The 2013–14 Euro Hockey League was the sixth season of the
Euro Hockey League
The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...
, Europe's premier club
field hockey
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tournament organized by the
European Hockey Federation
The European Hockey Federation is a European sports federation for field hockey, based in Brussels. It is the umbrella organisation for all European national federations, and organises the Euro Hockey League. Marijke Fleuren was elected preside ...
. The group phase was held in
Barcelona
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, Spain, and
Lille
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, France, in October 2013 and the knockout stage was held in
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,final
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was played between
Harvestehude
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Geography
Harvestehude borders the quarters of Rother ...
and
Oranje Zwart
Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...
at Sportpark Aalsterweg,
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,shoot-out after a 1–1 draw.
Bloemendaal
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In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...
were the defending champions but they did not qualify for this season's edition.
Dragons
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took the bronze medal.
Association team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2013–14 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
* Associations 1–4 each have three teams qualify.
* Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
* Associations 9–12 each have one team qualify.
EHL Rankings
Teams
Group phase
The 24 teams were drawn into eight pools of three. In each pool, teams played against each other once in a round-robin format. The pool winners and runners-up advanced to the
round of 16
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. Pools D, E, F, and G were played in
Barcelona
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, Spain, from 11 to 13 October 2013 and the other pools were played in
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
, France, from 25 to 27 October 2013. If a game was won, the winning team received five points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving two points. A loss gave the losing team one point unless the losing team lost by three or more goals, then they received zero points.
Pool A
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Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played in
Eindhoven
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