1965–66 Women's European Cup (handball)

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]

1965–66 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates9 January – 16 April 1966
Teams8 (Qualification stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsEast Germany SC Leizpig
Runners-upDenmark HG Copenhague
Tournament statistics
Matches played22

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 Union38 – 18France AC Colombus19 – 919 – 9
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia15 – 14Poland Gornik Sonowietz10 – 45 – 10
Valur Iceland23 – 21Norway Skogn11 – 912 – 12
SC Leipzig East Germany14 – 9Netherlands Swift Roermond6 – 38 – 6

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
HC Copenhague Denmark19 – 15Soviet Union Trud Moskva10 – 89 – 7
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia18 – 17West Germany Bayer Leverkusen12 – 106 – 7
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary18 – 10Bulgaria VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia5 – 813 – 2
SC Leipzig East Germany45 – 17Iceland Valur19 – 826 – 9

Semi-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 L #1 L #2
HC Copenhague Denmark16 – 8Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague10 – 36 – 5
SC Leipzig East Germany15 – 9Hungary Budapesti Spartacus10 – 45 – 5

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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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