2012–13 LV Cup
| 2012–13 LV Cup | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Countries |
 England Wales
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| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
| Date | 9 November 2012 – 17 March 2013 | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Teams | 16 | ||
| Matches played | 35 | ||
| Attendance | 266,587 (7,617 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 157 (4.49 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Ben Botica (Harlequins) (78 points) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Tonderai Chavhanga (Newport Gwent Dragons) Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks) Andy Fenby (Scarlets) Ben Morgan (Gloucester) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath) Tom Williams (Harlequins) Marland Yarde (London Irish) (3 tries) |
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| Final | |||
| Venue | Sixways Stadium, Worcester | ||
| Attendance | 8,100 | ||
| Champions | Harlequins (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up | Sale Sharks | ||
| Official website | www.lv.com | ||
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The 2012–13 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) is the 42nd season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the eighth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.
The competition consists of the four Welsh Pro 12 teams and the 12 English Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. English clubs have been allocated to the pools depending on their finish in the 2011-12 Aviva Premiership. Welsh regions have been allocated to the pools to avoid repeating fixtures from the Heineken and Amlin Challenge cups where possible. Teams are guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other, with the top team from each pool qualifying for the semi finals. The competition will take place during the Autumn Internationals window and during the Six Nations thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.
Leicester Tigers are defending champions this season after claiming the cup with a 26-14 victory over Northampton Saints in the final at Sixways Stadium in Worcester. It was the seventh victory for Leicester Tigers (a record) in the competition, and the second since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.
The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:
The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:
Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:
The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.
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