EHF Challenge Cup 2012/13

This article describes the men's EHF Challenge Cup 2012/13 , for the women's competition see EHF Women's Challenge Cup 2012/13 .

At the EHF Challenge Cup 2012/13 30 took Handball part -Vereinsmannschaften, who had qualified in the previous season in their home countries for the competition. It was the 13th edition of the Challenge Cup under this name. The cup games began on October 12, 2012, the final took place on May 25, 2013. The defending champion of the EHF Challenge Cup was the Greek club AC Diomidis Argous .
The winner of the EHF Challenge Cup 2012/13 is SKA Minsk , who won this competition for the first time.

round 2

Qualified teams

Pot 1: OCI Nitrogen Lions Ruislip Eagles

Pot 2: Klaipėdos Dragūnas Initia Hasselt

Pot 3: Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou PES Strovolos

Pot 4: Põlva Serviti Olimpus-85-USEFS

groups

Group A OCI Nitrogen-Lions Initia Hasselt Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou Põlva Serviti

Group B Ruislip Eagles Klaipėdos Dragūnas SPE Strovolos Olimpus-85-USEFS

decisions

Participation in round 3

Group A

The group A tournament took place from 12.-14. October 2012 in the Mesikäpa Hall in Põlva .
The group first and second qualified for the 3rd round. The last two were eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Initia Hasselt	3	3	0	0	100	065	+35	6-0
2.	Põlva Serviti	3	2	0	1	074	063	+11	4: 2
3.	OCI Nitrogen Lions	3	1	0	2	086	072	+14	2: 4
4th	Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou	3	0	0	3	050	110	−60	0: 6

October 12, 2012, Friday 6:00 p.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	700 spectators Match report	OCI Nitrogen Lions Nikola Miricki 5	19: 22 (10: 11)	Põlva Serviti Roman Ajsatullow 7
October 12, 2012, Fri. 8:30 p.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	200 spectators Match report	Initia Hasselt Jacobs Jeffrey 8	37  : 19 (17: 07)	Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou József Kopcsák 7
October 13, 2012, Sat. 3:30 p.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	100 spectators Match report	Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou Petros Prokopiou 6	20: 39 (11:20)	OCI Nitrogen Lions Tim Mullens 6
October 13, 2012, Sat 6:00 p.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	700 spectators Match report	Põlva Serviti Raido Peedomaa 4	18: 33 ( 08:16)	Initia Hasselt Bart Kohlen 7
October 14, 2012, Sun 11:30 a.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	100 spectators Match report	OCI Nitrogen Lions Marco Vernooy 7	28: 30 (15: 14)	Initia Hasselt David L'Hoest 9
October 14, 2012, Sunday 2 p.m. in Põlva, Mesikäpa Hall	500 spectators Match report	Põlva Serviti Andreas Rikken 7	34  : 11 (18: 04)	Mavrommatis Ayiou Pavlou Christos Hadjiefrem 3

Group B

The group B tournament took place from 12-14 October 2012 in Chișinău .
The table first and second qualified for the 3rd round. The last two were eliminated from the tournament.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Klaipėdos Dragūnas	3	3	0	0	105	069	+35	6-0
2.	PES Strovolos	3	2	0	1	074	063	+11	4: 2
3.	Olimpus-85-USEFS	3	1	0	2	086	072	+14	2: 4
4th	Ruislip Eagles	3	0	0	3	059	128	−69	0: 6

October 12, 2012, Fri 5:15 p.m. in Chișinău	1,200 spectators Match report	Ruislip Eagles Lucas Carstens 4	18: 40 ( 09:17)	Olimpus-85-USEFS Alexandr Jedic 8
October 12, 2012, Friday 7:45 p.m. in Chișinău	200 spectators Match report	Klaipėdos Dragūnas Benas Petreikis 6	29  : 21 (15: 12)	PES Strovolos Panayiotis Antoniou 3
October 13, 2012, Sat 7:45 p.m. in Chișinău	100 spectators Match report	PES Strovolos George Christodoulou 5	41  : 17 (22: 07)	Ruislip Eagles Lucas Carstens 3
October 13, 2012, Sat. 5:15 p.m. in Chișinău	900 spectators Match report	Olimpus-85-USEFS Serghei Nazarco 7	24: 29 (13: 17)	Klaipėdos Dragūnas Karolis stropus 7
October 14, 2012, Sun 11:30 a.m. in Chișinău	50 spectators Match report	Ruislip Eagles Lucas Carstens 6	24: 47 (13: 26)	Klaipėdos Dragūnas Kęstutis Kremeris 8
October 14, 2012, Sun 2 p.m. in Chișinău	800 spectators Match report	Olimpus-85-USEFS Alexandr Jedic 4	23: 27 (11: 17)	PES Strovolos Giorgos Papakyprianou 10

Round 3

The first and second placed teams of groups A and B of the 2nd round took part as well as 16 seeded teams.
The draw for the third round took place on July 24, 2012 in Vienna.
The first legs took place between November 24 and December 15, 2012. The second leg took place between November 25 and December 16, 2012.

