2012–13 EHF European Cup

2012–13 EHF European Cup

The Palais des Sports de Beaulieu in Nantes, France, will host the Final 4 tournament
Tournament details
Dates	9 February 2013 – 19 May 2013 (competition proper) 8 September 2012 – 2 December 2012 (qualifying)
Teams	16 (competition proper) 75 (total)
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The 2012–13 EHF European Cup is the first edition of the EHF European Cup and the first edition since the merger of the EHF Cup with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The EHF European Cup final four tournament will be played in Nantes, France, between 18 and 19 May 2013.

Knockout stage

Round 1

The table below shows the results of the first round. Teams listed first played at home during the first leg and away during the second leg. Some teams agreed to play both matches in one venue (see: Notes). Highlighted teams qualified into the second round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting	53–59	Ystads IF	27–22	26–37
Borac	63–44	Besa Famiglia Pejä	31–22	32–22
Haukar Hafnarfjördur	57–31	HC Mojkovac	32–12	25–19
Winterthur	48–55	Benfica	21–28	27–27
Maribor	66–52	Dudelange	39–24	27–28
Lovosice	59–56	Zamet	27–23	32–33
Medvedi Perm	80–49	Tiraspol	37–20	43–291
European University Cyprus	43–61	Odorheiu Secuiesc	28–30	15–31
HIT medalp Tirol	48–57	Siscia	26–25	22–32
Meshkov Brest	72–42	Conversano	38–19	34–232
Diomidis Argous	60–47	AEK	30–18	30–29
Tongeren	54–66	Elverum	25–26	29–40
Balatonfüredi	51–47	Kehra	24–22	27–223
Kristianstad	59–49	Sporta Hlovec	31–24	28–21
Nilüfer Belediyespor	50–84	Tauron Stal Mielec	29–424	21–42
Kumanovo	65–46	Dobrudja	30–20	35–265
KRAS/Volendam	51–41	BSV Bern Muri	26–23	25–18
London GD	32–88	Kolding	16–466	16–42

Notes

• Note 1: The second leg was played in Perm, Russia, with Tiraspol being the official hosts.
• Note 2: The second leg was played in Brest, Belarus, with Conservano being the official hosts.
• Note 3: The second leg was played in Balatonfüred, Hungary, with Kehra being the official hosts.
• Note 4: The first leg was played in Mielec, Poland, with Nilüfer Belediyespor being the official hosts.
• Note 5: The second leg was played in Kumanovo, Macedonia, with Dobrudja being the official hosts.
• Note 6: The first leg was played in Kolding, Denmark, with London GD being the official hosts.

Round 2

The table below shows the results of the second round. Teams listed first played at home during the first leg and away during the second leg. Some teams agreed to play both matches in one venue (see: Notes). Highlighted teams qualified into the third round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odorheiu Secuiesc	69–70	Beşiktaş	40–33	29–37
Kristianstad	47–48	Eskilstuna Guif	24–22	23–26
Kumanovo	58–61	Sungul Snezhinsk	27–26	31–35
KRAS/Volendam	56–59	Koper	31–32	25–27
Tauron Stal Mielec	53–56	Holstebro	29–26	24–30
Tatabánya	46–59	Elverum	23–27	23–32
Madeira	51–62	Diomidis Argous	25–307	26–32
Medvedi Perm	66–64	Wacker Thun	38–32	28–328
Benfica	72–45	Loacker Südtirol	32–20	40–259
Kolding	66–48	Lovćen	34–17	31–3210
Našice	60–66	Meshkov Brest	30–31	30–35
Siscia	46–45	Dinamo Poltava	23–2411	23–21
Vardar	60–44	Lovosice	36–19	24–25
Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs	50–77	Maribor	25–4212	25–35
Vojvodina	53–52	Balatonfüredi	29–25	24–27
Motor Zaporozhye	58–47	Haukar Hafnarfjördur	30–25	28–2213
Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau	51–46	Ystads IF	28–24	23–2214

