From 1957 to 1972, it was handball federations, associations, clubs and local bodies that organized European Cup competitions. The International Handball Federation (IHF) took over from 1972 to 1993. Starting in the 1993/94 season, the European Cup goes to the newly created European Handball Federation (EHF). Former European Cup is currently called Champions League.
Las primeras copas de Europa de balonmano eran organizadas por los propios clubes y federaciones nacionales. La federación internacional (IHF) tomó el relevo en 1972, pero en 1993 cedió la organización a la recién creada Federación Europea de Balonmano (EHF). La Copa de Europa se llama actualmente Liga de Campeones.
| Edition | Year | Winner | Result | Runner-up |
| I | 1957 | Auswahl Prague, TCH | 21-13 | Örebro, SWE |
| 1958 | No competition because of World Championship / No se disputó por la celebración del Campeonato del Mundo | |||
| II | 1959 | Redbergslid Göteborg, SWE | 18-13 | Frischauf Göppingen, FRG |
| III | 1960 | FA Frischauf Göppingen, FRG | 18-13 | AGF Aarhus, DEN |
| 1961 | No competition because of World Championship / No se disputó por la celebración del Campeonato del Mundo | |||
| IV | 1962 | FA Frischauf Göppingen, FRG | 13-11 | Partizan Bjelovar, YUG |
| V | 1963 | Dukla Prague, TCH | 15-13 (OT) | Dinamo Bucuresti, ROM |
| 1964 | No competition because of World Championship / No se disputó por la celebración del Campeonato del Mundo | |||
| VI | 1965 | Dinamo Bucarest, ROM | 13-11 | Medvescak Zagreb, YUG |
| VII | 1966 | SC Leipzig, GDR | 16-14 | Honved Budapest, HUN |
| VIII | 1967 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG | 17-13 | Dukla Prague, TCH |
| IX | 1968 | Steaua Bucuresti, ROM | 13-11 | Dukla Prague, TCH |
| 1969 | Czechoslovak invasion / No se disputó al coincidir fecha y escenarios previstos con la invasión de Checoslovaquia. | |||
| X | 1970 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG | 14-11 | Dynamo Berlin, GDR |
| XI | 1971 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG | 17-16 | Steaua Bucuresti, ROM |
| XII | 1972 | Partizan Bjelovar, YUG | 19-14 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG |
| XIII | 1973 | MAI Moscow, URS | 26-23 | Partizan Bjelovar, YUG |
| XIV | 1974 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG | 19-17 | MAI Moscow, URS |
| XV | 1975 | ASK Vorwarts Frankfurt, GDR | 19-17 | Borac Banjaluka, YUG |
| XVI | 1976 | Borac Banjaluka, YUG | 17-15 | KFUM Fredericia, DEN |
| XVII | 1977 | Steaua Bucuresti, ROM | 21-20 | ZSKA Moscow, URS |
| XVIII | 1978 | SC Magdeburg, GDR | 28-22 | WSK Slask Wroclaw, POL |
| XIX | 1979 | TV Großwallstadt, FRG | 14-10 / 18-16 | SC Empor Rostock, GDR |
| XX | 1980 | TV Großwallstadt, FRG | 21-12 | Valur Reykjavik, ISL |
| XXI | 1981 | SC Magdeburg, GDR | 25-23 / 29-18 | Kolinska Slovan Ljubljana, YUG |
| XXII | 1982 | SC Honved Budapest, HUN | 25-16 / 18-24 | TSV St. Omar St. Gallen, SUI |
| XXIII | 1983 | VFL Gummersbach, FRG | 15-19 / 13-14 | ZSKA Moscow, URS |
| XXIV | 1984 | Dukla Prague, TCH | 21-17/21-17* | Metaloplastica Sabac, YUG |
| XXV | 1985 | Metaloplastica Sabac, YUG | 19-12 / 20-30 | Atlético de Madrid, ESP |
| XXVI | 1986 | Metaloplastica Sabac, YUG | 29-24 / 30-23 | Wybrzeze Gdansk, POL |
| XXVII | 1987 | SKA Minsk, URS | 32-24 / 25-30 | Wybrzeze Gdansk, POL |
| XXVIII | 1988 | ZSKA Moscow,URS | 18-15 / 21-18 | Tusem Essen, FRG |
| XXIX | 1989 | SKA Minsk, URS | 30-24 / 37-23 | Steaua Bucuresti, ROM |
