2012–13 EHF Champions League qualifying


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.

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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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

organized the event.

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Qualification tournament 2

organized the event.

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Qualification tournament 3

organized the event.

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Play-off

HC Dinamo-Minsk and Beşiktaş J.K. played a playoff series to determine a participant for the group stage.
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Dinamo-Minsk wins 61–46 on aggregate.

Wild card tournament

was awarded the right to organize the tournament.
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Third place game

Final