European Cup Winners' Cup (handball) 1984/85

The European Cup Winners' Cup in 1984/85 was the tenth edition of the competition for European handball cup winners . The 25 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 FC Barcelona was automatically qualified and was able to defend his title in the final against the Soviet representative CSKA Moscow due to the away goals rule (23:30, 27:20).

Competition chronology

First round

	total		First leg	Return leg
HB Eschois Fola	28: 59	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	13:31	15:28
Helsingfors IFK	30: 51	LUGI HF	16:29	14:22
CSKA Moscow	60 : 30	Vestmanna ÍF	35:12	25:18
SC Dynamo Berlin	54 : 37	HV Sittardia	32:16	22:21
ČH Bratislava	30 : 20	KV Sasja HC	15:11	15: 90
UHK Krems	41: 44	USM Gagny	24:19	17:25
Belenenses Lisbon	39: 49	Coronas Tenerife	19:29	20:20
Dinamo Bucharest	66 : 39	Simtel Derneği	39:18	27:21
Cividin Trieste	32: 34	HC Sportist Kremikowzi	22:18	10:16

The other clubs ( Veszprémi Építők , Maccabi Rischon LeZion , RK Crvenka , Reinickendorfer Füchse , Ajax København , Víkingur Reykjavík and defending champion FC Barcelona ) automatically moved into the round of 16 with a bye .

Round of 16

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Dynamo Berlin	44 : 38	Veszprémi Építők	21:20	23:18
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33: 38	LUGI HF	19:17	14:21
Dinamo Bucharest	54: 57	RK Crvenka	32:29	22:28
Reinickendorfer foxes	37: 39	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	23:22	14:17
USM Gagny	44 : 36	Ajax København	22:15	22:21
CSKA Moscow	59 : 47	HC Sportist Kremikowzi	36:25	23:22
Víkingur Reykjavík	56 : 42	Coronas Tenerife	28:21	28:21
FC Barcelona	48 : 42	ČH Bratislava	26:19	22:23

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
SC Dynamo Berlin	42: 49	CSKA Moscow	24:24	18:25
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	32: 39	LUGI HF	20:16	12:23
FC Barcelona	40 : 32	USM Gagny	25:17	15:15
Víkingur Reykjavík	45 : 39	RK Crvenka	20:15	25:24

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
LUGI HF	42: 42 ( A )	CSKA Moscow	23:23	19:19
Víkingur Reykjavík	32: 35	FC Barcelona	20:13	12:22

final

The first leg took place on April 14, 1985 in Moscow and the second leg on April 20, 1985 in Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona .

	total		First leg	Return leg
CSKA Moscow	50: 50 ( A )	FC Barcelona	30:23 (16:12)	20:27 (11:16)

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport85 . A yearbook of GDR sports. Sportverlag Berlin , 1985, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 250 .
• German sport echo . Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN  0323-8628 (issues of the 1984–1985 season).

Web links

• Todor Krastev: Men Handball X European Cup Winners Cup 1985. In: todor66.com , accessed on April 16, 2020 (with different information on the literature).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TVE anuncia que no podrá ofrecer el CSKA de Barcelona balonmano. In: elpais.com (April 14, 1985).
2. ↑ 1985 Барселона - ЦСКА (Москва) 27-20 Гандбол, Кубок Кубков, финал, 2-я игра, полный матч (complete recording of the final second leg) on YouTube (August 13, 2018).