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 FC Barcelona 30–29 in the final. Round and draw dates. All draws held at EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria unless stated otherwise. 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. Qualification tournament 1. RK Partizan organized the event. Qualification tournament 2. Haslum HK organized the  event. Qualification tournament 3. HCM Constanța organized the event. 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. th Title holder. The title holder automatically gets the top position of seeding list. 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.