2013–14 EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League
2013–14
Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Dates	31 August 2013–1 June 2014
Teams	38 (Qualification stage); 24 (Group phase); 16 (Knockout stage)
Final positions
Champions	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1st title)
Runner-up	THW Kiel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	148
Goals scored	8338 (56.34 per match)
Attendance	651,334 (4,401 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Momir Ilić; (103 goals)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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]

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

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

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-MVM 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 Zaporizhzhia (1st)	Tatran Prešov (1st)		Wisła Płock (2nd)
Borac Banja Luka (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)		Metalurg (2nd)

Qualification stage edit

Qualification tournaments edit

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 edit

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 Zaporizhzhia AEK Athens KRAS/Volendam

Qualification tournament 1 edit

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

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

Dinamo-Minsk	25
		1 September 2013
AEK Athens	21
		Dinamo-Minsk	29
31 August 2013
		Tatran Prešov	27
Tatran Prešov	32

Beşiktaş	30
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		AEK Athens	34

		Beşiktaş	30

Qualification tournament 2 edit

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

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

Borac Banja Luka	18
		1 September 2013
Motor Zaporizhzhia	40
		Motor Zaporizhzhia	36
31 August 2013
		Vojvodina	24
Vojvodina	27

Alpla HC Hard	26
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		Borac Banja Luka	17

		Alpla HC Hard	25

Qualification tournament 3 edit

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

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

Porto	29
		1 September 2013
Elverum	28
		Porto	26
31 August 2013
		HCM Constanța	22
HCM Constanța	34

KRAS/Volendam	25
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		KRAS/Volendam	24

		Elverum	32

Playoff edit

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

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

Wildcard qualification edit

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 edit

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 edit

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	VES	RNL	CEL	ZAP	ZAG	PET
MKB-MVM 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 Zaporizhzhia	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B edit

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

Group C edit

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

Group D edit

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

Knockout stage edit

Last 16 edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motor Zaporizhzhia	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-MVM 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 edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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-MVM Veszprém	26–28	26–31

Final four edit

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

Semi-finals		Final

31 May

Barcelona	39
		1 June
Flensburg (pen.)	41
		Flensburg	30
31 May
		THW Kiel	28
MKB-MVM Veszprém	26

THW Kiel	29
		Third place

		1 June

		Barcelona	26

		MKB-MVM Veszprém	25

Awards edit

The All-star team of the Champions League 2013/14^[11]^[12]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Niklas Landin Jacobsen (Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Right wing	Luc Abalo (Paris Saint-Germain)
Right back	Kiril Lazarov (Barcelona)
Centre back	Mikkel Hansen (Paris Saint-Germain)
Left back	Momir Ilić (MKB-MVM Veszprém)
Left wing	Timur Dibirov (RK Vardar)
Pivot	Renato Sulić (MKB-MVM Veszprém)
Final four MVP	Aron Palmarsson (THW Kiel)
Best defender	Timuzsin Schuch (MKB-MVM Veszprém)

Landin Dibirov Sulić Abalo Ilić Hansen Lazarov Best Defender : Timuzsin Schuch
Final four MVP: Aron Palmarsson

References edit

^ "7,000 tickets already sold". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
^ "2013/14 list of participants". europeancup.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.
^ "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
^ "Group Phase draw provides great battles". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
^ "All pots for Last 16 draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2014.
^ "Hamburg vs Vardar, Löwen vs Kielce". ehfcl.com. 25 February 2014.
^ "Pots for the quarter-finals draw ready". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
^ "Barcelona to tame Lions, Kiel face Metalurg". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
^ "Barcelona take on Flensburg, Veszprem meet Kiel". ehfcl.com. 2014-04-29.
^ "HC Vardar - Timur Dibirov part of the Champions League All-star team". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ "Ilic takes top scorer trophy, Palmarsson becomes MVP". Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

External links edit

Official website

[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.

[Seedings-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] "HC Vardar - Timur Dibirov part of the Champions League All-star team". Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

[12] "Ilic takes top scorer trophy, Palmarsson becomes MVP". Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2014-06-03.

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2013–14 EHF Champions League

Contents

Overview edit

Team allocation edit

Qualification stage edit

Qualification tournaments edit

Seedings edit

Qualification tournament 1 edit

Qualification tournament 2 edit

Qualification tournament 3 edit

Playoff edit

Wildcard qualification edit

Group phase edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Group C edit

Group D edit

Knockout stage edit

Last 16 edit

Seedings edit

Matches edit

Quarter-finals edit

Seedings edit

Matches edit

Final four edit

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit