2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, December, Month summary
The result extended Villa's unbeaten run to six games in all competitions and lifted them up to 14th in the Premier League, their highest position since 22 September. The draw for the semi-finals of the League cup was made on 19 December, eight days after Villa had booked their place, following the Leeds United/Chelsea quarter-final. Villa will play Bradford City over two legs, the first being played away at Valley Parade on 8 January 2013, with the second at Villa Park on 22 January 2013.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, December, Month summary
Villa's unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt in the last game before Christmas as the team went down 8–0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, their heaviest ever defeat in the Premier League. Villa's Christmas misery continued into the next game after they were beaten 0–4 by Tottenham Hotspur. The first goal was scored by Jermain Defoe, before Gareth Bale got his first Premier League hat-trick to seal a convincing win for Spurs. Villa's festive period nightmare continued further as they lost their third game in a row against fellow strugglers Wigan Athletic, 0–3.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, December, Month summary
An early goal from defender Iván Ramis and second half goals from Emerson Boyce and Arouna Koné sent Wigan above Villa in the table. Villa finished the 2012 calendar year in 17th place, only one point off the relegation places but with a much inferior goal difference than their rivals after conceding 15 goals in the three festive period games.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Villa began 2013 with a 2–2 draw against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. Wayne Routledge gave the Swans an early lead, before an Andreas Weimann strike on the stroke of half-time brought Villa level. Villa looked to have snatched a vital win, when they earned an 84th-minute penalty (their first in almost a year) which was converted by Christian Benteke. However, a stoppage time equaliser from Danny Graham made sure the points were shared. The club gained their first win of the new year, as they beat Ipswich Town 2–1 in the FA Cup on 5 January.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Villa had to come from behind however, as Michael Chopra's deflected shot gave Ipswich a half time lead. Darren Bent equalised immediately after the break with a goal against his former club and Andreas Weimann booked Villa's place in the fourth round with an 83rd-minute winner. Villa were then drawn to face Millwall at The Den in the fourth round of the FA Cup to be played on 25 January. The first leg of the League Cup semi-final against Bradford City was next for Villa three days later.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
The match did not go the way Villa would have thought, wanted or hoped for though as they lost 1–3 to the Bantams at Valley Parade. Bradford took the lead early in the first half as Nahki Wells beat the offside trap to finish neatly past Shay Given after a deflected shot. Matt Duke made a series of inspired saves throughout both halves keeping Villa at bay, before Rory McArdle put Bradford 2–0 up in the 77th minute.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Villa pulled a goal back five minutes later through Andreas Weimann, but Bradford regained their two-goal advantage when Carl McHugh fired a header past Given to give Bradford a shock victory and leave Villa with all the work to do in the second leg to reach the final. Villa's League Cup hangover continued as they were beaten 0–1 by fellow strugglers Southampton in a must win six-pointer. Rickie Lambert converted a highly controversial penalty won by Jay Rodriguez, who looked to have gone done with no contact under the challenge of Enda Stevens.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
This result meant Southampton leapfrogged Villa, who dropped back into the relegation places for the first time since November. The team then competed in a local derby against West Bromwich Albion, where they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2–2. Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa a half time lead but Chris Brunt pulled a goal back immediately after the break for the Baggies. They continued to attack, controlling the game, and eventually Peter Odemwingie equalised meaning the points were shared.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Villa's misery then continued, as the team was knocked out of the League Cup by fourth-tier Bradford City. After losing 1–3 in the first leg, Villa had to win by two clear goals to take the tie to extra-time. However, they could only manage a 2–1 victory (3–4 on aggregate) and exited the competition as a result. Yet more gloom and doom followed as the team were knocked out of a second cup in four days. after losing 1–2 against Millwall in the FA Cup.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Darren Bent gave Villa the lead but Danny Shittu equalised five minutes later for the hosts, with Villa conceding from yet another corner. Just as a replay looked on the cards, John Marquis grabbed the winner for the Championship outfit, to send them through and pile even more pressure onto the extremely fragile Villa team and manager Paul Lambert. Villa's awful January was compounded in their last game of the month, against Newcastle United.