2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 August 2013–11 May 2014 |
Teams | 17 (Qualification stage) 16 (Group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (Knockout stage) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 72 |
Goals scored | 3,673 (51.01 per match) |
Attendance | 175,939 (2,444 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Anita Görbicz (73 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 is the title holder.
Overview
Format
The clubs will be drawn into four groups of four and play a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advance to the group stage.[1]
Team allocation
TH Title Holder
Round and draw dates
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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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.[1][2]
Seedings
Playoff
The winner advanced to the qualification phase 2.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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MizuWaAi Dalfsen | 68–55 | Muraptaşa BSK Antalya | 34–31 | 34–24 |
Qualification tournament 1
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 September 2013 | ||||||
Byåsen HE | 21 | |||||
8 September 2013 | ||||||
Tertnes IL | 20 | |||||
Byåsen HE | 23 | |||||
7 September 2013 | ||||||
HC Leipzig | 27 | |||||
HC Leipzig | 29 | |||||
BNTU Minsk | 24 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
8 September 2013 | ||||||
Tertnes IL | 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 | |||||
MizuWaAi Dalfsen | 30 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
15 September 2013 | ||||||
Viborg HK | 33 | |||||
MizuWaAi 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.[3]
Seedings
Group A
Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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.[4][5]
Seedings
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Győri Audi ETO KC FC Midtjylland Håndbold Krim Ljubljana ŽRK Vardar |
Thüringer HC ŽRK Budućnost IK Sävehof Larvik HK |
Group 1
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Group 2
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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 will be decided in a Final Four tournament. The event is set to take place at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 3–4 May 2014.[6]
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 |
References
- ^ a b "Teams and seedings for first draws of the new season approved". European Handball Federation. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Three time champions versus Holstebro, Baia Mare and round 1 qualifier". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
- ^ "Defending champions in group with Thüringer HC, Hypo NÖ and one qualifier". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
- ^ "Two former winners in Pot 1, two other in Pot 2". European Handball Federation. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Györ face three former winners in main round". European Handball Federation. 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Four bidders apply for the Women's EHF Final4". European Handball Federation. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.