2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying

This article describes the qualifying for the 2013–14 EHF Champions League.

Format

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A total of 14 teams will take part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs will be drawn into three groups of four and play a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advance to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs will go to the EHF Cup. Matches will be played at 31 August–1 September 2013. The draw took place on 27 June, at 14:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.[1][2]

Seedings

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Two remaining teams played a knock-out match, the winner went into the group stage.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  HC Dinamo-Minsk
  RK Borac Banja Luka
  H.C.M. Constanța
  RK Vojvodina
  HT Tatran Prešov
  F.C. Porto
  Alpla HC Hard
  Elverum Håndball
  Beşiktaş J.K.
  HC Zaporizhzhia
  AEK Athens H.C.
  KRAS/Volendam

Qualification tournament 1

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HT Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
  HC Dinamo-Minsk25
 
1 September 2013
 
  AEK Athens H.C.21
 
  HC Dinamo-Minsk29
 
31 August 2013
 
  HT Tatran Prešov27
 
  HT Tatran Prešov32
 
 
  Beşiktaş J.K.30
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
  AEK Athens H.C.34
 
 
  Beşiktaş J.K.30

Semifinals

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31 August 2013
15:30
HC Dinamo-Minsk   25 – 21   AEK Athens H.C. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 822
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Nikulenkau 6 (11–13) Rakčević 6
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31 August 2013
18:00
HT Tatran Prešov   32 – 30   Beşiktaş J.K. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 1,723
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Antl 6 (17–12) Döne, Rašić 6
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Third place game

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1 September 2013
15:30
AEK Athens H.C.   34 – 30   Beşiktaş J.K. City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 538
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Bakaoukas 13 (21–14) Döne 9
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Final

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1 September 2013
18:00
HC Dinamo-Minsk   29 – 27   HT Tatran Prešov City Hall Prešov, Prešov
Attendance: 3,072
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Doborac 7 (14–13) Urban 7
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Qualification tournament 2

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RK Vojvodina organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
  RK Borac Banja Luka18
 
1 September 2013
 
  HC Motor Zaporizhzhia40
 
  HC Motor Zaporizhzhia36
 
31 August 2013
 
  RK Vojvodina24
 
  RK Vojvodina27
 
 
  Alpla HC Hard26
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
  RK Borac Banja Luka17
 
 
  Alpla HC Hard25

Semifinals

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31 August 2013
17:00
RK Borac Banja Luka   18 – 40   HC Motor Zaporizhzhia Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 500
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Bezbradica 6 (8–20) Skopintsev 6
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31 August 2013
19:30
RK Vojvodina   27 – 26   Alpla HC Hard Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Elezović 8 (10–12) Jochum 7
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Third place game

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1 September 2013
17:00
RK Borac Banja Luka   17 – 25   Alpla HC Hard Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
Trivundza 5 (7–12) Tanasković 5
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Final

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1 September 2013
19:30
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia   36 – 24   RK Vojvodina Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Ostroushko 11 (17–11) Elezović 5
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Qualification tournament 3

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F.C. Porto organized the tournament.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 August 2013
 
 
  F.C. Porto29
 
1 September 2013
 
  Elverum Håndball28
 
  F.C. Porto26
 
31 August 2013
 
  H.C.M. Constanța22
 
  H.C.M. Constanța34
 
 
  KRAS/Volendam25
 
Third place
 
 
1 September 2013
 
 
  Elverum Håndball32
 
 
  KRAS/Volendam24

Semifinals

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31 August 2013
14:00
F.C. Porto   29 – 28   Elverum Håndball Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 1,460
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Davyes, Duarte 6 (13–13) Toft 6
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31 August 2013
16:30
H.C.M. Constanța   34 – 25   KRAS/Volendam Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 530
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Şimicu 7 (19–14) Adams 10
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Third place game

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1 September 2013
16:30
KRAS/Volendam   24 – 32   Elverum Håndball Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 150
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Beemsterboer, Smits 4 (13–18) Aanestad 6
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Final

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1 September 2013
14:00
H.C.M. Constanța   22 – 26   F.C. Porto Dragão Caixa, Porto
Attendance: 1,704
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Sadoveac 6 (9–12) Spinola 9
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Playoff

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The winner advanced to the group stage.

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

First leg

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24 August 2013
18:00
Handball Esch   30 – 26   HK Drott d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Kohl 10 (17–15) Persson 7
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Second leg

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31 August 2013
16:00
HK Drott   37 – 14   Handball Esch Halmstad Arena, Halmstad
Attendance: 1,185
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Persson 7 (19–8) Kohl, Schmidt 3
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HK Drott won 63–44 on aggregate.

Wildcard matches

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The winners advanced to the group stage. The schedule and qualifying criteria were changed after Atlético Madrid withdrew.[4]

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

Match 1

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First leg

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28 August 2013
19:00
HC Metalurg   26 – 16   SC Pick Szeged Avtokomanda, Skopje
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Manaskov 6 (13–11) Ancsin 5
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Second leg

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1 September 2013
19:00
SC Pick Szeged   23 – 19   HC Metalurg Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Šulc 7 (11–7) Atman 5
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HC Metalurg won 45–39 on aggregate.

Match 2

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First leg

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29 August 2013
19:00
Montpellier   29 – 27   Wisła Płock Arena Montpellier, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Accambray 8 (11–15) Ghionea 9
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Second leg

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1 September 2013
16:00
Wisła Płock   28 – 23   Montpellier Orlen Arena, Płock
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Ghionea 8 (13–10) Guigou 5
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Wisła Płock won 55–52 on aggregate.

Match 3

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A draw decided that Berlin played the first leg at home.[5]

First leg

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21 August 2013
19:00
Füchse Berlin   30 – 30   HSV Hamburg Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Attendance: 7,128
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Horák, Igropulo 6 (18–15) Lindberg 6
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Second leg

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23 August 2013
19:00
HSV Hamburg   27 – 26   Füchse Berlin O² World, Hamburg
Attendance: 6,220
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Pfahl 6 (10–14) Petersen 8
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HSV Hamburg won 57–56 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.
  2. ^ "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
  3. ^ a b c "Qualification tournaments organisers announced". ehfcl.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ^ "New format announced for wild card qualification". ehfcl.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Berlin to host the first leg of the Wild Card KO match". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.
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