27-29 december

2015

LHD guide

CONTENT
1. Foreword

2. History
2.1

Limburgse Handbal Dagen

2.2

Final standings 2004-2014

2.3

Most successful teams

2.4

First winner

2.5

Country of origin

3.1

Playing arenas

3.2

Official hotel / team hotel

3.3

Map of the area

3. Venues

4. Participants
4.1

Teams

4.2

Officials

5. Match schedule
5.1

Main round

11

5.2

Final round

11

6. Rules of play

13

7. Press information

17

8. Who to contact

18

8.1

Office

18

8.2

Organizing Committee

18

Appendix : Roadmap 2015

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1 FOREWORD
Welcome to Sittard-Geleen. On behalf of the organization I welcome all participants at the
28th edition of the Limburgse Handbal Dagen. We are delighted to greet you all and are
looking forward to an exciting and high-quality tournament.
Big changes will attribute to the design of the Limburgse Handbal Dagen this year. We have
said farewell to the Stadssporthal, a venue in which we experienced many good times in the
past 27 years. Having Fitland XL as the only venue requires changes in the match schedule.
Moreover, to increase the attractiveness of the tournament, the shoot-out element will be
implemented.
By contracting participants from Norway, Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania, Australia,
Russia and the Netherlands, we succeeded in our efforts in created a line-up with different
playing styles and backgrounds. With the contracting of Sydney Uni HC, the Oceanic
Champions and IHF Super Globe participant, an Australian team will be participating for the
very first time.
At the end of my first year as President, I was able to conclude that the phenomenon of the
Limburgse Handbal Dagen has not lost any of its attractiveness. Therefore, despite
threatening factors, we will do anything to ensure the future existence and expansion of this
tournament. Together with our colleagues of OCI Lions we are convinced of the fact that
handball at this high level in the our region will contribute to the development of handball in
general and the conservation of this sport for both adults and youth.
By way of conclusion, on behalf of the organization and over 200 volunteers, I wish you all a
vibrant tournament. Allow all spectators to enjoy sparkling, exciting and high-quality
handball, something that you are all capable of.
We are looking forward to it. Are you?
Ronald Snippe
President

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2 HISTORY
2.1 Limburgse Handbal Dagen
It all started in the spring of 1988, the year that Holland's most successful handball club
Sittardia celebrated their 40st anniversary. To celebrate this milestone they decided to
organize an international tournament. The initial plan was to host the tournament in
September, before the start of the Dutch competition. However, this timeframe was too short
to establish a proper organization. For this reason, the committee decided to organize the
tournament in the period between Christmas and New Year. When neighbors and
competitor handball clubs Blauw Wit (Beek) and V&L (Geleen) expressed the interest to coorganize the tournament, the Limburgse Handbal Dagen were born.

2.2 Final standings 2004-2014

Year

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

2014

Permskie Medvedi (RUS)

S.L. Benfica (POR)

OCI - LIONS (NED)

guas Santas Milaneza

OCI Nitrogen LIONS

(POR)

(NED)

FC Porto Vitalis (POR)

Plva Serviti (EST)

2013
2012
2011

OCI Nitrogen LIONS

(NED)

FC Barcelona B (ESP)
BM Ciudad Encantada
(ESP)

HC Meshkov Brest (BLR)

RK Pore (CRO)

2010

SL Benfica (POR)

RK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

St. Petersburg HC (RUS)

2009

FC Porto Vitalis (POR)

Plva Serviti (EST)

K-sports HC (JPN/KOR)

2008

KV Sasja (BEL)

ZTR Zaporozhye (UKR)

SD Teucro (ESP)

2007

Bydivelnyk Brovary (UKR)

2006

Lukoil Dynamo Astrachan

(RUS)

Etoile Sportive du Sahel

(TUN)

Daido Steel Nagoya (JPN)

IFK Skvde (SWE)

Perutnina Pipo IPC (CRO)

2005

KS Vive Kielce (POL)

TMS Ringsted (DEN)

Dunkerque (FRA)

2004

Viborg HK (DEN)

IFK Skvde (SWE)

ZTR Zaporozhye (UKR)

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Permskie Medvedi (RUS)

winner 2014

Most Valuable Players 2014

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2.3 Most successful teams

Victory

Team

Year

3x

Viking Stavanger (NOR)

1995, 1997, 1999

2x

FC Porto Vitalis (POR)

2010, 2012

2x

Lukoil Dynamo Astrachan (RUS)

2001, 2006

2.4 First winner

Victory
1x

Team

Year

MAI Moskou (CCCP)

1988

2.5 Country of origin

Continent

Country

Africa

TUN

Asia

CHN, JPN, KOR

BEL, BIH, BLR, CZE, CRO, DEN, ESP, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, ISL, ISR,

Europe

ITA, LTU, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROM, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK,
SWE, UKR

Middle East

KUW

Oceania

AUS

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3 VENUES
3.1 Playing arena
FITLAND XL (FIT)
Milaanstraat 115
6135 LH SITTARD

