IHF European Field Handball Cup 1968

IHF European Field Handball Cup 1968

Cup winners	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen (1st title)
venue	Linz , Austria
Beginning	June 1, 1968
The End	2nd June 1968
Teams	4th
Games	6 (of which 6 played)
Gates	135 (ø 22.5 per game)
Top scorer	Herbert Lübking ( TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen )
IHF European Field Handball Cup 1969 →

The national champions of Austria , the Federal Republic of Germany , Switzerland and the Netherlands took part in the 1968 IHF European Field Handball Cup. The 1967 season served as the basis for qualification. In the first staging of the competition, the German representative TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen prevailed, and Herbert Lübking was also the top scorer. The tournament took place on June 1 and 2, 1968 in Linz .

Tournament mode

The four participating teams competed in a round-robin tournament , with each team having to compete once against each other team. The team with the most points after these encounters won. In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the better goal difference was decisive.

Participating teams

Austria Union Edelweiß Linz (Master)
Germany Federal Republic TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen ( Bundesliga )
Switzerland TV Suhr ( National League A )
Netherlands Olympia Hengelo ( Master )

Table and games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany Federal Republic TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	03	03	00	00	0059:2400	+35	0006-0000
02.	Austria Union Edelweiss Linz	03	01	01	01	0028:3200	−4	0003: 3000
03.	Switzerland TV Suhr	03	01	01	01	0023:2800	−5	0003: 3000
04th	Netherlands Olympia Hengelo	03	00	00	03	0025:5100	−26	0000: 6000

	European Cup winner 1968

June 1, 1968 4:30 p.m.	Netherlands Olympia Hengelo	8:16	Austria Union Edelweiss Linz	Linz
		(2: 9)

June 1, 1968	Switzerland TV Suhr	8:15	Germany Federal Republic TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	Linz
	Gygax (5)	(6:10)	Luebking (7)

June 2, 1968 9:00 a.m.	Austria Union Edelweiss Linz	5: 5	Switzerland TV Suhr	Linz
	Wesinger (4)	(3: 5)	Grundmann & Gygax (2)

2nd June 1968	Germany Federal Republic TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	25: 9	Netherlands Olympia Hengelo	Linz
	Luebking (7)	(13: 4)

June 2, 1968 4:30 p.m.	Switzerland TV Suhr	10: 8	Netherlands Olympia Hengelo	Linz audience: 2,000
	Grundmann (5)	(5: 6)	Mine (3)

2nd June 1968	Germany Federal Republic TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	19: 7	Austria Union Edelweiss Linz	Linz audience: 2,000
	Luebking (10)	(11: 5)

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Germany Federal Republic Herbert Lübking	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	24
2	Switzerland Hansueli Gygax	TV Suhr	11
	Netherlands Bert Meinen	Olympia Hengelo	11
	Austria Martin Wesinger	Union Edelweiss Linz	11
5	Germany Federal Republic Fritz Schillmann	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	9
6th	Switzerland Hans Grundmann	TV Suhr	8th
7th	Germany Federal Republic Hans-Jürgen Sulk	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen	6th
Source: As of June 2, 1968

The winning team

In brackets: goals scored
1.	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
	Team: Helmut Meisolle , Gerhard Schulz , Klaus Barlach , Peter Roese , Wilfried Drögemeier (2), Manfred Horstkötter (1), Erwin Heuer , Jürgen Glombek (4), Friedrich Spannuth (4), Fritz Schillmann (9), Herbert Lübking ( 24), Siegfried Schütte , Otto Weng (4), Hans-Jürgen Sulk (6), Friedrich Borgmann (5)(C) Trainer: Gerd Enders

Individual evidence

↑ Grünweiss Dankersen (Germany) European Cup winner. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund , June 5, 1970, p. 7 , accessed on June 18, 2019 .
^ Favorite Dankersen European Cup winner . TV Suhr third of four teams. In: Jean Frey (Ed.): Sport . tape 16 , no. 109 . Verlag SPORT Wochenzeitung AG, June 4, 1968, ISSN 1422-7975 , p. 28 .
^ Es .: European Cup tournament in Austria. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund , June 1, 1970, p. 9 , accessed on June 18, 2019 .
↑ Achievements. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
^ SN: Baumann's yes to field handball. Linz gleanings / second event for the European Cup in Minden? In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 129, June 5, 1968, p. 12.

[1] Grünweiss Dankersen (Germany) European Cup winner. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund , June 5, 1970, p. 7 , accessed on June 18, 2019 .

[2] Favorite Dankersen European Cup winner . TV Suhr third of four teams. In: Jean Frey (Ed.): Sport . tape 16 , no. 109 . Verlag SPORT Wochenzeitung AG, June 4, 1968, ISSN 1422-7975 , p. 28 .

[3] Es .: European Cup tournament in Austria. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund , June 1, 1970, p. 9 , accessed on June 18, 2019 .

[4] Achievements. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .

[5] SN: Baumann's yes to field handball. Linz gleanings / second event for the European Cup in Minden? In: Mindener Tageblatt , No. 129, June 5, 1968, p. 12.