2013–14 EHF Cup

International handball tournament July 2024 EHF Cup 2013–14 Max-schmeling-halle berlin.jpg The Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, venue of the Final four tournament Handball 7 September 2013 18 May 2014 63 (qualification stage)16 (group stage)7 (knockout stage) HUN Pick Szeged (1st title) FRA Montpellier AHB 58 3249 SVN Dragan Gajić (72 goals) 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 EHF Cup was the 33rd edition of the EHF Cup and the second edition since the merger of the EHF Cup with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In the present format, the tournament began in early September with three knockout qualifying rounds, which concluded by late November. The 16 surviving teams were then allocated into four groups of four, where teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four group winners and four runners-up qualified to the quarter-finals, with each of the quarter-final winners proceeding to the Final 4 tournament played in May 2014. http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2013-14/article/17686/Seven+organisers+bid+for+the+EHF+Cup+Finals Seven organisers bid for the EHF Cup Finals European Handball Federation official website 13 September 2013 12 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131014013037/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2013-14/article/17686/Seven+organisers+bid+for+the+EHF+Cup+Finals 14 October 2013 dead However, because the hosts of the Final 4 tournament, Füchse Berlin, finished the group stage among the group winners, they have clinched the direct ticket to the final weekend and decided that only three quarter-finals were played for the remaining spots in the final tournament as only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. The final tournament was won by Hungarian side Pick Szeged. Bids for the Final 4 venue There were a total of seven bids submitted to the EHF for hosting the 2013–14 EHF Cup final four tournament that will take place in May 2014. The list of bidders consists of five clubs participating in the 2013–14 EHF Cup and two external stakeholders. In order to host the final four tournament a venue must fulfill a set of criteria that reflects the nature of a high-profile international club event such as the EHF Cup Finals. The decision who will host the tournament was decided by the EHF and its marketing arm EHF Marketing GmbH. On 5 December 2013 in Vienna, Austria the EHF President Jean Brihault signed an official contract with Füchse Berlin's manager Bob Henning for organization of the final four tournament, which will take place between 17 and 18 May 2014. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/18175 Official contract for EHF Cup Finals signed European Handball Federation official website 5 December 2013 8 December 2013 The four games of the finals will be organized in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in the German capital Berlin. The German organizers expect at least 10,000 people for each day of the final weekend. Final four venue Host TeamVenueCityCapacityAEK AthensOlympic HallAthens, Greece18,500Meshkov BrestMinsk ArenaMinsk, Belarus15,000MontpellierPark&Suites ArenaMontpellier, France9,000Füchse BerlinHostMax-Schmeling-HalleBerlin, Germany8,700Porsche ArenaStuttgart, Germany6,500London GDCopper Box ArenaLondon, United Kingdom6,000Coque ArenaLuxembourg, Luxembourg5,400 Overview Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2013-14/clubs 2013/14 list of participants europeancup.eurohandball.com 7 December 2013 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position ECL: Transferred from the EHF Champions League QS: Losers from the qualification tournaments WC: Losers from the wildcard matches Round 3GER TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (5th)SVK Tatran Prešov (ECL QS)AUT Alpla HC Hard (ECL QS)GER Füchse Berlin (ECL WC)ESP Ademar León (4th)GRE AEK Athens (ECL QS)ROU HCM Constanța (ECL QS)HUN Pick Szeged (ECL WC)DEN Aarhus (3rd)SRB Vojvodina (ECL QS)NOR Elverum (ECL QS)FRA Montpellier (ECL WC)Round 2ESP Aragón (5th)RUS Kaustik Volgograd (6th)POR Benfica (2nd)BLR SKA Minsk (2nd)FRA