2013–14 EHF Champions League

The 2013–14 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 21st edition under the current EHF Champions League format. HSV Hamburg was the defending champion. The VELUX EHF FINAL4 was played on 31 May–1 June at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.[1]

EHF Champions League
2013–14
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates31 August 2013–1 June 2014
Teams38 (Qualification stage)
24 (Group Phase)
16 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1st title)
Runner-up THW Kiel
Tournament statistics
Matches played148
Goals scored8338 (56.34 per match)
Attendance651,334 (4,401 per match)
Top scorer(s) Momir Ilić
(103 goals)

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won the title for the first time after defeating THW Kiel 30–28 in the final.

Overview

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[2]

  • TH: Title holders
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
Group stage
THW Kiel (1st) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Gorenje (1st) Wacker Thun (1st)
Flensburg (2nd) Dunkerque (2nd) Celje (2nd) Zagreb (1st)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen (3rd) Aalborg (1st) St. Petersburg (2nd) Vive Targi Kielce (1st)
Barcelona (1st) KIF Kolding (2nd) MKB Veszprém (1st) Vardar (1st)
Logroño (3rd)
Qualifying
Qualification tournament Wild card tournament
HCM Constanța (1st) Elverum (1st) KRAS/Volendam (1st) Füchse Berlin (4th)
Porto (1st) Dinamo-Minsk (1st) Handball Esch (1st) HSV Hamburgth (5th)
HK Drott (1st) AEK Athens (1st) Montpellier (3rd)
Vojvodina (1st) Alpla HC Hard (1st) Pick Szeged (2nd)
Motor Zaporozhye (1st) Tatran Prešov (1st) Wisła Płock (2nd)
Borac Banja Luka (1st) Beşiktaş (1st) Metalurg (2nd)

Qualification stage
Main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying

Qualification tournaments

Fourteen teams took part in the qualification tournaments. Twelve were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match, while the remaining two teams played a two-legged playoff match. The winners of the qualification tournaments and of the play-off qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2013–14 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 27 June 2013, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[3][4] Matches were played on 31 August and 1 September 2013.

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Dinamo-Minsk
Borac Banja Luka
HCM Constanța		 Vojvodina
Tatran Prešov
Porto		 Alpla HC Hard
Elverum
Beşiktaş		 Motor Zaporozhye
AEK Athens
KRAS/Volendam

Qualification tournament 1

This qualification tournament was hosted in Presov, Slovakia, at the home venue of Tatran Prešov.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
 Dinamo-Minsk25
 
1 September 2013
 
 AEK Athens21
 
 Dinamo-Minsk29
 
31 August 2013
 
 Tatran Prešov27
 
 Tatran Prešov32
 
 
 Beşiktaş30
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
 AEK Athens34
 
 
 Beşiktaş30

Qualification tournament 2

This qualification tournament was hosted in Novi Sad, Serbia, at the home venue of Vojvodina.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
 Borac Banja Luka18
 
1 September 2013
 
 Motor Zaporozhye40
 
 Motor Zaporozhye36
 
31 August 2013
 
 Vojvodina24
 
 Vojvodina27
 
 
 Alpla HC Hard26
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
 Borac Banja Luka17
 
 
 Alpla HC Hard25

Qualification tournament 3

This qualification tournament was hosted in Porto, Portugal, at the home venue of Porto.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
 Porto29
 
1 September 2013
 
 Elverum28
 
 Porto26
 
31 August 2013
 
 HCM Constanța22
 
 HCM Constanța34
 
 
 KRAS/Volendam25
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
 KRAS/Volendam24
 
 
 Elverum32

Playoff

The winner qualified for the group stage and the losing team entered the 2013–14 EHF Cup second round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Handball Esch 44–63 HK Drott 30–26 14–37

Wildcard qualification

The winners qualified for the group stage and the losing teams entered the 2013–14 EHF Cup third round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Füchse Berlin 56–57 HSV Hamburg 30–30 26–27
Metalurg 45–39 Pick Szeged 26–16 19–23
Montpellier 52–55 Wisła Płock 29–27 23–28

Group phase
Main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League group stage
Location of teams of the 2013–14 EHF Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The draw for the group stage took place at the Gloriette in Vienna on 28 June 2013 at 20:15 local time. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into six pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except the wild card tournament winner, which did not enjoy any protection.[3][5]

