2012–13 CERH European League

The 2012–13 CERH European League was the 48th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey competition organized by CERH, the 16th season since it was renamed from Champions League to European League. Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified to the competition as a result of their respective national league placing in the previous season. Following a group stage and a knockout round, the four best teams contested a final four tournament to decide the competition winners, which took place in the venue of one the teams.

2012–13 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates10 November 2012 – 2 June 2013
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored497 (8.42 per match)

The 2012–13 CERH European League final four took place in Porto, Portugal, at the Dragão Caixa, home of Porto, who qualified for this round together with Benfica (Portugal), Barcelona (Spain) and Valdagno (Italy). In the first all-Portuguese final, Benfica defeated the hosts FC Porto by 6–5 with a golden goal in extra-time, and secured their first European League title.

Teams

Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified for the 2012–13 CERH European League as a result of their placing in their respective national leagues. The number of berths allocated to each national association was dependent on the association's ranking coefficient.

Country Team Qualified as
 Spain Liceo Winner of 2011–12 CERH European League
 Spain Barcelona 1st in 2011–12 OK Liga
 Spain Noia 3rd in 2011–12 OK Liga
 Spain Igualada 4th in 2011–12 OK Liga
 Spain Reus 5th in 2011–12 OK Liga
 Portugal Benfica 1st in 2011–12 1ª Divisão
 Portugal FC Porto 2nd in 2011–12 1ª Divisão
 Portugal Candelária 3rd in 2011–12 1ª Divisão
 Portugal Oliveirense 4th in 2011–12 1ª Divisão
 Italy Valdagno 1st in 2011–12 Serie A1
 Italy Viareggio 2nd in 2011–12 Serie A1
 Italy Amatori Lodi 3rd in 2011–12 Serie A1
 France Dinan Quévert 1st in 2011–12 Nationale 1
 France Saint Omer 2nd in 2011–12 Nationale 1
 Germany Cronenberg 1st in 2011–12 Bundesliga
  Switzerland Genève 3rd in 2011–12 LNA[1]

Tournament

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts
1. Barcelona 64201911+814
2. Igualada 63121815+310
3. Candelária 61231518−35
4. Dinan Quévert 61141826−84
 BARCANIGUQUE
FC Barcelona – 5–3 1–1 4–1
Candelária SC 3–3 – 3–1 1–3
Igualada HC 0–1 3–2 – 7–4
HC Quévert 2–5 3–3 4–6 –

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts
1. Porto 64113423+1113
2. Noia 63121715+210
3. Amatori Lodi 62222824+48
4. Saint Omer 60241936−172
 FCPNOILODSTO
FC Porto – 6–4 6–6 8–4
CE Noia 4–2 – 5–3 2–2
Amatori Lodi 2–4 1–0 – 10–3
Saint Omer 3–8 1–2 6–6 –

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts
1. Benfica 64113517+1813
2. Reus 64023226+612
3. Viareggio 63123425+910
4. Cronenberg 60061750−330
 REUSLBVIACRO
Réus Deportiu – 4–3 7–4 11–3
SL Benfica 7–1 – 4–4 12–3
CGC Viareggio 8–3 2–4 – 7–3
CSC Cronenberg 1–6 3–5 4–9 –

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts
1. Valdagno 65104022+1816
2. Liceo 63123326+710
3. Oliveirense 63033732+59
4. Genève 60061848−300
 LICOLIVALGEN
HC Liceo Coruña – 6–3 4–4 8–2
UD Oliveirense 6–5 – 6–10 11–2
Hockey Valdagno 7–3 5–3 – 7–5
Genéve RHC 4–7 4–8 1–7 –

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liceo 5–7 Barcelona 2–2 3–5
Noia 3–10 Benfica 3–3 0–7
Reus 7–8 Porto 3–2 4–6
Igualada 2–6 Valdagno 2–3 0–3

Final four

The final-four round was played at Porto's ground, the Dragão Caixa arena, after CERH approved unanimously their bid over those of Valdagno and Benfica, on 16 May 2013.[2]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 June – 15:00 (GMT)
 
 
 Benfica4 (2)
 
2 June – 17:00 (GMT)
 
 Barcelona4 (1)
 
 Benfica6
 
1 June – 18:00 (GMT)
 
 Porto5
 
 Porto9
 
 
 Valdagno 7
 

Semi-finals
Barcelona 4–4 (a.e.t.) Benfica
1–1 Pablo Alvarez 22' 1st Hf
2–1 Sergi Panadero 22' 1st Hf
3–2 Marc Torra LD 10th Flt 11' 2nd Hf
4–3 Sergi Miras 17' 2nd Hf		 0–1 João Rodrigues 3' 1st Hf
2–2 Luís Viana GP 1' 2nd Hf
3–3 Luís Viana GP 1' 2nd Hf
4–4 Carlos Lopez 24'17"' 2nd Hf
Penalties
Sergi Miras
Reinaldo Garcia
HM Ordeig
Marc Torra
Marc Gual 		1–2 Esteban Ábalos
Diogo Rafael
Marc Coy
João Rodrigues
Attendance: 1,526
Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi, Alessandro Da Prato (Italy)
Porto 9–7 Valdagno
1–0 Ricardo Barreiros 5' 1st Hf
2–0 Reinaldo Ventura GP 9' 1st Hf
3–2 Hélder Nunes LD 10th Flt 21' 1st Hf
4–2 Pedro Moreira 1' 2nd Hf
5–5 Ricardo Barreiros 9' 2nd Hf
6–6 Caio 17' 2nd Hf
7–7 Ricardo Barreiros GP 20' 2nd Hf
8–7 Caio 21' 2nd Hf
9–7 Hélder Nunes 22' 2nd Hf		 2–1 Pedro Gil 9' 1st Hf
2–2 Carlos Nicolia LD 10th Flt 15' 1st Hf
4–3 Sérgio Silva 1' 2nd Hf
4–4 Sérgio Silva GP 3' 2nd Hf
4–5 Eddy Randon 8' 2nd Hf
5–6 Pedro Gil 13' 2nd Hf
5–7 Carlos Nicolia LD 15th Flt 18' 2nd Hf
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Oscar Valverde Munuera, F. Jorge Garcia Romero (Spain)

Final
Benfica 6–5 (a.e.t.) Porto
2–1 Cacau LD Blue 8' 1st Hf
3–2 Luís Viana GP 11' 1st Hf
3–3 Diogo Rafael 19' 1st Hf
4–4 Marc Coy 5' 2nd Hf
5–4 Luís Viana GP 15' 2nd Hf
6–5 Diogo Rafael 2' et (golden goal)		 1–0 Jorge Silva 2' 1st Hf
2–0 Reinaldo Ventura GP 7' 1st Hf
3–1 Reinaldo Ventura 9' 1st Hf
4–3 Hélder Nunes 22' 1st Hf
5–5 Reinaldo Ventura LD 19' 2nd Hf
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Oscar Valverde Munuera, F. Jorge Garcia Romero (Spain)
2012–13 CERH European League winners

Benfica
First title

References
  1. The teams that had played the final of playoff, RHC Friedlingen and RSV Weil, come from Germany, so can't play European League as Swiss clubs.
  2. "F.C. Porto will host the Euroleague Final Four". CERH.eu. Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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