2013–14 EHF Champions League qualifying explained

See main article: 2013–14 EHF Champions League. 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.

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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]

Semifinals

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Final

Qualification tournament 2

RK Vojvodina organized the tournament.

Semifinals

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Final

Qualification tournament 3

F.C. Porto organized the tournament.

Semifinals

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Final

Playoff

The winner advanced to the group stage.

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Second leg

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]

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Match 1

Second leg

HC Metalurg won 45–39 on aggregate.

Match 2

Second leg

Wisła Płock won 55–52 on aggregate.

Match 3

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

Second leg

HSV Hamburg won 57–56 on aggregate.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pots for the Qualification and the Group Phase draw confirmed. 2013-06-21. ehfcl.com.
  2. Web site: Qualification groups determined. 2013-06-27. ehfcl.com.
  3. Web site: Qualification tournaments organisers announced . ehfcl.com . 10 July 2013 . 14 July 2013.
  4. Web site: New format announced for wild card qualification . ehfcl.com . 16 July 2013 . 21 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Berlin to host the first leg of the Wild Card KO match. 2013-06-28. ehfcl.com.