2012–13 EHF Champions League

Team allocation

Group stage
THW Kielth (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 (1st)	Chekhovskiye Medvedi (1st)	Celje (2nd)	IK Sävehof (1st)
Atlético Madrid (2nd)	St. Petersburg (2nd)	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg2 (1st)
Qualifying
Qualification tournament			Wild 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.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 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.^[4][5]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	RK Sloga Doboj	25
					9 September 2012
	RK Lovcen	23
					RK Sloga Doboj	16
	8 September 2012
					RK Partizan	31
	RK Partizan	27
	F.C. Porto	25
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					RK Lovcen	25
					F.C. Porto	31

Qualification tournament 2

Haslum HK organized the event.^[4][5]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	HC Metalurg	25
					9 September 2012
	Alpla HC Hard	19
					HC Metalurg	30
	8 September 2012
					Haslum HK	20
	Haslum HK	29
	HC Dinamo-Poltava	28
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					Alpla HC Hard	29
					HC Dinamo-Poltava	23

Qualification tournament 3

HCM Constanța organized the event.^[4][5]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	HCM Constanța	33
					9 September 2012
	SSV Bozen Loacker	22
					HCM Constanța	26
	8 September 2012
					HT Tatran Prešov	21
	HT Tatran Prešov	36
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	20
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					SSV Bozen Loacker	30
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33

Play-off

HC Dinamo-Minsk and Beşiktaş J.K. played a playoff series to determine a participant for the group stage.^[4]

8 September 2012 18:30	Beşiktaş J.K.	22 – 30	HC Dinamo-Minsk	Süleyman Seba Sport Complex, İstanbul Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Arifoglu 7	(9–15)	Atman 9
	3×	Report	2× 3×

9 September 2012 16:00	HC Dinamo-Minsk	31 – 24	Beşiktaş J.K.	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	three players 4	(14–13)	Arifoglu 6
	3× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Dinamo-Minsk wins 61–46 on aggregate.

Wild card tournament

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	HSV Hamburg	28
					9 September 2012
	Wisła Płock	26
					HSV Hamburg	32
	8 September 2012
					Saint-Raphaël Var HB	31
	Saint-Raphaël Var HB	28
	RK Cimos Koper	23
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					Wisła Płock	27
					RK Cimos Koper	22

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.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts HSV Hamburg 10 7 2 1 313 272 +41 16 Flensburg 10 6 3 1 310 279 +31 15 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 5 4 1 310 282 +28 14 Ademar León 10 3 1 6 265 292 −27 7 Montpellier 10 2 2 6 301 311 −10 6 Partizan 10 1 0 9 268 331 −63 2

MED FLE HAM ADE MON BEO Chekhovskiye Medvedi – 29–29 29–29 36–22 35–29 38–31 Flensburg 36–26 – 29–26 27–22 37–37 31–23 HSV Hamburg 27–27 31–28 – 32–26 35–33 30–24 Ademar León 22–29 29–29 26–28 – 28–26 28–23 Montpellier 30–30 25–27 29–33 27–29 – 31–26 Partizan 27–31 31–37 21–42 33–31 29–32 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MKB Veszprém 10 9 0 1 295 242 +53 18 THW Kiel 10 8 0 2 329 265 +64 16 Atlético Madrid 10 5 0 5 268 269 −1 10 Celje 10 4 0 6 245 258 −13 8 HCM Constanța 10 2 0 8 234 283 −49 4 IK Sävehof 10 2 0 8 276 330 −54 4

Celje HCM KIE ATM IKS VES Celje – 24–19 31–28 22–28 31–25 19–24 Constanța 22–17 – 25–28 23–28 28–23 27–37 THW Kiel 30–26 35–14 – 31–27 43–34 32–21 Atlético Madrid 26–24 25–24 27–32 – 32–25 26–27 IK Sävehof 24–29 35–31 29–40 35–30 – 22–32 MKB Veszprém 32–22 31–21 31–30 26–19 34–24 –

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Vive Targi Kielce 10 10 0 0 305 249 +56 20 Metalurg Skopje 10 7 0 3 271 215 +56 14 Gorenje 10 6 0 4 281 250 +31 12 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg1 10 4 0 6 259 281 −22 8 Chambéry 10 2 0 8 266 294 −28 4 St. Petersburg 10 1 0 9 225 318 −93 2

CHB RKG KSK RKM BSV PET Chambéry – 20–31 26–36 30–33 29–26 33–19 Gorenje 31–25 – 25–29 23–19 31–23 35–22 Vive Targi Kielce 36–32 30–24 – 21–20 35–26 30–29 Metalurg Skopje 26–21 30–23 21–23 – 32–18 32–19 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25–23 27–26 25–34 23–26 – 31–22 St. Petersburg 31–27 25–32 21–31 14–32 23–35 –

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 10 9 0 1 321 252 +69 18 Füchse Berlin 10 8 0 2 290 279 +11 16 Dinamo-Minsk 10 5 1 4 276 259 +17 11 Pick Szeged 10 3 0 7 260 293 −33 6 Zagreb 10 2 1 7 266 284 −18 5 Schaffhausen 10 2 0 8 284 330 −46 4

BAR BER MIN SCH SZE RKZ Barcelona – 34–23 25–24 36–25 33–24 35–25 Füchse Berlin 31–30 – 29–25 31–27 29–24 29–27 Dinamo-Minsk 28–30 31–24 – 33–23 29–24 27–27 Schaffhausen 23–33 35–40 28–33 – 36–29 28–27 Pick Szeged 28–33 22–29 26–21 30–29 – 26–24 Zagreb 21–32 24–25 23–25 38–30 30–27 –

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.^[8][9]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	50–58	Barcelona	26–32	24–26
Ademar León	45–56	MKB Veszprém	20–23	25–33
Pick Szeged	53–57	Vive Targi Kielce	26–25	27–32
Celje	60–66	HSV Hamburg	29–38	31–28
Chekhovskiye Medvedi	63–65	THW Kiel	37–35	26–30
Dinamo-Minsk	45–50	Metalurg Skopje	23–26	22–24
Atlético Madrid	56–55	Füchse Berlin	29–29	27–26
Gorenje	50–55	Flensburg	25–28	25–27

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 17–21 April, and the second legs were played on 24–28 April 2013.^[10]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	49–52	Barcelona	25–20	24–32
Metalurg Skopje	40–53	Vive Targi Kielce	25–27	15–26
THW Kiel	61–59	MKB Veszprém	32–31	29–28
Flensburg	51–55	HSV Hamburg	26–32	25–23

Final four

The draw was held on 2 May 2013.^[11]

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 June
	Vive Targi Kielce	23
					2 June
	Barcelona	28
					Barcelona	29
	1 June
					HSV Hamburg	30
	THW Kiel	33
	HSV Hamburg	39
					Third place
					2 June
					Vive Targi Kielce	31
					THW Kiel	30