2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League qualifying

This article describes the qualifying for the 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League.

Qualification tournament

A total of 14 teams took part in the qualification tournaments. The clubs were drawn into three groups of four and played a semifinal and the final. The winner of the qualification groups advanced to the group stage, while the eliminated clubs went to the EHF Cup. Matches were played at 8–9 September 2011. The draw took place on 3 July, at 11:00 local time at Vienna, Austria.^[1]

Seedings

The two remaining teams from Pot 1 and 4 played a knock-out match, the winner went into the group stage. The draw was held on 3 July 2012.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Byåsen HE FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca Viborg HK	Balonmano Bera-Bera Rostov-Don Buxtehuder SV	Vistal Łączpol Gdynia MizuWaAi Dalfsen RK Zaječar	ŽRK Metalurg Muraptaşa BSK Antalya IUVENTA Michalovce LC Brühl

Qualification tournament 1

Viborg HK organized the event.^[2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Viborg HK	30
	LC Brühl	14
					23 September 2012
					Viborg HK	26
					Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	22
					Third place
	22 September 2012			23 September 2012
	Balonmano Bera-Bera	22		LC Brühl	23
	Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	31			Balonmano Bera-Bera	33

Semifinals

22 September 2012 13:00	Viborg HK	30 – 14	LC Brühl	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 985 Referees: Crnojević, Radič (CRO)
	Pedersen 5	(15–6)	Bösch 4
	5× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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22 September 2012 16:00	Balonmano Bera-Bera	22 – 31	Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 300 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Rubio Ponce 7	(11–18)	Sulzycka 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Third place game

23 September 2012 14:00	LC Brühl	23 – 33	Balonmano Bera-Bera	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 150 Referees: Crnojević, Radič (CRO)
	Bösch 9	(11–17)	Elorza 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Final

23 September 2012 16:50	Viborg HK	26 – 22	Vistal Łączpol Gdynia	Viborg Stadionhal, Viborg Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Gulldén 6	(12–11)	Zych 6
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Qualification tournament 2

Byåsen HE organized the event.^[2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Byåsen HE	29
	ŽRK Metalurg	19
					23 September 2012
					Byåsen HE	22
					Buxtehuder SV	26
					Third place
	22 September 2012			23 September 2012
	Buxtehuder SV	34		ŽRK Metalurg	34
	MizuWaAi Dalfsen	31			MizuWaAi Dalfsen	26

Semifinals

22 September 2012 14:30	Byåsen HE	29 – 19	ŽRK Metalurg	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 550 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Alstad 12	(16–7)	Pecevska 4
	4× 3×	Report	7× 1×

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22 September 2012 17:00	Buxtehuder SV	34 – 31	MizuWaAi Dalfsen	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 60 Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
	Bülau 6	(18–16)	Logtenberg 13
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Third place game

23 September 2012 15:30	ŽRK Metalurg	34 – 26	MizuWaAi Dalfsen	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 50 Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
	Mladenovska, Pecevska 6	(14–12)	Nijboer 5
	6× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Final

23 September 2012 18:00	Byåsen HE	22 – 26	Buxtehuder SV	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 637 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Alstad 7	(12–14)	Fischer, Lütz 6
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Qualification tournament 3

U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca organized the event.^[2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 September 2012
	Cluj-Napoca	34
	BSK Antalya	26
					23 September 2012
					Cluj-Napoca	23
					Rostov-Don	22
					Third place
	22 September 2012			23 September 2012
	Rostov-Don	29		BSK Antalya	27
	RK Zaječar	28			RK Zaječar	35

Semifinals

22 September 2012 17:20	U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	34 – 26	Muraptaşa BSK Antalya	Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Paraschiv, Tivadar 8	(16–18)	İskenderoğlu 6
	5× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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22 September 2012 19:30	Rostov-Don	29 – 28	RK Zaječar	Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
	Shymkute 9	(12–9)	Peraica, Vučković 7
	7× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Third place game

23 September 2012 19:30	Muraptaşa BSK Antalya	27 – 35	RK Zaječar	Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 500 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Khouildi 6	(13–8)	Zebić 10
	2× 2×	Report	8× 2×

Final

23 September 2012 17:00	U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca	23 – 22	Rostov-Don	Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
	Cartaș 9	(13–11)	Yartseva 7
	2× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Play-off

IUVENTA Michalovce and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria played a playoff series to determine a participant for the group stage.^[2]

19 September 2012 18:00	IUVENTA Michalovce	26 – 40	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	Chemkostav Arena, Chemkostav Arena Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Tobiášová 6	(10–15)	Pena, Tomori 6
	4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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22 September 2012 18:00	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	31 – 22	IUVENTA Michalovce	Főtáv FTC Kézilabda Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
	Pena 6	(16–8)	Wollingerová 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria wins 71–48 on aggregate.

Wild card tournament

Issy-Paris Hand organizde the event.^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zvezda Zvenigorod	2	2	0	0	52	41	+11	4
HC Leipzig	2	1	0	1	42	42	0	2
Issy-Paris Hand	2	0	0	2	36	47	−11	0

21 September 2012 19:00	HC Leipzig	21 – 16	Issy-Paris Hand	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Kudłacz 6	(14–10)	Signate 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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22 September 2012 16:00	Zvezda Zvenigorod	26 – 21	HC Leipzig	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	three players 5	(12–12)	Visser 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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23 September 2012 12:00	Issy-Paris Hand	20 – 26	Zvezda Zvenigorod	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 720 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Signate 6	(7–11)	Lobach 5
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

References

1. "Women's EHF Champions League qualification draw on 3 July". ehfcl.com. 28 June 2012.
2. "Draw results". ehfcl.com. 3 July 2012.
3. "Women's qualification tournament in France". ehfcl.com. 19 July 2012.

External links

• Official website