2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League

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.[1]

2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Dates22 September 2012 – 12 May 2013
Teams17 (qualification stage)
16 (group stage)
8 (Main round)
4 (knockout stage)
Final positions
ChampionsHungary Győri Audi ETO KC (1st title)
Runners-upNorway Larvik HK
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored4,012 (51.44 per match)
Attendance179,511 (2,301 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Zsuzsanna Tomori
(95 goals)

Győri redeemed themselves by winning this season's edition. They defeated Larvik HK 47–43 in the final.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Group matches
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica Denmark Randers HK Germany Thüringer HC
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica Norway Larvik HK Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Russia Dinamo Volgograd Slovenia Krim Ljubljana Sweden IK Sävehof Wild Card Tournament Winner
WQT1 WQT2 WQT3 Knock-out game winner
Qualification Tournament
Denmark Viborg HK Germany Buxtehuder SV Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen Norway Byåsen HE Poland Vistal Łączpol Gdynia Romania Universitatea Cluj
Russia Rostov-Don Serbia RK Zaječar Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce Spain Balonmano Bera-Bera
Switzerland LC Brühl Turkey Muratpaşa BSK
Wild Card Tournament
France Issy-Paris Hand Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod Germany HC Leipzig

th Title Holder

Round and draw dates

The draws will be held in Vienna, Austria and Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Qualification Tournament 2 3 July 2012 22–23 September 2012
Wild Card Tournament 22–23 September 2012
Group stage Matchday 1 6 July 2012 13–14 October 2012
Matchday 2 20–21 October 2012
Matchday 3 27–28 October 2012
Matchday 4 3–4 November 2012
Matchday 5 10–11 November 2012
Matchday 6 17–18 November 2012
Main round Matchday 1 20 November 2012 2–3 February 2013
Matchday 2 9–10 February 2013
Matchday 3 16–17 February 2013
Matchday 4 2–3 March 2013
Matchday 5 9–10 March 2013
Matchday 6 16–17 March 2013
Knockout phase Semifinals — 6–7 April 2013 13–14 April 2013
Finals 16 April 2013 4–5 May 2013 11–12 May 2013

Qualification stage
Main article: 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League qualifying

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.[5]

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.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Norway Byåsen HE
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Romania Universitatea Cluj
Denmark Viborg HK		 Spain Balonmano Bera-Bera
Russia Rostov-Don
Germany Buxtehuder SV		 Poland Vistal Łączpol Gdynia
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen
Serbia RK Zaječar		 North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg
Turkey Muratpaşa BSK
Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce
Switzerland LC Brühl

Qualification tournament 1

Viborg HK organized the event.[6]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 September 2012
 
 
Denmark Viborg HK30
 
23 September 2012
 
Switzerland LC Brühl14
 
Denmark Viborg HK26
 
22 September 2012
 
Poland Vistal Łączpol Gdynia22
 
Spain Balonmano Bera-Bera22
 
 
Poland Vistal Łączpol Gdynia31
 
Third place
 
 
23 September 2012
 
 
Switzerland LC Brühl23
 
 
Spain Balonmano Bera-Bera33

Qualification tournament 2

Byåsen HE organized the event.[6]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 September 2012
 
 
Norway Byåsen HE29
 
23 September 2012
 
North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg19
 
Norway Byåsen HE22
 
22 September 2012
 
Germany Buxtehuder SV26
 
Germany Buxtehuder SV34
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen31
 
Third place
 
 
23 September 2012
 
 
North Macedonia ŽRK Metalurg34
 
 
Netherlands SERCODAK Dalfsen26

Qualification tournament 3

Universitatea Cluj organized the event.[6]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 September 2012
 
 
Romania Universitatea Cluj34
 
23 September 2012
 
Turkey Muratpaşa BSK26
 
Romania Universitatea Cluj23
 
22 September 2012
 
Russia Rostov-Don22
 
Russia Rostov-Don29
 
 
Serbia RK Zaječar28
 
Third place
 
 
23 September 2012
 
 
Turkey Muratpaşa BSK27
 
 
Serbia RK Zaječar35

Play-off

IUVENTA Michalovce and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria played a playoff series to determine a participant for the group stage.[6]

19 September 2012
18:00		 IUVENTA Michalovce Slovakia 26–40 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Chemkostav Arena, Chemkostav Arena
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Tobiášová 6 (10–15) Pena, Tomori 6
2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square
22 September 2012
18:00		 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Hungary 31–22 Slovakia IUVENTA Michalovce Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
Pena 6 (16–8) Wollingerová 5
3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria wins 71–48 on aggregate.

