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1961–62 Women's European Cup (handball)

1961–62 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
DatesNovember 1961 – 1 April 1962
Teams8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ORK Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
1961

The 1961–62 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the second edition of the premier international competition for women's handball clubs. Like the inaugural edition, eight teams took part in the championship, which took place from November 1961 to 1 April 1962. Out of the eight founding members the Soviet Union didn't take part in the competition, while Romania was represented by national champion Rapid Bucharest and defending champion Ştiinţa Bucharest. Both teams were confronted in the quarter-finals, in the first match between two teams from the same country.[1]

Sparta Prague won the competition by beating ORK Belgrade in the final. This remains the only edition won by a club from former Czechoslovakia and the last appearance of a Czech team in a final.[2]

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest Romania 14 – 12 Romania Rapid Bucharest 10 – 8 4 – 4
ORK Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 10 – 9 Poland Cracovia 3 – 4 7 – 5
Mulheim Germany 9 – 6 Austria Danubia Wien 6 – 1 3 – 5
Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia 36 – 5 France Nantes 20 – 2 16 – 3

Semifinals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest Romania 11 – 13 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ORK Belgrade 6 – 7 5 – 6
Mulheim Germany 9 – 12 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 7 – 6 2 – 6

Final

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ORK Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 7 – 11 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 3 – 2 4 – 9
Women's Handball European Cup
1961–62 Winner
Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
First title

References

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