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Newcastle raced into a 2–0 half time lead after goals from Papiss Cissé and Yohan Cabaye but Christian Benteke pulled a goal back for Villa early in the second half from the penalty spot. However, it was not enough as the Toon held on for the win, despite a major Villa fightback. This result was Villa's fourth home defeat in a row.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Deadline day saw Villa make their only transfers of the January transfer window, as they signed defensive midfielder Yacouba Sylla from Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot as well as Simon Dawkins on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. Both players continued Paul Lambert's system of buying inexperienced, cheap players as opposed to the experienced players Villa desperately required. Lambert later stated that he just did not have the money to buy big names, pay high wages and compete with their rivals, with some sources stating the kitty to be as low as£3 million.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, January, Month summary
Stephen Warnock left Villa to join Leeds United, having not made an appearance all season, after three years at the club. Alan Hutton had also left, as he joined Spanish side Mallorca on 29 January on loan until the end of the season.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, February, Month summary
February started with a mixed result for Villa as they drew 3–3 with high-flying Everton. On one hand, Villa picked up a vital and unexpected point however they had led 3–1 at one point, after goals from Christian Benteke (2) and Gabriel Agbonlahor. They then conceded another goal and a stoppage time equaliser as Marouane Fellaini made sure the points were shared. This result kept Villa second from bottom in the Premier League. Villa finally ended their eight-game winless run, as well as four home defeats in a row with a 2–1 victory over West Ham United at Villa Park.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, February, Month summary
A lackluster first half saw few chances for either side, with the only one of note seeing Andreas Weimann shoot wide from six yards after Jussi Jääskeläinen had spilled a Christian Benteke shot. Benteke then scored a penalty to give Villa a 74th-minute lead, before Charles N'Zogbia, who had himself won the penalty, scored a sublime free kick four minutes later. An Ashley Westwood own goal made for a nervy last few minutes but Villa held on for a precious three points, to move out of the relegation zone. Despite the brilliant win against West Ham, Villa lost their last game of the month against Arsenal 2–1 after a late winner from Santi Cazorla, leaving them in 18th place at the end of February.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, March, Month summary
Villa started March as they had ended February with defeat by one of the higher ranking sides, losing 0–1 to Manchester City at Villa Park. A Ciaran Clark slip in his own half eventually led to Carlos Tevez grabbing the winner for City. However, Villa then won back to back matches in the Premier League for the first time since May 2011, after beating two major relegation rivals in Reading and Queens Park Rangers. The Reading game marked the first time in the season that Villa had come from behind to win, eventually winning 1–2.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, March, Month summary
They then managed to achieve this feat again when they defeated QPR who had led 0–1. The match eventually finished 3–2 to Villa, temporarily putting a six-point gap between themselves and the relegation zone. The next match, however, saw Villa's mini revival come to an end as they were defeated 1–2 by Liverpool at Villa Park, seeing them again slip into the relegation zone on goal difference.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, April, Month summary
Villa started April perfectly, with a 1–3 away victory over Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa an early lead that lasted until the 80th minute when Michael Kightly equalised for Stoke. However, a spectacular volley from Matthew Lowton put Villa back in front with less than five minutes to go. From 30 yards out, Lowton chested down a clearance from a corner and sweetly struck the ball past goalkeeper Asmir Begović.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, April, Month summary
Christian Benteke then skipped through the Stoke defence and slid the ball into the back of the net to wrap up the points for Villa, as well as the third win in their last four games. Villa drew 1–1 in their next game against Fulham, with Charles N'Zogbia giving Villa the lead but a Fabian Delph own goal meant the points were shared. Villa then faced Manchester United, with United being crowned champions if they won. They did so, 3–0, after Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick within the first 33 minutes of the game.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, April, Month summary
Villa's final game of the month saw them thrash Sunderland 6–1 at Villa Park, giving them their best result of the season and of Paul Lambert's reign. The result was also Villa's biggest home win in 17 years and the first time they had scored six in a match since the 2007–08 season.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, April, Month summary
