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 | 1961 | Stiinta Bucarest, ROM | 8-1 / 4-5 | Dynamo Prag, TCH |
| II | 1962 | Spartak Sokolowo Prague, TCH | 2-3 / 4-9 | ORK Belgrade, YUG |
| III | 1963 | Trud Moscow, URS | 11-8 | FIF Virum Kopenhagen, DEN |
| IV | 1964 | Rapid Bucarest, ROM | 14-13 | Helsingör IF, DEN |
| V | 1965 | HG Kopenhagen, DEN | 14-6 / 10-7 | Spartacus SE Budapest, HUN |
| VI | 1966 | SC Leipzig, GDR | 16-14 | Honved Budapest, HUN |
| VII | 1967 | Zalgiris Kaunas, URS | 8-7 | SC Leipzig, GDR |
| VIII | 1968 | Zalgiris Kaunas, URS | 13-11 | SC Empor Rostock, GDR |
| IX | 1970 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 9-7 | SC Leipzig, GDR |
| X | 1971 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 11-9 | FTC Budapest, HUN |
| XI | 1972 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 12-8 | SC Leipzig, GDR |
| XII | 1973 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 17-8 | Universidad Timisoara, ROM |
| XIII | 1974 | SC Leipzig, GDR | 12-10 | Spartak Kiev, URS |
| XIV | 1975 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 14-10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb, YUG |
| XV | 1976 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG | 22-12 | Mora Swift Roermond, NED |
| XVI | 1977 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 15-7 | SC Leipzig, GDR |
| XVII | 1978 | TSC Berlin, GDR | 19-14 | SC Vasas Budapest, HUN |
| XVIII | 1979 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 14-9 / 13-17 | SC Vasas Budapest, HUN |
| XIX | 1980 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG | 19-22 / 23-10 | TJ Inter Bratislava, TCH |
| XX | 1981 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 13-17 / 22-13 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG |
| XXI | 1982 | SC Vasas Budapest, HUN | 29-19 / 24-21 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG |
| XXII | 1983 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 23-19 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG |
| XXIII | 1984 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG | 22-16 / 19-20 | Bayer Leverkusen, FRG |
| XXIV | 1985 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 23-16 / 15-18 | RK Radnicki Belgrade, YUG |
| XXV | 1986 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 23-29 / 23-22 | Stiinta Bacau, ROM |
| XXVI | 1987 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 25-17 / 20-25 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT |
| XXVII | 1988 | Spartak Kiev, URS | 16-14 / 17-17 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT |
| XXVIII | 1989 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT | 14-16 / 21-19 | Spartak Kiev, URS |
| XXIX | 1990 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT | 24-29 / 30-26 | Kuban Krasnodar, URS |
| XXX | 1991 | TV Giessen-Lützellinden, GER | 21-15 / 25-22 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT |
| XXXI | 1992 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT | 15-14 / 18-19 | TV Giessen-Lützellinden, GER |
| XXXII | 1993 | Hypobank Südstadt Wien, AUT | 14-17 / 23-11 | Vasas Budapest, HUN |
| XXXIII | 1994 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT | 20-18 / 25-21 | Vasas Budapest, HUN |
| XXXIV | 1995 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT | 14-17 / 26-19 | Podravka Koprivnica, CRO |
| XXXV | 1996 | Podravka Koprivnica, CRO | 13-17 / 25-20 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT |
| XXXVI | 1997 | Mar El Osito L´Eliana, ESP | 35-26 / 23-24 | Viborg HK, DEN |
| XXXVII | 1998 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT | 28-21 / 28-26 | Mar El Osito L´Eliana, ESP |
| XXXVIII | 1999 | Dunaferr SE, HUN | 25-23 / 26-26 | Krim Electa Ljubljana, SLO |
| XXXIX | 2000 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT | 32-23 / 22-20 | Kometal DP Skopje, MKD |
| Nathalie Rusnachenko, Bozena Karkut, Anda Bilobrk, Rima Sypkus, Renata Cieloch, Stephanie Ofenböck, Tanja Logvin, Ausra Fridrikas, Sweta Morosowa, Laura Fritz, Stanka Bozovic, Tanja Dsandshagava, Iris Morhammer, Valentina Iwanko, Svetlana Mosgovaya. (Coach: Odd Egil Eidsädther) | ||||
