1965–66 Women's European Cup (handball)

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.Results in todor66.com

HG 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.List of champions in the-sports.org

Qualifying stage Team #1Agg.Team #2L #1L #2Trud Moscow 38 – 18 AC Colombus 19 – 9 19 – 9Sparta Prague 15 – 14 Gornik Sonowietz 10 – 4 5 – 10Valur 23 – 21 Skogn 11 – 9 12 – 12SC Leipzig 14 – 9 Swift Roermond 6 – 3 8 – 6

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

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

Final

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

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