2013–14 EHF Champions League knockout stage

This page describes the knockout stage of the 2013–14 EHF Champions League.

Last 16

The draw was held on 25 February 2014 at 12:00 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs will be played on 20–23 March, and the second legs on 29–31 March 2014.^[1]^[2]

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
MKB-MVM Veszprém THW Kiel Barcelona HSV Hamburg	Rhein-Neckar Löwen KIF Kolding Paris Saint-Germain Flensburg	Celje Vive Targi Kielce Metalurg Skopje Gorenje	Motor Zaporizhzhia Wisła Płock Vardar Aalborg

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motor Zaporizhzhia	56–71	THW Kiel	28–31	28–40
Aalborg	42–60	Barcelona	22–29	20–31
Vardar	58–57	HSV Hamburg	28–28	30–29
Wisła Płock	60–64	MKB-MVM Veszprém	34–33	26–31
Gorenje	55–62	Paris Saint-Germain	30–28	25–34
Ceje	53–55	Flensburg	26–25	27–30
Metalurg Skopje	53–43	KIF Kolding	23–17	30–26
Vive Targi Kielce	55–55	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	32–28	23–27

First leg

20 March 2014 19:15	Motor Zaporizhzhia	28–31	THW Kiel	Széchenyi István Egyetem Arena, Györ^[3]^[4] Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Aflitulin 6	(14–16)	Jícha, Vujin 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

22 March 2014 16:10	Vive Targi Kielce	32–28	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Hala Legionów, Kielce Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Lijewski 9	(17–13)	Groetzki 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

22 March 2014 18:00	Vardar	28–28	HSV Hamburg	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,400 Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (HUN)
	Dibirov 9	(14–16)	Schröder 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

22 March 2014 20:30	Gorenje	30–28	Paris Saint-Germain	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
	Šoštarič 9	(16–13)	Melić 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

23 March 2014 15:00	Aalborg	22–29	Barcelona	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 4,666 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Slundt 6	(13–15)	three players 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

23 March 2014 16:55	Metalurg Skopje	23–17	KIF Kolding	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,963 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Vugrinec 13	(14–9)	Laen 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

23 March 2014 19:00	Wisła Płock	34–33	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 5,467 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Ghionea 7	(16–16)	Ilić, Sulić 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

23 March 2014 19:15	Celje	26–25	Flensburg	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Zelenović 8	(13–12)	Glandorf 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Second leg

29 March 2014 14:00	MKB-MVM Veszprém	31–26	Wisła Płock	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Ilić 7	(16–11)	four players 4
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Veszprém won 64–60 on aggregate.

29 March 2014 17:30	Flensburg	30–27	Celje	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 4,027 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	three players 6	(15–14)	Marguč 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Flensburg won 55–53 on aggregate.

29 March 2014 20:30	Barcelona	31–20	Aalborg	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 2,514 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Lazarov 6	(16–11)	Larsen, Tvedten 4
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Barcelona won 60–42 on aggregate.

30 March 2014 16:45	KIF Kolding	26–30	Metalurg Skopje	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 2,857 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Rocas, Spellerberg 5	(13–15)	Vugrinec 10
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

Metalurg won 53–43 on aggregate.

30 March 2014 17:00	Paris Saint-Germain	34–25	Gorenje	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 2,750 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Gunnarsson, Hansen 7	(17–17)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Paris won 62–55 on aggregate.

30 March 2014 17:15	THW Kiel	40–28	Motor Zaporizhzhia	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Jícha 6	(20–13)	Onufryienko 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Kiel won 71–56 on aggregate.

30 March 2014 18:45	HSV Hamburg	29–30	Vardar	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg Attendance: 2,904 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Duvnjak, Schröder 7	(15–17)	Karačić 8
	3× 2×	Report

Vardar won 58–57 on aggregate.

31 March 2014 19:00	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	27–23	Vive Targi Kielce	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 8,805 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Groetzki, Sigurmannsson 5	(16–14)	Jurecki 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

55–55 on aggregate. Rhein-Neckar Löwen won on away goals.

