# 2012–13 CERH European League

The 2012–13 CERH European League was the 48th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey competition organized by CERH, the 16th season since it was renamed from Champions League to European League. Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified to the competition as a result of their respective national league placing in the previous season. Following a group stage and a knockout round, the four best teams contested a final four tournament to decide the competition winners, which took place in the venue of one of the teams.
The 2012–13 CERH European League final four took place in Porto, Portugal, at the Dragão Caixa, home of Porto, who qualified for this round together with Benfica (Portugal), Barcelona (Spain) and Valdagno (Italy). In the first all-Portuguese final, Benfica defeated the hosts FC Porto by 6–5 with a golden goal in extra-time, and secured their first European League title.

## Teams

Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified for the 2012–13 CERH European League as a result of their placing in their respective national leagues. The number of berths allocated to each national association was dependent on the association's ranking coefficient.
| Country | Team | Qualified as |
| Spain | Liceo | Winner of 2011–12 CERH European League |
| Spain | Barcelona | 1st in 2011–12 OK Liga |
| Spain | Noia | 3rd in 2011–12 OK Liga |
| Spain | Igualada | 4th in 2011–12 OK Liga |
| Spain | Reus | 5th in 2011–12 OK Liga |
| Portugal | Benfica | 1st in 2011–12 1ª Divisão |
| Portugal | FC Porto | 2nd in 2011–12 1ª Divisão |
| Portugal | Candelária | 3rd in 2011–12 1ª Divisão |
| Portugal | Oliveirense | 4th in 2011–12 1ª Divisão |
| Italy | Valdagno | 1st in 2011–12 Serie A1 |
| Italy | Viareggio | 2nd in 2011–12 Serie A1 |
| Italy | Amatori Lodi | 3rd in 2011–12 Serie A1 |
| France | Dinan Quévert | 1st in 2011–12 Nationale 1 |
| France | Saint Omer | 2nd in 2011–12 Nationale 1 |
| Germany | Cronenberg | 1st in 2011–12 Bundesliga |
| Switzerland | Genève | 3rd in 2011–12 LNA |

## Tournament
### Group stage
#### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 14 |
| 2. | Igualada | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 10 |
| 3. | Candelária | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 5 |
| 4. | Dinan Quévert | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 4 |
| | BAR | CAN | IGU | QUE |
| FC Barcelona | – | 5–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Candelária SC | 3–3 | – | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Igualada HC | 0–1 | 3–2 | – | 7–4 |
| HC Quévert | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–6 | – |

#### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Porto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 13 |
| 2. | Noia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 10 |
| 3. | Amatori Lodi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 8 |
| 4. | Saint Omer | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 2 |
| | FCP | NOI | LOD | STO |
| FC Porto | – | 6–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 |
| CE Noia | 4–2 | – | 5–3 | 2–2 |
| Amatori Lodi | 2–4 | 1–0 | – | 10–3 |
| Saint Omer | 3–8 | 1–2 | 6–6 | – |

#### Group C

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Benfica | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 13 |
| 2. | Reus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 12 |
| 3. | Viareggio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 10 |
| 4. | Cronenberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 50 | −33 | 0 |
| | REU | SLB | VIA | CRO |
| Réus Deportiu | – | 4–3 | 7–4 | 11–3 |
| SL Benfica | 7–1 | – | 4–4 | 12–3 |
| CGC Viareggio | 8–3 | 2–4 | – | 7–3 |
| CSC Cronenberg | 1–6 | 3–5 | 4–9 | – |

#### Group D

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Valdagno | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 16 |
| 2. | Liceo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 10 |
| 3. | Oliveirense | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 9 |
| 4. | Genève | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 48 | −30 | 0 |
| | LIC | OLI | VAL | GEN |
| HC Liceo Coruña | – | 6–3 | 4–4 | 8–2 |
| UD Oliveirense | 6–5 | – | 6–10 | 11–2 |
| Hockey Valdagno | 7–3 | 5–3 | – | 7–5 |
| Genéve RHC | 4–7 | 4–8 | 1–7 | – |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liceo | 5–7 | Barcelona | 2–2 | 3–5 |
| Noia | 3–10 | Benfica | 3–3 | 0–7 |
| Reus | 7–8 | Porto | 3–2 | 4–6 |
| Igualada | 2–6 | Valdagno | 2–3 | 0–3 |

## Final four

The final-four round was played at Porto's ground, the Dragão Caixa arena, after CERH approved unanimously their bid over those of Valdagno and Benfica, on 16 May 2013.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 June – 15:00 (GMT) | 1 June – 15:00 (GMT) |
| Benfica | 4 (2) |
| Benfica | 4 (2) | 2 June – 17:00 (GMT) | 2 June – 17:00 (GMT) |
| Barcelona | 4 (1) | 2 June – 17:00 (GMT) | 2 June – 17:00 (GMT) |
| Barcelona | 4 (1) | Benfica | 6 |
| 1 June – 18:00 (GMT) | 1 June – 18:00 (GMT) | | Benfica | 6 |
| 1 June – 18:00 (GMT) | 1 June – 18:00 (GMT) | Porto | 5 |
| Porto | 9 | Porto | 5 |
| Valdagno | 7 | | |

### Final

* 2012–13 CERH European League winners
* Benfica First title