2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League

The 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League is the 21st edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.

2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates24 August 2013–11 May 2014
Teams17 (Qualification stage)
16 (Group stage)
8 (Main round)
4 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions Győri Audi KC (2nd title)
Runners-up ŽRK Budućnost
Tournament statistics
Matches played76
Goals scored3,883 (51.09 per match)
Attendance213,939 (2,815 per match)
Top scorer(s) Anita Görbicz
(87 goals)

Győri Audi ETO KC were the title holder and successfully defended their title.[1]

Overview

Format

The clubs were drawn into four groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage.[2]

Team allocation

Group matches
Hypo Niederösterreich RK Podravka Koprivnica FC Midtjylland Håndbold Metz Handball
Thüringer HC Győri Audi ETO KCTH Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK
SPR Lublin SSA Krim Ljubljana BM Bera Bera IK Sävehof
WQT1 WQT2 WQT3 WQT4
Qualification Tournament
BNTU Minsk RK Lokomotiva Zagreb Team Tvis Holstebro Viborg HK
Fleury Loiret HB Handball Club Leipzig Érdi VSE FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
PDO Salerno ŽRK Vardar SERCODAK Dalfsen Byåsen HE
Tertnes HE HCM Baia Mare Rostov-Don LK Zug
Muratpaşa BSK

TH Title Holder

Round and draw dates

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification Tournament 27 June 2013 14–15 September 2013
Group stage Matchday 1 28 July 2013 5–6 October 2013
Matchday 2 12–13 October 2013
Matchday 3 19–20 October 2013
Matchday 4 2–3 November 2013
Matchday 5 9–10 November 2013
Matchday 6 16–17 November 2013
Main round Matchday 1 19 November 2013 1–2 February 2014
Matchday 2 8–9 February 2014
Matchday 3 15–16 February 2014
Matchday 4 1–2 March 2014
Matchday 5 8–9 March 2014
Matchday 6 15–16 March 2014
Final stage Final Four TBD 3–4 May 2014

Qualification stage

Qualification tournament

A total of 17 teams took part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs were drawn into four groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage. Matches were played at 14–15 September 2013. The draw took place on 27 June, at 14:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.[2][3]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Byåsen HE
HCM Baia Mare
Rostov-Don
Team Tvis Holstebro
Handball Club Leipzig
Érdi VSE
ŽRK Vardar
SERCODAK Dalfsen
LK Zug
PDO Salerno
BNTU Minsk
Tertnes HE
Viborg HK
Fleury Loiret HB
RK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Playoff

The winner advanced to the qualification phase 2.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SERCODAK Dalfsen 68–55 Muratpaşa BSK 34–31 34–24

