| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2012–13 |
| Prev Year: | 2011–12 |
| Next Year: | 2013–14 |
| Team: | California Golden Bears |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Coachrank: | 4 |
| Aprank: | 6 |
| Record: | 32 - 4 |
| Conf Record: | 17 - 1 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Charmin Smith |
| Asst Coach2: | Kai Felton |
| Champion: | Pac-12 Regular season champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA Women's Tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Final Four |
The 2012–13 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with a record of 32 - 4 overall, 17 - 1 in Pac-12 play to tie for the conference regular season title with Stanford. They lost in the semifinals of the 2013 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament to UCLA. They were invited to the 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament where they reached the first Final Four in program history.
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|-!colspan=9 style= | Pac-12 Conference tournament|-!colspan=9 style= | NCAA tournamentSource[1]
See main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.