Chambéry (4th)HUN Csurgó (3rd)POR Sporting (3rd)GRE Diomidis Argous (2nd)FRA Nantes (5th)SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen (2nd)SWE IFK Kristianstad (2nd)LUX Handball Esch (ECL QS)DEN Skjern (4th)SUI Pfadi Winterthur (3rd)SWE Lugi HF (3rd)TUR Beşiktaş (ECL QS)DEN Mors-Thy (5th)CRO Nexe Našice (2nd)MKD Strumica (3rd)BIH Borac Banja Luka (ECL QS)SLO Maribor Branik (4th)CRO Poreč (3rd)SRB Partizan (2nd)NED KRAS/Volendam (ECL QS)RUS SKIF Krasnodar (3rd)ROU SMD Bacău (2nd)UKR Portovik (2nd)RUS GK Permskie Medvedi (4th)ROU Caraș Severin Reșița (3rd)NOR ØIF Arendal (2nd)Round 1HUN Tatabánya (4th)ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)LUX Handball Käerjeng (2nd)EST Põlva Serviti (1st)SUI TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen (4th)ISR Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd)MNE Lovćen (1st)BUL HC Dobrudja (1st)NOR Fyllingen Håndball (3rd)SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec (2nd)ISL Haukar (1st)Kosovo Prishtina (1st)BLR Meshkov Brest (3rd)TUR Ankaraspor (2nd)CZE Ronal Jičín (1st)GBR London GD (1st)AUT Bregenz (2nd)NED OCI-Lions (2nd)BEL HC Achilles Bocholt (CW)LTU Dragūnas Klaipėda (1st) Qualification stage Round 1 Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Highlighted teams qualified into the second round. Meshkov Brest BLR 59–43 Maccabi Rishon LeZion ISR 25–19 34–24A 1 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 57–52 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen SWI 29–21 28–31 OCI-Lions NED 51–66 Haukar ISL 33–36B 1 18–30 Ronal Jičín CZE 72–30 HC Dobrudja BUL 35–15 37–15C 1 Handball Käerjeng LUX 56–57 Dragūnas Klaipėda LTU 30–30 26–27 Tatabánya HUN 65–52 HC Achilles Bocholt BEL 30–22 35–30 London GD GBR 32–82 Ankaraspor TUR 14–44D 1 18–38 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 67–64 Lovćen MNE 37–35 30–29E 1 Põlva Serviti EST 49–62 Fyllingen Håndball NOR 27–30 22–32 Prishtina Kosovo 50–63 Bregenz AUT 22–28 28–35 Notes A 1 1 The second leg match between Meshkov Brest and Maccabi Rishon LeZion was played in Brest, Belarus, with Maccabi Rishon LeZion being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/1/002/HC+Meshkov+Brest+-+Maccabi+Rishon-Lezion Maccabi Rishon Lezion vs Meshkov Brest European Handball Federation official website 8 September 2013 12 October 2013 B 2 1 The first leg match between OCI-Lions and Haukar was played in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, with OCI-Lions being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/1/005/OCI-Lions+-+Haukar OCI-Lions vs Haukar European Handball Federation official website 13 September 2013 12 October 2013 C 3 1 The second leg match between Ronal Jičín and Dobrudja was played in Jičín, Czech Republic, with Dobrudja being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/1/008/HBC+Ronal+Jicin+-+HC+Dobrudja Dobrudja vs Ronal Jicin European Handball Federation official website 8 September 2013 12 October 2013 D 4 1 The first leg match between London GD and Ankaraspor was played in Ankara, Turkey, with London GD being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/1/013/London+GD+Handball+Club+-+B.B.+Ankara+Spor London GD vs Ankaraspor European Handball Federation official website 14 September 2013 12 October 2013 E 5 1 The second leg match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Lovćen was played in Ra'anana, Israel, with Lovćen being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/1/016/Maccabi+%22Tyrec%22+Tel+Aviv+-+HC+Lovcen+Cetinje Lovcen vs Maccabi Tel Aviv European Handball Federation official website 17 September 2013 12 October 2013 Round 2 Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Some teams agreed to play both matches in the same venue. Highlighted teams qualified into the third round. IFK Kristianstad SWE 62–47 Handball Esch LUX 32–19 30–28 Csurgói HUN 58–52 Aragón ESP 30–27 28–25 Kaustik Volgograd RUS 57–54 Caraș Severin Reșița ROM 31–26 26–28F 1 Beşiktaş TUR 59–56 Pfadi Winterthur SWI 29–29 30–27 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 63–49 Borac Banja Luka BIH 36–23 27–26G 1 Ronal Jičín CZE 42–67 Skjern DEN 21–38 21–29 Permskie Medvedi