The 2012–13 EHF Champions League was the 53rd edition of
Europe
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's premier club
handball tournament and the 20th edition under the current
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...
format.
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, wi ...
was the defending champion. The final four was played on 1–2 June 2013.
HSV Hamburg
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won their first title by defeating
Barcelona Intersport 30–29 in the final.
Overview
Team allocation
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th Title Holder
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Austria
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, 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.
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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
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Austria
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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
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. Matches will be played at 8–9 September 2011. The draw will take place on 3 July, at 11:00 local time at
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Austria
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.
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
RK Partizan () is a Serbian handball club based in Belgrade. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League and SEHA League.
History
The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, RK Dedi ...
organized the event.
Qualification tournament 2
Haslum HK
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organized the event.
Qualification tournament 3
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organized the event.
Play-off
Wild card tournament
Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place at the
Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf in
Vienna
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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.
;Notes
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Austria
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, 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the
knockout phase
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, 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
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Austria
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. 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.
Top goalscorers
(excluding qualifying rounds)
Awards
The All-star team of the Champions League 2012/13:
See also
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2012–13 EHF Cup
The 2012–13 EHF Cup was the 32nd edition of the EHF Cup and the first edition since the merger of the EHF Cup with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF Cup final four tournament was played in Nantes, France, between 18 and 19 May 2013.
Qualifica ...
References
External links
Official website
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Champions League
Champions League
EHF Champions League seasons