1964–65 Women's European Cup (handball)

1964–65 Women's Handball European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	November 1964 – 16 April 1965
Teams	4 (Qualifying stage) 8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	HG Copenhague
Runners-up	Budapesti Spartacus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18

The 1964–65 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the fifth edition of the international competition for European women's handball national champion clubs, taking place from late 1964 to 16 April 1965. The number of contestants decreased from thirteen to ten due to the absences of Austria, Poland and Romania, so the qualifying stage was reduced from five ties to just two. Unlike the two previous editions, the final was carried out as a two-legged tie.^[1]

HG Copenhague became the first team from the Western Bloc to win the competition in the third appearance in a row of the Danish representative in the final, while Budapesti Spartacus was the first Hungarian team to reach it. The absence of Romania meant there was no defending champion this year.^[2]

Qualifying Stage

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
Trud Moscow	24 – 17	Fortschritt Weissenfels	13 – 10	11 – 7
ČKD Prague	35 – 12	Ivry	16 – 5	19 – 7

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HG Copenhague	17 – 9	Frigg Oslo	17 – 9	w/o
Swift Roermond	11 – 10	1.FC Nürnberg	6 – 5	5 – 5
Budapesti Spartacus	17 – 16	Trud Moscow	10 – 7	7 – 9
Lokomotiva Zagreb	16 – 15	ČKD Prague	8 – 11	8 – 4

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HG Copenhague	28 – 11	Swift Roermond	12 – 3	16 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus	14 – 10	Lokomotiva Zagreb	7 – 6	7 – 4

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HG Copenhague	21 – 16	Budapesti Spartacus	14 – 6	7 – 10

Women's Handball European Cup 1964–65 Winner
HG Copenhague First title

References