Quarterfinals

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.^[5]^[6]

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2
MKB-MVM Veszprém	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
THW Kiel	Metalurg Skopje
Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain
Vardar	Flensburg

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	62–62	Barcelona	38–31	24–31
Flensburg	49–49	Vardar	24–22	25–27
Metalurg Skopje	47–65	THW Kiel	21–31	26–34
Paris Saint-Germain	52–59	MKB-MVM Veszprém	26–28	26–31

First leg

19 April 2014 16:30	Paris Saint-Germain	26–28	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	M'Tima 5	(14–12)	Nagy 9
	3×	Report	3× 4×

19 April 2014 18:30	Metalurg Skopje	21–31	THW Kiel	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,963 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Manaskov 6	(9–14)	Vujin 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

20 April 2014 19:15	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	38–31	Barcelona	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 12,900 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Gensheimer 14	(22–14)	Lazarov 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

21 April 2014 19:00	Flensburg	24–22	Vardar	Campushalle, Flensburg Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Eggert 6	(13–14)	Karačić 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Second leg

26 April 2014 16:00	MKB-MVM Veszprém	31–26	Paris Saint-Germain	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 5,019 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Ilić, Sulić 8	(12–12)	Hansen 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Veszprém won 52–59 on aggregate.

26 April 2014 17:00	Vardar	27–25	Flensburg	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,963 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Brumen 7	(10–15)	Eggert 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

49–49 on aggregate. Flensburg won on away goals.

26 April 2014 20:15	Barcelona	31–24	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona Attendance: 6,814 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Karabatić 7	(15–11)	Groetzki 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

62–62 on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals.

27 April 2014 14:15	THW Kiel	34–26	Metalurg Skopje	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Klein 8	(19–11)	Vugrinec 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	1× 7× 2×

Kiel won 65–47 on aggregate.

Final four

The draw was held on 29 April 2014.^[7]

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

31 May

Barcelona	39
		1 June
Flensburg (pen.)	41
		Flensburg	30
31 May
		THW Kiel	28
MKB-MVM Veszprém	26

THW Kiel	29
		Third place

		1 June

		Barcelona	26

		MKB-MVM Veszprém	25

Semifinals

31 May 2014 15:15	MKB-MVM Veszprém	26–29	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Ilić 5	(13–13)	Pálmarsson 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 6×

31 May 2014 18:00	Barcelona	39–41 (ET)	Flensburg	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lazarov, Tomás 6	(17–18)	Glandorf, Weinhold 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×
	FT: 32–32 ET: 4–4

Flensburg won the penalty shootout 5–3.

Third place game

1 June 2014 15:15	Barcelona	26–25	MKB-MVM Veszprém	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Rutenka 11	(9–10)	Ilić 7
	3×	Report	3× 3×

Final

1 June 2014 18:00	Flensburg	30–28	THW Kiel	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Eggert, Svan 7	(14–16)	Pálmarsson 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

References

^ "All pots for Last 16 draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2014.
^ "Hamburg vs Vardar, Löwen vs Kielce". ehfcl.com. 25 February 2014.
^ "EHF statement on European Cup matches taking place in Ukraine". eurohandball.com. 7 March 2014.
^ "Zaporozhye and Kiel to play in Hungary". eurohandball.com. 10 March 2014.
^ "Pots for the quarter-finals draw ready". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
^ "Barcelona to tame Lions, Kiel face Metalurg". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.
^ "Barcelona take on Flensburg, Veszprem meet Kiel". ehfcl.com. 29 April 2014.

External links

Official website

[1] "All pots for Last 16 draw confirmed". ehfcl.com. 23 February 2014.

[2] "Hamburg vs Vardar, Löwen vs Kielce". ehfcl.com. 25 February 2014.

[3] "EHF statement on European Cup matches taking place in Ukraine". eurohandball.com. 7 March 2014.

[4] "Zaporozhye and Kiel to play in Hungary". eurohandball.com. 10 March 2014.

[5] "Pots for the quarter-finals draw ready". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.

[6] "Barcelona to tame Lions, Kiel face Metalurg". ehfcl.com. 1 April 2014.

[7] "Barcelona take on Flensburg, Veszprem meet Kiel". ehfcl.com. 29 April 2014.

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