1961–62 Women's European Cup (handball)

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]

1961–62 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
DatesNovember 1961 – 1 April 1962
Teams8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions Sparta Prague
Runners-up ORK Belgrade
Tournament statistics
Matches played14

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 #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest 14 – 12 Rapid Bucharest10 – 84 – 4
ORK Belgrade 10 – 9 Cracovia3 – 47 – 5
Mulheim 9 – 6 Danubia Wien6 – 13 – 5
Sparta Prague 36 – 5 Nantes20 – 216 – 3

Semifinals
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Ştiinţa Bucharest 11 – 13 ORK Belgrade6 – 75 – 6
Mulheim 9 – 12 Sparta Prague7 – 62 – 6

Final
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
ORK Belgrade 7 – 11 Sparta Prague3 – 24 – 9
Women's Handball European Cup
1961–62 Winner
Sparta Prague
First title

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