2013–14 | |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
Dates | 31 August 2013–1 June 2014 |
Teams | 38 (Qualification stage) 24 (Group phase) 16 (Knockout stage) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 148 |
Goals scored | 8338 (56.34 per match) |
Attendance | 651,334 (4,401 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (103 goals) |
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
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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 |
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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 | ||||||
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1 September 2013 | ||||||
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31 August 2013 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
1 September 2013 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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1 September 2013 | ||||||
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31 August 2013 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
1 September 2013 | ||||||
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Qualification tournament 3
[edit]This qualification tournament was hosted in Porto, Portugal, at the home venue of Porto.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 August 2013 | ||||||
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1 September 2013 | ||||||
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31 August 2013 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
1 September 2013 | ||||||
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Playoff
[edit]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 |
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Handball Esch ![]() |
44–63 | ![]() |
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Füchse Berlin ![]() |
56–57 | ![]() |
30–30 | 26–27 |
Metalurg ![]() |
45–39 | ![]() |
26–16 | 19–23 |
Montpellier ![]() |
52–55 | ![]() |
29–27 | 23–28 |
Group phase
[edit]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]
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Key to colours in group tables |
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Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16 |
Group A
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | VES | RNL | CEL | ZAP | ZAG | PET | |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 303 | 243 | +60 | 17 | — | 30–29 | 27–26 | 44–27 | 34–27 | 29–20 | |
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 305 | 252 | +53 | 16 | 25–25 | — | 35–25 | 31–31 | 34–26 | 31–17 | |
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 269 | 272 | −3 | 9 | 26–31 | 25–28 | — | 30–27 | 26–20 | 29–22 | |
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 277 | 296 | −19 | 9 | 25–21 | 26–32 | 29–32 | — | 31–30 | 29–24 | |
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 267 | 282 | −15 | 8 | 22–33 | 24–28 | 24–21 | 33–27 | — | 26–24 | |
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 216 | 292 | −76 | 1 | 15–28 | 23–32 | 29–29 | 18–24 | 24–35 | — |
Group B
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KIE | KOL | KSK | PLO | POR | DUN | |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 298 | 268 | +30 | 17 | — | 29–26 | 28–28 | 34–25 | 30–25 | 28–25 | |
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10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 249 | 240 | +9 | 14 | 24–26 | — | 29–24 | 23–22 | 25–20 | 26–24 | |
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 307 | 276 | +31 | 13 | 34–29 | 25–26 | — | 38–30 | 35–23 | 33–23 | |
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 275 | 277 | −2 | 8 | 33–34 | 25–26 | 28–30 | — | 28–22 | 32–25 | |
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10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 241 | 278 | −37 | 5 | 27–31 | 27–24 | 30–35 | 20–24 | — | 22–21 | |
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10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 237 | 268 | −31 | 3 | 21–29 | 18–20 | 30–25 | 25–28 | 25–25 | — |
Group C
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | PSG | MET | VAR | MIN | THU | |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 348 | 256 | +92 | 17 | — | 38–28 | 35–17 | 30–23 | 35–25 | 45–26 | |
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 315 | 288 | +27 | 13 | 29–33 | — | 32–29 | 35–25 | 34–30 | 38–24 | |
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 256 | 265 | −9 | 12 | 31–29 | 28–26 | — | 22–27 | 33–29 | 24–24 | |
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 269 | 263 | +6 | 10 | 29–29 | 24–24 | 18–26 | — | 30–22 | 32–25 | |
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10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 266 | 295 | −29 | 7 | 25–35 | 29–35 | 23–23 | 26–24 | — | 27–20 | |
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 242 | 329 | −87 | 1 | 23–39 | 28–34 | 22–23 | 24–37 | 26–30 | — |
Group D
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HAM | FLE | GOR | AAH | RIO | HKD | |
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 330 | 266 | +64 | 18 | — | 32–27 | 41–32 | 28–20 | 34–27 | 39–30 | |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 314 | 272 | +42 | 17 | 27–24 | — | 35–31 | 31–27 | 37–25 | 33–25 | |
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 307 | 320 | −13 | 8 | 29–36 | 23–28 | — | 25–30 | 33–28 | 35–33 | |
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10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 275 | 265 | +10 | 8 | 26–28 | 26–27 | 23–28 | — | 28–24 | 37–24 | |
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 292 | 320 | −28 | 8 | 24–33 | 32–32 | 34–31 | 25–23 | — | 38–34 | |
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 289 | 364 | −75 | 1 | 24–35 | 27–37 | 32–40 | 26–35 | 35–35 | — |
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]Matches
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Motor Zaporizhzhia ![]() |
56–71 | ![]() |
28–31 | 28–40 |
Aalborg ![]() |
42–60 | ![]() |
22–29 | 20–31 |
Vardar ![]() |
58–57 | ![]() |
28–28 | 30–29 |
Wisła Płock ![]() |
60–64 | ![]() |
34–33 | 26–31 |
Gorenje ![]() |
55–62 | ![]() |
30–28 | 25–34 |
Celje ![]() |
53–55 | ![]() |
26–25 | 27–30 |
Metalurg Skopje ![]() |
53–43 | ![]() |
23–17 | 30–26 |
Vive Targi Kielce ![]() |
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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 |
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Matches
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rhein-Neckar Löwen ![]() |
62–62 | ![]() |
38–31 | 24–31 |
Flensburg ![]() |
49–49 | ![]() |
24–22 | 25–27 |
Metalurg Skopje ![]() |
47–65 | ![]() |
21–31 | 26–34 |
Paris Saint-Germain ![]() |
52–59 | ![]() |
26–28 | 26–31 |
Final four
[edit]The draw was held on 29 April 2014.[10]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
31 May | ||||||
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1 June | ||||||
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31 May | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
1 June | ||||||
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Awards
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The All-star team of the Champions League 2013/14[11][12]
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See also
[edit]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.