1965–66 Women's European Cup (handball)

1965–66 Women's Handball European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	9 January – 16 April 1966
Teams	8 (Qualification stage) ; 8 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	SC Leipzig
Runners-up	HG Copenhague
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Women's European Champions Cup was the 6th edition of the Europe's competition for national champions women's handball clubs, taking place from 9 January to 16 April 1966.^[1]

HC Copenhague entered the competition as title holder, after beating in past season's final Budapesti Spartacus. Copenhague reached once again the final, but this year the Danish team was defeated by SC Leipzig. It was the first time that an East-German team won the title.^[2]

Qualifying stage

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
Trud Moscow	38 – 18	AC Colombus	19 – 9	19 – 9
Sparta Prague	15 – 14	Gornik Sonowietz	10 – 4	5 – 10
Valur	23 – 21	Skogn	11 – 9	12 – 12
SC Leipzig	14 – 9	Swift Roermond	6 – 3	8 – 6

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	L #1	L #2
HC Copenhague	19 – 15	Trud Moskva	10 – 8	9 – 7
Sparta Prague	18 – 17	Bayer Leverkusen	12 – 10	6 – 7
Budapesti Spartacus	18 – 10	VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia	5 – 8	13 – 2
SC Leipzig	45 – 17	Valur	19 – 8	26 – 9