Notes

• Note 7: The first leg was played in Argos, Greece, with Madeira being the official hosts.
• Note 8: The second leg was played in Perm, Russia, with Wacker Thun being the official hosts.
• Note 9: The second leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with Loacker Südtirol being the official hosts.
• Note 10: The second leg was played in Vordingborg, Denmark, with Lovćen being the official hosts.
• Note 11: The first leg was played in Poltava, Ukraine, with Siscia being the official hosts.
• Note 12: The first leg was played in Maribor, Slovenia, with Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs being the official hosts.
• Note 13: The second leg was played in Zaporozhye, Ukraine, with Haukar Hafnarfjördur being the official hosts.
• Note 14: The second leg was played in Bacău, Romania, with Ystads IF being the official hosts.

Round 3

The table below shows the results of the third round. Teams listed first played at home during the first leg and away during the second leg. Some teams agreed to play both matches in one venue (see: Notes). Highlighted teams qualified into the group stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Frisch Auf Göppingen	58–41	Meshkov Brest	29–17	29–24
Borac	50–66	Tatran Prešov	25–36	25–30
Siscia	52–64	Maribor	30–29	22–35
Diomidis Argous	44–64	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	27–27	17–37
Koper	51–50	Porto	29–23	22–27
HBC Nantes	51–49	Benfica	29–21	22–28
Holstebro	67–54	Saint-Raphaël Var	35–19	32–35
Eskilstuna Guif	57–57 (a)	Aragón	30–26	27–31
Magdeburg	56–55	Vardar	30–27	26–28
La Rioja	50–45	Vojvodina	28–19	22–26
Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau	55–44	Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion	33–22	22–2215
Haslum	56–57	Beşiktaş	31–20	25–37
Wisła Płock	66–47	Sungul Snezhinsk	37–23	29–24
Elverum	71–51	Sloga	34–24	37–27
Motor Zaporozhye	60–48	Alpla HC Hard	27–26	33–22
Kolding	68–54	Medvedi Perm	41–24	27–30

• Note 15: The second leg was played in Bacău, Romania, with Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion being the official hosts.

Group stage

Draw

The draw of the EHF European Cup group phase was carried out on Thursday 6 December 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals, which are scheduled in April 2013. The teams were positioned into four pots, with the country protection rule applied: two clubs from the same country may not face each other in the same group.

Pot 1 Frisch Auf Göppingen Elverum Beşiktaş Tatran Prešov

Pot 2 Holstebro Koper Motor Zaporozhye SMD Bacau

Pot 3 Wisła Płock Rhein-Neckar Löwen Eskilstuna Guif Magdeburg

Pot 4 La Rioja Nantes Kolding Maribor

Group A

GÖP KPR GUI LaR Frisch Auf Göppingen – 9 Mar 37–26 23 Mar Koper 23 Feb – 23 Mar 25–21 Eskilstuna Guif 16 Mar 16 Feb – 9 Mar La Rioja 16 Feb 16 Mar 23 Feb –

Group B

TAT ZAP LÖW KOL HT Tatran Prešov – 9 Mar 33–34 23 Mar Motor Zaporozhye 23 Feb – 23 Mar 21–24 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 16 Mar 16 Feb – 10 Mar Kolding 17 Feb 23 Mar 24 Feb –

Group C

ELR HOL WIS MAR Elverum – 24 Feb 25–27 23 Mar Holstebro 10 Mar – 24 Mar 26–26 Wisła Płock 16 Mar 16 Feb – 9 Mar Maribor 16 Feb 16 Mar 24 Feb –

Group D

BEŞ BAC MAG NAN Beşiktaş – 9 Mar 16 Mar 23 Mar SMD Bacau 24 Feb – 24 Mar 18–21 Magdeburg 33–18 16 Feb – 9 Mar Nantes 17 Feb 17 Mar 24 Feb –

References

General

• "2012–13 EHF European Cup statistics and results". EHF official website. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

Specific