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 KCTH Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK SPR Lublin SSA Krim Ljubljana BM Bera Bera IK SävehofWQT1WQT2WQT3WQT4Qualification 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 PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification Tournament27 June 201314–15 September 2013Group stageMatchday 128 July 20135–6 October 2013Matchday 212–13 October 2013Matchday 319–20 October 2013Matchday 42–3 November 2013Matchday 59–10 November 2013Matchday 616–17 November 2013Main roundMatchday 119 November 20131–2 February 2014Matchday 28–9 February 2014Matchday 315–16 February 2014Matchday 41–2 March 2014Matchday 58–9 March 2014Matchday 615–16 March 2014Final stageFinal FourTBD3–4 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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.
Qualification tournament 1
Qualification tournament 2
Qualification tournament 3
Qualification tournament 4
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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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 1Pot 2 Győri Audi ETO KC FC Midtjylland Håndbold Krim Ljubljana ŽRK Vardar Thüringer HC ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica IK Sävehof Larvik HK
Group 1
Group 2
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.
All-Star Team Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Playmaker: Pivot: Right back: Right wing:
Other awards Most Valuable Player of the Final Four: Best Defence Player:
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