2012–13 CEV Champions League

The 2012/13 season of Volleyball Champions League began on 23 October 2012 with the group stage. 28 teams from 15 nations took part in the competition. German participants were the masters Berlin Recycling Volleys and the runner- Generali Haching and VfB Friedrichshafen, who received a wild card by the CEV; Austria was represented by Hypo Tirol Volleyball Team Innsbruck.

Mode

In the group stage, there were seven groups of four teams. Each team took home and away against each of the three counterparties. For a 3-0 or 3-1 win, there were three, for a 3-2 win and two for a 2:3 defeat a point. The group winners and the best runners qualified for the playoffs. There they found in two rounds each with Home and Away match three participants for the Final Four. The host of the Final Four was directly qualified as the fourth participant in the group stage. The best non-qualified for the playoffs teams played in CEV Cup on.

Group stage

Play-offs

The games were held on 16 and 23 January and on 6 and 13 February (one day each ±) instead.

• Trentino - Moscow 12:15
• Belchatow - İzmir 12:15

• Cuneo - Macerata 15:7

Final Four

In the Final Four on March 16 and 17 in Omsk played Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, which was determined after the completion of the group matches of the CEV as host, against the three qualified in the playoffs teams.