HC Empor Rostock
HC Empor Rostock is a team handball club from Rostock, Germany.
Empor Rostock was one of the most successful team handball clubs of the GDR, winning both the GDR Championship and GDR Pokal on seven occasions and the European Club Championship and EHF [Cup Winners' Cup] in 1982.
History
The team was founded in 1946 as a part of broader sportsclub SC Empor Rostock, one year after the second World War. It was the first Rostock based team, that could compete at a national level.When Germany reunified, the team joined the Handball-Bundesliga, where they played for 1991 to 1993.
On 25 February 1999 the handball club separated from SC Empor Rostock and became Handball-Club Empor Rostock.
In 2002 the women's team was separated from HC Empor for economic reasons and became PSV Rostock.
Honours
Men
10x DDR Champion- * Indoor Handball: 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1987
- * Field Handball: 19559x DDR Vice Champion
- * Indoor Handball: 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982
- * Field Handball: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 19587x DDR Cup Winner
- * 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989Champion's League Finalist
1979Cup Winner's Cup
1982Cup Winner's Cup Finalist
1983European Club Championship
1982Team of the Year
1961Bundesliga
1991-1993
Women
6x Champion- *Indoor Handball: 1966, 1967, 1989
- *Field Handball: 1964, 1965, 1966