Christian Benteke scored his first hat-trick for Villa, becoming the first player to do so in five years, which meant he both exceeded Dwight Yorke's record of 17 Premier League goals in a season and became the first Villa player to reach 20 goals in a season in nine years. Gabriel Agbonlahor also scored, making him Villa's highest Premier League goalscorer with 61 goals. Captain Ron Vlaar, with his first goal for the club, and Andreas Weimann wrapped up a memorable night for Villa as they went five points clear of the drop zone and above Newcastle United on goal difference, after an 11-goal swing.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, May
The first game of the month saw Villa continue their good form by beating Norwich City 1–2 at Carrow Road to send them up to 13th in the table as well as to the 40-point mark. Gabriel Agbonlahor scored both of Villa's goals, including the 89th-minute winner, either side of a Grant Holt penalty. On 9 May, club captain Stiliyan Petrov announced his retirement from football after battling acute leukaemia for over a year. Villa added Petrov to the club's hall of fame, an honour only 12 other players have received.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Review, May
Villa lost their last home game of the season 1–2 against Chelsea. Both teams had a man sent off, Ramires for Chelsea and Villa's goalscorer Christian Benteke. Frank Lampard became Chelsea all-time top scorer as he scored both of their goals. Villa's final game of the season came against Wigan Athletic. Wigan had been relegated mid-week after defeat by Arsenal which confirmed Villa's safety. The match itself finished 2–2, with Villa's goals coming from Darren Bent and Ron Vlaar in either half. Villa finished the season in 15th place, five points clear of relegation.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad information
In the 2010–11 season the Premier League introduced new rules on squad lists. The rules included a cap on the number of players at 25; players under the age of 21 on 1 January of the year in which the season starts are exempt from the list of 25. A "home-grown rule" also requires clubs to name at least eight players in their squad of 25 players that have been registered domestically for a minimum of three seasons prior to their 21st birthday.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Players under 21 do not need to be named and can still be used. Squad subject to change during summer transfer window.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad information, Reserve squad
Players listed in bold are also part of the first team squad, as listed on the club's official website. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad numbers
Dutchman Ron Vlaar takes over the vacant number 4 after his move from Feyenoord and Ciaran Clark receives the number 6 after James Collins' departure to West Ham. New striker Jordan Bowery takes over Clark's number 21, while new signing Karim El Ahmadi receives the number 8 shirt for this season, last worn by Jermaine Jenas after his short loan spell at Villa last season. Fellow new recruits Brett Holman and Matthew Lowton have been handed the number 14 and 34 shirts respectively. The former occupier of number 14, Nathan Delfouneso, now takes the number 23 shirt as a result of Holman's arrival. Brad Guzan retains the number 22 after being re-signed by Paul Lambert, having previously been released in May 2012.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad numbers
Deadline day signings Ashley Westwood and Christian Benteke will wear number 15 and 20 respectively, whilst Joe Bennett acquires the number 27.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Squad numbers
Young goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist has been promoted to the first team for this season and has been handed number 39.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Club, Sponsorship
In February 2012, it was announced that Aston Villa will have a new kit sponsor for this season, ending the existing deal with Nike that has been running since 2007. Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron will produce the club's playing and training kits from 2012 to 2013. Villa will become Macron's flagship club in the United Kingdom, and the deal will see the latter producing a full fashion range alongside kit commitments for the managerial and playing staff.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Club, Sponsorship
Villa's club sponsorship deal with Malaysian-based group Genting Casinos will also continue.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Club, Managerial changes
The club have appointed a new manager for this season (the third in a row) after Alex McLeish was sacked on 14 May 2012. McLeish only lasted eleven months in charge after replacing Gérard Houllier in June 2011.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Club, Managerial changes
He was replaced by fellow Scot Paul Lambert on 2 June, who was signed from Norwich City.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Appearances
Last updated: 19 May 2013Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left). Players listed are those who have most appearances in respected positions. Includes Cup competitions as well (League Cup & FA Cup).


