European Champion Clubs' Cup (handball) 1967/68

Gheorghe Gruia and Cornel Oțelea from Steaua Bucharest with the European Cup

The 1967/68 European Cup was the ninth edition of this competition. For the first time the Romanian club Steaua Bucharest won the cup.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Dynamo Berlin	49 : 46	HG Copenhagen	29:22	20:24
VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia	22 : 16	VC Arnhem	15: 07	07: 09
BM Granollers	48 : 31	Progrès HC Seraing	34:19	14:12
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	45 : 32	ATV Basel	20: 07	25:25
Fram Reykjavík	25: 40	Partizan Bjelovar	16:16	09:24
Honvéd Budapest	54 : 36	Vikingarnas IF Helsingborg	34:18	20:18

HB Dudelange , Steaua Bucharest , VfL Gummersbach , SMUC Marseille, Rapid Wien, UK-51 Helsinki, Sporting Lisbon , Hapoel Petah Tikwa, IK Fredensborg Oslo and Dukla Prague had byes and went straight to the second round.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
HB Dudelange	24: 66	Steaua Bucharest	10:29	14:37
VfL Gummersbach	37 : 21	SMUC Marseille	18: 08	19:13
Rapid Vienna	22: 67	SC Dynamo Berlin	11:30	11:37
UK-51 Helsinki	44 : 33	VIF G.Dimitrov Sofia	29:15	15:18
BM Granollers	42 : 36	Sporting Lisbon	26:16	16:20
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	30: 56	Partizan Bjelovar	16:24	14:32
IK Fredensborg Oslo	38 : 25	Hapoel Petah Tikwa	17:16	21: 09
Honvéd Budapest	34: 43	Dukla Prague	22:18	12:25

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Steaua Bucharest	29 : 22	VfL Gummersbach	15: 09	14:13
SC Dynamo Berlin	59 : 39	UK-51 Helsinki	29:17	30:22
Partizan Bjelovar	60 : 29	BM Granollers	36:13	24:16
IK Fredensborg Oslo	29: 45	Dukla Prague	19:21	10:24

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Dynamo Berlin	28: 31	Steaua Bucharest	16:15	12:16
Dukla Prague	34 : 33	Partizan Bjelovar	25:16	09:17

final

The final was played in one game in Frankfurt am Main .

	Result
Steaua Bucharest	13 : 11	Dukla Prague

Winning team

Steaua Bucharest

Alexandru Dincă Cornel Oțelea (Captain) Ioan Belu Gheorghe Gruia Iosif Iacob Gheorghe Goran Dan Roșescu Mihail Marinescu Dan Alboaica Ion Popescu Cristian Dieter Olimpiu Savu

Octavian Nițescu (trainer)

Web links

• todor66.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ISTORIA HANDBALULUI ROMÂNESC Volumul II SINTEZĂ RETROSPECTIVĂ ANEXA 3 COMPETIŢII MASCULIN RETROSPECTIVA ACTIVITĂŢII INTERNAL ŞI INTERNAŢIONALE STATISTICĂ CLASAMENTE - ANTRENORI - SPORTIVI 1936 - 2014