2012–13 EHF Champions League qualifying

Main article: 2012–13 EHF Champions League

This article describes the qualifying for the 2012–13 EHF 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 July 3, 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 July 3, 2012.^[2]

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

Qualification tournament 1

RK Partizan organized the event.^[2][3]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	RK Sloga Doboj	25
					9 September 2012
	RK Lovcen	23
					RK Sloga Doboj	16
	8 September 2012
					RK Partizan	31
	RK Partizan	27
	F.C. Porto	25
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					RK Lovcen	25
					F.C. Porto	31

Semifinals

8 September 2012 17:00	RK Partizan	27 – 25	F.C. Porto	Banjica Sport Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Kostadinović, Mitrović 5	(14–13)	Moreira 7
	3× 7×	Report	1× 3× 1×

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8 September 2012 19:30	RK Sloga Doboj	25 – 23	RK Lovcen	Banjica Sport Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 450 Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
	Pesić 7	(13–10)	Marković 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

9 September 2012 17:00	RK Lovcen	25 – 31	F.C. Porto	Banjica Sport Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 200 Referees: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov (RUS)
	Jovetić 6	(10–14)	Davyes 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final

9 September 2012 19:30	RK Sloga Doboj	16 – 31	RK Partizan	Banjica Sport Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Pesić 8	(8–15)	Maksić 8
	3× 1×	Report	3×

Qualification tournament 2

Haslum HK organized the event.^[2][3]

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

Semifinals

8 September 2012 14:00	HC Metalurg	25 – 19	Alpla HC Hard	Haslumhallen, Rykkinn Attendance: 310 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Mojsovski 6	(10–5)	Glusaks 5
	1× 5×	Report	3× 4×

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8 September 2012 16:30	Haslum HK	29 – 28 (ET)	HC Dinamo-Poltava	Haslumhallen, Rykkinn Attendance: 750 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Roe 6	(9–13)	Vasyuk 9
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 5–4

Third place game

9 September 2012 14:00	Alpla HC Hard	29 – 23	HC Dinamo-Poltava	Haslumhallen, Rykkinn Attendance: 173 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Krsmančić 9	Report	Shindin 6
	3× 6× 1×		2× 8× 1×

Final

9 September 2012 16:30	HC Metalurg	30 – 20	Haslum HK	Haslumhallen, Rykkinn Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Mirkulovski 8	(16–8)	four players 3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Qualification tournament 3

HCM Constanța organized the event.^[2][3]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 September 2012
	HCM Constanța	33
					9 September 2012
	SSV Bozen	22
					HCM Constanța	26
	8 September 2012
					HT Tatran Prešov	21
	HT Tatran Prešov	36
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	20
					Third place
					9 September 2012
					SSV Bozen	30
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	33

Semifinals

8 September 2012 18:00	HCM Constanța	33 – 22	SSV Bozen	Sala Sporturilor, Constanța Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Csepreghi 6	(16–12)	Turković 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

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8 September 2012 20:30	HT Tatran Prešov	36 – 20	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Sala Sporturilor, Constanța Attendance: 150 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Číp 7	(11–8)	Friedmann 4
	6×	Report	5× 1×

Third place game

9 September 2012 18:00	SSV Bozen	30 – 33	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Sala Sporturilor, Constanța Attendance: 300 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Radovcić 8	(19–14)	Rosental 9
	3× 7×	Report	3× 8×

Final

9 September 2012 20:30	HCM Constanța	26 – 21	HT Tatran Prešov	Sala Sporturilor, Constanța Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Toma 7	(16–10)	Krištopāns, Rábek 4
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Play-off

HC Dinamo-Minsk and Beşiktaş J.K. played a playoff series to determine a participant for the group stage.^[2]

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)
	Arifoglu 7	(9–15)	Atman 9
	3×	Report	3× 2×

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9 September 2012 16:00	HC Dinamo-Minsk	31 – 24	Beşiktaş J.K.	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	three players 4	(14–13)	Arifoglu 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Dinamo-Minsk wins 61–46 on aggregate.

Wild card tournament

Saint-Raphaël Var HB was awarded the right to organize the tournament.^[4]

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

• Note 1: RK Cimos Koper was invited to the Wild card tournament to replace Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, who replaced AG København in the group stage.

Semifinals

8 September 2012 16:30	HSV Hamburg	28 – 26	Wisła Płock	Palais des Sports Intercommunal, Saint-Raphaël Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Lindberg 6	(15–16)	Ghionea 11
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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8 September 2012 19:00	Saint-Raphaël Var HB	28 – 23	RK Cimos Koper	Palais des Sports Intercommunal, Saint-Raphaël Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Caucheteux 6	(13–13)	Brumen 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Third place game

9 September 2012 16:00	Wisła Płock	27 – 22	RK Cimos Koper	Palais des Sports Intercommunal, Saint-Raphaël Attendance: 500 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Nenadić 7	(12–10)	Brumen 11
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Final

9 September 2012 19:00	HSV Hamburg	32 – 31 (ET)	Saint-Raphaël Var HB	Palais des Sports Intercommunal, Saint-Raphaël Attendance: 1,200 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Lindberg 8	(13–15)	Meganem 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 5–4

References

1. "First draw of VELUX EHF Champions League season". ehfcl.com. 2012-06-28.
2. "Draw results". ehfcl.com. 2012-07-03.
3. "Qualification Tournament organisers announced". ehfcl.com. 2012-07-17.
4. "Wildcard organiser announced". ehfcl.com. 2012-07-13.

External links

• Official website