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.Results in todor66.com

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.List of champions in the-sports.org

First round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legČKD Prague 11 – 5 Danubia Wien 9 – 3 2 – 2Fortschritt Weissenfels 22 – 9 Ymer 14 – 3 8 – 6Ruch Chorzów 18 – 26 Trud Moscow 11 – 11 7 – 15Spartak Prague Bye Frederiksberg 17 – 10 Südwest 1947 9 – 4 8 – 6Budapesti Spartacus 8 – 20 Rapid Bucharest 2 – 4 6 – 16Niloc Amsterdam 14 – 13 Ivry 8 – 6 6 – 7Lokomotiva Zagreb Bye

Quarter-finals Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legČKD Prague 14 – 15 Fortschritt Weissenfels 8 – 8 6 – 7Trud Moscow 17 – 15 Spartak Prague 8 – 7 9 – 8Frederiksberg 30 – 13 Niloc Amsterdam 17 – 7 13 – 6Rapid Bucharest 19 – 14 Lokomotiva Zagreb 13 – 8 6 – 6

Semifinals Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd legFortschritt Weissenfels 16 – 19 Trud Moscow 10 – 7 6 – 12Frederiksberg 14 – 13 Rapid Bucharest 11 – 7 3 – 6

Final Team #1 Result Team #2Trud Moscow 11 – 8 Frederiksberg

Women's Handball European Cup 1962–63 Winner Trud MoscowFirst title

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