In the 1986/87 IHF Cup , 25 handball club teams took part, which had qualified for the competition in their home leagues in the previous season. The defending champion was BM Granollers . It was the 6th edition of the IHF Cup. In the final Granitas Kaunas was able to prevail against Atlético Madrid .
The competition started with 9 games in the 1st round, the winners advanced to the 2nd round and the quarter-finals followed. Atlético Madrid, Gladsaxe HG, SC Szeged , Slavia Prague, VfL Gummersbach , SC Magdeburg , Eskilstuna Guif moved into the 2nd round by bye. All rounds including the final were carried out in a knockout system with a return leg. The winner of the final was the IHF Cup winner of the 1986/87 season.
1 round
total
First leg
Return leg
Sjundeå IF Finland
32: 59
Soviet UnionGranitas Kaunas
16:33
16:26
HV SittardiaNetherlands
55 : 37
Luxembourg HBC Schifflange
25:13
30:24
SMUC Marseille France
40: 41
PortugalABC Braga
19:16
21:25
Pelister BitolaYugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic
48 : 40
Greece AS Filippos Verias
28:18
20:22
Valur Reykjavík Iceland
34: 41
NorwayIF Urædd Porsgrunn
14:16
20:25
BSV BernSwitzerland
38 : 36
Belgium Sporting Neerpelt
21:15
17:21
ATSE GrazAustria
58 : 30
Turkey İTÜ Istanbul
32:13
26:17
CSKA SofiaBulgaria
61 : 36
Italy SC Gaeta
30:17
31:19
Byzantinos AOGreece
44 : 39
Israel Hapoel Rechovot
20:20
24:19
2nd round
total
First leg
Return leg
Gladsaxe HG Denmark
32: 63
Soviet UnionGranitas Kaunas
18:27
14:36
Slavia PragueCzechoslovakia
44 : 40
Hungary SC Szeged
23:18
21:22
ATSE Graz Austria
37: 51
GermanyVfL Gummersbach
20:28
17:23
SC MagdeburgGermany Democratic Republic 1949
61 : 39
Portugal ABC Braga
26:21
35:18
CSKA SofiaBulgaria
55 : 50
Sweden Eskilstuna Guif
33:25
22:25
Byzantinos AO Greece
40: 54
NorwayIF Urædd Porsgrunn
24:27
16:27
BSV BernSwitzerland
53 : 46
Netherlands HV Sittardia
28:19
25:27
Atlético MadridSpain
38 : 34
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Pelister Bitola