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Captains
Last updated: 19 May 2013Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Captains
1 Bent was originally named as Stiliyan Petrov's successor for the season but Vlaar replaced him from 15 September 2012.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Goalscorers
Correct as of 19 May 2013Players with the same number of goals are listed by their position on the club's official website   Players highlighted in light grey denote the player had scored for the club before leaving for another club  Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has scored for the club after arriving at Aston Villa during the season  Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has scored for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the season


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Disciplinary record
Correct as of 19 May 2013Players with the same number of cards are listed by their position on the club's official website   Players highlighted in light grey denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving for another club  Players highlighted in light cyan denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club after arriving at Aston Villa during the season  Players highlighted in Blonde denote the player has received a yellow/red card for the club before leaving the club on loan for part/the rest of the seasonOne  = Two


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Season statistics, Disciplinary record
1El Ahmadi received his fifth yellow card of the season against Swindon Town on 30 October 2012. This was not documented on the BBC match report, though the suspension was served.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, Overall, Pre season
US tourOn 27 March 2012, the club announced plans for a pre-season tour of the US as part of the preparations for the 2012–13 season. The tour saw the club taking on Major League Soccer clubs from the three US cities of Portland, Chicago and Philadelphia between 18 and 24 July 2012.


2012–13 Aston Villa F.C. season, Competitions, Overall, Pre season
Villa won all three matches, after 1–0 victories over both Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire and a penalty shootout victory after an initial 2–2 draw with Portland Timbers.


2012–13 Atalanta B.C. season
The 2012–13 season is Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio's hundredth fifth season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. The club was punished with a two-point deduction plus a €25,000 fine at the start of the season, due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.


2012–13 Atalanta B.C. season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Atalanta B.C. season, Squad statistics, Top scorers
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season
The 2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season was the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight and 112th season overall. Athletic were looking to continue their ascendency from last season where they made the final in two different competitions.


2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season
Athletic Bilbao competed for their ninth La Liga title and also participated in the UEFA Europa League, entering in the third qualifying round due to their defeat to Barcelona in the 2012 Copa del Rey Final, who had already qualified for European competition. They also entered the Copa del Rey in the Round of 32.


2012–13 Athletic Bilbao season, Squad
The numbers and stats are established according to the official website:


2012–13 Atlanta Hawks season
The 2012–13 Atlanta Hawks season was the 63rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 45th in Atlanta.


2012–13 Atlante F.C. season
The 2012–13 Atlante season was the 66th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Atlante began their season on July 22, 2012 against Pachuca, Atlante played their home games on Sundays at 6:00pm local time. On April 10, 2013 Atlante lost the Clausura 2013 Copa MX final to Cruz Azul 4–2 on penalties. Atlante did not qualify to the final phase in either the Apertura or Clausura tournament.


2012–13 Atlante F.C. season, Torneo Apertura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Atlante F.C. season, Torneo Clausura, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season
The 2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season marks the 37th season of Atlantic 10 Conference basketball. The season marks the first for new members Butler and VCU, and the last for departing members Temple and Charlotte. The 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament will be held for the first time at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Prior to the season, the Atlantic 10 welcomed new members, Butler and VCU. The two schools joined the conference immediately, rather than waiting a season as Butler initially intended, because they "weren't going to be allowed to play in the respective conference tournaments." With the addition of these programs, the conference sits at 16 teams for one year, yet the conference slate stayed at 16 games. "The league had to be creative with its schedule knowing that it would be for only one season. Every team will play each team once with one rivalry game twice."


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
The conference moved the conference tournament to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, after six seasons in Atlantic City. Analysts predict "the league's Big Apple debut might result in a record number of bids for this stacked conference." The contract lasts for five years. "I just think it's going to be a rebirth of college basketball in New York," said Fordham coach Tom Pecora, who was born in the borough.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
For the 2012–13 season, Butler lost Ronald Nored to graduation and Chrishawn Hopkins to a violation of team rules, but returned nearly every other significant player and added key players in transfer Rotnei Clarke and freshman Kellen Dunham.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Charlotte's Chris Braswell "might be the best big man in the league, and the 49ers have a good recruiting class entering the fold." Dayton's frontcourt garnered press for its depth, with Kevin Dillard returning as point guard, along with transfers Vee Sanford and Matt Derenbecker.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
"Va. Tech transfer Tyrone Garland joins a loaded perimeter group" at La Salle, and Massachusetts "could be a title threat" with point guard Chaz Williams, who returned along with three other starters following a run to the NIT semifinals.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
2012 A10 tournament champion Saint Bonaventure faced potential struggle after the loss of Andrew Nicholson, who "was a dominant force throughout his career." However, the Bonnies returned Marquise Simmons and Michael Davenport from injuries. Saint Joseph's returned everyone "from a team that was in the mix for an NCAA bid until late."


