1972–73 European Cup (handball)

European Cup

1972–73
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Final positions
Champions	MAI Moscow

The 1972–73 European Cup was the 13th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.

Knockout stage

Round 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oppsal IF Oslo	26–25	Śląsk Wrocław	16–11	10–14
SC Leipzig	38–24	Stella Sports St. Maur	24–13	14–11
IF Stadion Kopenhagen	31–28	Fram Reykjavík	15–15	16–13
Elektromos Budapest	29–40	Lokomotiv Sofia	13–12	16–28
HIFK Helsinki	47–28	Kyndil Tórshavn	25–14	22–14
Frisch Auf Göppingen	68–18	CUS Verona	38–6	30–12
HB Dudelange	26–33	Hapoel Ramat Gan	16–18	10–15
HV Sittardia	35–27	BM Granollers	17–12	18–15
Banik Karvina	40–26	Sporting CP	24–11	16–15

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MAI Moscow	50–26	Avanti Lebbeke	28–12	22–14
Steaua București	34–23	Oppsal IF Oslo	21–9	13–14
SC Leipzig	26–23	IF Stadion Kopenhagen	15–12	11–11
HIFK Helsinki	46–53	Lokomotiv Sofia	24–30	22–23
Frisch Auf Göppingen	39–25	ATV Basel	22–10	17–15
Hapoel Ramat Gan	19–36	IK Hellas Stockholm	8–18	11–18
HV Sittardia	30–25	HC Salzburg	11–7	19–18
Banik Karvina	29–32	Partizan Bjelovar	16–10	13–22

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MAI Moscow	41–31	Steaua București	22–14	19–17
Lokomotiv Sofia	25–28	SC Leipzig	14–11	11–17
Frisch Auf Göppingen	32–34	IK Hellas Stockholm	19–13	13–21
Partizan Bjelovar	33–27	HV Sittardia	21–14	12–13

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Leipzig	23–28	MAI Moscow	14–11	9–17
IK Hellas Stockholm	33–36	Partizan Bjelovar	20–13	13–23

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
MAI Moscow	26–23	Partizan Bjelovar

External links

• EHF Champions League website
• European Cup 1973 edition