In the present format, the tournament began in early September with three knockout qualifying rounds, which concluded by late November.

[2] The final tournament was won by Hungarian side Pick Szeged.

[1] The list of bidders consists of five clubs participating in the 2013–14 EHF Cup and two external stakeholders.

[1] 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.

The draw of the EHF Cup group phase was carried out on 5 December 2013 in Vienna, Austria.

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):[18] If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots.

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.