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

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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

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

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

Plural winners

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Victories Team Years Country
3 Viking Stavanger 1995, 1997, 1999   Norway
2 Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan 2001, 2006   Russia
FC Porto 2009, 2012   Portugal

Victories per country

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

Top three places

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

References

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  1. ^ (in Dutch) History of the LHD
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