RUS 51–59 Meshkov Brest BLR 26–30 25–29 Nexe Našice CRO 54–53 Diomidis Argous GRE 26–22 28–31 Lugi HF SWE 51–47 Tatabánya HUN 27–27 24–20 SMD Bacău ROM 65–49 Dragūnas Klaipėda LTU 36–21 29–28 SKIF Krasnodar RUS 47–58 Poreč CRO 25–29 22–29 Benfica POR 68–41 Haukar ISL 34–19 34-22 Chambéry FRA 66–46 Ankaraspor TUR 34–26 32–20H 1 Kadetten Schaffhausen SWI 66–54 Portovik UKR 33–28 33–26I 1 Mors-Thy DEN 54–45 Fyllingen Håndball NOR 26–18 28–27 SKA Minsk BLR 53–55 ØIF Arendal NOR 27–30J 1 26–25 Sporting POR 65–50 KRAS/Volendam NED 30–18 35–32 Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 49–56 Strumica MKD 26–26 23–30 Partizan SRB 39–50 Nantes FRA 15–22 24–28 Bregenz AUT 49–62 Maribor Branik SLO 26–25 23–37 Notes F 6 1 The second leg match between Kaustik Volgograd and Caraș Severin Reșița was played in Volgograd, Russia, with Caraș Severin Reșița being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/2/006/HC+Kaustik+-+HC+Caras+Severin Caras Severin vs Kaustik European Handball Federation official website 13 October 2013 G 7 1 The second leg match between Sporta Hlohovec and Borac was played in Hlohovec, Slovakia, with Borac being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/2/010/HC+Sporta+Hlohovec+-+RK+Borac+m%3atel+Banja+Luka Sporta Hlohovec vs Borac European Handball Federation official website 14 October 2013 H 8 1 The second leg match between Chambéry Savoie and Ankaraspor was played in Chambéry, France, with Ankaraspor being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/2/026/Chambery+Savoie+Handball+-+B.B.+Ankara+Spor Ankaraspor vs Chambery European Handball Federation official website 13 October 2013 I 9 1 The second leg match between Kadetten Schaffhausen and Portovik was played in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with Portovik being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/2/028/Kadetten+Schaffhausen+-+HC+Portovik Portovik vs Kadetten Schaffhausen European Handball Federation official website 13 October 2013 J 10 1 The first leg match between SKA Minsk and ØIF Arendal was played in Arendal, Norway, with SKA Minsk being the official hosts. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2013-14/match/2/031/SKA+Minsk+-+OIF+Arendal SKA Minsk vs OIF Arendal European Handball Federation official website 13 October 2013 Round 3 Before the draw, which took place on 22 October 2013 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, 32 teams from 20 countries were divided into two pots without the country protection rule, meaning that two teams from the same country could face each other. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/017909/Seeding+for+the+EHF+Cup+Qualification+Round+3+draw Seeding for the EHF Cup Qualification Round 3 draw European Handball Federation official website 21 October 2013 22 October 2013 The first legs were played on 23–24 November and the second legs one week later. Teams listed first played the first leg at home. Highlighted teams qualified into the group stage. ØIF Arendal NOR 47–52 HC Sporta Hlohovec SVK 20–26 27–26 Füchse Berlin GER 43–40 Meshkov Brest BLR 22–20 21–20 Chambéry FRA 56–55 Alpla HC Hard AUT 31-30 25–25 Mors-Thy DEN 52–59 HCM Constanța ROM 26–27 26–32 Poreč CRO 49–54 Sporting POR 24–24 25–30 Aarhus DEN 53–59 Strumica MKD 29–26 24–33 Skjern DEN 55–42 Vojvodina SRB 31–24 24–18 Nantes FRA 52–44 Elverum NOR 28–21 24–23 Benfica POR 49–56 Pick Szeged HUN 24–25 25–31 Beşiktaş TUR 54–65 Csurgói HUN 29–31 25–34 IFK Kristianstad SWE 63–52 SMD Bacău ROM 40–25 23–27 Nexe Našice CRO 62–62 (a) Ademar León ESP 34–29 28–33 Kadetten Schaffhausen SWI 55–69 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf GER 28–28 27–41 Tatran Prešov SVK 62–56 Maribor Branik SLO 34–26 28–30 Kaustik Volgograd RUS 55–73 Montpellier FRA 26–38 29–35 AEK Athens GRE 45–49 Lugi HF SWE 22–24 23–25 Group stage Europe 500 right Location of teams of the 2013–14 EHF Cup group stage.8px Red: Group A; 8px Blue: Group B; 8px Green: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D. Europe 52.366667 9.716667 Hannover bottom Europe 46.255 20.145 Szeged right Green_pog.svg Europe 43.6119 3.8772 Montpellier left Blue_pog.svg Europe 