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	3883 (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

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 KC^TH	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	MizuWaAi Dalfsen	Byåsen HE
Tertnes IL	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	MizuWaAi Dalfsen LK Zug PDO Salerno BNTU Minsk	Tertnes IL 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
MizuWaAi Dalfsen	68–55	Muratpaşa BSK	34–31	34–24

Qualification tournament 1

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

Qualification tournament 2

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

Qualification tournament 3

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

Qualification tournament 4

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2013
	Rostov-Don	21
	Fleury Loiret HB	26
					15 September 2013
					Fleury Loiret HB	25
					ŽRK Vardar	33
					Third place
	14 September 2013			15 September 2013
	ŽRK Vardar	35		Rostov-Don	41
	PDO Salerno	16			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
	ŽRK Budućnost (ET)	22
					4 May 2014
					ŽRK Budućnost	21
					Győri Audi KC	27
					Third-place playoff
	3 May 2014			4 May 2014
	Győri Audi KC	29		ŽRK Vardar	34
	FC Midtjylland	26			FC Midtjylland	31

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper:  Clara Woltering (GER)
• Left wing:  Majda Mehmedovic (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:  Katrine Lunde Haraldsen (NOR)
• Best Defence Player:  Suzana Lazovic (MNE)

^[9]

References

1. "Undefeated Győr hold on to the trophy". ehfcl.com. 2014-05-04.
2. "Teams and seedings for first draws of the new season approved". European Handball Federation. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
3. "Three time champions versus Holstebro, Baia Mare and round 1 qualifier". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
4. "Defending champions in group with Thüringer HC, Hypo NÖ and one qualifier". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
5. "Two former winners in Pot 1, two other in Pot 2". European Handball Federation. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
6. "Györ face three former winners in main round". European Handball Federation. 19 November 2013.
7. "Four bidders apply for the Women’s EHF Final4". European Handball Federation. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
8. http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2013-14/article/19182/All-stars+take+to+the+court+at+the+MVM+EHF+FINAL4
9. http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2013-14/article/19182/All-stars+take+to+the+court+at+the+MVM+EHF+FINAL4

External links

• Official website