1963–64 Women's European Cup (handball) explained

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]

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

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Fortschritt Weissenfels	14 – 17		12 – 6	5 – 7
Rapid Bucharest	19 – 13		13 – 5	6 – 8
Admira Wien	14 – 37	Budapesti Spartacus	7 – 14	7 – 23
Trud Moscow	Bye	align=center rowspan=3 colspan=3
Helsingør	Bye
Skogen	Bye
Ivry	8 – 31	Swift Roermond	6 – 16	2 – 15
Eimsbütteler	14 – 12		11 – 4	3 – 8

Quarter-finals

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	14 – 17	Rapid Bucharest	10 – 9	4 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus	24 – 19		16 – 7	8 – 12
Helsingør	25 – 22		14 – 13	11 – 9
Swift Roermond	11 – 13	Eimsbütteler	4 – 5	7 – 8

Semifinals

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Rapid Bucharest	24 – 12		13 – 5	11 – 7
Helsingør	14 – 9		6 – 7	8 – 2

Final

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Result	width=200	Team #2
Rapid Bucharest	14 –13	Helsingør

Notes and References

1. http://todor66.com/handball/Euro_Cups/Women_CC_1964.html Results
2. http://www.the-sports.org/handball-women-s-champions-league-presentation-medal-winners-s8-c0-b0-g78-t1194.html List of finals