The 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League was the 20th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Budućnost Podgorica was title holder, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC in past season's final.
Győri redeemed themselves by winning this season's edition. They defeated Larvik HK 47–43 in the final.
Overview
Format
A few changes had been made in the competition's format. The first qualifying tournament has been deleted. As past season the second qualifying tournament was played under a final four format. A Wild Card Tournament with three teams was organized, the winner were qualified for the Group Phase. In addition, a knock-out match between one team from Pot 1 of the QT2 and a team from Pot 2 of the QT2 was played. The winner also qualified for the Group Phase.
Team allocation 28 teams from 19 federations participated to the Women's Champions League this season. Places were distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which took into account the performances in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2010–11.
Group matches Hypo Niederösterreich RK Podravka Koprivnica Randers HK Thüringer HC Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Dinamo Volgograd Krim Ljubljana IK SävehofWild Card Tournament WinnerWQT1WQT2WQT3Knock-out game winnerQualification Tournament Viborg HK Buxtehuder SV FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Metalurg SERCODAK Dalfsen Byåsen HE Vistal Łączpol Gdynia Universitatea Cluj Rostov-Don RK Zaječar IUVENTA Michalovce Balonmano Bera-Bera LC Brühl Muratpaşa BSKWild Card Tournament Issy-Paris Hand Zvezda Zvenigorod HC Leipzig th Title Holder
Round and draw dates The draws will be held in Vienna, Austria and Herzogenaurach, Germany. PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingQualification Tournament 23 July 201222–23 September 2012Wild Card Tournament22–23 September 2012Group stageMatchday 16 July 201213–14 October 2012Matchday 220–21 October 2012Matchday 327–28 October 2012Matchday 43–4 November 2012Matchday 510–11 November 2012Matchday 617–18 November 2012Main roundMatchday 120 November 20122–3 February 2013Matchday 29–10 February 2013Matchday 316–17 February 2013Matchday 42–3 March 2013Matchday 59–10 March 2013Matchday 616–17 March 2013Knockout phaseSemifinals—6–7 April 201313–14 April 2013Finals16 April 20134–5 May 201311–12 May 2013
Qualification stage
Qualification tournament A total of 14 teams took part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs were drawn into three groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs went to the EHF Cup. Matches were played at 8–9 September 2011. The draw took place on 3 July, at 11:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.
Seedings The two remaining teams from Pot 1 and 4 played a knock-out match, the winner went into the group stage. The draw was held on 3 July 2012.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Byåsen HE FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Universitatea Cluj Viborg HK Balonmano Bera-Bera Rostov-Don Buxtehuder SV Vistal Łączpol Gdynia SERCODAK Dalfsen RK Zaječar ŽRK Metalurg Muratpaşa BSK IUVENTA Michalovce LC Brühl
Qualification tournament 1 Viborg HK organized the event.
Qualification tournament 2 Byåsen HE organized the event.
Qualification tournament 3 Universitatea Cluj organized the event.
Play-off
Wild card tournament Issy-Paris Hand organized the event.
Group matches
The draw of the group matches was held on 6 July at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of sixteen teams were concerned in the process, to be divided into four pots of four. Teams were divided into four pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except the wild card tournament winner, which did not enjoy any protection.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Larvik HK CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Randers HK Thüringer HC Dinamo Volgograd Krim Ljubljana Hypo Niederösterreich RK Podravka Koprivnica IK Sävehof Zvezda Zvenigorod Viborg HK Buxtehuder SV Universitatea Cluj FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round
The draw of the group matches was held on 20 November at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna. A total of eight teams were concerned in the process, to be divided into two pots of four. Teams were divided into two pots, based on EHF coefficients. Clubs from the same pot or group could not be drawn into the same group.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2 CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Győri Audi ETO KC Larvik HK Zvezda Zvenigorod Randers HK Krim Ljubljana FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
Group 1
Group 2
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Final
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Ferencváros 95 2 Vâlcea 90 3 Budućnost 86 4 Győr 79 Larvik 6 Larvik 71 7 Győr 67 Zvenigorod 9 Randers 66 10 Ferencváros 65
Excluding qualifying roundsTop scorers
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