1963–64 Women's European Cup (handball)

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]

1963–64 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 November 1963 – 4 April 1964
Teams10 (Qualifying stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsRomania Rapid Bucharest
Runners-upDenmark Helsingør
Tournament statistics
Matches played23

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 Germany14 – 17Poland Ruch Chorzów12 – 65 – 7
Rapid Bucharest Romania19 – 13Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Spartak Subotica13 – 56 – 8
Admira Wien Austria14 – 37Hungary Budapesti Spartacus007 – 147 – 23
Trud Moscow Soviet UnionBye
Helsingør DenmarkBye
Skogen NorwayBye
Ivry France08 – 31Netherlands Swift Roermond006 – 1602 – 15
Eimsbütteler Germany14 – 12Czechoslovakia ČKD Prague11 – 43 – 8

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany14 – 17Romania Rapid Bucharest10 – 904 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary24 – 19Soviet Union Trud Moscow16 – 7008 – 12
Helsingør Denmark25 – 22Norway Skogen014 – 1311 – 9
Swift Roermond Netherlands11 – 13Germany Eimsbütteler04 – 507 – 8

Semifinals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Rapid Bucharest Romania24 – 12Hungary Budapesti Spartacus13 – 511 – 7
Helsingør Denmark14 – 9Germany Eimsbütteler06 – 708 – 2

Final
Team #1 Result Team #2
Rapid Bucharest Romania14 –13Denmark 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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