52.516667 13.383333 Füchse Berlin right Yellow_pog.svg Europe 42.605556 -5.57 Ademar León bottom Europe 49.001667 21.239444 Tatran Prešov right Green_pog.svg Europe 55.95 8.5 Skjern left Blue_pog.svg Europe 44.173333 28.638333 Constanța left Yellow_pog.svg Europe 55.7 13.2 Lugi HF bottom Europe 47.2181 -1.5528 Nantes right Green_pog.svg Europe 41.433333 22.633333 Strumica right Blue_pog.svg Europe 45.57 5.9118 Chambéry top Yellow_pog.svg Europe 46.266667 17.1 Csurgó left Europe 56.029444 14.156667 Kristianstad right Green_pog.svg Europe 38.713811 -9.139386 Sporting right Blue_pog.svg Europe 48.433333 17.803333 Hlohovec left Yellow_pog.svg Draw and format The draw of the EHF Cup group phase was carried out on 5 December 2013 in Vienna, Austria. The teams were positioned into four pots, with the country protection rule applied: two clubs from the same country may not face each other in the same group. http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2013-14/article/18174/Statements+from+the+EHF+Cup+Group+Phase+draw Statements from the EHF Cup Group Phase draw European Handball Federation official website 5 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131209220428/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2013-14/article/18174/Statements+from+the+EHF+Cup+Group+Phase+draw 9 December 2013 dead The group stage features 16 teams, which were allocated four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 8–9 February, 15–16 February, 22–23 February, 15–16 March, 22–23 March, and 29–30 March 2014. The top two teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals, which were scheduled in April 2013. http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2013-14/article/18173/Foxes+go+hunting+in+Romania%2C+France+and+Slovakia+after+group+phase+draw Foxes go hunting in Romania, France and Slovakia after group phase draw European Handball Federation official website 5 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131212054117/http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/men/2013-14/article/18173/Foxes+go+hunting+in+Romania%2C+France+and+Slovakia+after+group+phase+draw 12 December 2013 dead If Füchse Berlin, as the organiser of the Final 4 tournament, win their group or finish among top three second-ranked teams, they will receive a direct qualification to the Final 4 tournament. If the German side wins their group then the other three group winners and the three best second ranked team will qualify for the quarter-finals. If the Germans finish among the top three second-ranked teams, the quarter-finals will consist of four group winners and two best second-ranked teams. If Füchse Berlin finish as the worst second-ranked team, they will have to play the quarter-final match. Should the German club rank on the third or fourth position in their group, they will be out of the competition, but they will still organize the Final 4 tournament. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order): http://ebook.eurohandball.com/2012-regulations-EHFCUPM/EHFCUPM/2012_13Regulations270812DRAFT.pdf Regulations 21 European Handball Federation official website 11 February 2013 number of points in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved; greater number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly involved; goal difference in all matches of the group; greater number of plus goals in all matches of the group; If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 HUN Pick Szeged SVK Tatran Prešov SWE Lugi HF SWE IFK Kristianstad FRA Montpellier DEN Skjern FRA Chambéry HUN Csurgó GER Füchse Berlin ROU Constanța FRA Nantes SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec GER Hannover ESP Ademar León MKD Strumica POR Sporting Key to colours in group tables Teams that have qualified to the next phase of the competition Group A main WDL Q 2 n LHF SWE Lugi HF ADE ESP Ademar León CSK HUN Csurgó HAN GER TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 3 1 2 171 169 2 2 2 173 164 3 0 3 163 160 2 1 3 168 182 green1 A y noflag 27–26 28–32 27–26 30–30 32–27 28–19 32–28 30–30 28–26 36–28 31–27 25–22 complete Group B main WDL Q 2 n MON FRA Montpellier SPO