| EHF Champions League | |
| Year: | 2013–14 |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Teams: | 38 (Qualification stage) 24 (Group phase) 16 (Knockout stage) |
| Runners-Up1: | THW Kiel |
| Matches: | 148 |
| Goals: | 8338 |
| Top Scorer: |  Momir Ilić(103 goals) |
| Previous: | 2012–13 |
| Next: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 VELUX EHF Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 21st edition under the current EHF Champions League format. HSV Hamburg was the defending champion. The VELUX EHF FINAL4 was played on 31 May–1 June at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.[1]
SG Flensburg-Handewitt won the title for the first time after defeating THW Kiel 30–28 in the final.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[2]
| Group stage | ||||
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| THW Kiel (1st) |  Paris Saint-Germain (1st) |  Gorenje (1st) | Wacker Thun (1st) | |
| Flensburg (2nd) | Dunkerque (2nd) | Celje (2nd) | Zagreb (1st) | |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen (3rd) | Aalborg (1st) |  St. Petersburg (2nd) |  Vive Targi Kielce (1st) | |
 Barcelona (1st) | KIF Kolding (2nd) |  MKB-MVM Veszprém (1st) |  Vardar (1st) | |
| Logroño (3rd) | ||||
| Qualifying | ||||
| Qualification tournament | Wild card tournament | |||
 HCM Constanța (1st) |  Elverum (1st) | KRAS/Volendam (1st) | Füchse Berlin (4th) | |
| Porto (1st) |  Dinamo-Minsk (1st) |  Handball Esch (1st) | HSV Hamburgth (5th) | |
 HK Drott (1st) | AEK Athens (1st) | Montpellier (3rd) | ||
| Vojvodina (1st) |  Alpla HC Hard (1st) | Pick Szeged (2nd) | ||
 Motor Zaporizhzhia (1st) |  Tatran Prešov (1st) | Wisła Płock (2nd) | ||
 Borac Banja Luka (1st) |  Beşiktaş (1st) | Metalurg (2nd) | ||
See main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying.
Fourteen teams took part in the qualification tournaments. Twelve were drawn into three groups of four teams, where they played a semifinal and a final or third place match, while the remaining two teams played a two-legged playoff match. The winners of the qualification tournaments and of the play-off qualified for the group stage, while the eliminated teams were transferred to the 2013–14 EHF Cup. The draw took place on 27 June 2013, at 14:00 local time, in Vienna, Austria.[3] [4] Matches were played on 31 August and 1 September 2013.
| width=15% | Pot 1 | width=15% | Pot 2 | width=15% | Pot 3 | width=15% | Pot 4 |
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| Dinamo-Minsk Borac Banja Luka HCM Constanța | Vojvodina Tatran Prešov Porto | Alpla HC Hard Elverum Beşiktaş | Motor Zaporizhzhia AEK Athens KRAS/Volendam |
This qualification tournament was hosted in Prešov, Slovakia, at the home venue of Tatran Prešov.
This qualification tournament was hosted in Novi Sad, Serbia, at the home venue of Vojvodina.
This qualification tournament was hosted in Porto, Portugal, at the home venue of Porto.
The winner qualified for the group stage and the losing team entered the 2013–14 EHF Cup second round.|}
The winners qualified for the group stage and the losing teams entered the 2013–14 EHF Cup third round.
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See main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League group stage.
The draw for the group stage took place at the Gloriette in Vienna on 28 June 2013 at 20:15 local time. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into six pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except the wild card tournament winner, which did not enjoy any protection.[5]
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See main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League knockout stage.
The draw was held on 25 February 2014 at 12:00 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 20–23 March, and the second legs on 29–31 March 2014.[6] [7]
| width=15% | Pot 1 | width=15% | Pot 2 | width=15% | Pot 3 | width=15% | Pot 4 |
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| MKB-MVM Veszprém THW Kiel BarcelonaHSV Hamburg | Rhein-Neckar Löwen KIF Kolding Paris Saint-GermainFlensburg | RK Celje Vive Targi Kielce Metalurg Skopje Gorenje | Motor Zaporizhzhia Wisła Płock Vardar Aalborg |
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The draw was held on 1 April 2014 at 12:15 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 19–21 April, and the second legs on 26–27 April 2014.[8] [9]
| width=175 | Pot 1 | width=175 | Pot 2 |
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| MKB-MVM Veszprém | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
| THW Kiel | Metalurg Skopje | ||
| Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Vardar | Flensburg |
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The draw was held on 29 April 2014.[10]
The All-star team of the Champions League 2013/14[11] [12]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Niklas Landin Jacobsen (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) |
| Right wing | Luc Abalo (Paris Saint-Germain) |
| Right back | Kiril Lazarov (Barcelona) |
| Centre back | Mikkel Hansen (Paris Saint-Germain) |
| Left back | Momir Ilić (MKB-MVM Veszprém) |
| Left wing | Timur Dibirov (RK Vardar) |
| Pivot | Renato Sulić (MKB-MVM Veszprém) |
 Aron Palmarsson (THW Kiel) | |
| Best defender | Timuzsin Schuch (MKB-MVM Veszprém) |