1961–62 Women's European Cup (handball)

1961–62 Women's Handball European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	November 1961 – 1 April 1962
Teams	8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions
Runners-up
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
← 1961 1962–63 →

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 . Both teams were confronted in the quarter-finals, in the first match between two teams from the same country.^[1]

won the competition by beating 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
	14 – 12	Rapid Bucharest	10 – 8	4 – 4
	10 – 9	Cracovia	3 – 4	7 – 5
	9 – 6		6 – 1	3 – 5
	36 – 5		20 – 2	16 – 3

Semifinals[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
	11 – 13		6 – 7	5 – 6
	9 – 12		7 – 6	2 – 6

Final[]

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
	7 – 11		3 – 2	4 – 9

Women's Handball European Cup 1961–62 Winner
First title

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