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
Dates	24 August 2013–11 May 2014
Teams	17 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	Győri Audi ETO KC (2nd title)
Runners-up	ŽRK Budućnost
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	3,883 (51.09 per match)
Attendance	213,939 (2,815 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anita Görbicz (87 goals)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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	Érd HC	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

Main article: 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League qualifying

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 Érd HC 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SERCODAK Dalfsen	68–55	Muratpaşa BSK	34–31	34–24

Qualification tournament 1

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 September 2013
	Byåsen HE	21
					8 September 2013
	Tertnes HE	20
					Byåsen HE	23
	7 September 2013
					HC Leipzig	27
	HC Leipzig	29
	BNTU Minsk	24
					Third place
					8 September 2013
					Tertnes HE	28
					BNTU Minsk	25

Qualification tournament 2

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2013
	Ferencváros	26
					15 September 2013
	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	23
					Ferencváros	31
	14 September 2013
					Érd HC	24
	Érd HC	34
	LK Zug	25
					Third place
					15 September 2013
					RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	35
					LK Zug	24

Qualification tournament 3

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2013
	HCM Baia Mare	26
					15 September 2013
	Viborg HK	25
					HCM Baia Mare	36
	14 September 2013
					Team Tvis Holstebro	23
	Team Tvis Holstebro	38
	SERCODAK Dalfsen	30
					Third place
					15 September 2013
					Viborg HK	33
					SERCODAK Dalfsen	12

Qualification tournament 4

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2013
	Rostov-Don	21
					15 September 2013
	Fleury Loiret HB	26
					Fleury Loiret HB	25
	14 September 2013
					ŽRK Vardar	33
	ŽRK Vardar	35
	PDO Salerno	16
					Third place
					15 September 2013
					Rostov-Don	41
					PDO Salerno	18

Group stage

Main article: 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League group stages

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 v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	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 Podgorica	6	4	0	2	156	125	+31	8		22–15	—	29–21	31–19
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Main round

Main article: 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League group stages § 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 Podgorica IK Sävehof Larvik HK

Group 1

Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Team v t e	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 Podgorica	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Final Four

Main article: 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League 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]

	Semifinals				Final
	3 May 2014
	ŽRK Vardar	20
					4 May 2014
	Budućnost (ET)	22
					Budućnost	21
	3 May 2014
					Győri Audi ETO KC	27
	Győri Audi ETO KC	29
	FC Midtjylland	26
					Third-place playoff
					4 May 2014
					ŽRK Vardar	34
					FC Midtjylland	31

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper:  Clara Woltering (GER)
• Left wing:  Majda Mehmedović (MNE)
• Left back:  Eduarda Amorim (BRA)
• Playmaker:  Anita Görbicz (HUN)
• Pivot:  Ana Dokic (MNE)
• Right back:  Katarina Bulatović (MNE)
• Right wing:  Jovanka Radičević (MNE)

^[8]

Other awards

• Most Valuable Player of the Final Four:  Katrine Lunde Haraldsen (NOR)
• Best Defence Player:  Suzana Lazovic (MNE)

^[9]