European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 1978/79
The 1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup was the fourth edition of the competition for European handball cup winners . The 26 participating teams qualified in their home countries through the national cup competition for the European Cup organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) . The defending champion VfL Gummersbach was automatically qualified and was able to defend his title in the final against the East German representative SC Magdeburg (15:18, 15:11). The competition was overshadowed by Joachim Deckarm's tragic accident in the semi-final second leg in Tatabánya .
Final round
First round
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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KV Mechelen ![]() |
41: 46 |
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22:27 | 19:19 |
HB Dudelange ![]() |
37: 49 |
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23:30 | 14:19 |
Cividin Trieste ![]() |
45: 56 |
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22:21 | 23:35 |
Grasshopper Club Zurich ![]() |
34: 39 |
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16:17 | 18:22 |
Maccabi Arazim Ramat Gan ![]() |
27: 48 |
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16:26 | 11:22 |
Trakia Plovdiv ![]() |
45: 62 |
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23:29 | 22:33 |
Fjellhammer IL ![]() |
31: 34 |
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14:17 | 17:17 |
Riihimäki Cocks ![]() |
40: 61 |
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24:27 | 16:34 |
Halewood Forum ![]() |
(a) |
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24:27 | - |
Belenenses Lisbon ![]() |
37: 58 |
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19:28 | 18:30 |
The other clubs ( SC Magdeburg , RK Medveščak , Hutnik Kraków , Tatabánya Bányász , Saint-Martin-d'Hères and defending champion VfL Gummersbach ) automatically moved into the round of 16 with a bye .
Round of 16
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Dumphouse blue wit ![]() |
38: 49 |
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19:18 | 19:31 |
HC Minaur Baia Mare ![]() |
55 : 40 |
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31:19 | 24:21 |
SC Magdeburg ![]() |
49 : 41 |
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24:16 | 25:25 |
RK Medveščak ![]() |
47: 52 |
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22:27 | 25:25 |
UHK Krems ![]() |
49: 60 |
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22:29 | 27:31 |
Tatabánya Bányász ![]() |
55 : 39 |
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33:17 | 22:22 |
VfL Gummersbach ![]() |
34 : 23 |
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19:11 | 15:12 |
Víkingur Reykjavík ![]() |
48 : 46 |
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24:23 | 24:23 |
Quarter finals
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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MAY Moscow ![]() |
33: 33 ( A ) |
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20:20 | 13:13 |
TV Hüttenberg ![]() |
41: 47 |
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22:23 | 19:24 |
Tatabánya Bányász ![]() |
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Hutnik Kraków ![]() |
41: 47 |
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23:22 | 18:25 |
Semifinals
In the 23rd minute of the second leg between VfL Gummersbach and Tatabánya Bányász on March 30, 1979, the Gummersbach player Joachim Deckarm had a serious accident . In a counter- attack he collided with his Hungarian opponent Lajos Pánovics and fell to the ground. His head fell unchecked onto the concrete floor, which was only covered with a thin layer of PVC , resulting in a double fracture of the base of the skull , a tear in the meninges and severe bruises in the brain . Deckarm didn't wake up from the coma until 131 days later . Due to the brain damage, his motor skills were severely impaired, he had lost the ability to speak and has since been dependent on a wheelchair.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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VfL Gummersbach ![]() |
39 : 31 |
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18:10 | 21:21 |
SC Magdeburg ![]() |
49 : 45 |
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27:19 | 22:26 |
final
The first leg took place on May 5, 1979 in Magdeburg's Hermann-Gieseler-Halle and the second leg on May 13, 1979 in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle .
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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SC Magdeburg ![]() |
29: 30 |
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18:15 | 11:15 |
First leg
SC Magdeburg | VfL Gummersbach | ||
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First leg Saturday, May 5, 1979, 4:00 p.m. in Magdeburg ( Hermann-Gieseler-Halle ) Result: 18:15 (11: 7) |
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Wieland Schmidt , Thomas Gethe - Reinhard Schütte (3), Ingolf Wiegert , Helmut Kurrat , Hartmut Krüger (9/7) , Udo Rothe (3), Günter Dreibrodt (2/1), Manfred Pfeifer , Reiner Baumgart , Harry Jahns (1 ), Manfred Hoppe , Rainer Jahn's trainer: Klaus Miesner![]() |
Rudi Rauer , Valentin Markser - Heiner Brand (3) , Uli Pohl , Klaus Schlagheck , Dirk Rauin , Thomas Krokowski (1), Gerd Rosendahl , Klaus Westebbe (1), Erhard Wunderlich (8/3), Claus Fey (2), Frank Dammann Trainer: Zlatan Siric![]() |
Return leg
Rosendahl scored the goal at 15:11 a few seconds before the final siren, which finally decided the game and prevented the application of the away goal rule (also in favor of Gummersbach).
VfL Gummersbach | SC Magdeburg | ||
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Second leg Sunday, May 13, 1979, 5:15 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenhalle ) Result: 15:11 (8: 6) |
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Rudi Rauer , Valentin Markser - Heiner Brand (1) , Uli Pohl (1), Klaus Schlagheck , Dirk Rauin , Thomas Krokowski (1), Gerd Rosendahl (1), Klaus Westebbe (2), Erhard Wunderlich (5/5), Claus Fey (4), Frank Dammann Trainer: Zlatan Siric![]() |
Wieland Schmidt , Thomas Gethe - Reinhard Schütte , Ingolf Wiegert (1), Helmut Kurrat , Hartmut Krüger (6/6) , Udo Rothe , Günter Dreibrodt (4), Manfred Pfeifer , Reiner Baumgart , Harry Jahns , Manfred Hoppe , Rainer Jahn's trainers : Klaus Miesner![]() |
literature
- Manfred Seifert: The year of sport 1980 . Sportverlag Berlin , 1980, ISSN 0232-2137 , p. 181-182 .
- Foosball sports magazine . Olympia-Verlag , Nuremberg (issues from the 1978–1979 season).
Web links
- Todor Krastev: Men Handball IV European Cup Winners Cup 1979. In: todor66.com , accessed on April 13, 2020 (with different information on the literature).
- ZDF sports report : Jo Deckarm - 40 years after his accident. In: youtube.com (March 24, 2019).
Individual evidence
- ↑ A German handball hero, stronger than death. In: welt.de (January 17, 2014).
- ↑ This is the touching Jo-Deckarm story. In: wz.de (March 29, 2019).
- ↑ No game flow to expand the leadership. In: Berliner Zeitung of May 7, 1978, p. 5.
- ↑ A plus of 3 goals for SC Magdeburg. In: Neues Deutschland from May 7, 1978, p. 7.
- ↑ Magdeburg was missing two goals to win the cup. In: Neues Deutschland from May 14, 1978, p. 6.
- ↑ Magdeburg was missing 2 goals. In: Neue Zeit from May 15, 1978, p. 6.