1962–63 Women's European Cup (handball)
# 1962–63 Women's European Cup (handball)

The 1962–63 Women's Handball European Champions Cup was the third edition of the premier international competition for European women's handball clubs, taking place from November 1962 to April 1963. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, with Denmark, East Germany, Hungary, Netherlands and Sweden making its first appearance, so a first round was introduced. 1962 champion and runner-up Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were granted byes for the quarter-finals. For the first time the final was carried out as a single match, taking place in Prague on April 14.

Trud Moscow, representing the Soviet Union as the first champion of the newly founded Soviet Championship, became the first of three Soviet teams to win the competition by beating Ruch Chorzów, defending champion Spartak Prague Sokolovo and finally Frederiksberg IF, which was the first team from Western Europe to reach the final.

## First round

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ČKD Prague | 11 – 5 | Danubia Wien | 9 – 3 | 2 – 2 |
| Fortschritt Weissenfels | 22 – 9 | Ymer | 14 – 3 | 8 – 6 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 18 – 26 | Trud Moscow | 11 – 11 | 7 – 15 |
| Spartak Prague | Bye | | | |
| Frederiksberg | 17 – 10 | Südwest 1947 | 9 – 4 | 8 – 6 |
| Budapesti Spartacus | 8 – 20 | Rapid Bucharest | 2 – 4 | 6 – 16 |
| Niloc Amsterdam | 14 – 13 | Ivry | 8 – 6 | 6 – 7 |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Bye | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ČKD Prague | 14 – 15 | Fortschritt Weissenfels | 8 – 8 | 6 – 7 |
| Trud Moscow | 17 – 15 | Spartak Prague | 8 – 7 | 9 – 8 |
| Frederiksberg | 30 – 13 | Niloc Amsterdam | 17 – 7 | 13 – 6 |
| Rapid Bucharest | 19 – 14 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 13 – 8 | 6 – 6 |

## Semifinals

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Fortschritt Weissenfels | 16 – 19 | Trud Moscow | 10 – 7 | 6 – 12 |
| Frederiksberg | 14 – 13 | Rapid Bucharest | 11 – 7 | 3 – 6 |

## Final

| Team #1 | Result | Team #2 |
| - | - | - |
| Trud Moscow | 11 – 8 | Frederiksberg |

* Women's Handball European Cup 1962–63 Winner
* Trud Moscow First title
