| HV Swift Roermond | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Swift Roermond |
| Short name | Swift |
| Founded | 1 September 1947 |
| Dissolved | 21 September 2000 |
| Club colours | |
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]
The chosen professional path, which attracted many foreign players, turned out to be dead-end. This led to establishing a new handball club S2000 by a number of former players of Swift Roermond. Many players flowed and also started to join S2000. Eventually, on 21 September 2000, the club ceased to exist.
- ^ List of champions in the-sports.org
- ^ Results Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine in todor66.com
- ^ List of finals in the-sports.org
- ^ Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website