Qualification tournament 1

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 September 2013
 
 
Byåsen HE21
 
8 September 2013
 
Tertnes HE20
 
Byåsen HE23
 
7 September 2013
 
HC Leipzig27
 
HC Leipzig29
 
 
BNTU Minsk24
 
Third place
 
 
8 September 2013
 
 
Tertnes HE28
 
 
BNTU Minsk25

Qualification tournament 2

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 September 2013
 
 
Ferencváros26
 
15 September 2013
 
RK Zagreb23
 
Ferencváros31
 
14 September 2013
 
Érdi VSE24
 
Érdi VSE34
 
 
LK Zug25
 
Third place
 
 
15 September 2013
 
 
RK Zagreb35
 
 
LK Zug24

Qualification tournament 3

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 September 2013
 
 
HCM Baia Mare26
 
15 September 2013
 
Viborg HK25
 
HCM Baia Mare36
 
14 September 2013
 
Team Tvis Holstebro23
 
Team Tvis Holstebro38
 
 
SERCODAK Dalfsen30
 
Third place
 
 
15 September 2013
 
 
Viborg HK33
 
 
SERCODAK Dalfsen12

Qualification tournament 4

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 September 2013
 
 
Rostov-Don21
 
15 September 2013
 
Fleury Loiret HB26
 
Fleury Loiret HB25
 
14 September 2013
 
ŽRK Vardar33
 
ŽRK Vardar35
 
 
PDO Salerno16
 
Third place
 
 
15 September 2013
 
 
Rostov-Don41
 
 
PDO Salerno18

Group stage

The draw of the group matches was held on 28 July in Vienna. A total of sixteen teams will be concerned in the process, to be divided into four pots of four. Teams are divided into four pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group.[4]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Győri Audi ETO KC
Larvik HK
ŽRK Budućnost
Krim Ljubljana
BM Bera Bera
FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Thüringer HC
Metz Handball
Hypo Niederösterreich
RK Podravka Koprivnica
IK Sävehof
SPR Lublin SSA
Handball Club Leipzig
Ferencváros
HCM Baia Mare
ŽRK Vardar

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC THU NIE HCM
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 192 143 +49 12 29–22 41–22 28–26
Thüringer HC 6 2 0 4 159 165 6 4 25–33 34–25 36–29
Hypo Niederösterreich 6 2 0 4 149 170 21 4 27–28 29–23 23–20
HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 140 162 22 4 21–33 20–19 24–23
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FCM ŽRK FTC SPR
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 5 0 1 156 139 +17 10 21–19 32–23 37–26
ŽRK Budućnost 6 4 0 2 156 125 +31 8 22–15 29–21 31–19
Ferencváros 6 3 0 3 162 161 +1 6 25–26 27–25 40–25
SPR Lublin SSA 6 0 0 6 140 189 49 0 24–25 22–30 24–26
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RKK IKS MET HCL
Krim Ljubljana 6 4 1 1 167 138 +29 9 36–28 27–21 32–20
IK Sävehof 6 3 1 2 169 172 3 7 25–25 32–30 30–23
Metz Handball 6 3 0 3 149 144 +5 6 21–20 30–20 22–23
Handball Club Leipzig 6 1 0 5 139 170 31 2 23–27 28–34 22–25
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ŽRK LHK BMB RKP
ŽRK Vardar 6 5 1 0 185 138 +47 11 27–27 30–20 39–26
Larvik HK 6 4 1 1 170 133 +37 9 29–31 29–21 34–18
BM Bera Bera 6 1 0 5 123 157 34 2 18–23 17–27 28–19
RK Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 0 5 128 178 50 2 17–35 19–24 29–18
Source:

Main round

The draw of the group matches was held on 19 November at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of eight teams were concerned in the process, to be divided into two pots of four. Teams were divided into two pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or group could not be drawn into the same group.[5][6]

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2
Győri Audi ETO KC
FC Midtjylland Håndbold
Krim Ljubljana
ŽRK Vardar
Thüringer HC
ŽRK Budućnost
IK Sävehof
Larvik HK

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ŽRK FCM THU IKS
ŽRK Vardar 6 3 2 1 154 142 +12 8 24–23 31–25 24–18
FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 3 1 2 152 147 +5 7 25–24 26–20 25–24
Thüringer HC 6 3 1 2 157 156 +1 7 24–24 26–24 30–25
IK Sävehof 6 0 2 4 149 167 18 2 27–27 29–29 26–32
Source:

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC ŽRK LHK RKK
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 2 0 160 147 +13 10 23–23 31–29 27–24
ŽRK Budućnost 6 3 3 0 150 126 +24 9 26–26 19–19 30–15
Larvik HK 6 1 1 4 134 147 13 3 23–29 17–22 28–22
Krim Ljubljana 6 1 0 5 133 157 24 2 22–24 26–30 24–18
Source:

Final Four

In November 2013 the European Handball Federation announced that for the first time in the competition's history, the winner of the EHF Women's Champions League would be decided in a Final Four tournament. The event took place at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 3–4 May 2014.[7]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 May 2014
 
 
ŽRK Vardar20
 
4 May 2014
 
ŽRK Budućnost (ET)22
 
ŽRK Budućnost21
 
3 May 2014
 
Győri Audi KC27
 
Győri Audi KC 29
 
 
FC Midtjylland26
 
Third-place playoff
 
 
4 May 2014
 
 
ŽRK Vardar 34
 
 
FC Midtjylland31

All-Star Team

[8]

Other awards

[9]

References

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