The 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2012. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 10 of the 32 places in the
knockout phase
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...
of the
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 12th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Stamford Bridge, London, England on 23 May 2013.
Team allocation and distribution
The national champ ...
32 teams entered in the qualifying round, and were divided into eight groups of four teams, with one team from each seeding pot. The group-winners and best two runners-up qualify for the round of 32.:
Pot 1
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Glasgow City
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Unia Racibórz
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PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
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Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
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Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...
(''host'')
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1° Dezembro
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SFK 2000
SFK 2000 Sarajevo ( Bosnian: ŽFK 2000 Sarajevo) is a women's professional football club from the city of Sarajevo that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the highest level of women's football in Bosnia and Herzegovina, th ...
(''host'')
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NSA Sofia
FC NSA Sofia ( Bulgarian: ФК НCА София) is the women's football club of the Vasil Levski National Sports Academy of Bulgaria, based in the capital city Sofia. The club has won the Bulgarian AFG title every year from 2005 to 2018, so they ...
Pot 2
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MTK
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Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
The Metalist 1925 Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional women's football team of Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2006–2024 it was better known as Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv. It is a leader of the women professional football in Ukraine with the m ...
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Bobruichanka
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Gintra Universitetas
FC Gintra is a Lithuanian women's football club from Šiauliai.
History
The club plays in the highest Lithuanian league, the A Lyga and has won 13 championships so far. The fourth one in 2005 and every championship since then.
After its champion ...
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PK-35 Vantaa (''host'')
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ASA Tel Aviv University
ASA Tel Aviv WFC is a women's football club from Tel Aviv. The club is affiliated with Tel Aviv University and is part of the ASA Tel Aviv Sports Club. The club has won eight Ligat Nashim titles and five Israeli Women's Cup finals, and has parti ...
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Olimpia Cluj
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BIIK Kazygurt
BIIK Shymkent () is a women's association football, women's football club based in Shymkent, Kazakhstan competing in the Kazakhstan women's football championship, Kazakhstan Championship. Formerly established in Almaty as Alma-KTZh, the team won ...
Pot 3
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Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
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KÍ Klaksvík
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Spartak Subotica (''host'')
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Peamount United
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Slovan Bratislava (''host'')
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Naše Taksi (''host'')
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Glentoran Belfast United
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Pomurje (''host'')
Pot 4
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Pärnu JK
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, was a women's football team based in Pärnu, Estonia. Having won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga titles, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 7 Estonian Women's Supercups, the team step ...
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Ataşehir Belediyesi
Ataşehir is a municipality and district of Istanbul, Turkey. Its area is 25 km2, and its population is 423,127 (2022). It is located at the junction of the O-2 and O-4 motorways on the Anatolian (Asian) side of Istanbul. Its neighbours are ...
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Cardiff Met.
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FC Noroc
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Ada
Ada may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* '' Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle'', a novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Film and television
* Ada, a character in 1991 movie '' Armour of God II: Operation Condor''
* '' Ada... A Way of Life'', a 2008 Bollywo ...
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Birkirkara
Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara or BKR) is a city in the Eastern Region, Malta, Eastern Region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the Malta (island), island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous pari ...
(''host'')
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Skonto/Ceriba
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Ekonomist
The eight hosts were confirmed by UEFA before the draw, and two hosts could not be placed in the same group. Each team played the other teams in the group once. The matches were played between 11 and 16 August 2012. The draw was held on 28 June 2012.
Tie-breaker criteria
As usual in UEFA competitions,
three points are awarded for a win, and one point for a draw. If teams are equal on points after all matches have been played, the following criteria applies:
# Higher number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question.
# Superior goal difference resulting from the matches among the teams in question.
# Higher number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question.
# Superior goal difference in all group matches
# Higher number of goals scored in all group matches
# Higher number of club coefficient points
# Drawing of lots
Criteria 1–3 are reapplied until the tie cannot be resolved; only then is criteria 4 used.
Groups
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
Apollon's 21–0 victory over Ada set a new competition record.
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Ranking of group runners-up
The two best runners-up also qualify for the round of 32. The match against the fourth-placed team in the group does not count for the purposes of the runners-up table. The tie-breakers in this ranking are:
# Higher number of points obtained
# Superior goal difference
# Higher number of goals scored
# Higher number of club coefficient points
# Fair play conduct in all group matches
References
External links 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League
{UEFA Women's Champions League seasons
2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League