1965–66 Women's European Cup (handball)

1965–66 Women's Handball European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	9 January – 16 April 1966
Teams	8 (Qualification stage) 8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	SC Leizpig
Runners-up	HG Copenhague
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22

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]

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	28 – 18	AC Colombus	19 – 9	19 – 9
Sparta Prague	15 – 14	Gornik Sonowietz	10 – 4	5 – 10
Valur	23 – 21	Skogn	11 – 9	12 – 12
SC Leipzig	14 – 9	Swift Roermond	6 – 3	8 – 6

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HC Copenhague	19 – 15	Trud Moskva	10 – 8	9 – 7
Sparta Prague	18 – 17	Bayer Leverkusen	12 – 10	6 – 7
Budapesti Spartacus	18 – 10	VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia	5 – 8	13 – 2
SC Leipzig	45 – 17	Valur	19 – 8	26 – 9

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HC Copenhague	16 – 8	Sparta Prague	10 – 3	6 – 5
SC Leipzig	15 – 9	Budapesti Spartacus	10 – 4	5 – 5

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Leipzig	17 – 11	HC Copenhague	7 – 6	10 – 5

Women's Handball European Cup 1965–66 Winner
SC Leipzig First title

References