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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Location | Limburg, Netherlands |
| Month played | December (27, 28 and 29) |
| Established | 1988 |
Number of tournaments | 28 (in 2015) |
| Administrator | Stichting Limburgse Handbal Dagen |
| Tournament statistics | |
| First champion |  MAI Moscow |
| Most championships |  Viking Stavanger (3x) |
| Current champion | |
| Halden Topphåndball | |
History
editIt 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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Plural winners
edit| Victories | Team | Years | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Viking Stavanger | 1995, 1997, 1999 | Norway
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| 2 | Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan | 2001, 2006 |  Russia
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| FC Porto | 2009, 2012 |  Portugal
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Victories per country
edit| Victories | Country |
|---|---|
| 5 | Norway, Portugal
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| 4 | Russia
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| 3 |  Denmark
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| 2 |  France,  Netherlands, Soviet Union
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| 1 |  Belgium,  Belarus,  Croatia,  Poland,  Ukraine,  Yugoslavia
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Top three places
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References
edit- ^ (in Dutch) History of the LHD
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Official website