1978 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
# 1978 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup

The 1978 IHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup was the second edition of IHF's competition for women's team handball national cup champions. It was contested by 15 teams, two more than the inaugural edition and ran from 22 January to 23 April 1978. Ferencvárosi TC tightly defeated 2-times European champion SC Leipzig in the final to win its first international trophy.

## Bracket

| First knockout round | First knockout round | First knockout round | First knockout round | First knockout round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | |
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| 1 | Swift Roermond | 11 | 10 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Inter Bratislava | 6 | 18 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Inter Bratislava | 6 | 18 | 24 | Inter Bratislava | Inter Bratislava | 21 | 13 | 34 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | IF Sverreborg | IF Sverreborg | 8 | 7 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | IF Sverreborg | 28 | 23 | 51 | IF Sverreborg | IF Sverreborg | 8 | 7 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Hapoel Rahnana | 7 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Hapoel Rahnana | 7 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | Inter Bratislava | Inter Bratislava | 20 | 11 | 31 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencvárosi TC | 19 | 29 | 48 | | | | | |
| 5 | Ferencvárosi TC | 22 | 27 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencvárosi TC | 19 | 29 | 48 | | | |
| 12 | Admira Landhaus | 7 | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Admira Landhaus | 7 | 9 | 16 | Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencvárosi TC | 39 | 25 | 64 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | EC Bordeaux | EC Bordeaux | 11 | 14 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mau de Carvalho | 13 | 15 | 28 | EC Bordeaux | EC Bordeaux | 11 | 14 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | EC Bordeaux | 23 | 22 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | EC Bordeaux | 23 | 22 | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ferencvárosi TC | Ferencvárosi TC | 18 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SC Leipzig | SC Leipzig | 17 | |
| 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SC Leipzig | SC Leipzig | 17 |
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| 11 | | | | | SC Leipzig | SC Leipzig | 29 | 27 | 56 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Željezničar Novi Sad | Željezničar Novi Sad | 11 | 21 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Željezničar Novi Sad | 15 | 14 | 29 | Željezničar Novi Sad | Željezničar Novi Sad | 11 | 21 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Eintracht Minden | 13 | 15 | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Eintracht Minden | 13 | 15 | 28 | | | | | | SC Leipzig | SC Leipzig | 23 | 23 | 46 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | GK Svendborg | GK Svendborg | 13 | 8 | 21 | | | | | |
| 7 | GK Svendborg (a) | 14 | 11 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | GK Svendborg | GK Svendborg | 13 | 8 | 21 | | | |
| 10 | AKS Chorzów | 7 | 18 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | AKS Chorzów | 7 | 18 | 25 | GK Svendborg | GK Svendborg | 14 | 12 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | CSKA Sofia | CSKA Sofia | 9 | 15 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | DHC Zürich | 14 | 6 | 20 | CSKA Sofia | CSKA Sofia | 9 | 15 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | CSKA Sofia | 20 | 20 | 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