POR Sporting SKJ DEN Skjern STR MKD Strumica 6 0 0 192 147 4 0 2 195 165 2 0 4 156 158 0 0 6 130 203 green1 A A y noflag 27–25 41–22 36–31 23–26 31–20> 25–32 19–32 23–24 24–36 27–30 30–28 39–22 complete Group C main WDL Q 2 n SZE HUN Pick Szeged NAN FRA Nantes TAT SVK Tatran Prešov IFK SWE IFK Kristianstad 5 0 1 174 159 4 0 2 176 154 2 0 4 181 198 1 0 5 151 171 green1 A A y noflag 37–31 28–27 29–18 29–31 30–29 37–30 31–23 37–27 25–23 23–26 34–27 23–27 complete Group D main WDL Q 2 n BER GER Füchse Berlin CON ROU Constanța CHA FRA Chambéry HLO SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec 4 2 0 181 164 3 2 1 173 160 2 2 2 162 158 0 0 6 147 181 Füchse Berlin finished the group stage among the group winners and has qualified directly to the final four tournament. green1 A A y noflag 28–26 30–27 34–28 31–31 29–25 31–22 25–25 29–29 27–21 27–33 25–27 24–29 complete Ranking of the second-placed teams The ranking of the second-placed teams is carried out on the basis of the team's results in the group stage. Because the German side Füchse Berlin, the organizers of the Final 4 tournament, finished on top of their group they qualified directly to the final tournament and only the top three second-placed teams qualified to the quarter-finals. main WDL Q 2 n y y SPO B POR Sporting NAN C FRA Nantes CON D ROM Constanța ADE A ESP Ademar León 4 0 2 195 165 4 0 2 176 154 3 2 1 173 160 2 2 2 173 164 #ccffcc A A A complete Knockout stage 2013–14 EHF Cup knockout stage Quarter-finals Draw and format Because the hosts of the Final 4 tournament, Füchse Berlin, finished the group stage among the group winners, they have clinched the direct ticket to the final weekend and decided that only three quarter-finals will be played for the remaining spots in the final tournament.http://www.eurohandball.com/article/018895/Pots+for+the+EHF+Cup+Quarter-final+draw+confirmed Pots for the EHF Cup Quarter-final draw confirmed 30 March 2014 2 April 2014 EHF official website The draw of the EHF Cup quarter-finals was carried out on Tuesday 1 April 2014 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.http://www.eurohandball.com/article/018927/Montpellier+face+Nantes+in+all-French+quarter-final Montpellier face Nantes in all-French quarter-final 1 April 2014 2 April 2014 EHF official website Six teams were positioned into two pots with the country protection rule not applied: two clubs from the same country could face each other in the quarter-finals. However, teams from the same group cannot face each other in the quarter-finals. The first pot contained the three group winners and the second pot contained the top three second-placed teams. In the quarter-finals, teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, with the teams from second pot playing the first leg at home. The first leg matches were played over 19–21 April, and the second leg matches were played over 26–27 April. auto Pot 1 SWE Lugi HF FRA Montpellier HUN Pick Szeged Pot 2 POR Sporting FRA HBC Nantes ROM Constanța Constanța ROM 59–55 Lugi HF SWE 31–21 28–34 1 Sporting POR 51–56 Pick Szeged HUN 29–27 22–28 2 HBC Nantes FRA 49–59 Montpellier FRA 25–26 24–33 2 Final four The tournament was played at the 8,700 capacity Max-Schmeling-Halle in the German capital Berlin, the home of Füchse Berlin. 17 May ROM Constanța 32 FRA Montpellier 36 17 May GER Füchse Berlin 22 HUN Pick Szeged 24 18 May FRA Montpellier 28 HUN Pick Szeged 29 18 May ROM Constanța 28 GER Füchse Berlin 29 Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 SLO Dragan Gajić FRA Montpellier72 2 ROM Alexandru Șimicu ROM Constanța 66 3 POR Pedro Portela POR Sporting604 HUN Zsolt Balogh HUN Pick Szeged 57 5 ROM Alexandru Csepreghi ROM Constanța52 6 SWE Jonas Erik Larholm HUN Pick Szeged497 POR Pedro Solha POR Sporting48 ROM Laurențiu Toma ROM Constanța489 SLO Jure Dolenec FRA Montpellier45 10 ESP Jorge Maqueda-Peño FRA Nantes43 See also 2013–14 EHF Champions League 2013–14 EHF Challenge Cup References General http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ehfc/men/2013-14/ 2013–14 EHF Cup statistics and results EHF official website 12 October 2013 Specific Cup Cup Category:EHF Cup seasons