The 1985–86 Women's IHF Cup was the fifth edition of the competition. It was contested by fifteen teams instead of the eighteen of the previous edition, so the preliminary round was suppressed and the defending champion's representative was granted a bye to the quarter-finals. Like the one year before, the final confronted the

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

and Hungarian teams, with the same outcome; 2-times European champions

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overcame in its arena Debreceni VSC's 6 goals first-leg win to win its fourth IHF title.List of finals
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First round

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

References

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