2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup

| league = CEV Challenge Cup

| sport = Volleyball

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| duration = 20 October 2012 – 24 March 2013

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| season =

| season_champs =

| MVP =

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| top_scorer =

| playoffs =

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| finals = Finals

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| finals_champ = {{flagicon|ITA}} Copra Elior Piacenza

| finals_runner-up = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ural Ufa

| finals_MVP = {{flagicon|ARG}} Luciano De Cecco
(Copra Elior Piacenza)

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| seasonslist =

| seasonslistnames = CEV Challenge Cup

| prevseason_link = 2011–12 CEV Challenge Cup

| prevseason_year = 2011–12

| nextseason_link = 2013–14 CEV Challenge Cup

| nextseason_year = 2013–14

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The 2012–13 CEV Challenge Cup was the 33rd edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former CEV Cup.

The Italian club Copra Elior Piacenza beat the Russian club Ural Ufa in the final and achieved its first CEV Challenge Cup trophy.{{cite web|url =https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=568&NewsID=14400&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 | title = Copra Elior PIACENZA seize Challenge Cup after 12 consecutive straight-set wins | date =24 March 2013 | website =cev.eu | publisher =CEV | author= | access-date = 2 April 2020}} Argentinian setter Luciano De Cecco was named the Most Valuable Player of the final tournament.

Final phase

=Semi-finals=

{{TwoLegStart|extra=Golden Set}}

{{TwoLegResult|Copra Elior Piacenza|ITA |2–0|Dukla Liberec|CZE |3–0|3–0|}}

{{TwoLegResult|Ural Ufa|RUS |1–1|Delecta Bydgoszcz|POL |3–1|2–3|15–12}}

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==First leg==

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|27 Feb|20:30|Copra Elior Piacenza|nat1=ITA |3–0|nat2=CZE |Dukla Liberec|25–14|26–24|25–16|||11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24726 Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|27 Feb|19:00|Ural Ufa|nat1=RUS |3–1|nat2=POL |Delecta Bydgoszcz|25–19|25–23|22–25|26–24||11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24727 Report]}}

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==Second leg==

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|2 Mar|18:00|Dukla Liberec|nat1=CZE |0–3|nat2=ITA |Copra Elior Piacenza|14–25|20–25|13–25|||11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24728 Report]}}

{{Vb res 51|2 Mar|14:30|Delecta Bydgoszcz|nat1=POL |3–2|nat2=RUS |Ural Ufa|25–18|21–25|22–25|25–21|15–12|gset=12–15|11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24729 Report]}}

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=Final=

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Ural Ufa|RUS |0–2|Copra Elior Piacenza|ITA |0–3|0–3|}}

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==First leg==

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|20 Mar|19:00|Ural Ufa|nat1=RUS |0–3|nat2=ITA |Copra Elior Piacenza|12–25|22–25|30–32|||11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24730 Report]}}

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==Second leg==

{{Vb res start 5}}

{{Vb res 51|24 Mar|18:00|Copra Elior Piacenza|nat1=ITA |3–0|nat2=RUS |Ural Ufa|25–22|25–18|25–16|||11=[https://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/MatchStatistics.aspx?ID=24731 Report]}}

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Final standing

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!width=40|Rank

!width=240|Team

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|{{Gold1}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Copra Elior Piacenza

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|{{Silver2}}

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Ural Ufa

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|rowspan=2|Semifinalists

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|POL}} Delecta Bydgoszcz

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|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Dukla Liberec

References

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