| XXX | 1990 | SKA Minsk, URS | 26-21 / 29-27 | FC Barcelona, ESP |
| XXXI | 1991 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 23-21 / 20-17 | Proleter Zrenjanin, YUG |
| XXXII | 1992 | RK Zagreb, CRO | 22-20 / 18-28 | GD Teka Santander, ESP |
| XXXIII | 1993 | Badel 1862 Zagreb, CRO | 22-17 / 22-18 | SG Wallau-Massenheim, GER |
| XXXIV | 1994 | TEKA Santander, ESP | 22-22 / 23-21 | ABC Braga, POR |
| Javier Cabanas, Domínguez, Talant Dujshebaev, Chechu Fernández, Luis García, Mateo Garralda, José Hombrados, Iakimovic, Juan Muñoz Melo, Nesterov, Mats Olsson, Rekondo, Reñones, Alberto Urdiales, Villaldea. (Coach: Julián Ruiz) | ||||
| XXXV | 1995 | Elgorriaga Bidasoa, ESP | 30-20 / 26-27 | Badel 1862 Zagreb, CRO |
| XXXVI | 1996 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 23-15 / 23-23 | Elgorriaga Bidasoa, ESP |
| Óscar Andrade, Manuel Bago, David Barbeito, Fernando Barbeito, David Barrufet, Andrei Chepkin, Albert Forcada, Mateo Garralda, Rafa Guijosa, Enric Masip, Juan Pedro Muñoz, Xavier O´Callaghan, Jesús Olalla, Antonio Ortega, Juan Pérez, Tomas Svensson, Iñaki Urdangarín. (Coach: Valero Rivera) | ||||
| XXXVII | 1997 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 31-22 / 30-23 | Badel 1862 Zagreb, CRO |
| Óscar Andrade, David Barbeito, Fernando Barbeito, David Barrufet,Andrei Chepkin, Alexandru Dedu, Jordi Fernández, Mateo Garralda, Rafa Guijosa, Enric Masip, Xavier O´Callaghan, Antonio Ortega, Quino Soler, Tomas Svensson, Iñaki Urdangarín. (Coach: Valero Rivera) | ||||
| XXXVIII | 1998 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 28-18 / 28-12 | Badel 1862 Zagreb, CRO |
| Fernando Barbeito, David Barrufet, Patrik Cavar, Andrei Chepkin, Israel Damont, Alexandru Dedu, Josep Espar, Jordi Fernández, Mateo Garralda, Rafa Guijosa, Roger Magriña, Enric Masip, Xavier O´Callaghan, Antonio Ortega, José Manuel Sierra, Quino Soler, Tomas Svensson, Iñaki Urdangarín. (Coach: Valero Rivera) | ||||
| XXXIX | 1999 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 21-22 / 29-18 | Badel 1862 Zagreb, CRO |
| David Barrufet, Patrik Cavar, Andrei Chepkin, Alexandru Dedu, Josep Espar, Mateo Garralda, Rafa Guijosa, Demetrio Lozano, Roger Magriña, Enric Masip, Xavier O´Callaghan, Antonio Ortega, José Manuel Sierra, Quino Soler, Tomas Svensson, Iñaki Urdangarín. (Coach: Valero Rivera) | ||||
| XL | 2000 | FC Barcelona, ESP | 25-28 / 29-24 | THW Kiel, GER |
| David Barrufet, Martí Broquetas, Francisco Bustos, Raúl Campos, Patrik Cavar, Andrei Chepkin, Pau Cusine, Josep Espar, Jordi Ferrer, Rafa Guijosa, Demetrio Lozano, Roger Magriña, José Manuel Sierra, Enric Masip, Antonio Ortega, Xavier O´Callaghan, Álex Paredes, Christian Schwarzer, Tomas Svensson, Iñaki Urdangarín. (Coach: Valero Rivera) | ||||
| XLI | 2001 | Portland San Antonio, ESP | 30-24 / 25-22 | FC Barcelona, ESP |
| Daniel Areste, Fernando Barbeito, Raúl Bartolomé, Aleksandru Buligan, Xabier Ekerrondo, Haritz García, Mateo Garralda, Makhail Iakimovic, Álvaro Jáuregui, José Javier Hombrados, Oleg Kisselev, Óscar Mainer, Alberto Martín, Ambrosio Martín, Iosu Olalla, Jackson Richardson. (Coach: Francisco Equisoaín) | ||||
| XLII | 2002 | Sportclub Magdeburg, GER | 23-21 / 30-25 | Fotex KC Veszprém, HUN |
| Joel Abati, Sune Duevang, Christian Gaudin, Gueric Kervadec, Stefan Kloppe, Oleg Kuleschov, Ronny Liesche, Sven Liesegang, Robert Lux, Uwe Mäuer, Nenad Perunicic, Christian Schöne, Andreas Stange, Olaffor Stefansson, Steffen Stiebler, Bennet Wiegert, Martin Ziemer. (Coach: Alfred Gislasson) | ||||
