1963–64 Women's European Cup (handball)

1963–64 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 30 November 1963 – 4 April 1964
Teams 10 (Qualifying stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions Romania Rapid Bucharest
Runners-up Denmark Helsingør
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23

The 1963–64 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the fourth edition of the premier international competition for European women's handball clubs, taking place from November 1963 to April 1964. Thirteen teams took part in the competition, with 1963 finalists Soviet Union and Denmark and debutante Norway being granted byes to the quarterfinals. The final was carried out as a single match taking place in Bratislava on April 4.[1]

Rapid Bucharest won the competition beating Helsingør IF in a tight final, becoming the second and last to date Romanian team to win the competition.[2] Defending champion Trud Moscow was ousted in the quarterfinals by Budapesti Spartacus.

First Round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany 14 – 17 Poland Ruch Chorzów 12 – 6 5 – 7
Rapid Bucharest Romania 19 – 13 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Spartak Subotica 13 – 5 6 – 8
Admira Wien Austria ? – ? Hungary Budapesti Spartacus 7 – 14 ? – ?
Trud Moscow Soviet Union Bye
Helsingør Denmark Bye
Skogen Norway Bye
Ivry France 8 – 31 Netherlands Swift Roermond 6 – 16 2 – 15
Eimsbütteler Germany 14 – 12 Czechoslovakia ČKD Prague 11 – 4 3 – 8

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany 14 – 17 Romania Rapid Bucharest 10 – 9 4 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary 24 – 19 Soviet Union Trud Moscow 16 – 7 8 – 12
Helsingør Denmark 25 – 22 Norway Skogen 14 – 13 11 – 9
Swift Roermond Netherlands 11 – 13 Germany Eimsbütteler 4 – 5 7 – 8

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Rapid Bucharest Romania 24 – 12 Hungary Budapesti Spartacus 13 – 5 11 – 7
Helsingør Denmark 14 – 9 Germany Eimsbütteler 6 – 7 8 – 2

Final

Team #1 Result Team #2
Rapid Bucharest Romania 14 –13 Denmark Helsingør
Women's Handball European Cup
1963–64 Winner
Romania Rapid Bucharest
First title

References

  1. Results in todor66.com
  2. List of finals in the-sports.org
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