EHF European Women's Cup Winners' Cup 1996/97

On EHF UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97 took 30 Handball -Vereinsmannschaften part from 29 countries. They qualified in the previous season in their home countries in the cup competition for the European Cup . At the 21st edition of the cup winners' competition, Istochnik Rostow was the first time a team from Russia won the cup.

1 round

The first round of the 1st round took place between 11th and 19th October and the second leg between 13-20. October 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
RK Željezničar Sarajevo	20: 90	Dunaferr SE	06:51 (1)	14:39
Corteblanco Bidebieta	33 : 32	RK Karbon Zaprešić	23:18	10:14
Handball Femina Vise	28: 65	Istochnik Rostov	20:29	08:36
HC Kutaisi	18: 96	Agecom Baia Mare	10:51 (2)	08:45
GKS Piotrkovia	41: 62	Larvik HK	16:29 (3)	25:33
ŽRK Sombor Dunav	40 : 39	ES Besançon	25:19	15:20
Polisportiva Enna	52: 65	Sparta IF Helsinki	27:31 (4)	25:34
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	52 : 31	HK NSA Sofia	23:16	29:15 (5)
ANOVA E&O Emmen	57 : 46	Gymnastiki Enosi Verias	26:18	31:28
Academico Madeira	37 : 30	HC Bascharage	21:11	16:19
Kiriat Sharet Holon	35: 67	ŽRK Žalec	20:36 (6)	15:31
TMO Ankara	34: 44	Motor Zaporozhye	20:21	14:23
Frederiksberg IF	73 : 38	VVV University of Gomel	37:18	36:20 (7)
Austria Tobacco Vienna	51 : 31	RK Mlaz Bogdanci	25:14	26:17 (8)

With a bye , VfB Leipzig and defending champion TV Lützellinden moved directly into the round of 16.

⁽¹⁾both games were in Dunaújváros place

⁽²⁾both games were held in Baia Mare held

⁽³⁾both games were in Larvik place

⁽⁴⁾both games were held in Helsinki instead

⁽⁵⁾both games were held in St. Gallen instead

⁽⁶⁾both games were in Žalec place

⁽⁷⁾both games were in Frederiksberg place

^(8th)both games were held in Vienna instead

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the first legs took place from 9. – 15. November and the second leg from 16. – 17. November 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
VfB Leipzig	57 : 34	Academico Madeira	35:12	22:22
Istochnik Rostov	43 : 28	ŽRK Žalec	23:14	20:14 (9)
ŽRK Sombor Dunav	51 : 48	Frederiksberg IF	29:21	22:27
Corteblanco Bidebieta	45 : 33	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	22:16	23:17
Agecom Baia Mare	72 : 48	Sparta IF Helsinki	36:19	36:29
TV Lützellinden	52 : 36	ANOVA E&O Emmen	31:20	21:16
Dunaferr SE	42: 45	Motor Zaporozhye	20:22	22:23
Larvik HK	66 : 22	Austria Tobacco Vienna	34:12 (10)	32:10 (10)

⁽⁹⁾both games were held in Rostov-on-Don held

⁽¹⁰⁾both games took place in Norway ( first leg: in Kongsberg and second leg: in Larvik )

Quarter finals

In the quarterfinals, the first legs took place from 8th to 9th. January and the second leg from 15-16. January 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
TV Lützellinden	46: 48	ŽRK Sombor Dunav	27:23	19:25
Larvik HK	52 : 39	Corteblanco Bidebieta	30:17	22:22
Motor Zaporozhye	30: 33	Istochnik Rostov	18:16	12:17
Agecom Baia Mare	42: 45	VfB Leipzig	26:19	16:26

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the first leg took place on March 29 and the second leg on April 5, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Larvik HK	58: 58 (11)	Istochnik Rostov	33:30	25:28
ŽRK Sombor Dunav	44: 51	VfB Leipzig	23:18	21:33

⁽¹¹⁾Isotechnik Rostow moves into the final due to the away goal rule

final

The first leg took place on May 3, 1997 in Rostov-on-Don and the second leg on May 11, 1997 in Leipzig .

	total		First leg	Return leg
Istochnik Rostov	49 : 42	VfB Leipzig	25:18	24:24

swell

• 1996/97 Women's Cup Winners' Cup. European Handball Federation , accessed March 5, 2012 . 
• CWC Women 1997 on Todor66.com