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
Champions Győri Audi ETO KC (1st title)
Runners-up Larvik HK
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Goals scored4,012 (51.44 per match)
Attendance179,511 (2,301 per match)
Top scorer(s) 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
Hypo Niederösterreich Podravka Koprivnica Randers HK Thüringer HC
Győri Audi ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost th Larvik HK CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Dinamo Volgograd Krim Ljubljana IK Sävehof Wild Card Tournament Winner
WQT1 WQT2 WQT3 Knock-out game winner
Qualification Tournament
Viborg HK Buxtehuder SV FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria ŽRK Metalurg
SERCODAK Dalfsen Byåsen HE Vistal Łączpol Gdynia U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca
Rostov-Don RK Zaječar IUVENTA Michalovce Balonmano Bera-Bera
LC Brühl Muratpaşa BSK
Wild 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.

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
Byåsen HE
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca
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.[6]

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

Qualification tournament 2

Byåsen HE organized the event.[6]

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

Qualification tournament 3

U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca organized the event.[6]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 September 2012
 
 
 Cluj-Napoca34
 
23 September 2012
 
 Muratpaşa BSK26
 
 Cluj-Napoca23
 
22 September 2012
 
 Rostov-Don22
 
 Rostov-Don29
 
 
 RK Zaječar28
 
Third place
 
 
23 September 2012
 
 
 Muratpaşa BSK27
 
 
 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 26 – 40 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Chemkostav Arena, Chemkostav Arena
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Tobiášová 6 (10–15) Pena, Tomori 6
2× 4× Report 3× 1×
22 September 2012
18:00		 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 31 – 22 IUVENTA Michalovce Főtáv FTC Kézilabda Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
Pena 6 (16–8) Wollingerová 5
3× 3× Report 3× 1×

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
Zvezda Zvenigorod 2 2 0 0 52 41 +11 4
HC Leipzig 2 1 0 1 42 42 0 2
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
Győri Audi ETO KC
ŽRK Budućnost
Larvik HK
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea		 Randers HK
Thüringer HC
Dinamo Volgograd
Krim Ljubljana		 Hypo Niederösterreich
Podravka Koprivnica
IK Sävehof
Zvezda Zvenigorod		 Viborg HK
Buxtehuder SV
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSV RHK HYP BSV
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 6 0 0 170 129 +41 12 — 27–23 30–25 30–22
Randers HK 6 3 0 3 166 156 +10 6 20–24 — 29–20 36–26
Hypo Niederösterreich 6 3 0 3 156 153 +3 6 24–25 32–25 — 27–24
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
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 180 134 +46 12 — 29–22 24–19 37–26
Krim Ljubljana 6 3 0 3 151 157 −6 6 20–31 — 28–22 28–27
Podravka Koprivnica 6 3 0 3 136 143 −7 6 22–29 25–22 — 28–21
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
Larvik HK 6 5 0 1 197 156 +41 10 — 30–23 40–25 39–31
Ferencváros 6 5 0 1 183 163 +20 10 28–24 — 30–28 31–28
Dinamo Volgograd 6 1 0 5 157 200 −43 2 24–35 21–37 — 25–30
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
Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 5 0 1 154 142 +12 10 — 31–25 31–24 20–17
Budućnost Podgorica 6 4 0 2 149 134 +15 8 29–21 — 23–15 26–23
Thüringer HC 6 3 0 3 146 153 −7 6 20–23 24–20 — 34–30
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
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea
Győri Audi ETO KC
Larvik HK
Zvezda Zvenigorod		 Randers HK
Krim Ljubljana
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
ŽRK Budućnost

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GKC LHK ŽRK RHK
Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 160 122 +38 12 — 30–24 27–17 32–24
Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 146 133 +13 8 18–24 — 28–16 25–19
ŽRK Budućnost 6 1 1 4 116 139 −23 3 21–22 18–20 — 24–22
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
Krim Ljubljana 6 4 0 2 161 149 +12 8 — 28–24 31–25 27–23
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 4 0 2 154 142 +12 8 23–20 — 22–23 29–25
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 3 0 3 163 173 −10 6 30–26 23–30 — 35–34
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 47–48 Győri Audi ETO KC 22–24 25–24
Larvik HK 49–43 Krim Ljubljana 22–24 27–19

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

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1  Zsuzsanna Tomori (HUN) Ferencváros 95
2  Katarina Bulatović (MNE) Vâlcea 90
3  Milena Knežević (MNE) Budućnost 86
4  Anita Görbicz (HUN) Győr 79
 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR) Larvik
6  Gro Hammerseng (NOR) Larvik 71
7  Heidi Løke (NOR) Győr 67
 Lyudmila Postnova (RUS) Zvenigorod
9  Camilla Dalby (DEN) Randers 66
10  Zita Szucsánszki (HUN) 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.
  3. "Women's EHF Champions League 2012–13". European Handball Federation. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  4. "Women's EHF club competitions 2012/2013". European Handball Federation. 18 July 2012. 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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