2012–13 Women's EHF Cup explained

Women's EHF Cup
Year:	2012–13
Sport:	Handball
Champions:	Team Tvis Holstebro
Runners-Up1:	Metz Handball
Top Scorer:	Ann Grete Nørgaard (92 goals)
Previous:	2011–12
Next:	2013–14

The 2012–13 Women's EHF Cup was the 32nd edition of the competition, running from 13 October 2012 to May 2013.^[1]

Team Tvis Holstebro defeated Metz Handball in the final overcoming a home 4-goals loss to win its first international trophy and the third win for Denmark in four years. Metz, which defeated the previous season's runner-up HC Zalău in the semifinals, was the first French team to reach the competition's final since 1993.

First qualifying round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
	49–49	Prishtina	27–27	22–22
Gorodnichanka	48–77	Érd NK	25–46	23–31
Dunărea Brăila	72–29		39–14	33–15
Teramo	0–20	Alcobendas	0–10	0–10
Tvis Holstebro	96–47		54–22	42–25
Maccabi Ramat Gan	44–82	Fémina Visé	21–41	23–41
Valencia Aicequip	47–64	Valur	22–27	25–37
Zaglebie Lubin	43–37		22–18	21–19
Tertnes	53–42		35–21	18–21
Sassari	63–49		30–24	33–25
HC Karpaty Uzhhorod	74–45		34–17	40–28
Sokol Poruba	52–59	Astrakhanochka	23–23	29–36

Second qualifying round

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Juve Lis	49–48		24–26	25–22
Érd NK	63–63	Metz	37–31	26–32
Sassari	0–20	Lada Togliatti	0–10	0–10
Zaglebie Lubin	55–53		30–29	25–24
Alcobendas	32–74	Midtjylland	14–37	18–37
Valur	45–45	Zalău	24–23	21–22
Astrakhanochka	63–59		41–28	22–31
Itxako	73–41		33–23	40–18
HC Karpaty Uzhhorod	54–55	Radnički Kragujevac	31–22	23–33
Lugi	50–72	Tvis Holstebro	24–39	26–33
Zagorje	69–40		43–22	26–18
	35–55	Vardar Skopje	19–28	16–27
Kuban Krasnodar	52–51		28–22	24–29
	37–69	Le Havre	22–38	15–31
Cankaya	73–46		31–21	42–25
Tertnes	64–58		34–22	30–36

Round of 16

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Astrakhanochka	78–50		41–25	37–25
Cankaya	60–60	Itxako	37–24	23–36
Tertnes	64–51		33–23	31–28
Zalău	54–22		25–14	29–8
Vardar Skopje	47–50	Kuban Krasnodar	30–28	17–22
Tvis Holstebro	54–49		24–19	30–30
Midtjylland	59–50		31–28	28–22
Metz	53–50		29–28	24–22

Quarter-finals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Itxako	42–70	Zalău	22–31	20–39
Tvis Holstebro	66–62		36–29	30–33
Midtjylland	65–43		39–21	26–22
Astrakhanochka	45–52	Metz	26–19	19–33

Semifinals

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Metz	60–36		34–15	26–21
	46–47	Tvis Holstebro	22–29	24–18

Final

width=200	Team #1	width=50	Agg.	width=200	Team #2	width=100	1st match	width=100	2nd match
Tvis Holstebro	64–63		31–35	33–28

Notes and References

1. http://www.eurohandball.com/article/15292 Women's EHF Cup draw results.