| XL | 2001 | RK Krim Neutro Roberts, SLO | 22-22 / 25-19 | Viborg HK A/S, DEN |
| Luminita Hutupan, Maja Mitrović, Anja Freser, Branka Mijatovic, Nataliya Derepasko, Michaela Bobocea, Tanja Dajcman, Agnieszka Matuszewska, Inna Dolgun, Sergeja Stefanisin, Deja Doler, Vesna Horaeek, Branka Jovanović, Tatjana Oder, Olga Tchetchkova (Coach: Tone Tiselj) | ||||
| XLI | 2002 | Kometal DP Skopje, MKD | 27-25 / 26-22 | Herz FTC Budapest, HUN |
| Anja Andruskenko, Klara Boeva, Andrijana Budimir, Olga Buyanova, Biljana Crvenkoska, Mirjana Cupik, Luminita Dinu, Larisa Ferzalieva, Irina Kalinitchenko, Indira Kastratovic, Tatiana Khlimankova, Natalia Malakhova, Gordana Naceva, Daniela Noveska, Anzela Platon, Oxana Ploshchynska, Mileva Velkova, Veselinka Zasovska, Elena Zlatanovska. | ||||
| XLII | 2003 | Krim ETA N Roberts, SLO | 30-27 / 36-28 | Mar el Osito L´Eliana, ESP |
| Natalya Borysenko, Olga Ceckova, Nataliya Derepasko, Luminita Dinu, Deja Doler, Anja Freser, Monica Frol, Barbara Gorski, Silvana Ilic, Sandra Kolakovic, Katja Kurent, Agnieszka Matuszewska, Branka Mijatovic, Tanja Oder, Tanja Tomanovic, Mira Vincic, Olena Yatsenko. (Coach: Tone Tiselj) | ||||
| XLIII | 2004 | Slagelse FH, DEN | 25-24 / 32-36 | Krim Ljubljana Slovenia, SLO |
| Camilla Andersen, Stinne Bossen, Stéphanie Cano, Stine Frank, Anja Freser, Ausra Fridrikas, Maria Hansen, Marie Hopfner, Kamilla Kristensen, Trine Larsen, Anne Loft, Stina Madsen, Mette Melgaard, Maja Mitrovic, Marie Moller, Bojana Petrovic, Valentina Radulovic, Rikke Schmidt. (Coach: Anja Andersen) | ||||
| XLIV | 2005 | Slagelse FH, DEN | 27-23 / 20-27 | Kometal DP Skopje, MKD |
| Andrijana Budimir, Ausra Fridrikas, Rikke Horlykke, Line Hougaard, Rugile Kliukaite, Carmen Lungu, Stina Madsen, Mette Melgaard, Lene Moller, Bojana Petrovic, Irina Poltoratskaya, Bojana Popovic, Valentina Radulovic, Maja Savic... | ||||
| XLV | 2006 | Viborg HK A/S, DEN | 22-24 / 20-21 | Krim Ljubljana Slovenia, SLO |
| Heidi Astrup, Kristina Bille-Hansen, Charlotte Hojfeldt, Grit Jurak, Valerie Nicolas, Lene Lund Nielsen, Louise Bager Norgaard, Ann Gret Oesterballe, Mie Olesen, Isabel Ortuno Torrico, Rikke Erhardsen Skov, Trine Troelsen, Cristina Varzaru, Chao Zhai. | ||||
| XLVI | 2007 | Slagelse DT, DEN | 29-29 / 32-24 | HC Lada Togliatti, RUS |
| Ana Batinic, Katarina Bulatovic, Carina Friis-Kjersgaard, Line Hovgaard, Kamilla Kristensen, Christina Krogshede-Nielsen, Cecilie Leganger, Anne Loft, Carmen Lungu, Mette Melgaard, Anja Obradovic, Bojana Popovic, Maja Savic, Emiliya Turey. (Coach: Anja Andersen) | ||||
| XLVII | 2008 | Zvezda Zvenigorod, RUS | 25-24 / 29-31 | Hypo Niederösterreich, AUT |
| Ekaterina Andryushina, Mariya Boklaschuk, Elena Dmitrieva, Anna Kareeva, Oxana Koroleva, Alexandra Krannykh, Irina Krutova, Elena Polenova, Irina Poltoratskaya, Oxana Romenskaya, Nigina Saidova, Olga Sanko, Natalia Shipilova, Ekaterina Vetkova. (Coach: Evgeni Trefilov) | ||||
Last Edition / Última Edición (2008)
| POS | TEAM | CNT | Tit/Fin | 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
| 1. | Spartak Kiev | URS | 13/15 | 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 79 81 83 85 86 87 88 89 |
| 2. | Hypobank Wien | AUT | 8/13 | 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98 00 08 |
| 3. | Radnicki Belgrade | YUG | 3/8 | 62 76 80 81 82 83 84 85 |
| 4. | Slagelse DT | DEN | 3/3 | 04 05 07 |
| 5. | SC Leipzig | GDR | 2/6 | 66 67 70 72 74 77 |
| 6. | Krim Ljubljana | SLO | 2/4 | 99 01 03 04 |
| 7. | Zalgiris Kaunas | URS | 2/2 | 67 68 |
| 8. | Vasas Budapest | HUN | 1/3 | 78 79 82 |
| . | El Osito L´Eliana | ESP | 1/3 | 97 98 03 |
| . | Kometal Skopje | MKD | 1/3 | 00 02 05 |
| . | Viborg HK | DEN | 1/3 | 97 01 06 |
Más títulos/finales (países) / Most titles/finals (countries)
| Ps | Country | Tit/Fin |
| 1. | Soviet Union | 16/19 |
| 2. | Austria | 8/13 |
| 3. | Denmark | 5/9 |
| 4. | Yugoslavia | 3/9 |
| 5. | East Germany | 3/8 |
| 6. | Hungary | 2/8 |
| 7. | Slovenia | 2/5 |
| 8. | Romania | 2/4 |
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