Pot 1
THW Kiel
Barcelona
Aalborg
Veszprém
Pot 2
Kielce
Zagreb
Paris SG
Gorenje
Pot 3
Flensburg
Wisła Płock
St. Petersburg
Vardar
Pot 4
KIF Kolding
Wacker Thun
RN Löwen
Logroño
Pot 5
Dunkerque
Celje
HK Drott
Dinamo-Minsk
Pot 6
Motor
Porto
Metalurg
HSV Hamburg
Key to colours in group tables
Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts VES RNL CEL ZAP ZAG PET
MKB Veszprém 10 8 1 1 303 243 +60 17 — 30–29 27–26 44–27 34–27 29–20
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 7 2 1 305 252 +53 16 25–25 — 35–25 31–31 34–26 31–17
Celje 10 4 1 5 269 272 −3 9 26–31 25–28 — 30–27 26–20 29–22
Motor Zaporozhye 10 4 1 5 277 296 −19 9 25–21 26–32 29–32 — 31–30 29–24
Zagreb 10 4 0 6 267 282 −15 8 22–33 24–28 24–21 33–27 — 26–24
St. Petersburg 10 0 1 9 216 292 −76 1 15–28 23–32 29–29 18–24 24–35 —
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts KIE KOL KSK PLO POR DUN
THW Kiel 10 8 1 1 298 268 +30 17 — 29–26 28–28 34–25 30–25 28–25
KIF Kolding 10 7 0 3 249 240 +9 14 24–26 — 29–24 23–22 25–20 26–24
Vive Targi Kielce 10 6 1 3 307 276 +31 13 34–29 25–26 — 38–30 35–23 33–23
Wisła Płock 10 4 0 6 275 277 −2 8 33–34 25–26 28–30 — 28–22 32–25
Porto 10 2 1 7 241 278 −37 5 27–31 27–24 30–35 20–24 — 22–21
Dunkerque 10 1 1 8 237 268 −31 3 21–29 18–20 30–25 25–28 25–25 —
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BAR PSG MET VAR MIN THU
Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348 256 +92 17 — 38–28 35–17 30–23 35–25 45–26
Paris Saint-Germain 10 6 1 3 315 288 +27 13 29–33 — 32–29 35–25 34–30 38–24
Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256 265 −9 12 31–29 28–26 — 22–27 33–29 24–24
Vardar 10 4 2 4 269 263 +6 10 29–29 24–24 18–26 — 30–22 32–25
Dinamo-Minsk 10 3 1 6 266 295 −29 7 25–35 29–35 23–23 26–24 — 27–20
Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242 329 −87 1 23–39 28–34 22–23 24–37 26–30 —
Source:

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HAM FLE GOR AAH RIO HKD
HSV Hamburg 10 9 0 1 330 266 +64 18 — 32–27 41–32 28–20 34–27 39–30
Flensburg 10 8 1 1 314 272 +42 17 27–24 — 35–31 31–27 37–25 33–25
Gorenje 10 4 0 6 307 320 −13 8 29–36 23–28 — 25–30 33–28 35–33
Aalborg 10 4 0 6 275 265 +10 8 26–28 26–27 23–28 — 28–24 37–24
La Rioja 10 3 2 5 292 320 −28 8 24–33 32–32 34–31 25–23 — 38–34
HK Drott 10 0 1 9 289 364 −75 1 24–35 27–37 32–40 26–35 35–35 —
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League knockout stage

Last 16

The draw was held on 25 February 2014 at 12:00 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 20–23 March, and the second legs on 29–31 March 2014.[6][7]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
MKB Veszprém
THW Kiel
Barcelona
HSV Hamburg		 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
KIF Kolding
Paris Saint-Germain
Flensburg		 RK Celje
Vive Targi Kielce
Metalurg Skopje
Gorenje		 Motor Zaporozhye
Wisła Płock
Vardar
Aalborg

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Motor Zaporozhye 56–71 THW Kiel 28–31 28–40
Aalborg 42–60 Barcelona 22–29 20–31
Vardar 58–57 HSV Hamburg 28–28 30–29
Wisła Płock 60–64 MKB Veszprém 34–33 26–31
Gorenje 55–62 Paris Saint-Germain 30–28 25–34
Celje 53–55 Flensburg 26–25 27–30
Metalurg Skopje 53–43 KIF Kolding 23–17 30–26
Vive Targi Kielce 55–55 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32–28 23–27

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 1 April 2014 at 12:15 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 19–21 April, and the second legs on 26–27 April 2014.[8][9]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2
MKB Veszprém Rhein-Neckar Löwen
THW Kiel Metalurg Skopje
Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain
Vardar Flensburg

Matches
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rhein-Neckar Löwen 62–62 Barcelona 38–31 24–31
Flensburg 49–49 Vardar 24–22 25–27
Metalurg Skopje 47-65 THW Kiel 21–31 26-34
Paris Saint-Germain 52–59 MKB Veszprém 26–28 26–31

Final four

The draw was held on 29 April 2014.[10]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 May
 
 
 Barcelona39
 
1 June
 
 Flensburg (pen.)41
 
 Flensburg30
 
31 May
 
 THW Kiel28
 
 MKB Veszprém26
 
 
 THW Kiel29
 
Third place
 
 
1 June
 
 
 Barcelona26
 
 
 MKB Veszprém25

All-Star Team

[11]

Other awards
  • Most Valuable Player of the Final-Four:  Aron Palmarsson (ISL)
  • Best Defence Player:  Timuzsin Schuch (HUN)

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See also

References
  1. "7,000 tickets already sold". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  2. "2013/14 list of participants". europeancup.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.
  4. "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
  5. "Group Phase draw provides great battles". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
  6. "All pots for Last 16 draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2014.
  7. "Hamburg vs Vardar, Löwen vs Kielce". ehfcl.com. 25 February 2014.
  8. "Pots for the quarter-finals draw ready". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
  9. "Barcelona to tame Lions, Kiel face Metalurg". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
  10. "Barcelona take on Flensburg, Veszprem meet Kiel". ehfcl.com. 2014-04-29.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Ilic takes top scorer trophy, Palmarsson becomes MVP
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