Qualified teams

Pot 1: Drammen HK STR Zaporozhe Maccabi Tyrec Tel Aviv RK Sutjeska RK Izviđač BB Ankara Spor RK Ovče Pole KH Prishtina SKA Minsk PAS Aeropos Edessas

Pot 2: RK Radnički Kragujevac IL Runar HK Portowyk Male Milli Piyango SK Spartak Varna HB Esch Initia Hasselt Põlva Serviti Klaipėdos Dragūnas PES Strovolos

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Maccabi "Tyrec" Tel Aviv David Rašić 16	PES Strovolos Giorgos Papakyprianou 17th	December 15, 2012 4:00 p.m.	December 16, 2012 4:00 p.m.	48: 57
		26  : 25 (13: 13)	22: 32 (10: 17)
		250 spectators	300 spectators
Põlva Serviti Roman Ajsatullow 15	SKA Minsk Barys Puchouski 16	11/24/2012 6:00 p.m.	12/01/2012 4:00 p.m.	56: 73
		32: 37 (14: 18)	24: 36 (11: 17)
		800 spectators	350 spectators
RK Izviđač Senjamin Burić 12	Male Milli Piyango SK Volkan Çalışkan 13	11/24/2012 7:00 p.m.	12/02/2012 4:00 p.m.	57  : 55
		30  : 25 (16: 13)	27: 30 (17: 18)
		1,150 spectators	150 spectators
RK Sutjeska Radivoje Dodic 7	Initia Hasselt Jeffrey Jacobs 12	11/24/2012 8:15 pm	11/25/2012 3:00 p.m.	34: 53
		18: 30 ( 09:15)	16: 23 ( 07: 12)
		210 spectators	150 spectators
KH Prishtina Enis Kabashi 18th	HB Esch Martin Muller 14	11/24/2012 8:00 p.m.	12/01/2012 8:30 p.m.	50: 55
		28  : 24 (11: 14)	22: 31 (10: 10)
		1,200 spectators	500 spectators
Klaipėdos Dragūnas Benas Petreikis 16	STR Zaporozhe Maksym Karamschew 12	11/24/2012 6:30 p.m.	12/01/2012 5:00 p.m.	51  : 51
		27  : 22 (14: 09)	24: 29 (11: 12)
		400 spectators	900 spectators
BB Ankara Spor Gökhan Örnek 16	Spartak Varna Stanislaw Dobrew 9	11/24/2012 1:00 p.m.	11/25/2012 5:00 p.m.	59  : 38
		33  : 16 (18: 06)	26  : 22 (12: 06)
		300 spectators	120 spectators
Drammen HK Lars Erik Bjørnsen 19th	HK Portowyk Olexander Poltorazkyj 11	11/24/2012 5:00 p.m.	01.12.2012 6:00 p.m.	60  : 54
		38  : 29 (20: 14)	22: 25 (10: 10)
		312 spectators	700 spectators
RK Ovče Pole Top scorer	IL Runar Top scorer	11/27/2012 00:00	11/27/2012 00:00	0: 20
		00: 10 ( 00: 00)	00: 10 ( 00: 00)
		-.--- Spectator	-.--- Spectator
RK Radnički Kragujevac Ivan Rajičević 15	PAS Aeropos Edessas Panagiotis Tzouvaras 12	11/24/2012 6:00 p.m.	01.12.2012 6:00 p.m.	71  : 51
		38  : 25 (17: 13)	33  : 26 (14: 12)
		800 spectators	420 spectators

Round of 16

The 10 winners of the 3rd round and the best 6 seeded teams took part.
The draw for the round of 16 took place on December 6, 2012 in Vienna.
The first legs took place between February 16 and 23, 2013. The second legs took place on 23–24. February 2013.

