1963–64 Women's European Cup (handball)

The 1963–64 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the fourth edition of the premier international competition for European women's handball clubs, taking place from November 1963 to April 1964. Thirteen teams took part in the competition, with 1963 finalists Soviet Union and Denmark and debutante Norway being granted byes to the quarterfinals. The final was carried out as a single match taking place in Bratislava on April 4.[1]

1963–64 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates30 November 1963 – 4 April 1964
Teams10 (Qualifying stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsRomania Rapid Bucharest
Runners-upDenmark Helsingør
Tournament statistics
Matches played23

Rapid Bucharest won the competition beating Helsingør IF in a tight final, becoming the second and last to date Romanian team to win the competition.[2] Defending champion Trud Moscow was ousted in the quarterfinals by Budapesti Spartacus.

First round

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Fortschritt Weissenfels   14 – 17   Ruch Chorzów 12 – 6 5 – 7
Rapid Bucharest   19 – 13   Spartak Subotica 13 – 5 6 – 8
Admira Wien   14 – 37   Budapesti Spartacus 007 – 14 7 – 23
Trud Moscow   Bye
Helsingør   Bye
Skogen   Bye
Ivry   08 – 31   Swift Roermond 006 – 16 02 – 15
Eimsbütteler   14 – 12   ČKD Prague 11 – 4 3 – 8

Quarter-finals

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Fortschritt Weissenfels   14 – 17   Rapid Bucharest 10 – 9 04 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus   24 – 19   Trud Moscow 16 – 7 008 – 12
Helsingør   25 – 22   Skogen 014 – 13 11 – 9
Swift Roermond   11 – 13   Eimsbütteler 04 – 5 07 – 8

Semifinals

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Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st match 2nd match
Rapid Bucharest   24 – 12   Budapesti Spartacus 13 – 5 11 – 7
Helsingør   14 – 9   Eimsbütteler 06 – 7 08 – 2

Final

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Team #1 Result Team #2
Rapid Bucharest   14 –13   Helsingør
Women's Handball European Cup
1963–64 Winner
  Rapid Bucharest
First title

References

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  1. ^ Results in todor66.com
  2. ^ List of finals in the-sports.org