1971–72 European Cup (handball)
# 1971–72 European Cup (handball)

The 1971–72 European Cup was the 12th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.

## Knockout stage

### Round 1

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| FH | 33–26 | US d'Ivry Paris | 18–12 | 15–14 |
| UK-51 Helsinki | W.O. | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 17–21 | |
| MAI Moscow | 42–37 | Grunwald Poznań | 25–16 | 17–21 |
| IK Hellas Stockholm | 27–24 | St. Otmar St. Gallen | 18–13 | 9–11 |
| Oppsal IF Oslo | 36–26 | BM Granollers | 20–10 | 16–16 |
| HB Dudelange | 23–38 | HV Sittardia | 10–17 | 13–21 |

### Round 2

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Partizan Bjelovar | 73–20 | Genovesi Roma | 43–11 | 30–9 |
| FH | 30–21 | UK-51 Helsinki | 13–10 | 17–11 |
| MAI Moscow | 25–22 | Grün-Weiß Dankersen | 12–11 | 13–11 |
| Inter Herstal | 24–54 | IK Hellas Stockholm | 15–25 | 9–29 |
| Oppsal IF Oslo | 40–30 | Chernomorets Burgas | 25–14 | 15–16 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 59–26 | Sporting CP | 38–6 | 21–20 |
| Efterslaegten BK Kopenhagen | 43–26 | ASK Salzburg | 27–12 | 16–14 |
| HV Sittardia | 25–34 | Tatran Prešov | 9–10 | 16–24 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Partizan Bjelovar | 55–22 | FH | 27–8 | 28–14 |
| MAI Moscow | 25–18 | IK Hellas Stockholm | 13–9 | 12–9 |
| Oppsal IF Oslo | 31–32 | VfL Gummersbach | 18–13 | 13–19 |
| Tatran Prešov | 42–27 | Efterslaegten BK Kopenhagen | 18–14 | 24–13 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Partizan Bjelovar | 32–31 | MAI Moscow | 21–14 | 11–17 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 30–24 | Tatran Prešov | 12–5 | 18–19 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Partizan Bjelovar | 19–14 | VfL Gummersbach |
