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 period 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. History of the LHD
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-Cetinje2003 · 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 3 Viking Stavanger 1995, 1997, 1999 2 Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan 2001, 2006 FC Porto 2009, 2012
Victories per country Victories Country 5 , 4 3 2 , , 1 , , , , ,
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 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
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External links Official website