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Saint Louis was the favorite among many analysts because, although it lost Brian Conklin, the team returned Kwamain Mitchell and "locks down on D." The Billikens are without coach Rick Majerus, who "is taking a leave of absence for health reasons." Majerus died on December 1, 2012, prompting Commissioner Bernadette McGlade's statement, "The entire Atlantic 10 family is grieving tonight over the loss of coach Majerus. His undeniable knowledge and love of the game was known to all, and he was an excellent teacher committed to the student-athlete. This passion made his impact on A-10 basketball over the past five years immeasurable. He will be missed at Saint Louis , within the A-10 and nationally; our prayers and condolences are with coach Majerus’family and the Saint Louis University community."


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
Perpetual favorites Temple and Xavier both lost "key weapons" but neither were expected to have a "huge drop" as Temple's "Scootie Randall will be healthy [and] Khalif Wyatt is back" and Xavier adds Semaj Christon and Isaiah Philmore. However, Xavier lost all of its starters and half of its "highly regarded recruiting class (Myles Davis and Jalen Reynolds) to academic issues."


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason
CBS analyst Jeff Borzello noted that "It will be interesting to see how VCU adjusts in its first year. With that said, the Rams return many of their weapons from last season." However, the rams do not have freshmen recruits Mo Alie-Cox and Jordan Burgess, who "is considered a top 100 recruit,"  as the school announced they were only partial qualifiers by the NCAA and thus were not be eligible to compete until at least the 2013–14 season.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Conference Previews
Several media outlets projected the final Atlantic 10 Conference standings for the 2012–13 season:


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Weekly honors
Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic 10 offices name a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.


2012–13 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Weekly honors
Butler's Roosevelt Jones was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week on January 21, 2013.


2012–13 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Conference schedules, Composite matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.


2012–13 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season, Postseason, NBA Draft
Several players from the conference declared early for the NBA draft. The following all-conference selections were listed as seniors: . Several players were among the 60 players invited to the 2013 NBA Draft Combine.


2012–13 Atlético Madrid season
The 2012–13 Atlético Madrid season was the 82nd season in the club's history. Atlético competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and in the Europa League as defending champions. They were eliminated in the Round of 32 by Rubin Kazan. They won the Copa del Rey after beating rivals Real Madrid 2–1 in extra time.


2012–13 Atlético Madrid season
On 1 September, Atlético beat English club Chelsea with a scoreline of 4–1 to win the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in three years.


2012–13 Atlético Madrid season, Kits
Supplier: Nike / Main Sponsor: Huawei, later Azerbaijan / Back Sponsor: Kyocera


2012–13 Atromitos F.C. season
The 2012–13 season of Atromitos F.C. was the 90th in the club's history and the second that the club participated in the UEFA Europa League, after 2006–07. It also was the fifth consecutive season that the club competed in the Super League Greece.


2012–13 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 2012–13 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represent the University of Auburn in the 2012–13 college basketball season. The team's head coach is Tony Barbee, in his third season at Auburn. The team plays their home games at the Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama as a member of the Southeastern Conference.


2012–13 Austin Peay Governors basketball team
The 2012–13 Austin Peay Governors basketball team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by 23rd year head coach Dave Loos, played their home games at the Dunn Center and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 4–12 in OVC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Tournament.


