2012-13 EHF Women's Champions League
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 22 September 2012–12 May 2013 |
| Teams | 17 (Qualification stage) 16 (Group stage) 8 (Main round) 4 (Knockout stage) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Győri Audi ETO KC (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Larvik HK
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 78 |
| Goals scored | 4,012 (51.44 per match) |
| Attendance | 179,511 (2,301 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Zsuzsanna Tomori (95 goals) |
The 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League was the 20th edition of the EHF Women's Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Budućnost Podgorica was title holder, after beating Győri Audi ETO KC in past season's final.
Győri redeemed themselves by winning this seasons's edition. They defeated Larvik HK 47–43 in the final.
A few changes had been made in the competition's format. The first qualifying tournament has been deleted. As past season the second qualifying tournament was played under a final four format. A Wild Card Tournament with three teams was organized, the winner were qualified for the Group Phase. In addition, a knock-out match between one team from Pot 1 of the QT2 and an other team from Pot 2 of the QT2 was played. The winner also qualified for the Group Phase.
28 teams from 19 federations participated to the Women's Champions League this season. Places were distributed according to the EHF league coefficient, which took into account the performances in European competitions from 2008–09 to 2010–11.
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The draws will be held in Vienna, Austria and Herzogenaurach, Germany.
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.
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.
Viborg HK organized the event.
Byåsen HE organized the event.
U Jolidon Cluj-Napoca organized the event.
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