Tel : 0031 46 8700090

Web : www.fitland.nl/xl-sittard
Capacity : 2500

3.2 Official hotel / team hotel

VAN DER VALK HOTEL (VAL)
Mauritslaan 65
6129 EL STEIN

Tel : 0031 46 4338573

Fax : 0031 46 4338686
Web : www.hotelstein.nl

3.3 Map of the area

FIT
VAL

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4 PARTICIPANTS
4.1 Teams
GROUP I
AHC Potaissa Turda

Romania

(ROM)

Targos Bevo HC

The Netherlands

(NED)

RK Sloga Poega

Serbia

(SRB)

ABC / UMinho

Portugal

(POR)

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GROUP II
Sydney Uni HC

Australia

(AUS)

Viking Hndball

Norway

(NOR)

HC Dukla Praha

Czech Republic

(CZE)

OCI - LIONS

The Netherlands

(NED)

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4.2 Officials

EHF delegates
Klaus Dieter CONVENTS

Belgium (BEL)

Kees WIEBRANDS

The Netherlands (NED)

NHV (*) delegate

Jaap VAN DER PIJLL

The Netherlands (NED)

(*) NHV : Nederlands Handbal Verbond (Dutch Handball Association)

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Referees
Andreas Hjort FROHN
Nichlas NYGAARD

Denmark (DEN)

Yann CARMAUX
Julien MURSCH

France (FRA)

Nils BLMEL
Jrg LOPPASCHEWSKI

Paul GERAETS
Ruud GERAETS

Yves SCHOLS
Roel ZUIJLEN

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Germany (GER)

The Netherlands
(NED)

The Netherlands
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5 MATCH SCHEDULE
5.1 Main round
Matches and times scheduled for the main round might change due to (live) TV
registration or other serious and unforeseen circumstances.
FITLAND XL (FIT)

27 december 2015

11.00 hrs

I-1

AHC Potaissa Turda

Targos Bevo HC

13.00 hrs

I-2

RK Sloga Poega

ABC / UMinho

15.00 hrs

II-1

Sydney Uni HC

Viking Hndball

17.00 hrs

II-2

HC Dukla Praha

OCI - LIONS

19.00 hrs

I-3

loser I-1

winner I-2

21.00 hrs

I-4

winner I-1

loser I-2

FITLAND XL (FIT)

28 december 2015

11.00 hrs

II-3

loser II-1

winner II-2

13.00 hrs

II-4

winner II-1

loser II-2

15.00 hrs

I-5

loser I-2

loser I-1

17.00 hrs

I-6

winner I-2

winner I-1

19.00 hrs

II-5

loser II-2

loser II-1

21.00 hrs

II-6

winner II-2

winner II-1

5.2 Final round

Matches and times scheduled for the final round might change due to (live) TV registration
or other serious and unforeseen circumstances.
FITLAND XL (FIT)

29 december 2015

11.00 hrs

7-8

No. 4 group I

No. 4 group II

14.00 hrs

5-6

No. 3 group I

No. 3 group II

17.00 hrs

3-4

No. 2 group I

No. 2 group II

20.00 hrs

1-2

No. 1 group I

No. 1 group II

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6 RULES OF PLAY
Rules of the match
The rules during this tournament are identical to those used by the International Handball
Federation (IHF) unless stated otherwise.
Tournament directors, delegates and referees
LHD has appointed two independent EHF delegates as tournament director being responsible
for nomination and supervision of the assigned referees as well as the smooth running of
the schedules matches.
Local handball federations have been requested to nominate referees and delegates which
are subsequently invited by the LHD.
During the matches, there is no possibility to protest against:

referees decisions;

sequence of the matches;

nomination of referees.

Arbitration
Protest will only be recognized by the tournament director if stated within two hours after
the end of the concerning match, and not later than 5 minutes after the final match.
Protests will firstly be handled by the tournament directors. Their decision will be followed
by subsequent action.
Match schedule and times
The teams are divided into two groups consisting of four teams. Each team will be playing
three group matches on day 1 and 2 as well as one final match on day 3. The outline of the
matches will be announced not later than the opening meeting on the first day of the
tournament; please take into consideration that only the first match in the group is
scheduled. The timing of the second and third match as well as the opponent depend on the
result of the first group match.
The president and/or competition manager of the LHD have the right to change:

the schedule of the matches;

the throw off time of the matches.

During the tournament, matches and scheduled times might change due to (live) TV
registration or other serious and unforeseen circumstances.

