HV Swift Roermond

Swift Roermond is a former Dutch handball club from Roermond. Its women's team was the most successful team in the Dutch Championship with 19 championships between 1963 and 1998,[1] and it reached the European Cup's final in 1976.[2] It remains the only Dutch team that has achieved this to date.[3] The 1980s were mostly unsuccessful for the club, but in the 1990s it won a record seven titles in a row, becoming a regular of the new Champions League.[4]

Niloc against Swift (10-11) at Oude RAI in Amsterdam. (1974)
HV Swift Roermond
Full nameSwift Roermond
Short nameSwift
Founded1946
Dissolved2017
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In 2017, Swift Roermond merged with HV Leudal en HV Maasgouw and became HV LimMid.[5]

Titles

  • Women
    • Eredivisie
      • 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
    • Dutch Cup
      • 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

References

  1. List of champions in the-sports.org
  2. Results Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine in todor66.com
  3. List of finals in the-sports.org
  4. Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website
  5. Historie, HV Limmid
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