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
Dates	30 November 1963 – 4 April 1964
Teams	10 (Qualifying stage) 8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Rapid Bucharest
Runners-up	Helsingør
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23

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

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	? – ?	Budapesti Spartacus	007 – 14	? – ?
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

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

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

Team #1	Result	Team #2
Rapid Bucharest	14 –13	Helsingør

Women's Handball European Cup 1963–64 Winner
Rapid Bucharest First title

References

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