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
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

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.^[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
3	Viking Stavanger	1995, 1997, 1999	Norway
2	Lukoil/Dynamo Astrakhan	2001, 2006	Russia
	FC Porto	2009, 2012	Portugal

Victories per country

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

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