2012–13 Australian Athletics Championships
The 2012–13 Australian Athletics Championships was the 91st edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 11–14 April 2013 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. The 10,000 metres event took place separately at the Zatopek 10K on 8 December 2012 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
The 2012–13 Australian Baseball League season was the third Australian Baseball League (ABL) season, and was held from 1 November 2012 to 9 February 2013. The season started with a game between the defending champions Perth Heat and the Adelaide Bite at Norwood Oval in Adelaide.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
The season consisted of six teams competing in a 46-game schedule followed by a two-round postseason to determine the ABL champion. During the regular season, the Perth Heat participated in the 2012 Asia Series which included the host team and champion team from Korea Baseball Championship in South Korea, the champions from Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan and Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, and an all-star team from China Baseball League in China. The 2012–13 champions will likewise qualify for the 2013 Asia Series.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season
At the conclusion of the regular season, the Canberra Cavalry, the Sydney Blue Sox and the Perth Heat progressed to the postseason. Sydney were eliminated by Perth, to face Canberra in the championship series. Canberra defeated Perth two games to nil to win their first ABL championship and be awarded the Claxton Shield. It was the first time a team from the Australian Capital Territory won the Claxton Shield.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Changes from 2011–12 season, Regular season schedule
The previous season included 45 games for each team and facing each team nine times. This was expanded for the 2012–13 season to 46 games, to ensure that each team had the same number of home games as road games (23). This change also meant that each team did not play each other team an equal number of times. In the first three rounds, each team had a bye for one round and played one home and one away series of three games each, played "... against their two closest geographical neighbours; building upon both traditional and newly established rivalries." The remaining ten rounds were made up of four–game series with each team playing two series against the five other teams, one at home and one away.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Changes from 2011–12 season, Postseason structure
In previous seasons, the postseason had followed the Page playoff system, with the top four teams participating over three weeks. However, in the 2012-13 season only the top three teams qualified for a two-week postseason. The team that finished first—the Canberra Cavalry—earned a direct entry into the ABL championship series and the right to host the series. The second- and third-placed teams—the Sydney Blue Sox and the Perth Heat respectively—are playing in the preliminary final series hosted by the higher finishing team. The winner of that series will qualify for the championship series. Reduced from five games in the semi-final and preliminary final series in 2012, all rounds of the 2013 postseason are being held as best–of–three game series.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Venues
Each of the six teams return from the previous season, and five of them will continue to use the same grounds for their home games. The sole exception is the Melbourne Aces, that played at the Melbourne Ballpark in the south-eastern suburb of Altona. As part of the move from the Aces former home, the Melbourne Showgrounds, A$290,000 worth of improvements were made prior to the start of the season, including A$200,000 investment from the Victorian state government. The ground was the home ground of the Melbourne Monarchs and the Melbourne Bushrangers in the former ABL.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Teams, Rosters
As in the previous season, each team has an active roster of 22 players available each round. These players are drawn from 35-man squads. These squads will be confirmed by each of the teams before the beginning of the season.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
As part of the changes from previous seasons where the top four teams qualified for the postseason, in the 2012–13 season only three teams will qualify for a two round postseason. The highest placed team at the end of the regular season will automatically gain entry to and will host the championship series. The other place will be determined by a preliminary final series between the second and third placed teams, hosted by the second placed team.


2012–13 Australian Baseball League season, Postseason
It was announced on 21 December 2012 that should the Canberra Cavalry and Sydney Blue Sox be scheduled to play each other in the preliminary final series, instead of the higher placed team hosting the full series, the teams would share the hosting responsibilities. The higher placed team would host the first and, if necessary, third games. The second game would be played at the lower placed team's home ground. No indication was given in the announcement that it would also apply for the championship series.


