2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League

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.^[2]

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 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

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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.^[2][3]

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

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

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

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

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2013
	Rostov-Don	21
					15 September 2013
	Fleury Loiret HB	26
					Fleury Loiret HB	25
	14 September 2013
					ŽRK Vardar	33
	ŽRK Vardar	35
	PDO Salerno	16
					Third place
					15 September 2013
					Rostov-Don	41
					PDO Salerno	18

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.^[4]

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

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

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.^[5][6]

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

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

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.^[7]

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

• 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)

^[8]

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

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• Official website