2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League

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 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)

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.

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

Overview

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

Qualification stage

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-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 Zagreb	23
					Ferencváros	31
	14 September 2013
					Érdi VSE	24
	Érdi VSE	34
	LK Zug	25
					Third place
					15 September 2013
					RK 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

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 Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 192 143 +49 12 Thüringer HC 6 2 0 4 159 165 −6 4 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 2 0 4 149 170 −21 4 HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 140 162 −22 4

GKC HCM NIE THU Győri – 28–26 41–22 29–22 Baia Mare 21–33 – 24–23 20–19 Hypo 27–28 23–20 – 29–23 Thüringer 25–33 36–29 34–25 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 5 0 1 156 139 +17 10 ŽRK Budućnost 6 4 0 2 156 125 +31 8 Ferencváros 6 3 0 3 162 161 +1 6 SPR Lublin SSA 6 0 0 6 140 189 −49 0

FCM FTC SPR ŽRK Midtjylland – 32–23 37–26 21–19 Ferencváros 25–26 – 40–25 27–25 Lublin 24–25 24–26 – 22–30 Budućnost 22–15 29–21 31–19 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Krim Ljubljana 6 4 1 1 167 138 +29 9 IK Sävehof 6 3 1 2 169 172 −3 7 Metz Handball 6 3 0 3 149 144 +5 6 Handball Club Leipzig 6 1 0 5 139 170 −31 2

HCL IKS MET RKK Leipzig – 28–34 22–25 23–27 Sävehof 30–23 – 32–30 25–25 Metz 22–23 30–20 – 21–20 Krim 32–20 36–28 27–21 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ŽRK Vardar 6 5 1 0 185 138 +47 11 Larvik HK 6 4 1 1 170 133 +37 9 BM Bera Bera 6 1 0 5 123 157 −34 2 RK Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 0 5 128 178 −50 2

BMB LHK RKP ŽRK Bera Bera – 17–27 28–19 18–23 Larvik 29–21 – 34–18 29–31 Koprivnica 29–18 19–24 – 17–35 Vardar 30–20 27–27 39–26 –

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 Vardar 6 3 2 1 154 142 +12 8 FC Midtjylland Håndbold 6 3 1 2 152 147 +5 7 Thüringer HC 6 3 1 2 157 156 +1 7 IK Sävehof 6 0 2 4 149 167 −18 2

FCM IKS THU ŽRK Midtjylland – 25–24 26–20 25–24 Sävehof 29–29 – 26–32 27–27 Thüringer 26–24 30–25 – 24–24 Vardar 24–23 24–18 31–25 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Győri Audi ETO KC 6 4 2 0 160 147 +13 10 ŽRK Budućnost 6 3 3 0 150 126 +24 9 Larvik HK 6 1 1 4 134 147 −13 3 Krim Ljubljana 6 1 0 5 133 157 −24 2

GKC LHK RKK ŽRK Győri – 31–29 27–24 23–23 Larvik 23–29 – 28–22 17–22 Krim 22–24 24–18 – 26–30 Budućnost 26–26 19–19 30–15 –

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

References

External links

• Official website