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Shoot out
After each match both teams play a shoot out competition.
before the match 3 players of each team are nominated by the team officials;
those three players can be replaced by a fourth or fifth player in case one of the
nominated players is injured and is not able to play or received a red card during the
match;
the shoot out starts immediately after the game (there is no break or time-out
scheduled);
goalkeepers and the three nominated players stay on their side of the court (they do not
change sides). Players gather behind the 6m-area on the right hand side of the goal;
the team that is listed first in the match schedule (home team) starts first;
when the referee blows his whistle the player plays the ball back to his goalkeeper;
during the pass the ball is not allowed to hit the ground;
the player must catch the ball and try to score a goal, without any rule violation;
creative or spectacular goals are awarded with two points;
if the attacking goalkeeper or the court player commits a rule violation the attack is over;
the defending goalkeeper is not allowed to leave his area at any time;
shoot out by three players of each team alternately until a decision has been reached.
in case there is a draw after the first round of the shoot outs the until a final
In case of a draw after the initial scheduled group matches the result of the shoot out is
decisive and determines the winner or loser for the remaining group matches.
Main round matches and ranking
The ranking in the respective group is based on adding the points of both matches and
shout outs.
Winning match:

3 points

Draw:

1 point

Lost match:

0 points

Winning shoot out:

1 point

Lost shoot out:

0 points

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In case teams have identical points, the ranking will be based on:
1. the number of points achieved in matches won or drawn;
2. the result of the match(es) between the teams involved;
3. the result of the shout out(s) between the teams involved;
4. difference in goals, scored in the matches between the teams involved;
5. greater number of plus goals scored in all matches played among them;
6. difference in goals, scored in all the group matches;
7. greater number of plus goals scored in all the group matches;
8. official draw by the EHF delegates, president and the competition manager.
Please note: teams involved means those teams with the same number of points.
Please note: Points 1-4 refer to those matches of the teams with the same number of points.
If the points 1-4 do not bring a decision, points 5-6 will be decisive, which points refer to all
3 matches in the group.
Final round
On day three all teams play one game as part of the final round. This match is played against
the team of the other group ended at the same position.
In case a match for the position 5 up to 8 ends in a draw, the shoot out as prescribed above
will decide the game, without playing extra time. When the match for position 3 and 4 or the
final game ends in a draw, the following is applicable:
After a 5 minute break the game continues with an extra time of 2x5 minutes. A time out
allows teams to change sides. When there is still a draw after this, the shoot out as described
above will decide the match.
Number of players
A maximum of sixteen players and the number of officials must be reported to the
organization committee, ultimately 4 hours before the start of the first match.
Sixteen players and four officials are allowed to actually participate in any match. The names
have to be announced to the representatives of the organization, ultimately 30 minutes
before the start of the match. The names are listed in the Match and Referees Report.
Equipment
The team should bring at least two sets of match shirts for both players and goalkeepers in
different in colour. Each player is obliged to keep the same shirt number during the whole
tournament.

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Both referees and tournament directors are responsible to validate the colour of the shirts
for both players and goalkeepers. The team that is listed first in the match schedule (home
team) is required to change the colour of the shirts in case the colour of the shirts is the
same or nearly the same. This team should change their shirts in such a way that a clear
difference in colours is visible.
Exceptions
Only the directors of the tournament in consultation with the president and the competition
manager of the organization can validate modifications of the rules.

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7 PRESS INFORMATION

Public relations rights and advertisement

TV, film and broadcasting rights, as well as advertisement in and around the playing ground
are with the Organization Committee. Main round and final matches are available at
YouTube LHD_NL and the Livestream link on our website www.lhd.nl.
Press
During the tournament a Public Relations team is present to report about participating
teams, tournament results, handball promotion and side events. Reporting includes but is
not limited to website and social media in both writing and visual reporting. The PR team
well as the LHD-photographers might contact your team hosts to participate in interviews
and/or take pictures etc.
Next to the PR team, (local) press will be present at the tournament, including their own
photographers and/or broadcasting staff.
Information
For more information about press and public relations, please contact our PR manager Ms.
Simone Bours, s.bours@lhd.nl.

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8 WHO TO CONTACT
8.1 Office
OFFICE BEFORE/AFTER TOURNAMENT
Tel : 0031 46 4378341

Tomeik 15

Web : www.lhd.nl

6191 DV BEEK

E-mail : info@lhd.nl

OFFICE DURING TOURNAMENT

Tel : 0031 46 8700090

Milaanstraat 115

Web : www.lhd.nl

6135 LH SITTARD

E-mail : info@lhd.nl

8.2 Organizing Committee

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Ronald SNIPPE

President

r.snippe@lhd.nl

Henk SMEETS

Sponsoring

h.smeets@lhd.nl

Martijn KUNNEN

Sponsoring

m.kunnen@lhd.nl

Peter BALTUS

Finance

p.baltus@lhd.nl

Bart SILLEN

Competition & Hospitality

b.sillen@lhd.nl

Guido DOUVEN

Competition

g.douven@lhd.nl

Gwen WULTERKENS

Hospitality

g.wulterkens@lhd.nl

Simone BOURS

Public Relations & Communication

s.bours@lhd.nl

Edwin BANNINK

Facilities

e.bannink@lhd.nl

Fer DIJKSTRA

Facilities & Side Events

f.dijkstra@lhd.nl

Natasja BEKKER

Handball Promotion & Side Events

n.bekker@lhd.nl

Inge SMEETS

Secretary

i.smeets@lhd.nl

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