Qualified teams

AC PAOK AC Doukas CSU Suceava KS Azoty Puławy RK Spartak Vojput Pallamano Pressano Klaipėdos Dragūnas Drammen HK

Initia Hasselt RK Izviđač SKA Minsk HB Esch IL Runar RK Radnički Kragujevac BB Ankara Spor PES Strovolos

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Drammen HK Lars Erik Bjørnsen 12	RK Izviđač Nenad Zeljić 11	02/16/2013 5:00 p.m.	02/23/2013 7:00 p.m.	75  : 42
		41  : 20 (20: 13)	34  : 22 (14: 09)
		213 spectators	500 spectators
BB Ankara Spor Andrij Ternovoi 15	AC Doukas Efstathios Zampounis 14	02/16/2013 1:00 p.m.	02/24/2013 5:00 p.m.	54  : 51
		29  : 23 (14: 12)	25: 28 (15: 13)
		350 spectators	400 spectators
HB Esch Martin Muller 15	RK Spartak Vojput Marko Kovačević 16	02/17/2013 5:00 p.m.	02/23/2013 5:30 p.m.	54  : 53
		34  : 26 (17:15)	20: 27 ( 08: 16)
		400 spectators	1,600 spectators
Klaipėdos Dragūnas Jonas Truchanovičius 12	RK Radnički Kragujevac Dejan Pralica 13	02/23/2013 6:30 p.m.	02/24/2013 5:00 p.m.	53:55
		30  : 28 (16:15)	23: 27 (11: 14)
		550 spectators	550 spectators
Initia Hasselt Jeffrey Jacobs 15	KS Azoty Puławy Przemysław Krajewski 10	02/17/2013 3:00 p.m.	02/23/2013 6:00 p.m.	50  : 50
		21:21 ( 08:11)	29: 29 (15: 15)
		1,200 spectators	711 spectators
IL Runar Kim Johansson 13	AC PAOK Dimitrios Tsakiris 13	02/16/2013 6:00 p.m.	02/23/2013 6:00 p.m.	68  : 57
		36  : 26 (16: 12)	32  : 31 (19:15)
		297 spectators	400 spectators
CSU Suceava Adrian Chiruţ 14	PES Strovolos Miloš Pešić 16	02/16/2013 5:00 p.m.	02/23/2013 6:00 p.m.	67  : 59
		35  : 34 (12: 15)	32  : 25 (12: 10)
		400 spectators	1,500 spectators
SKA Minsk Barys Puchouski 21	Pallamano Pressano Adriano Di Maggio 11	02/16/2013 4:00 p.m.	02/24/2013 6:00 p.m.	67  : 45
		39  : 25 (20: 11)	28  : 20 (10: 09)
		500 spectators	800 spectators

Quarter finals

The 8 winners from the round of 16 took part.
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on February 26, 2013 in Vienna.
The first legs took place between March 16 and 22, 2013. The second leg took place on March 23, 2013.

Qualified teams

Drammen HK BB Ankara Spor HB Esch RK Radnički Kragujevac

Initia Hasselt IL Runar CSU Suceava SKA Minsk

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
Initia Hasselt Bart Kohlen 20	HB Esch Martin Muller 16	03/17/2013 3:00 p.m.	03/23/2013 8:30 p.m.	53: 56
		26: 28 (13: 14)	27: 28 (14: 15)
		1,020 spectators	640 spectators
BB Ankara Spor Gökhan Örnek 16	CSU Suceava Adrian Chiruţ 11	16.03.2013 6:00 p.m.	03/23/2013 11:00 a.m.	60: 66
		33: 36 (17: 18)	27: 30 (13: 17)
		700 spectators	450 spectators
SKA Minsk Barys Puchouski 18	RK Radnički Kragujevac Ivan Rajičević 12	03/22/2013 6:30 p.m.	03/23/2013 4:00 p.m.	85  : 56
		42  : 29 (20: 16)	43  : 27 (20: 12)
		450 spectators	300 spectators
Drammen HK Lars Erik Bjørnsen 17th	IL Runar Peder Trevland 16	16.03.2013 6:00 p.m.	03/23/2013 4:00 p.m.	60: 67
		28: 29 (15: 16)	32: 38 (14: 20)
		217 spectators	362 spectators

Semifinals

The 4 winners from the quarter-finals took part.
The semi-final draw took place on February 26, 2013 in Vienna.
The first leg took place on April 20, 2013. The second legs took place from 27.-28. April 2013.

