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1961 Women's European Cup (handball)

Field	Value
tourney_name	Women's Handball European Cup
year	1961
dates	9 January – 18 March 1961
num_teams	8 (knockout stage)
champion_other	Romania Știința Bucharest
second_other	Czechoslovakia Dynamo Prague
matches	7
nextseason	1961–62

The 1961 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the inaugural edition of the premier competition for women's handball clubs. Eight teams from Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, West Germany, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia took part in the competition, which took place from 19 January to 18 March 1961.

Știința Bucharest defeated Spartak Subotica, Zalgiris Kaunas and finally Dynamo Prague in the final's both legs to become the first European champion. It was the first of three titles won by Romanian teams to date.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Știința Bucharest Romania	14 – 12	SFR Yugoslavia Spartak Subotica	5 – 6	9 – 6
Zalgiris Kaunas USSR	13 – 9	Poland Cracovia	5 – 3	8 – 6
Mulheim Germany	25 – 10	France Ivry	13 – 3	12 – 7
Dynamo Prague Czechoslovakia	12 – 8	Austria Danubia Wien	8 – 6	4 – 2

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Știința Bucharest Romania	20 – 7	USSR Zalgiris Kaunas	12 – 4	8 – 3
Mulheim Germany	5 – 10	Czechoslovakia Dynamo Prague	3 – 6	2 – 4

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Știința Bucharest Romania	13 – 5	Czechoslovakia Dynamo Prague	8 – 1	5 – 4

Women's Handball European Cup
1961 Winner

Romania Știința Bucharest
First title

References

[http://todor66.com/handball/Euro_Cups/Women_CC_1961.html Results] in todor66.com
[http://www.the-sports.org/handball-women-s-champions-league-presentation-medal-winners-s8-c0-b0-g78-t1194.html List of champions] in the-sports.org

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