2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League

2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	22 September 2012–12 May 2013
Teams	17 (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 played	78
Goals scored	4012 (51.44 per match)
Attendance	179,511 (2,301 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zsuzsanna Tomori (95 goals)

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]

Győri redeemed themselves by winning this seasons'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 an other 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
MizuWaAi 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

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 MizuWaAi Dalfsen RK Zaječar	ŽRK Metalurg Muratpaşa BSK IUVENTA Michalovce LC Brühl

Qualification tournament 1

Viborg HK organized the event.^[6]

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

Qualification tournament 2

Byåsen HE organized the event.^[6]

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

Qualification tournament 3

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

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

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
	4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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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	1× 3×

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

Group matches

Győr

Budućnost

Larvik

Oltchim

Randers

Thüringer HC

Volgograd

Krim

Hypo

Podravka

IK Sävehof

Zvezda

Viborg

Buxtehuder SV

U Cluj

Ferencváros

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 CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 6 0 0 170 129 +41 12 Randers HK 6 3 0 3 166 156 +10 6 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 3 0 3 156 153 +3 6 Buxtehuder SV 6 0 0 6 134 188 −54 0

BSV HYP RHK CSV Buxtehude – 20–28 27–33 15–34 Niederösterreich 27–24 – 32–25 24–25 Randers 36–26 29–20 – 20–24 Vâlcea 30–22 30–25 27–23 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 180 134 +46 12 Krim Ljubljana 6 3 0 3 151 157 −6 6 Podravka Koprivnica 6 3 0 3 136 143 −7 6 Universitatea Cluj 6 0 0 6 141 174 −33 0

UJC GKC KOP RKK Cluj-Napoca – 25–30 19–20 23–31 Győr 37–26 – 24–19 29–22 Koprivnica 28–21 22–29 – 25–22 Krim 28–27 20–31 28–22 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Larvik HK 6 5 0 1 197 156 +41 10 Ferencváros 6 5 0 1 183 163 +20 10 Dinamo Volgograd 6 1 0 5 157 200 −43 2 IK Sävehof 6 1 0 5 174 192 −18 2

FTC LHK IKS VOL Ferencváros – 28–24 31–28 30–28 Larvik 30–23 – 39–31 40–25 Sävehof 32–34 25–29 – 28–34 Volgograd 21–37 24–35 25–30 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 5 0 1 154 142 +12 10 Budućnost Podgorica 6 4 0 2 149 134 +15 8 Thüringer HC 6 3 0 3 146 153 −7 6 Viborg HK 6 0 0 6 143 163 −20 0

ŽRK THC VHK ZVE Budućnost – 23–15 26–23 29–21 Thüringen 24–20 – 34–30 20–23 Viborg 20–26 26–29 – 27–28 Zvenigorod 31–25 31–24 20–17 –

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 Győri Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 160 122 +38 12 Larvik HK 6 4 0 2 146 133 +13 8 ŽRK Budućnost 6 1 1 4 116 139 −23 3 Randers HK 6 0 1 5 129 157 −28 1

ŽRK GKC LHK RHK Budućnost – 21–22 18–20 24–22 Győr 27–17 – 30–24 32–24 Larvik 28–16 18–24 – 25–19 Randers 20–20 18–25 26–31 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Krim Ljubljana 6 4 0 2 161 149 +12 8 CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 6 4 0 2 154 142 +12 8 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 3 0 3 163 173 −10 6 Zvezda Zvenigorod 6 1 0 5 159 173 −14 2

FTC RKK CSV ZVE Ferencváros – 30–26 23–30 35–34 Krim 31–25 – 28–24 27–23 Vâlcea 22–23 23–20 – 29–25 Zvenigorod 30–27 24–29 23–26 –

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

1. "Buducnost win EHF Women's Champions League 2011–12". European Handball Federation. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
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

External links

• Official website