1965–66 Women's European Cup (handball)

1965–66 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 9 January – 16 April 1966
Teams 8 (Qualification stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions East Germany SC Leizpig
Runners-up Denmark HG Copenhague
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22

The 1965–66 Women's European Champions Cup was the 6th edition of the Europe's competition for national champions women's handball clubs, taking place from 9 January to 16 April 1966.[1]

HC Copenhague entered the competition as title holder, after beating in past season's final Budapesti Spartacus. Copenhague reached once again the final, but this year the Danish team was defeated by SC Leipzig. It was the first time that an East-German team won the title.[2]

Qualifying Stage

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
Trud Moscow Soviet Union 28 – 18 France AC Colombus 19 – 9 19 – 9
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 15 – 14 Poland Gornik Sonowietz 10 – 4 5 – 10
Valur Iceland 23 – 21 Norway Skogn 11 – 9 12 – 12
SC Leipzig East Germany 14 – 9 Netherlands Swift Roermond 6 – 3 8 – 6

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
HC Copenhague Denmark 19 – 15 Soviet Union Trud Moskva 10 – 8 9 – 7
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 18 – 17 West Germany Bayer Leverkusen 12 – 10 6 – 7
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary 18 – 10 Bulgaria VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia 5 – 8 13 – 2
SC Leipzig East Germany 45 – 17 Iceland Valur 19 – 8 26 – 9

Semi-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
HC Copenhague Denmark 16 – 8 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 10 – 3 6 – 5
SC Leipzig East Germany 15 – 9 Hungary Budapesti Spartacus 10 – 4 5 – 5

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Leipzig East Germany 17 – 11 Denmark HC Copenhague 7 – 6 10 – 5
Women's Handball European Cup
1965–66 Winner
East Germany SC Leipzig
First title

References

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