Limburgse Handbal Dagen Explained

Limburgse Handbal Dagen
(Limbourg Handball Days)
Sport:Handball
Location:Limburg, Netherlands
Month Played:December (27, 28 and 29)
Establishment:1988
Number:28 (in 2015)
Administrator:Stichting Limburgse Handbal Dagen
Stat1 Label:First champion
Stat1: MAI Moscow
Stat2 Label:Most championships
Stat2: Viking Stavanger (3x)
Current Champion: Halden Topphåndball

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.

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 · 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

Victories Team Years Country
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2 2001, 2006
2009, 2012

Victories per country

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Top three places

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 GlobalCaja Ciudad Encantada
2011 Limburg Lions HC Meshkov Brest
2010 SL Benfica
2009 FC Porto
2008 KV Sasja HC Hoboken
2007 Budivelnyk Brovary Daido Steel Nagoya
2006 Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan
2005 KS Vive Kielce
2004 Viborg HK
2003 Fredericia HK
2002 HC Lovcen-Cetinje
2001 Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan
2000 Team Tvis Holstebro
1999 Viking Stavanger
1998 IL Runar Sandefjord HV Sittardia
1997 Viking Stavanger
1996 US Ivry Handball
1995 Viking Stavanger
1994 Paris St. Germain Guif Eskilstuna
1993 RK Medveščak Zagreb
1992 Nova Petersburg
1991 SKA Minsk VGZ/Sittardia
1990 SKIF Krasnodar
1989 HV Sittardia
1988 MAI Moscow Lokomotiva Trnava

External links

Notes and References

  1. History of the LHD