Qualified teams

HB Esch CSU Suceava

SKA Minsk IL Runar

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
IL Runar Tobias Rivesjö 13	SKA Minsk Barys Puchouski 17th	04/20/2013 4:00 p.m.	04/28/2013 6:00 p.m.	60: 65
		29: 32 (14: 18)	33  : 31 (17: 17)
		515 spectators	2,500 spectators
CSU Suceava Răzvan Gavriloaia 12	HB Esch Martin Muller 19	04/20/2013 5:00 p.m.	04/27/2013 5:00 p.m.	47: 48
		23  : 21 (12: 07)	24: 27 (14: 13)
		500 spectators	850 spectators

final

The 2 winners from the semifinals took part.
The draw for the finals took place on April 30, 2013 in Vienna.
Because of the swap of dates, the first leg took place on May 25, 2013. The second leg took place on May 18, 2013.

Qualified teams

HB Esch SKA Minsk

Games drawn and results

Team 1	Team 2	First leg	Return leg	total
SKA Minsk	HB Esch	May 25, 2013 Sat 6 p.m.	May 18, 2013 Sat 8:15 pm	63  : 50
		32  : 24 (16: 11)	31  : 26 (14: 11)

First leg

SKA Minsk - HB Esch 32  : 24 (16: 11)

May 25, 2013 in Minsk-Arena, Minsk, 5,200 spectators.

SKA Minsk: Ivan Matskevich, Artsem Padasinau, Maksim Lapitski, Barys Puchouski (9), Sjarhej Schylowitsch (6), Dzmitry Kamyshyk (4), Aliaksei Haisa (4), Aljaksandr Zitou (4), Raman Lukashuk (2), Viktar Zaitsau (1), Eduard Strelets (1), Yauhen Kamarau (1), Yury Lukyanchuk, Dzianis Krytski, Artsiom Yauseyeu, Vitali Kisliuk.

HB Esch: Andy Mauruschatt, Sedin Zuso, Martin Muller (10), Christian Bock (4), Sascha Pulli (3), Wouter Sas (2), Jeff Decker (2), Tom Krier (1), Sascha Marzadori (1) , Ben Weibel (1), Romain Labonte , Max Kohl, Marc Fischbach, Raoul Seresse, Daniel Linster, Samuel Baum.

Referees: Bartosz Leszczynski and Marcin Piechota EHF delegate: Nicolae Vizitiu EHF representative: Predrag Boskovic

Source: match report

Return leg

HB Esch - SKA Minsk 26:31 (11:14)

May 18, 2013 in Center sportif National, Luxembourg, 3,250 spectators.

HB Esch: Andy Mauruschatt, Sedin Zuso, Martin Muller (10), Sascha Pulli (5), Wouter Sas (3), Jeff Decker (3), Christian Bock (2), Tom Krier (1), Max Kohl (1) , Ben Weibel (1), Romain Labonte , Marc Fischbach, Raoul Seresse, Daniel Linster, Sascha Marzadori , Samuel Baum

SKA Minsk: Ivan Matskevich, Artsem Padasinau, Barys Puchouski (11), Sjarhej Schylowitsch (7), Raman Lukashuk (3), Aliaksei Haisa (3), Eduard Strelets (2), Aljaksandr Zitou (2), Viktar Zaitsau (1) , Yury Lukyanchuk (1), Dzianis Krytski (1), Yauhen Kamarau, Dzmitry Kamyshyk

Referees: Aleksandar Pandzic and Ivan Mosorinski EHF delegates: Jesus Guerrero

Source: match report

statistics

List of goalscorers

The list of goalscorers shows the top three goalscorers in the men's EHF Challenge Cup 2012/13.
You can see the nation of the players, the name, the position, the club, the games played, the goals and the Ø goals.
Barys Puchouski is the top scorer of the EHF Challenge Cup men 2012/13.

Pl.	nation	player	Item	society	Sp.	Gates	O
1.		Barys Puchouski	(RM)	0SKA Minsk	10	92	9.20
2.		Martin Muller	(RL)	0HB Esch	10	84	8.40
3.		Syarhej Schylowitsch	(RR)	0SKA Minsk	10	63	6.30

See also

• EHF Champions League 2012/13
• EHF Europe Cup 2012/13

Web links

• EHF Challenge Cup on the official website of the EHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match details SKA Minsk - Handball Esch ( English ) European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
2. ↑ Match details Handball Esch - SKA Minsk ( English ) European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2019.