The 2013–14 EHF Women's Champions League is the 21st edition of the
EHF Women's Champions League
The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top n ...
, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the
European Handball Federation
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...
.
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
TH Title Holder
Round and draw dates
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
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Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
.
Seedings
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
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. 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
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
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. 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
Group 1
Group 2
Final Four
In November 2013 the
European Handball Federation
The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, A ...
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
The László Papp Budapest Sports Arena ( hu, Papp László Budapest Sportaréna), also known as Budapest Sports Arena or locally just Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. It is the second biggest sports complex in the cou ...
in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
on 3–4 May 2014.
All-Star Team
*Goalkeeper:
*Left wing:
*Left back:
*Playmaker:
*Pivot:
*Right back:
*Right wing:
Other awards
*
Most Valuable Player:
*Best Defence Player:
References
External links
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