1982–83 Women's IHF Cup

The 1982–83 Women's IHF Cup was the second edition of the competition, taking place between October 1982 and 1 May 1983. A round of 16 was introduced as the tournament was expanded from 11 to 17 teams, with Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland making their debut.^[1] Avtomobilist Baku became the first Soviet team to win the competition by beating Empor Rostock in the final,^[2] while TJ Topolniky and TC Veszprém also reached the semifinals and defending champion RK Trešnjevka was defeated by compatriot Sekulić Sombor in the Round of 16.

Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Beira-Mar	23 – 46	Ayete	14 – 26	9 – 20

Round of 16

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Topolniky	51 – 25	Union Landhaus	28 – 14	23 – 11
Svendborg	41 – 30	Göteborgs Kvinnliga	17 – 15	24 – 15
Trešnjevka	45 – 46	Sekulić Sombor	19 – 19	26 – 27
Avtomobilist Baku	62 – 37	Ayete	25 – 15	37 – 22
Bakony Vegyész	57 – 19	Zürich	31 – 9	26 – 10
Avanti Lebbeke	23 – 35	NILOC Amsterdam	5 – 19	18 – 16
Engelskirchen	27 – 34	Vestar	15 – 15	12 – 19
Empor Rostock	70 – 19	Conflans	40 – 8	30 – 11

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Topolniky	41 – 31	Svendborg	26 – 18	15 – 13
Sekulić Sombor	32 – 48	Avtomobilist Baku	22 – 20	10 – 28
Bakony Vegyész	43 – 37	NILOC Amsterdam	20 – 16	23 – 21
Vestar	30 – 36	Empor Rostock	17 – 18	13 – 18

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Topolniky	40 – 43	Avtomobilist Baku	20 – 21	20 – 22
Bakony Vegyész	34 – 42	Empor Rostock	19 – 19	15 – 23

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Avtomobilist Baku	38 – 29	Empor Rostock	20 – 14	18 – 15

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