2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying

This article describes the qualifying for the 2013–14 EHF Champions League.

Format

A total of 14 teams will take part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs will be drawn into three groups of four and play a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advance to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs will go to the EHF Cup. Matches will be played at 31 August–1 September 2013. The draw took place on 27 June, at 14:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.[1][2]

Seedings

Two remaining teams played a knock-out match, the winner went into the group stage.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
HC Dinamo-Minsk
RK Borac Banja Luka
H.C.M. Constanța
RK Vojvodina
HT Tatran Prešov
F.C. Porto
Alpla HC Hard
Elverum Håndball
Beşiktaş J.K.
HC Zaporozhye
AEK Athens H.C.
KRAS/Volendam

Qualification tournament 1

HT Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
HC Dinamo-Minsk25
 
1 September 2013
 
AEK Athens H.C.21
 
HC Dinamo-Minsk29
 
31 August 2013
 
HT Tatran Prešov27
 
HT Tatran Prešov32
 
 
Beşiktaş J.K.30
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
AEK Athens H.C.34
 
 
Beşiktaş J.K.30

Semifinals

31 August 2013
15:30
HC Dinamo-Minsk 25 – 21 AEK Athens H.C. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 822
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Nikulenkau 6 (11–13) Rakčević 6
  Report  

31 August 2013
18:00
HT Tatran Prešov 32 – 30 Beşiktaş J.K. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 1,723
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Antl 6 (17–12) Döne, Rašić 6
  Report   

Third place game

1 September 2013
15:30
AEK Athens H.C. 34 – 30 Beşiktaş J.K. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 538
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Bakaoukas 13 (21–14) Döne 9
  Report

Final

1 September 2013
18:00
HC Dinamo-Minsk 29 – 27 HT Tatran Prešov City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 3,072
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Doborac 7 (14–13) Urban 7
  Report  

Qualification tournament 2

RK Vojvodina organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
RK Borac Banja Luka18
 
1 September 2013
 
HC Motor Zaporozhye40
 
HC Motor Zaporozhye36
 
31 August 2013
 
RK Vojvodina24
 
RK Vojvodina27
 
 
Alpla HC Hard26
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
RK Borac Banja Luka17
 
 
Alpla HC Hard25

Semifinals

31 August 2013
17:00
RK Borac Banja Luka 18 – 40 HC Motor Zaporozhye Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 500
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Bezbradica 6 (8–20) Skopintsev 6
  Report  

31 August 2013
19:30
RK Vojvodina 27 – 26 Alpla HC Hard Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Elezović 8 (10–12) Jochum 7
  Report  

Third place game

1 September 2013
17:00
RK Borac Banja Luka 17 – 25 Alpla HC Hard Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Trivundza 5 (7–12) Tanasković 5
  Report  

Final

1 September 2013
19:30
HC Motor Zaporozhye 36 – 24 RK Vojvodina Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Ostroushko 11 (17–11) Elezović 5
   Report  

Qualification tournament 3

F.C. Porto organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
F.C. Porto29
 
1 September 2013
 
Elverum Håndball28
 
F.C. Porto26
 
31 August 2013
 
H.C.M. Constanța22
 
H.C.M. Constanța34
 
 
KRAS/Volendam25
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
Elverum Håndball32
 
 
KRAS/Volendam24

Semifinals

31 August 2013
14:00
F.C. Porto 29 – 28 Elverum Håndball Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 1,460
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Davyes, Duarte 6 (13–13) Toft 6
  Report  

31 August 2013
16:30
H.C.M. Constanța 34 – 25 KRAS/Volendam Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 530
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Şimicu 7 (19–14) Adams 10
   Report   

Third place game

1 September 2013
16:30
KRAS/Volendam 24 – 32 Elverum Håndball Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 150
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Beemsterboer, Smits 4 (13–18) Aanestad 6
  Report  

Final

1 September 2013
14:00
H.C.M. Constanța 22 – 26 F.C. Porto Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 1,704
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Sadoveac 6 (9–12) Spinola 9
   Report   

Playoff

The winner advanced to the group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Handball Esch 44–63 HK Drott 30–26 14–37

First leg

24 August 2013
18:00
Handball Esch 30 – 26 HK Drott d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Kohl 10 (17–15) Persson 7
  Report  

Second leg

31 August 2013
16:00
HK Drott 37 – 14 Handball Esch Halmstad Arena, Halmstad
Attendance: 1,185
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Persson 7 (19–8) Kohl, Schmidt 3
  Report  

HK Drott won 63–44 on aggregate.

Wildcard matches

The winners advanced to the group stage. The schedule and qualifying criteria was changed after Atlético Madrid withdrew.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Füchse Berlin 56–57 HSV Hamburg 30–30 26–27
HC Metalurg 45–39 SC Pick Szeged 26–16 19–23
Montpellier 52–55 Wisła Płock 29–27 23–28

First leg

28 August 2013
19:00
HC Metalurg 26 – 16 SC Pick Szeged Avtokomanda, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Manaskov 6 (13–11) Ancsin 5
  Report  

Second leg

1 September 2013
19:00
SC Pick Szeged 23 – 19 HC Metalurg Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Šulc 7 (11–7) Atman 5
  Report  

HC Metalurg won 45–39 on aggregate.

First leg

29 August 2013
19:00
Montpellier 29 – 27 Wisła Płock Arena Montpellier, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Accambray 8 (11–15) Ghionea 9
  Report  

Second leg

1 September 2013
16:00
Wisła Płock 28 – 23 Montpellier Orlen Arena, Płock
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Ghionea 8 (13–10) Guigou 5
  Report  

Wisła Płock won 55–52 on aggregate.

Match 3

A draw decided that Berlin played the first leg at home.[5]

First leg

21 August 2013
19:00
Füchse Berlin 30 – 30 HSV Hamburg Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Attendance: 7,128
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Horák, Igropulo 6 (18–15) Lindberg 6
  Report  

Second leg

23 August 2013
19:00
HSV Hamburg 27 – 26 Füchse Berlin O² World, Hamburg
Attendance: 6,220
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Pfahl 6 (10–14) Petersen 8
  Report  

HSV Hamburg won 57–56 on aggregate.

References

  1. "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.
  2. "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
  3. "Qualification tournaments organisers announced". ehfcl.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. "New format announced for wild card qualification". ehfcl.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. "Berlin to host the first leg of the Wild Card KO match". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
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