1962–63 Women's European Cup (handball)

1962–63 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 November 1962 – 14 April 1963
Teams12 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsSoviet Union Trud Moscow
Runners-upDenmark Frederiksberg IF
Tournament statistics
Matches played11

The 1962–63 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the third edition of the premier international competition for European women's handball clubs, taking place from November 1962 to April 1963. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, with Denmark, East Germany, Hungary, Netherlands and Sweden making its first appearance, so a first round was introduced. 1962 champion and runner-up Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were granted byes for the quarter-finals. For the first time the final was carried out as a single match, taking place in Prague on April 14.[1]

Trud Moscow, representing the Soviet Union as the first champion of the newly founded Soviet Championship, became the first of three Soviet teams to win the competition by beating Ruch Chorzów, defending champion Spartak Prague Sokolovo and finally Frederiksberg IF, which was the first team from Western Europe to reach the final.[2]

First round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ČKD Prague Czechoslovakia 11 – 5 Austria Danubia Wien 9 – 3 2 – 2
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany 22 – 9 Sweden Ymer 14 – 3 8 – 6
Ruch Chorzów Poland 18 – 26 Soviet Union Trud Moscow 11 – 11 7 – 15
Spartak Prague Czechoslovakia Bye
Frederiksberg Denmark 17 – 10 Germany Südwest 1947 9 – 4 8 – 6
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary 8 – 20 Romania Rapid Bucharest 2 – 4 6 – 16
Niloc Amsterdam Netherlands 14 – 13 France Ivry 8 – 6 6 – 7
Lokomotiva Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bye

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ČKD Prague Czechoslovakia 14 – 15 East Germany Fortschritt Weissenfels 8 – 8 6 – 7
Trud Moscow Soviet Union 17 – 15 Czechoslovakia Spartak Prague 8 – 7 9 – 8
Frederiksberg Denmark 30 – 13 Netherlands Niloc Amsterdam 17 – 7 13 – 6
Rapid Bucharest Romania 19 – 14 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lokomotiva Zagreb 13 – 8 6 – 6

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany 16 – 19 Soviet Union Trud Moscow 10 – 7 6 – 12
Frederiksberg Denmark 14 – 13 Romania Rapid Bucharest 11 – 7 3 – 6

Final

Team #1 Result Team #2
Trud Moscow Soviet Union 11 – 8 Denmark Frederiksberg
Women's Handball European Cup
1962–63 Winner
Soviet Union Trud Moscow
First title

References

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