1961 Women's European Cup (handball)

1961 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	9 January – 18 March 1961
Teams	8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Sțiința Bucharest
Runners-up	Dynamo Prague
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7

The 1961 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the inaugural edition of the premier competition for women's handball clubs. Eight teams from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, West Germany, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia took part in the competition, which took place from 19 January to 18 March 1961.^[1]

Ştiinţa Bucharest defeated Spartak Subotica, Zalgiris Kaunas and finally Dynamo Prague in the final's both legs to become the first European champion. It was the first of two titles won by Romanian teams to date.^[2]

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest	14 – 12	Spartak Subotica	5 – 6	9 – 6
Zalgiris Kaunas	13 – 9	Cracovia	5 – 3	8 – 6
Mulheim	25 – 10	Ivry	13 – 3	12 – 7
Dynamo Prague	12 – 8	Danubia Wien	8 – 6	4 – 2

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest	20 – 7	Zalgiris Kaunas	12 – 4	8 – 3
Mulheim	5 – 10	Dynamo Prague	3 – 6	2 – 4

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest	13 – 5	Dynamo Prague	8 – 1	5 – 4

Women's Handball European Cup 1961 Winner

Știința Bucharest First title

References

↑ Results in todor66.com
↑ List of champions in the-sports.org

Women's European Cup and EHF Women's Champions League

Women's European Cup era, 1961–1993

Seasons	1961 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1991–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

Women's Champions League era, 1993–present

Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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