1985–86 Women's IHF Cup

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 and Hungarian teams, with the same outcome; 2-times European champions HC Leipzig overcame in its arena Debreceni VSC's 6 goals first-leg win to win its fourth IHF title.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Bordeaux	37–64	Gjerpen IF	22–28	15–36
Neerpelt	19–78	Debreceni	8–34	11–44
Fünfhaus	60–45	Altinordu	36–21	24–24
Hernani	27–45	Tyresö	14–24	13–21
Ariosto Ferrara	26–77	Druzstevnik Topolniky	12–33	14–44
Chimistul Rm. Vâlcea	46–46 (a)	Lützellinden	28–22	18–24
Leipzig	Bye
Lokomotiva Zagreb	44–48	Georgi Dimitrov	29–20	15–28

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Gjerpen	50–54	Debreceni	26–25	24–29
Fünfhaus	27–45	Tyresö	11–21	16–24
Druzstevnik Topolniky	44–43	Lützellinden	23–24	21–19
Leipzig	38–35	Georgi Dimitrov	22–12	16–23

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Debreceni	52–39	Tyresö	27–19	25–20
Druzstevnik Topolniky	32–37	Leipzig	19–16	13–21

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st match	2nd match
Debreceni	37–41	Leipzig	22–16	15–25