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
Champions Trud Moscow
Runners-up 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 11 – 5 Danubia Wien9 – 32 – 2
Fortschritt Weissenfels 22 – 9 Ymer14 – 38 – 6
Ruch Chorzów 18 – 26 Trud Moscow11 – 117 – 15
Spartak Prague Bye
Frederiksberg 17 – 10 Südwest 19479 – 48 – 6
Budapesti Spartacus 8 – 20 Rapid Bucharest2 – 46 – 16
Niloc Amsterdam ? – ? Ivry8 – 6? – ?
Lokomotiva Zagreb Bye

Quarter-finals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
ČKD Prague 14 – 15 Fortschritt Weissenfels8 – 86 – 7
Trud Moscow 17 – 15 Spartak Prague8 – 79 – 8
Frederiksberg 30 – 13 Niloc Amsterdam17 – 713 – 6
Rapid Bucharest 19 – 14 Lokomotiva Zagreb13 – 86 – 6

Semifinals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Fortschritt Weissenfels 16 – 19 Trud Moscow10 – 76 – 12
Frederiksberg 14 – 13 Rapid Bucharest11 – 73 – 6

Final
Team #1ResultTeam #2
Trud Moscow 11 – 8 Frederiksberg
Women's Handball European Cup
1962–63 Winner
Trud Moscow
First title

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