| XLIII | 2003 | Montpellier HB, FRA | 27-19 / 31-19 | Portland San Antonio, ESP |
| Grégory Anquetil, Mladen Bojinovic, Cédric Burdet, Didier Dinart, Jean-louis Facila, Rabah Gherbi, Andrej Golic, Michaël Guigou, Aurélien Imhoff, Franck Junillon, Damien Kabengele, Nikola Karabatic, Geoffroy Krantz, Bruno Martini, Thierry Omeyer, Laurent Puigsegur, Sylvain Rognon, Damien Scaccianocce, Sobhi Sioud, Rastko Stefanovic. (Coach: Patrice Canayer) | ||||
| XLIV | 2004 | Celje Pivovarna Lasko, SLO | 34-28 / 30-28 | SG Flensburg Handewitt, GER |
| Dino Bajram, Nenad Bilbija, Matjaz Brumen, Miha Gorenšek, Edouard Kokšarov, Miladin Kozlina, Gregor Lorger, Zikica Milosavljevic, Jure Natek, Marko Oštir, Dejan Peric, Aljoša Rezar, Sergej Rutenka, Urban Stopar, Klemen Štruc, Renato Vugrinec. (Coach: Miro Pozun) | ||||
| XLV | 2005 | FC Barcelona Cifec, ESP | 28-27 / 29-27 | BM Ciudad Real, ESP |
| David Barrufet, Davor Dominikovic, Jerome Fernández, Víctor Tomás González, Fernando Hernández, Lars Jeppesen, Laszlo Nagy, Xavier O´Callaghan, Carlos Ortega, Dejan Peric, Salvador Puig, Íker Romero, Dragan Skrbic, Andrei Xepkin, Luka Zvizej. (Coach: Xesco Espar) | ||||
| XLVI | 2006 | BM Ciudad Real, ESP | 19-25 / 37-28 | Portland San Antonio, ESP |
| David Davis, Didier Dinart, Mirza Dzomba, Alberto Entrerríos, Julio Fis, José Javier Hombrados, Claus Jakobsen, Jonas Kälman, Petar Metlicic, Ales Pajovic, Siarhei Rutenka, Olafur Stefansson, Arpad Sterbik, Rolando Uríos. (Coach: Talant Dujshebaev) | ||||
| XLVII | 2007 | THW Kiel, GER | 28-28 / 29-27 | SG Flensburg Handewitt, GER |
| Marcus Ahlm, Kim Andersson, Mattias Andersson, Henning Fritz, Lars Krogh Jeppesen, Nikola Karabatic, Vid Kavticnik, Dominik Klein, Per Tomas Linders, Stefan Loevgren, Henrik Lundström, Thierry Omeyer, Andrei Xepkin, Christian Zeitz. (Coach: Zvonimir Serdarusic) | ||||
| XLVIII | 2008 | BM Ciudad Real, ESP | 27-29 / 25-31 | THW Kiel, GER |
David Davis, Didier Dinart, Alberto Entrerríos, Roberto García Parrondo, Jose Javier Hombrados, Jonas Kallman, Torsten Laen, Josep Masachs, Petar Metlicic, Viran Morros, Ales Pajovic, Olafur Stefansson, Arpad Sterbik, Rolando Urios, Uros Zorman. (Coach: Talant Dujshebaev) |
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*: penalty shootout / penalties; OT: overtime / prórroga
Last Edition / Última Edición (2008)
Final (04/11.V.08) Ciudad Real 27-28 Kiel // Kiel 25-31 Ciudad Real
| POS | TEAM | CNT | Tit/Fin | 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
| 1. | FC Barcelona | ESP | 7/9 | 90 91 96 97 98 99 00 01 05 |
| 2. | VFL Gummersbach | FRG | 5/6 | 67 70 71 72 74 83 |
| 3. | SKA Minsk | URS | 3/3 | 87 89 90 |
| . | SC Magdeburg | GDR | 3/3 | 78 81 02 |
| 5. | Badel 1862 Zagreb | CRO | 2/6 | 92 93 95 97 98 99 |
| 6. | Steaua Bucuresti | ROM | 2/4 | 68 71 77 89 |
| . | Dukla Prague | TCH | 2/4 | 63 67 68 84 |
| 8. | Frischauf Göppingen | FRG | 2/3 | 59 60 62 |
| . | Metaloplastica Sabac | YUG | 2/3 | 84 85 86 |
| . | BM Ciudad Real | ESP | 2/3 | 05 05 08 |
| 11. | TV Großwallstadt | FRG | 2/2 | 79 80 |
Más títulos/finales (países) / Most titles/finals (countries)
| Ps | Country | Tit/Fin |
| 1. | Spain | 12/20 |
| 2. | West Germany | 9/12 |
| 3. | Germany | 5/11 |
| 4. | Soviet Union | 5/8 |
| 5. | Yugoslavia | 4/11 |
| 6. | Romania | 3/6 |
| 7. | Czechoslovakia | 3/5 |
| 8. | Croatia | 2/6 |
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