, Africa and Asia.

Limburgse Handbal Dagen
(Limbourg Handball Days)
Tournament information
SportHandball
LocationLimburg, Netherlands
Month playedDecember (27, 28 and 29)
Established1988
Number of
tournaments
28 (in 2015)
AdministratorStichting Limburgse Handbal Dagen
Tournament statistics
First championSoviet Union MAI Moscow
Most championshipsNorway Viking Stavanger (3x)
Current champion
Norway Halden Topphåndball

History

It all started in the spring of 1988, the year that HV Sittardia celebrated their forty-year anniversary. They wanted to organise an international tournament in a celebration of this anniversary. The initial periode of the tournament was in September, before the start of the Dutch competition, but it was too short for a proper organisation. That's why the committee decided to organize the tournament in the period between Christmas and New Year. After an interest in a co-organisaters Blauw-Wit Neerbeek and V&L, the Limburgse Handbal Dagen were born.[1]

List of winners

1988 · Soviet Union MAI Moscow
1989 · Netherlands HV Sittardia
1990 · Soviet Union SKIF Krasnodar
1991 · Belarus SKA Minsk
1992 · Russia Nova Petersburg
1993 · Croatia RK Medveščak Zagreb
1994 · France Paris St. Germain
1995 · Norway Viking Stavanger
1996 · France US Ivry Handball
1997 · Norway Viking Stavanger
1998 · Norway IL Runar Sandefjord
1999 · Norway Viking Stavanger
2000 · Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro
2001 · Russia Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan
2002 · Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HC Lovcen-Cetinje

2003 · Denmark Fredericia HK
2004 · Denmark Viborg HK
2005 · Poland KS Vive Kielce
2006 · Russia Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan
2007 · Ukraine Budivelnyk Brovary
2008 · Belgium KV Sasja HC Hoboken
2009 · Portugal FC Porto
2010 · Portugal SL Benfica
2011 · Netherlands Limburg Lions
2012 · Portugal FC Porto
2013 · Portugal Águas Santas
2014 · Russia GK Permskie Medvedi
2015 · Portugal ABC UMinho
2016 · Norway Halden Topphåndball

Plural winners

VictoriesTeamYearsCountry
3Viking Stavanger1995, 1997, 1999 Norway
2Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan2001, 2006 Russia
FC Porto2009, 2012 Portugal

Victories per country

VictoriesCountry
5 Norway,  Portugal
4 Russia
3 Denmark
2 France,  Netherlands,  Soviet Union
1 Belgium,  Belarus,  Croatia,  Poland,  Ukraine,  FR Yugoslavia

Top three places

YearFirstSecondThird
2016 Norway Halden Topphåndball Netherlands Limburg Lions South Korea South Korea
2015 Portugal ABC UMinho Norway Viking HK Netherlands Targos Bevo HC
2014 Russia GK Permskie Medvedi Portugal SL Benfica Netherlands Limburg Lions
2013 Portugal Águas Santas Netherlands Limburg Lions Spain FC Barcelona B
2012 Portugal FC Porto Estonia Põlva Serviti Spain GlobalCaja Ciudad Encantada
2011 Netherlands Limburg Lions Belarus HC Meshkov Brest Croatia RK Porec
2010 Portugal SL Benfica Bosnia and Herzegovina RK Borac Banja Luka Russia St. Petersburg HC
2009 Portugal FC Porto Estonia Põlva Serviti Japan K-Sports HC
2008 Belgium KV Sasja HC Hoboken Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhzhia Spain Sociedad Deportiva Teucro
2007 Ukraine Budivelnyk Brovary Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel Japan Daido Steel Nagoya
2006 Russia Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan Sweden IFK Skövde Croatia Perutnina Pipo IPC
2005 Poland KS Vive Kielce Denmark TMS Ringsted France US Dunkerque
2004 Denmark Viborg HK Sweden IFK Skövde Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhzhia
2003 Denmark Fredericia HK Spain CBM Valladolid Ukraine Portovik Yuzhny
2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HC Lovcen-Cetinje Denmark Team Helsinge Netherlands Wealer/V&L
2001 Russia Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan Netherlands Wealer/V&L Sweden IFK Tumba HK
2000 Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro Lithuania Lithuania Czech Republic SKP Frydek-Mistek
1999 Norway Viking Stavanger Denmark GOG Gudme Netherlands HV Sittardia
1998 Norway IL Runar Sandefjord France Sporting Toulouse 31 Netherlands HV Sittardia
1997 Norway Viking Stavanger Netherlands HV Sittardia Czech Republic Banik Karvina
1996 France US Ivry Handball Germany Tus Nettelstedt Denmark Vadum IF
1995 Norway Viking Stavanger Sweden Sävehof Partille Netherlands Hirschmann/V&L
1994 France Paris St. Germain Sweden Guif Eskilstuna Norway Sandefjord TIF
1993 Croatia RK Medveščak Zagreb France US Ivry Handball Sweden Redbergslids IK
1992 Russia Nova Petersburg Slovenia Kolinska Slovan Sweden IFK Skövde
1991 Belarus SKA Minsk Netherlands VGZ/Sittardia Sweden Drott Halmstad
1990 Soviet Union SKIF Krasnodar Czechoslovakia HT Tatran Prešov Sweden Redbergslids IK
1989 Netherlands HV Sittardia West Germany Motor Eisenach Soviet Union Granitas Kaunas
1988 Soviet Union MAI Moscow Netherlands Herschi/V&L Czechoslovakia Lokomotiva Trnava

References

  1. (in Dutch) History of the LHD
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