1956–57 European Cup (handball)

The 1956–57 European Cup was the first edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.

Knockout stage

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Luzern	15–9	Esch

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Praha	25–18	Kopenhagen
Örebro	30–17	Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Praha	19–14	Örebro

v t e European Cup and EHF Champions League
European Cup era (1956–1993)	1956–57 1958–59 1959–60 1961–62 1962–63 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Champions League era (1993–present)	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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