the 2013–14 rugby-bundesliga was the 43rd edition of this competition and the 94th edition of the german rugby union championship. in the rugby-bundesliga, twenty-four teams played in, initially, four regional divisions, the first stage of the competition, followed by a championship round of sixteen clubs and, finally, the play-offs consisting of twelve teams. the season started on 24 august 2013 and finished with the championship final on 21 june 2014 in pforzheim, interrupted by a winter break from 8 december to 22 february. the regular season finished on 19 april and the play-offs started on 3 may, with the german championship final held on 21 june 2014, which was contested between tv pforzheim and heidelberger rk. heidelberg won its fifth consecutive national championship when it defeated pforzheim 43–20 in the final.