The 2012–13 EHF Champions League was the 53rd edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament and the 20th edition under the current EHF Champions League format. THW Kiel was the defending champion. The final four was played on 1–2 June 2013.
HSV Hamburg won their first title by defeating Barcelona Intersport 30–29 in the final.
Overview
Team allocation Group stage THW Kiel (1st) Ademar León (3rd) MKB Veszprém (1st) Kadetten Schaffhausen (1st) Flensburg (2nd) Montpellier (1st) Pick Szeged (2nd) Zagreb (1st) Füchse Berlin (3rd) Chambéry (2nd) Gorenje (1st) Vive Targi Kielce (1st) Barcelona Intersport (1st) Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st) Celje (2nd) IK Sävehof (1st) Atlético Madrid (2nd) St. Petersburg (2nd) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg2 (1st)QualifyingQualification tournamentWild card tournament Constanța (1st) Haslum HK (1st) Lovcen (1st) HSV Hamburg (4th) Porto (1st) Alpla HC Hard (1st) Dinamo-Minsk (1st) Saint-Raphaël (3rd) Metalurg (1st) Dinamo-Poltava (1st) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st) Cimos Koper3 (3rd) Sloga Doboj (1st) Beşiktaş (1st) SSV Bozen Loacker (1st) Wisła Płock (2nd) Partizan (1st) Tatran Prešov (1st)
Notes th Title Holder Note 2: AG København was seeded in pot 1 for the 2012–13 EHF Champions League group stage draw, which took place in Vienna, Austria, on 6 July 2012. However, the club filed for bankruptcy on 31 July 2012 and their place in the group stage was awarded to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. Note 3: RK Cimos Koper was invited to the Wild card tournament to replace Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, who replaced AG København in the group stage.
Round and draw dates All draws held at EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria unless stated otherwise.
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second legQualifying Qualification tournament3 July 20128–9 September 2012Wild card tournamentGroup stage Matchday 16 July 201226–30 September 2012 Matchday 23–7 October 2012 Matchday 310–14 October 2012 Matchday 417–21 October 2012 Matchday 514–18 November 2012 Matchday 621–25 November 2012 Matchday 728 November–2 December 2012 Matchday 86–10 February 2013 Matchday 913–17 February 2013 Matchday 1020–24 February 2013Knockout phase Last 16 26 February 2013 13–17 March 2013 20–24 March 2013 Quarterfinals 26 March 2013 17–21 April 2013 24–28 April 2013 Final four TBD1–2 June 2013
Qualification stage
Qualification tournament A total of 14 teams will take part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs will be drawn into three groups of four and play a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advance to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs will go to the EHF Cup. Matches will be played at 8–9 September 2011. The draw will take place on 3 July, at 11:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.
Seedings The two remaining teams from Pot 1 and 4 will play a knock-out match, the winner will go into the group stage. The draw was held on 3 July 2012.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 HCM Constanța RK Sloga Doboj HC Metalurg HC Dinamo-Minsk HT Tatran Prešov Haslum HK RK Partizan HC Dinamo-Poltava F.C. Porto Maccabi Rishon LeZion Alpla HC Hard Beşiktaş J.K. RK Lovcen SSV Bozen Loacker
Qualification tournament 1 RK Partizan organized the event.
Qualification tournament 2 Haslum HK organized the event.
Qualification tournament 3 HCM Constanța organized the event.
Play-off
Wild card tournament
Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in Vienna on 6 July 2012 at 11:00 local time. A total of 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six. Teams were divided into six 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.
Seedings
Pot 1 THW KielTH København1 Barcelona Montpellier
Pot 2 Zagreb Veszprém Medvedi Gorenje
Pot 3 Atlético Madrid Flensburg Vive Targi Kielce Schaffhausen
Pot 4 Ademar León Chambéry Füchse Berlin IK Sävehof
Pot 5 Pick Szeged St. Petersburg Celje Dinamo-Minsk
Pot 6 Partizan Metalurg Constanța HSV Hamburg
th Title holder. The title holder automatically gets the top position of seeding list.
Notes Note 1: AG København was seeded in pot 1 for the 2012–13 EHF Champions League group stage draw, which took place in Vienna, Austria, on 6 July 2012. However, the club filed for bankruptcy on 31 July 2012 and their place in the group stage was awarded to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.
Key to colours in group tables Top four placed teams advanced to the last 16
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the final four.
Last 16 The draw was held on 26 February 2013 at 12:30 in Vienna, Austria. The first legs were played on 13–17 March, and the second legs were played on 20–24 March 2013.
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on 17–21 April, and the second legs were played on 24–28 April 2013.
Final four The draw was held on 2 May 2013.
Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals 1 Hans Lindberg Hamburg 101 2 Siarhei Rutenka Barcelona 95 3 Anders Eggert Flensburg 79 4 Michał Jurecki Kielce 77 László Nagy Veszprém Naumče Mojsovski Metalurg Skopje 7 Marko Vujin THW Kiel 76 8 Domagoj Duvnjak Hamburg 73 Holger Glandorf Flensburg 10 Gašper Marguč Celje 72 (excluding qualifying rounds)
Awards
The All-star team of the Champions League 2012/13:
Position Player Goalkeeper Darko Stanić (Metalurg Skopje) Right wing Ivan Čupić (Vive Targi Kielce) Right back László Nagy (MKB Veszprém) Centre back Daniel Narcisse (THW Kiel) Left back Filip Jícha (THW Kiel) Left wing Anders Eggert (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) Pivot Julen Aguinagalde (Atlético Madrid) Best defender Timuzsin Schuch (MKB Veszprém)
See also 2012–13 EHF Cup
References
External links Official website