The 2012–13 was the 111th staging of the (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The competition began on 29 August 2012 and ended on 17 May 2013 with the final, held at the Santiago Bernabéu in

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, in which

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lifted the trophy for the tenth time in their history with a 2–1 victory over hosts

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in extra time.

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were the defending champions but were eliminated by Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Going into the competition, the winners were assured of a place in the

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of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, but both finalists had already qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League a few weeks before.

Calendar and format

;Notes *Note 1: Match in second leg of Round of 32 between Athletic and Eibar and the involved knockout of Round of 16 were delayed one week later. After the reschedule by UEFA of Europa League match 'Kiryat Shmona v Athletic' to be played on 28 November, the RFEF changed date to 12 December, and the first leg of the involved fixture of Round of 16 was played one week later. *Note 2: Originally was expected to celebrate the second leg of Round of 16 on 18–19 December, and next rounds from 9 to 30 January in mid-week until semi-finals, but according to the note 1 which always it would be one knockout delayed from others and the close celebration of league matchday (celebrated on 20–22 December, prior to Christmas holidays) it was postponed with agreement between clubs and television broadcasters to postpone the second leg of Round of 16 to 8–10 January and move next rounds one week later until 30 January and the celebration of second leg of semi-finals around 27 February 2013.

Qualified teams

The following teams competed in the Copa del Rey 2012–13. 20 teams of 2011–12 La Liga: *

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* Betis * Espanyol *

Getafe Getafe () is a municipalities in Spain, municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city c ...

Granada Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...

* Levante *

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Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish ...

* Racing Santander * Rayo Vallecano *

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* Villarreal *

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20 teams of

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( Barcelona B and Villarreal B are excluded for being reserve teams): * Alcorcón * Alcoyano *

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* Celta Vigo * Córdoba *

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* Cartagena * Gimnàstic *

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* Hércules *

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* Numancia * Recreativo *

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* Xerez 25 teams of 2011–12 Segunda División B. Teams that qualified are the top five teams of each of the 4 groups (excluding reserve teams) and the five with the highest number of points out of the remaining non-reserve teams (*): *

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* Real Oviedo * La Roda * Mirandés * Ponferradina * Eibar * Amorebieta *

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* Atlético Baleares *

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* Huracán Valencia *

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* Llagostera *

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* Balompédica Linense *

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* San Roque* * L'Hospitalet* * Alavés* * Lleida Esportiu* * Cacereño* 18 teams of 2011–12 Tercera División. Teams that qualified are the champions of each of the 18 groups (or at least the ones with the highest number of points within their group since reserve teams are excluded): *

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* Caudal de Mieres * Noja * Laudio * Prat * Catarroja * Fuenlabrada * Real Ávila * Loja * Atlético Sanluqueño * Constància * Marino de Los Cristianos * Yeclano * Arroyo * Peña Sport * SD Logroñés * Ejea * Villarrobledo

First round

The draw for First and Second round was held on 3 August 2012 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas,

. In this round gained entry 36

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and

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teams. The matches were played on 29–30 August 2012. Balompédica Linense,

, Huracán Valencia,

and Lleida Esportiu received a bye.

Second round

In this round gained entry all

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teams. The matches were played on 11–12 September 2012. Cacereño received a bye.

Third round

The draw was held on 14 September 2012 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol. The matches were played on 17–18 October 2012. Alcoyano received a bye.

Final phase

The draw for the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter-finals and Semi-finals was held on 18 October 2012 at 12:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol in Las Rozas,

. In this round, all

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teams entered the competition. Like previous years, Round of 32 pairings was as follows: the seven remaining teams participating in

and

were drawn against the

teams which qualified for European competitions, this is: four teams from Pot 1 (Segunda B) were drawn against four teams from pot 2a (champions) and the three remaining teams in pot 1 were drawn in the same way with the pot 2b teams (Europa League). The five teams in Pot 3 (

) were drawn against five teams of the thirteen remaining teams of La Liga (Pot 4). The remaining eight teams of La Liga faced each other. Matches involving teams with different league tiers played at home on the first leg the team in lower tier, in the other matches the first team to come out of the draw played at home. This rule was also applied in Round of 16, but not for Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, which order of legs was pure as of the order of draw. At the time of the draw, the result of the match between Las Palmas and Racing de Santander (which was played later that day) was not known.

Bracket

Round of 32

The first leg matches were played between 30 October and 1 November 2012. The second legs were played between 27 and 29 November 2012, except Athletic Bilbao–Eibar on 12 December 2012.

First leg

Second leg

Round of 16

The first leg matches were played on 11–13 December 2012, except the Eibar–Málaga match, which was played on 18 December 2012. The second leg were played on 8–10 January 2013. The order of legs were changed in knockouts between teams from different levels, the lower league team playing at home in the first leg, as was the case in the knockout

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First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

The first leg matches were played on 15–17 January 2013. The second leg matches were played on 23–24 January 2013.

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The first leg matches were played on 30–31 January 2013. The second leg were played on 26–27 February 2013.

First leg

Second leg

Final

The Copa del Rey final was played at Santiago Bernabéu on Friday 17 May 2013.

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

MundoDeportivo.com

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Calendar and format

Qualified teams

First round

Second round

Third round

Final phase

Bracket

Round of 32

First leg

Second leg

Round of 16

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

See also

Notes

References

External links