2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League

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]

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	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 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	Universitatea Cluj
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

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

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]

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 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

Viborg HK organized the event.^[6]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Viborg HK	30
					23 September 2012
	LC Brühl	14
					Viborg HK	26
	22 September 2012
					Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	22
	Balonmano Bera-Bera	22
	Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	31
					Third place
					23 September 2012
					LC Brühl	23
					Balonmano Bera-Bera	33

Byåsen HE organized the event.^[6]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Byåsen HE	29
					23 September 2012
	ŽRK Metalurg	19
					Byåsen HE	22
	22 September 2012
					Buxtehuder SV	26
	Buxtehuder SV	34
	SERCODAK Dalfsen	31
					Third place
					23 September 2012
					ŽRK Metalurg	34
					SERCODAK Dalfsen	26

Universitatea Cluj organized the event.^[6]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Universitatea Cluj	34
					23 September 2012
	Muratpaşa BSK	26
					Universitatea Cluj	23
	22 September 2012
					Rostov-Don	22
	Rostov-Don	29
	RK Zaječar	28
					Third place
					23 September 2012
					Muratpaşa BSK	27
					RK Zaječar	35

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	Elek Gyula 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.

Issy-Paris Hand organized the event.^[7]

Team v t e	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

Győr

Budućnost

Larvik

Vâlcea

Randers

Thüringer HC

Volgograd

Krim

Hypo

Koprivnica

IK Sävehof

Zvezda

Viborg

Buxtehuder SV

Cluj

Ferencváros

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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]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 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

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

Team v t e	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
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

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]

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 Podgorica

Team v t e	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
Budućnost Podgorica	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	—

Team v t e	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	—

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]

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