Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Gelderland to the north and by North Brabant to its west. Its long eastern boundary forms the international border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. To the west is the international border with the similarly named Belgian province of Limburg, part of which is delineated by the river Meuse. The Vaalserberg is on the extreme southeastern point, marking the tripoint of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
Geleen is a city in the southern part of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen. Geleen is situated along the river Geleenbeek, a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Latin name for Geleenbeek is Glana, meaning "clear river". The town centre is situated at about 60 m above sea level.
HV Sittardia is a Dutch professional handball club in Sittard. The club was founded in 1949.
Eaters Limburg are a professional ice hockey team based in Geleen, The Netherlands. They play in the BeNe League, the highest-level hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium. Home games are played at the Glanerbrook.
Limburg Lions is a handball team from Sittard-Geleen, Limburg. The club was founded in 2008 by a merger of the men's teams of HV Sittardia from Sittard, V&L from Geleen and HV BFC from Beek. The Lions took the place of HV Sittardia in the NHV Eredivisie after the merger. The first team plays its home games at Stadssporthal (Sittard).
The Nederlandse Handbal Eredivisie is the top Dutch professional handball league. The winners of the Eredivisie are recognised as the Dutch handball champions.
Bevo HC is a Dutch handball club from Panningen, Limburg. The club was founded on 1 July 1987 after the merger of BEVO and Heldia. The men's team competes in the BENE-League in the season 2019-2020. The woman's team competes in eredivisie in the season 2019-2020.
RKHV Volendam or KRAS/Volendam is a Dutch handball team located in Volendam. Their home matches are played at the Sporthal Opperdam. They compete in NHV Eredivisie and Beneliga.
HV Aalsmeer, also known as HV Greenpark Tigers Aalsmeer due to sponsorship reasons is a men's handball club from Aalsmeer, Netherlands, that plays in the NHV Eredivisie and BENE-League
Dione Housheer is a Dutch female handballer for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team.
BFC is a handball club from Beek, Limburg. The club was founded in 1998 by a merger of HV Blauw-Wit from Neerbeek and HV Caesar from Beek.
Blauw-Wit was a handball club from Neerbeek, Limburg. Blauw-Wit played together with its rival HV Caesar in sports hall De Haamen. The men's team of Blauw-Wit won three national titles, two times the national cup and one time the Super Cup. In 1998, Blauw-Wit merged with Caesar and became Beeker Fusie Club.
Neerbeek is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beek. The village has a population of around 2,400 people. The village used to split between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Netherlands.
Maurice Canton is a Dutch handball coach. Since 2019, Canton has been the head coach of the men's team of HV BFC.
A.C.M. "Ton" Raven is a Dutch politician, who served as a member of the Senate between 2021 and 2023. In that body, he was the only member of Independent Politics Netherlands. Before he became a senator, Raven had been active in Sittard-Geleen politics as a municipal councilor and alderman since 1990, representing the local parties Stadspartij Burgerbelangen Geleen and Stadspartij.
Pim Rietbroek is a Dutch retired handball player. As a player, he collected one cap for the Netherlands men's national handball team. After his playing career, he was active as a coach at various clubs and was national coach of the Dutch men's team.
Wil Jacobs is a Dutch retired handball player.
Roel Rothkrans is a Dutch retired handball player.
Jorn Smits is a Dutch handball player for TTH Holstebro and the Dutch national team.
