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.[1]

1965–66 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates9 January – 16 April 1966
Teams8 (Qualification stage)
8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsEast Germany SC Leipzig
Runners-upDenmark HG Copenhague
Tournament statistics
Matches played22

HC 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.[2]

Qualifying stage

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Leipzig   17 – 11   HC Copenhague 7 – 6 10 – 5
Women's Handball European Cup
1965–66 Winner
  SC Leipzig
First title

References

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