1962–63 Women's European Cup (handball)

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]

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

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 #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
ČKD Prague Czechoslovakia11 – 5Austria Danubia Wien9 – 32 – 2
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany22 – 9Sweden Ymer14 – 38 – 6
Ruch Chorzów Poland18 – 26Soviet Union Trud Moscow11 – 117 – 15
Spartak Prague CzechoslovakiaBye
Frederiksberg Denmark17 – 10Germany Südwest 19479 – 48 – 6
Budapesti Spartacus Hungary8 – 20Romania Rapid Bucharest2 – 46 – 16
Niloc Amsterdam Netherlands14 – 13France Ivry8 – 66 – 7
Lokomotiva Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaBye

Quarter-finals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
ČKD Prague Czechoslovakia14 – 15East Germany Fortschritt Weissenfels8 – 86 – 7
Trud Moscow Soviet Union17 – 15Czechoslovakia Spartak Prague8 – 79 – 8
Frederiksberg Denmark30 – 13Netherlands Niloc Amsterdam17 – 713 – 6
Rapid Bucharest Romania19 – 14Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Lokomotiva Zagreb13 – 86 – 6

Semifinals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Fortschritt Weissenfels East Germany16 – 19Soviet Union Trud Moscow10 – 76 – 12
Frederiksberg Denmark14 – 13Romania Rapid Bucharest11 – 73 – 6

Final
Team #1ResultTeam #2
Trud Moscow Soviet Union11 – 8Denmark 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
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