# 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League

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.

## 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.

### 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 | Érd HC | FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria |
| PDO Salerno | ŽRK Vardar | SERCODAK Dalfsen | Byåsen HE |
| Tertnes HE | 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 | 14–15 September 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 July 2013 | 5–6 October 2013 | 5–6 October 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 28 July 2013 | 12–13 October 2013 | 12–13 October 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 28 July 2013 | 19–20 October 2013 | 19–20 October 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 28 July 2013 | 2–3 November 2013 | 2–3 November 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 28 July 2013 | 9–10 November 2013 | 9–10 November 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 28 July 2013 | 16–17 November 2013 | 16–17 November 2013 |
| Main round | Matchday 1 | 19 November 2013 | 1–2 February 2014 | 1–2 February 2014 |
| Main round | Matchday 2 | 19 November 2013 | 8–9 February 2014 | 8–9 February 2014 |
| Main round | Matchday 3 | 19 November 2013 | 15–16 February 2014 | 15–16 February 2014 |
| Main round | Matchday 4 | 19 November 2013 | 1–2 March 2014 | 1–2 March 2014 |
| Main round | Matchday 5 | 19 November 2013 | 8–9 March 2014 | 8–9 March 2014 |
| Main round | Matchday 6 | 19 November 2013 | 15–16 March 2014 | 15–16 March 2014 |
| Final stage | Final Four | TBD | 3–4 May 2014 | 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.

### 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 Érd HC ŽRK Vardar | SERCODAK Dalfsen LK Zug PDO Salerno BNTU Minsk | Tertnes HE Viborg HK Fleury Loiret HB RK Lokomotiva Zagreb |

### Playoff

The winner advanced to the qualification phase 2.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SERCODAK Dalfsen | 68–55 | Muratpaşa BSK | 34–31 | 34–24 |

### Qualification tournament 1

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

### Qualification tournament 2

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 |
| Ferencváros | 26 |
| Ferencváros | 26 | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 23 | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 23 | Ferencváros | 31 |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 | | Ferencváros | 31 |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 | Érd HC | 24 |
| Érd HC | 34 | Érd HC | 24 |
| LK Zug | 25 | | |
| LK Zug | 25 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| | | RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | 35 |
| | | LK Zug | 24 |

### Qualification tournament 3

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

### Qualification tournament 4

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 |
| Rostov-Don | 21 |
| Rostov-Don | 21 | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| Fleury Loiret HB | 26 | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| Fleury Loiret HB | 26 | Fleury Loiret HB | 25 |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 | | Fleury Loiret HB | 25 |
| 14 September 2013 | 14 September 2013 | ŽRK Vardar | 33 |
| ŽRK Vardar | 35 | ŽRK Vardar | 33 |
| PDO Salerno | 16 | | |
| PDO Salerno | 16 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 September 2013 | 15 September 2013 |
| | | Rostov-Don | 41 |
| | | 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.

### 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GKC | THU | NIE | HCM |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 143 | +49 | 12 | — | 29–22 | 41–22 | 28–26 |
| Thüringer HC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 159 | 165 | −6 | 4 | 25–33 | — | 34–25 | 36–29 |
| Hypo Niederösterreich | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 170 | −21 | 4 | 27–28 | 29–23 | — | 23–20 |
| HCM Baia Mare | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 162 | −22 | 4 | 21–33 | 20–19 | 24–23 | — |

### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FCM | ŽRK | FTC | SPR |
| FC Midtjylland Håndbold | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 139 | +17 | 10 | — | 21–19 | 32–23 | 37–26 |
| ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 125 | +31 | 8 | 22–15 | — | 29–21 | 31–19 |
| FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 161 | +1 | 6 | 25–26 | 27–25 | — | 40–25 |
| SPR Lublin SSA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 189 | −49 | 0 | 24–25 | 22–30 | 24–26 | — |

### Group C

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RKK | IKS | MET | HCL |
| Krim Ljubljana | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 167 | 138 | +29 | 9 | — | 36–28 | 27–21 | 32–20 |
| IK Sävehof | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 172 | −3 | 7 | 25–25 | — | 32–30 | 30–23 |
| Metz Handball | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 149 | 144 | +5 | 6 | 21–20 | 30–20 | — | 22–23 |
| Handball Club Leipzig | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 139 | 170 | −31 | 2 | 23–27 | 28–34 | 22–25 | — |

### Group D

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ŽRK | LHK | BMB | RKP |
| ŽRK Vardar | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 138 | +47 | 11 | — | 27–27 | 30–20 | 39–26 |
| Larvik HK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 133 | +37 | 9 | 29–31 | — | 29–21 | 34–18 |
| BM Bera Bera | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 157 | −34 | 2 | 18–23 | 17–27 | — | 28–19 |
| RK Podravka Koprivnica | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 128 | 178 | −50 | 2 | 17–35 | 19–24 | 29–18 | — |

## 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.

### Seedings

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Győri Audi ETO KC FC Midtjylland Håndbold Krim Ljubljana ŽRK Vardar | Thüringer HC ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica IK Sävehof Larvik HK |

### Group 1

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ŽRK | FCM | THU | IKS |
| ŽRK Vardar | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 142 | +12 | 8 | — | 24–23 | 31–25 | 24–18 |
| FC Midtjylland Håndbold | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 152 | 147 | +5 | 7 | 25–24 | — | 26–20 | 25–24 |
| Thüringer HC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 156 | +1 | 7 | 24–24 | 26–24 | — | 30–25 |
| IK Sävehof | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 167 | −18 | 2 | 27–27 | 29–29 | 26–32 | — |

### Group 2

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GKC | ŽRK | LHK | RKK |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 147 | +13 | 10 | — | 23–23 | 31–29 | 27–24 |
| ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 150 | 126 | +24 | 9 | 26–26 | — | 19–19 | 30–15 |
| Larvik HK | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 134 | 147 | −13 | 3 | 23–29 | 17–22 | — | 28–22 |
| Krim Ljubljana | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 133 | 157 | −24 | 2 | 22–24 | 26–30 | 24–18 | — |

## 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.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 |
| ŽRK Vardar | 20 |
| ŽRK Vardar | 20 | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Budućnost (ET) | 22 | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| Budućnost (ET) | 22 | Budućnost | 21 |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | | Budućnost | 21 |
| 3 May 2014 | 3 May 2014 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 27 |
| Győri Audi ETO KC | 29 | Győri Audi ETO KC | 27 |
| FC Midtjylland | 26 | | |
| FC Midtjylland | 26 | Third-place playoff | Third-place playoff |
| | | 4 May 2014 | 4 May 2014 |
| | | ŽRK Vardar | 34 |
| | | FC Midtjylland | 31 |

### All-Star Team

* Goalkeeper: Clara Woltering (GER)
* Left wing: Majda Mehmedović (MNE)
* Left back: Eduarda Amorim (BRA)
* Playmaker: Anita Görbicz (HUN)
* Pivot: Ana Dokic (MNE)
* Right back: Katarina Bulatović (MNE)
* Right wing: Jovanka Radičević (MNE)

### Other awards

* Most Valuable Player of the Final Four: Katrine Lunde Haraldsen (NOR)
* Best Defence Player: Suzana Lazovic (MNE)