It all started in the spring of 1988, the year that HV Sittardia celebrated their forty-year 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] 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