2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying

This article describes the qualifying for the 2013–14 EHF Champions League.

Format

A total of 14 teams will take part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs will be drawn into three groups of four and play a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advance to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs will go to the EHF Cup. Matches will be played at 31 August–1 September 2013. The draw took place on 27 June, at 14:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.^[1]^[2]

Seedings

Two remaining teams played a knock-out match, the winner went into the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
HC Dinamo-Minsk RK Borac Banja Luka H.C.M. Constanța	RK Vojvodina HT Tatran Prešov F.C. Porto	Alpla HC Hard Elverum Håndball Beşiktaş J.K.	HC Zaporizhzhia AEK Athens H.C. KRAS/Volendam

Qualification tournament 1

HT Tatran Prešov organized the tournament.^[3]

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

HC Dinamo-Minsk	25
		1 September 2013
AEK Athens H.C.	21
		HC Dinamo-Minsk	29
31 August 2013
		HT Tatran Prešov	27
HT Tatran Prešov	32

Beşiktaş J.K.	30
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		AEK Athens H.C.	34

		Beşiktaş J.K.	30

Semifinals

31 August 2013 15:30	HC Dinamo-Minsk	25 – 21	AEK Athens H.C.	City Hall Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 822 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Nikulenkau 6	(11–13)	Rakčević 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

31 August 2013 18:00	HT Tatran Prešov	32 – 30	Beşiktaş J.K.	City Hall Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 1,723 Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
	Antl 6	(17–12)	Döne, Rašić 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Third place game

1 September 2013 15:30	AEK Athens H.C.	34 – 30	Beşiktaş J.K.	City Hall Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 538 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Bakaoukas 13	(21–14)	Döne 9
	3× 3×	Report

Final

1 September 2013 18:00	HC Dinamo-Minsk	29 – 27	HT Tatran Prešov	City Hall Prešov, Prešov Attendance: 3,072 Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
	Doborac 7	(14–13)	Urban 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

Qualification tournament 2

RK Vojvodina organized the tournament.^[3]

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

RK Borac Banja Luka	18
		1 September 2013
HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	40
		HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	36
31 August 2013
		RK Vojvodina	24
RK Vojvodina	27

Alpla HC Hard	26
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		RK Borac Banja Luka	17

		Alpla HC Hard	25

Semifinals

31 August 2013 17:00	RK Borac Banja Luka	18 – 40	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 500 Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
	Bezbradica 6	(8–20)	Skopintsev 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

31 August 2013 19:30	RK Vojvodina	27 – 26	Alpla HC Hard	Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Elezović 8	(10–12)	Jochum 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

1 September 2013 17:00	RK Borac Banja Luka	17 – 25	Alpla HC Hard	Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 200 Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
	Trivundza 5	(7–12)	Tanasković 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Final

1 September 2013 19:30	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	36 – 24	RK Vojvodina	Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Ostroushko 11	(17–11)	Elezović 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Qualification tournament 3

F.C. Porto organized the tournament.^[3]

Semi-finals		Final

31 August 2013

F.C. Porto	29
		1 September 2013
Elverum Håndball	28
		F.C. Porto	26
31 August 2013
		H.C.M. Constanța	22
H.C.M. Constanța	34

KRAS/Volendam	25
		Third place

		1 September 2013

		Elverum Håndball	32

		KRAS/Volendam	24

Semifinals

31 August 2013 14:00	F.C. Porto	29 – 28	Elverum Håndball	Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 1,460 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Davyes, Duarte 6	(13–13)	Toft 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

31 August 2013 16:30	H.C.M. Constanța	34 – 25	KRAS/Volendam	Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 530 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Şimicu 7	(19–14)	Adams 10
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 9× 1×

Third place game

1 September 2013 16:30	KRAS/Volendam	24 – 32	Elverum Håndball	Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 150 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Beemsterboer, Smits 4	(13–18)	Aanestad 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 8×

Final

1 September 2013 14:00	H.C.M. Constanța	22 – 26	F.C. Porto	Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 1,704 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Sadoveac 6	(9–12)	Spinola 9
	3× 9× 2×	Report	3× 9× 2×

Playoff

The winner advanced to the group stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Handball Esch	44–63	HK Drott	30–26	14–37

First leg

24 August 2013 18:00	Handball Esch	30 – 26	HK Drott	d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Kohl 10	(17–15)	Persson 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Second leg

31 August 2013 16:00	HK Drott	37 – 14	Handball Esch	Halmstad Arena, Halmstad Attendance: 1,185 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Persson 7	(19–8)	Kohl, Schmidt 3
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

HK Drott won 63–44 on aggregate.

Wildcard matches

The winners advanced to the group stage. The schedule and qualifying criteria were changed after Atlético Madrid withdrew.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Füchse Berlin	56–57	HSV Hamburg	30–30	26–27
HC Metalurg	45–39	SC Pick Szeged	26–16	19–23
Montpellier	52–55	Wisła Płock	29–27	23–28

Match 1

First leg

28 August 2013 19:00	HC Metalurg	26 – 16	SC Pick Szeged	Avtokomanda, Skopje Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Manaskov 6	(13–11)	Ancsin 5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6×

Second leg

1 September 2013 19:00	SC Pick Szeged	23 – 19	HC Metalurg	Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Šulc 7	(11–7)	Atman 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

HC Metalurg won 45–39 on aggregate.

Match 2

First leg

29 August 2013 19:00	Montpellier	29 – 27	Wisła Płock	Arena Montpellier, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Accambray 8	(11–15)	Ghionea 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Second leg

1 September 2013 16:00	Wisła Płock	28 – 23	Montpellier	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Ghionea 8	(13–10)	Guigou 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Wisła Płock won 55–52 on aggregate.

Match 3

A draw decided that Berlin played the first leg at home.^[5]

First leg

21 August 2013 19:00	Füchse Berlin	30 – 30	HSV Hamburg	Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin Attendance: 7,128 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Horák, Igropulo 6	(18–15)	Lindberg 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Second leg

23 August 2013 19:00	HSV Hamburg	27 – 26	Füchse Berlin	O² World, Hamburg Attendance: 6,220 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Pfahl 6	(10–14)	Petersen 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

HSV Hamburg won 57–56 on aggregate.

References

^ "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.
^ "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Qualification tournaments organisers announced". ehfcl.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
^ "New format announced for wild card qualification". ehfcl.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "Berlin to host the first leg of the Wild Card KO match". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.

External links

Official website

[1] "Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-21.

[2] "Qualification groups determined". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-27.

[Hosts-3] "Qualification tournaments organisers announced". ehfcl.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

[4] "New format announced for wild card qualification". ehfcl.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[5] "Berlin to host the first leg of the Wild Card KO match". ehfcl.com. 2013-06-28.

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