# 2012–13 EHF Champions League

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-Silkeborg (1st) |
| Qualifying ||||
| Qualification tournament | Qualification tournament | 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 Koper (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 leg |
| Qualifying | Qualification tournament | 3 July 2012 | 8–9 September 2012 | 8–9 September 2012 |
| Qualifying | Wild card tournament | 3 July 2012 | 8–9 September 2012 | 8–9 September 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 6 July 2012 | 26–30 September 2012 | 26–30 September 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 6 July 2012 | 3–7 October 2012 | 3–7 October 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 6 July 2012 | 10–14 October 2012 | 10–14 October 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 6 July 2012 | 17–21 October 2012 | 17–21 October 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 6 July 2012 | 14–18 November 2012 | 14–18 November 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 6 July 2012 | 21–25 November 2012 | 21–25 November 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 7 | 6 July 2012 | 28 November–2 December 2012 | 28 November–2 December 2012 |
| Group stage | Matchday 8 | 6 July 2012 | 6–10 February 2013 | 6–10 February 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 9 | 6 July 2012 | 13–17 February 2013 | 13–17 February 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 10 | 6 July 2012 | 20–24 February 2013 | 20–24 February 2013 |
| Knockout phase | Last 16 | 26 February 2013 | 13–17 March 2013 | 20–24 March 2013 |
| Knockout phase | Quarterfinals | 26 March 2013 | 17–21 April 2013 | 24–28 April 2013 |
| Knockout phase | Final four | TBD | 1–2 June 2013 | 1–2 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 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.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 |
| RK Sloga Doboj | 25 |
| RK Sloga Doboj | 25 | 9 September 2012 | 9 September 2012 |
| RK Lovcen | 23 | 9 September 2012 | 9 September 2012 |
| RK Lovcen | 23 | RK Sloga Doboj | 16 |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 | | RK Sloga Doboj | 16 |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 | RK Partizan | 31 |
| RK Partizan | 27 | RK Partizan | 31 |
| F.C. Porto | 25 | | |
| F.C. Porto | 25 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 9 September 2012 | 9 September 2012 |
| | | RK Lovcen | 25 |
| | | F.C. Porto | 31 |

### Qualification tournament 2

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

### Qualification tournament 3

HCM Constanța organized the event.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 |
| HCM Constanța | 33 |
| HCM Constanța | 33 | 9 September 2012 | 9 September 2012 |
| SSV Bozen Loacker | 22 | 9 September 2012 | 9 September 2012 |
| SSV Bozen Loacker | 22 | HCM Constanța | 26 |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 | | HCM Constanța | 26 |
| 8 September 2012 | 8 September 2012 | HT Tatran Prešov | 21 |
| HT Tatran Prešov | 36 | HT Tatran Prešov | 21 |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 20 | | |
| Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 9 September 2012 | 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.
| 8 September 2012 18:30 | Beşiktaş J.K. | 22 – 30 | HC Dinamo-Minsk | Süleyman Seba Sport Complex, Istanbul Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| 8 September 2012 18:30 | Arifoglu 7 | (9–15) | Atman 9 | Süleyman Seba Sport Complex, Istanbul Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| 8 September 2012 18:30 | 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Süleyman Seba Sport Complex, Istanbul Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| 9 September 2012 16:00 | HC Dinamo-Minsk | 31 – 24 | Beşiktaş J.K. | Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| 9 September 2012 16:00 | three players 4 | (14–13) | Arifoglu 6 | Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| 9 September 2012 16:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 6× | Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
Dinamo-Minsk wins 61–46 on aggregate.

### Wild card tournament

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

## 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 Kiel
* København
* 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

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HAM | FLE | MED | ADE | MON | BEO |
| HSV Hamburg | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 313 | 272 | +41 | 16 | — | 31–28 | 27–27 | 32–26 | 35–33 | 30–24 |
| Flensburg | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 310 | 279 | +31 | 15 | 29–26 | — | 36–26 | 27–22 | 37–37 | 31–23 |
| Chekhovskiye Medvedi | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 310 | 282 | +28 | 14 | 29–29 | 29–29 | — | 36–22 | 35–29 | 38–31 |
| Ademar León | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 265 | 292 | −27 | 7 | 26–28 | 29–29 | 22–29 | — | 28–26 | 28–23 |
| Montpellier | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 301 | 311 | −10 | 6 | 29–33 | 25–27 | 30–30 | 27–29 | — | 31–26 |
| Partizan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 268 | 331 | −63 | 2 | 21–42 | 31–37 | 27–31 | 33–31 | 29–32 | — |

### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | VES | KIE | ATM | CEL | HCM | IKS |
| MKB Veszprém | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 295 | 242 | +53 | 18 | — | 31–30 | 26–19 | 32–22 | 31–21 | 34–24 |
| THW Kiel | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 329 | 265 | +64 | 16 | 32–21 | — | 31–27 | 30–26 | 35–14 | 43–34 |
| Atlético Madrid | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 268 | 269 | −1 | 10 | 26–27 | 27–32 | — | 26–24 | 25–24 | 32–25 |
| Celje | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 245 | 258 | −13 | 8 | 19–24 | 31–28 | 22–28 | — | 24–19 | 31–25 |
| HCM Constanța | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 234 | 283 | −49 | 4 | 27–37 | 25–28 | 23–28 | 22–17 | — | 28–23 |
| IK Sävehof | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 276 | 330 | −54 | 4 | 22–32 | 29–40 | 35–30 | 24–29 | 35–31 | — |

### Group C

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | KSK | RKM | RKG | BSV | CHB | PET |
| Vive Targi Kielce | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 249 | +56 | 20 | — | 21–20 | 30–24 | 35–26 | 36–32 | 30–29 |
| Metalurg Skopje | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 271 | 215 | +56 | 14 | 21–23 | — | 30–23 | 32–18 | 26–21 | 32–19 |
| Gorenje | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 281 | 250 | +31 | 12 | 25–29 | 23–19 | — | 31–23 | 31–25 | 35–22 |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 259 | 281 | −22 | 8 | 25–34 | 23–26 | 27–26 | — | 25–23 | 31–22 |
| Chambéry | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 266 | 294 | −28 | 4 | 26–36 | 30–33 | 20–31 | 29–26 | — | 33–19 |
| St. Petersburg | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 225 | 318 | −93 | 2 | 21–31 | 14–32 | 25–32 | 23–35 | 31–27 | — |

### Group D

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BAR | BER | MIN | SZE | RKZ | SCH |
| Barcelona Intersport | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 321 | 252 | +69 | 18 | — | 34–23 | 25–24 | 33–24 | 35–25 | 36–25 |
| Füchse Berlin | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 290 | 279 | +11 | 16 | 31–30 | — | 29–25 | 29–24 | 29–27 | 31–27 |
| Dinamo-Minsk | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 276 | 259 | +17 | 11 | 28–30 | 31–24 | — | 29–24 | 27–27 | 33–23 |
| Pick Szeged | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 260 | 293 | −33 | 6 | 28–33 | 22–29 | 26–21 | — | 26–24 | 30–29 |
| Zagreb | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 266 | 284 | −18 | 5 | 21–32 | 24–25 | 23–25 | 30–27 | — | 38–30 |
| Schaffhausen | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 284 | 330 | −46 | 4 | 23–33 | 35–40 | 28–33 | 36–29 | 28–27 | — |

## 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 50–58 | Barcelona Intersport | 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Madrid | 49–52 | Barcelona Intersport | 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.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 June | 1 June |
| Vive Targi Kielce | 23 |
| Vive Targi Kielce | 23 | 2 June | 2 June |
| Barcelona Intersport | 28 | 2 June | 2 June |
| Barcelona Intersport | 28 | Barcelona Intersport | 29 |
| 1 June | 1 June | | Barcelona Intersport | 29 |
| 1 June | 1 June | HSV Hamburg | 30 |
| THW Kiel | 33 | HSV Hamburg | 30 |
| HSV Hamburg | 39 | | |
| HSV Hamburg | 39 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 June | 2 June |
| | | Vive Targi Kielce | 31 |
| | | THW Kiel | 30 |

## 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 |
| 4 | László Nagy | Veszprém | 77 |
| 4 | Naumče Mojsovski | Metalurg Skopje | 77 |
| 7 | Marko Vujin | THW Kiel | 76 |
| 8 | Domagoj Duvnjak | Hamburg | 73 |
| 8 | Holger Glandorf | Flensburg | 73 |
| 10 | Gašper Marguč | Celje | 72 |
(excluding qualifying rounds)

## Awards

| 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) |
* Stanić
* Eggert
* Aguinagalde
* Čupić
* Jícha
* Narcisse
* Nagy
* Best Defender : Timuzsin Schuch