Wild card tournament

Issy-Paris Hand organized the event.[7]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod 2 2 0 0 52 41 +11 4
Germany HC Leipzig 2 1 0 1 42 42 0 2
France Issy-Paris Hand 2 0 0 2 36 47 −11 0
Source:

Group matches
Main article: 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League group stage and main round § Group matches
Location of teams of the 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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.[8][9]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
Norway Larvik HK
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea		 Denmark Randers HK
Germany Thüringer HC
Russia Dinamo Volgograd
Slovenia Krim Ljubljana		 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
Sweden IK Sävehof
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod		 Denmark Viborg HK
Germany Buxtehuder SV
Romania Universitatea Cluj
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSV RHK HYP BSV
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 6 0 0 170 129 +41 12 — 27–23 30–25 30–22
Denmark Randers HK 6 3 0 3 166 156 +10 6 20–24 — 29–20 36–26
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 6 3 0 3 156 153 +3 6 24–25 32–25 — 27–24
Germany Buxtehuder SV 6 0 0 6 134 188 −54 0 15–34 27–33 20–28 —
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC RKK KOP UJC
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 180 134 +46 12 — 29–22 24–19 37–26
Slovenia Krim Ljubljana 6 3 0 3 151 157 −6 6 20–31 — 28–22 28–27
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica 6 3 0 3 136 143 −7 6 22–29 25–22 — 28–21
Romania Universitatea Cluj 6 0 0 6 141 174 −33 0 25–30 23–31 19–20 —
Source:

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LHK FTC VOL IKS
Norway Larvik HK 6 5 0 1 197 156 +41 10 — 30–23 40–25 39–31
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 5 0 1 183 163 +20 10 28–24 — 30–28 31–28
Russia Dinamo Volgograd 6 1 0 5 157 200 −43 2 24–35 21–37 — 25–30
Sweden IK Sävehof 6 1 0 5 174 192 −18 2 25–29 32–34 28–34 —
Source:

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ZVE ŽRK THC VHK
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 5 0 1 154 142 +12 10 — 31–25 31–24 20–17
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 6 4 0 2 149 134 +15 8 29–21 — 23–15 26–23
Germany Thüringer HC 6 3 0 3 146 153 −7 6 20–23 24–20 — 34–30
Denmark Viborg HK 6 0 0 6 143 163 −20 0 27–28 20–26 26–29 —
Source:

Main round
Main article: 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League group stage and main round § 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.[10][11]

Seedings
Pot 1 Pot 2
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Norway Larvik HK
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod		 Denmark Randers HK
Slovenia Krim Ljubljana
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC LHK ŽRK RHK
Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 160 122 +38 12 — 30–24 27–17 32–24
Norway Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 146 133 +13 8 18–24 — 28–16 25–19
Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 6 1 1 4 116 139 −23 3 21–22 18–20 — 24–22
Denmark Randers HK 6 0 1 5 129 157 −28 1 18–25 26–31 20–20 —
Source:

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RKK CSV FTC ZVE
Slovenia Krim Ljubljana 6 4 0 2 161 149 +12 8 — 28–24 31–25 27–23
Romania CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 4 0 2 154 142 +12 8 23–20 — 22–23 29–25
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 3 0 3 163 173 −10 6 30–26 23–30 — 35–34
Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 1 0 5 159 173 −14 2 24–29 23–26 30–27 —
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League knockout stage

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Romania 47–48 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 22–24 25–24
Larvik HK Norway 49–43 Slovenia Krim Ljubljana 22–24 27–19

Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Larvik HK Norway 43–47 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC 21–24 22–23

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1  Zsuzsanna Tomori (HUN) Hungary Ferencváros 95
2  Katarina Bulatović (MNE) Romania Vâlcea 90
3  Milena Knežević (MNE) Montenegro Budućnost 86
4  Anita Görbicz (HUN) Hungary Győr 79
 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR) Norway Larvik
6  Gro Hammerseng (NOR) Norway Larvik 71
7  Heidi Løke (NOR) Hungary Győr 67
 Lyudmila Postnova (RUS) Russia Zvenigorod
9  Camilla Dalby (DEN) Denmark Randers 66
10  Zita Szucsánszki (HUN) Hungary Ferencváros 65
Excluding qualifying rounds[12]

References
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  2. "Györ end their final curse". ehfcl.com. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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  4. "Women's EHF club competitions 2012/2013". European Handball Federation. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  5. "Women's EHF Champions League qualification draw on 3 July". ehfcl.com. 28 June 2012.
  6. "Draw results". ehfcl.com. 3 July 2012.
  7. "Women's qualification tournament in France". ehfcl.com. 19 July 2012.
  8. "Women's EHF Champions League Group Phase draw". European Handball Federation. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  9. "Draw results – WOMEN'S EHF Champions League". European Handball Federation. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  10. "Women´s EHF Champions League Main Round Draw seedings". European Handball Federation. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  11. "Women's EHF Champions League Main Round Groups". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  12. Top scorers
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