1964–65 Women's European Cup (handball) explained

Tourney Name:	Women's Handball European Cup
Year:	1964–65
Dates:	November 1964 – 16 April 1965
Num Teams:	4 (Qualifying stage) 8 (knockout stage)
Champion Other:	HG Copenhague
Second Other:	Budapesti Spartacus
Matches:	18
Prevseason:	1963–64
Nextseason:	1965–66

The 1964–65 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the fifth edition of the international competition for European women's handball national champion clubs, taking place from late 1964 to 16 April 1965. The number of contestants decreased from thirteen to ten due to the absences of Austria, Poland and Romania, so the qualifying stage was reduced from five ties to just two. Unlike the two previous editions, the final was carried out as a two-legged tie.^[1]

HG Copenhague became the first team from the Western Bloc to win the competition in the third appearance in a row of the Danish representative in the final, while Budapesti Spartacus was the first Hungarian team to reach it. The absence of Romania meant there was no defending champion this year.^[2]

Qualifying stage

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Trud Moscow	24 – 17		13 – 10	11 – 7
ČKD Prague	35 – 12		16 – 5	19 – 7

Quarter-finals

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HG Copenhague	17 – 9		17 – 9	w/o
Swift Roermond	11 – 10		6 – 5	5 – 5
Budapesti Spartacus	17 – 16		10 – 7	7 – 9
Lokomotiva Zagreb	16 – 15		8 – 11	8 – 4

Semifinals

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HG Copenhague	28 – 11		12 – 3	16 – 8
Budapesti Spartacus	14 – 10		7 – 6	7 – 4

Final

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HG Copenhague	21 – 16		14 – 6	7 – 10

Notes and References

1. http://todor66.com/handball/Euro_Cups/Women_CC_1965.html Results
2. http://www.the-sports.org/handball-women-s-champions-league-presentation-medal-winners-s8-c0-b0-g78-t1194.html List of champions