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]
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Dates | 22 September 2012 – 12 May 2013 |
Teams | 17 (qualification stage) 16 (group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (knockout stage) |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 78 |
Goals scored | 4,012 (51.44 per match) |
Attendance | 179,511 (2,301 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (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]
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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 |
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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
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]
Qualification tournament 1
Viborg HK organized the event.[6]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
22 September 2012 | ||||||
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23 September 2012 | ||||||
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22 September 2012 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
23 September 2012 | ||||||
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Qualification tournament 2
Byåsen HE organized the event.[6]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
22 September 2012 | ||||||
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23 September 2012 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
23 September 2012 | ||||||
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Qualification tournament 3
Universitatea Cluj organized the event.[6]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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23 September 2012 | ||||||
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22 September 2012 | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
23 September 2012 | ||||||
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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 ![]() |
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Chemkostav Arena, Chemkostav Arena Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB) |
Tobiášová 6 | (10–15) | Pena, Tomori 6 | ||
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22 September 2012 18:00 |
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ![]() |
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Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE) |
Pena 6 | (16–8) | Wollingerová 5 | ||
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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 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 0 |
Group matches
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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
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CSV | RHK | HYP | BSV | |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 129 | +41 | 12 | — | 27–23 | 30–25 | 30–22 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 156 | +10 | 6 | 20–24 | — | 29–20 | 36–26 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 156 | 153 | +3 | 6 | 24–25 | 32–25 | — | 27–24 | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 134 | 188 | −54 | 0 | 15–34 | 27–33 | 20–28 | — |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GKC | RKK | KOP | UJC | |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 134 | +46 | 12 | — | 29–22 | 24–19 | 37–26 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 157 | −6 | 6 | 20–31 | — | 28–22 | 28–27 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 143 | −7 | 6 | 22–29 | 25–22 | — | 28–21 | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 141 | 174 | −33 | 0 | 25–30 | 23–31 | 19–20 | — |
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 |
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Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GKC | LHK | ŽRK | RHK | |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 122 | +38 | 12 | — | 30–24 | 27–17 | 32–24 | |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 133 | +13 | 8 | 18–24 | — | 28–16 | 25–19 | |
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 116 | 139 | −23 | 3 | 21–22 | 18–20 | — | 24–22 | |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 129 | 157 | −28 | 1 | 18–25 | 26–31 | 20–20 | — |
Group 2
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RKK | CSV | FTC | ZVE | |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 149 | +12 | 8 | — | 28–24 | 31–25 | 27–23 | |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 142 | +12 | 8 | 23–20 | — | 22–23 | 29–25 | |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 173 | −10 | 6 | 30–26 | 23–30 | — | 35–34 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 159 | 173 | −14 | 2 | 24–29 | 23–26 | 30–27 | — |
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea ![]() |
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22–24 | 25–24 |
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22–24 | 27–19 |
Final
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Larvik HK ![]() |
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21–24 | 22–23 |
Top scorers
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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90 |
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86 |
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79 |
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71 |
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67 |
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10 | ![]() |
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65 |
- Excluding qualifying rounds[12]
References
- "Buducnost win EHF Women's Champions League 2011–12". European Handball Federation. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- "Györ end their final curse". ehfcl.com. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- "Women's EHF Champions League 2012–13". European Handball Federation. 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- "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.
- "Women's EHF Champions League qualification draw on 3 July". ehfcl.com. 28 June 2012.
- "Draw results". ehfcl.com. 3 July 2012.
- "Women's qualification tournament in France". ehfcl.com. 19 July 2012.
- "Women's EHF Champions League Group Phase draw". European Handball Federation. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- "Draw results – WOMEN'S EHF Champions League". European Handball Federation. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- "Women´s EHF Champions League Main Round Draw seedings". European Handball Federation. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- "Women's EHF Champions League Main Round Groups". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- Top scorers