2012–13 Australian Figure Skating Championships
The 2012–13 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Brisbane from 1 through 7 December 2012. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and primary divisions.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season
The summer of 2012–13, had above average fire potential for most of the southern half of the continent from the east coast to the west. This is despite having extensive fire in parts of the country over the last 12 months. The reason for this prediction is the abundant grass growth spurred by two La Niña events over the last two years.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season
Most parts of the country experienced a heat wave at the start of 2013, with a new national average maximum being set on 7 January 2013. The new record of 40.33 °C (105 °F) beat the old record of 40.17 °C (104 °F) that had been set on 21 December 1972. Another record also beaten in 2013 was Australia's mean temperature climbing from 31.86 °C (89 °F) set on 21 December 1972 to 32.23 °C (90 °F) on 7 January 2013.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season
Additionally, six of the 20 hottest days in Australian records (by average maximum) have been in January 2013.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season
Australia also experienced its hottest summer on average following a particularly hot spell in January. Using average day and night temperatures the average was found to be 28.6 °C (83 °F) beating the previous record set in the summer of 1997–1988. Fourteen of the weather bureau's 112 long term weather stations recorded their hottest days on record including one in Sydney that recorded a daytime record of 46 °C (115 °F). The daytime maximum temperatures for 2012–13 also beat the 1982–83 record and January was the hottest month since records began in 1910.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales
Catastrophic fire danger ratings were observed in the Bombala, Condobolin, Hay, Nowra and Wagga fire regions on 8 January and in Coonamble on 13 January. Sydney also recorded its hottest day at 45.8 °C (114.4 °F) on 18 January.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, December
On 16 December, a grass fire ignited along Geegulalong Rd., 9 km (5.6 mi) east of the community of Murringo. The fire burnt over 3,400 ha (8,400 acres) of grassland, destroyed 15 km (9.3 mi) of fencing and 500 head of livestock died.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
During the first week of January, several dozen fires were ignited across southern regions of the state by lightning strikes; the Greater Hume, Hilltops, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Wagga Wagga local government areas were affected.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
On 6 January, a fire was reported to have ignited along Mount Forrest Rd., Cooma, following lightning activity in the region. The fire made a significant run under the influence of westerly winds gusting at up to 120 km/h (75 mph) on 8 January. During a 13-day period, the fire burned 12,335 ha (30,480 acres) of scrub, forest and pasture in and around the Kybeyan State Conservation Area and impacted on properties within the Kybeyan Valley; 4 houses, 18 vehicles and 200 km (120 mi) of fencing were destroyed and 2,000 head of livestock died.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
On 7 January, a fast moving grass fire ignited near the village of Oura. 140 volunteers from the RFS, six aircraft—including an Erickson Air-Crane—and four heavy plant equipment were used to try to contain the fire. Approximately 800 ha (2,000 acres) of scrub, forest and pasture were burned, one vehicle was destroyed and a firefighter suffered minor injuries after being over-run by the fire in a firefighting tanker.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
On 8 January, a fire ignited around Bald Hill, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Jugiong, during temperatures of 42 °C (108 °F) and winds gusting to 80 km/h (50 mph). During a four-day, period, the fire burned 14,260 ha (35,200 acres) of scrub, forest and pasture and impacted on the communities of Berremangra, Bookham, Childowla, Talmo and Woolgarlo; although no houses were destroyed, a number of sheds and 1,200 km (750 mi) of fencing were destroyed and 10,200 head of livestock died.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
On 12 January, a fire ignited near the Wambelong campground, on the north side of the John Renshaw Parkway and within the Warrumbungle National Park, during temperatures of up to 40.8 °C (105.4 °F). Steep, inaccessible terrain on the eastern and western flanks meant that the fire could not be contained or controlled on the first afternoon, despite the intervention of two fixed-wing firefighting aircraft, and the fire grew to 25 ha (62 acres) by the morning of 13 January.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
Catastrophic conditions were forecast for the Coonabarabran region throughout 13 January; the weather prediction across the fireground at 10:10 AEDT was for temperatures to be up to 45 °C (113 °F), relative humidity at 10% with winds to be north to north-westerly at 50 km/h (31 mph) gusting to 80 km/h (50 mph). At Coonabarabran Research Station, some 20 km (12 mi) from the point of ignition, a relative humidity of 28% was observed at 15:00 AEDT, and a "fresh gale" strength wind gust of 65 km/h (40 mph) from the north was recorded at 12:13 AEDT.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
In the hours after midday the fire spotted across John Renshaw Parkway and breached the containment line, burning with flames of up to 33 m (108 ft) and impacting upon the Warrumbungle Visitors Centre, where a number of RFS and National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) employees were sheltering. By mid-afternoon, the fire was spreading downwind at a rate of 3.7 km/h (2.3 mph) and the NSW Police commenced evacuations to the east of the fire, including at Siding Spring Observatory.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
The observatory was impacted by the fire in the late afternoon, causing the destruction of three buildings in the complex; 'The Lodge' accommodation used by visiting researchers, the Director's Cottage and the Fire Station. Throughout the evening a 14 km (8.7 mi) high pyrocumulonimbus cloud formed above the blaze, creating unpredictable winds, intense spotting and other extreme meteorological conditions; the fire burned to the east, along Timor Rd., burning to within 13 km (8.1 mi) of Coonabarabran township.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
A southerly wind change passed through the fire ground some time after 18:00 AEDT, causing hot ash and embers to fall in Baradine, 50 km (31 mi) north of Coonabarabran, throughout the night and prompting the Baradine local hospital to secure the windows with damp towels to prevent the entry of smoke and ash.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, New South Wales, January
Over a 41-day period, the fire burned 55,210 ha (136,400 acres) of pasture, scrub and forest—including 95 percent of the Warrumbungles National Park—and impacted the communities of Bugaldie, Coonabarabran, Goorianawa, Quanda, Tonderburine and Warrumbungle; a hotel, three buildings at the Siding Spring Observatory, 53 houses, 130 other non-residential structures and 1,700 km (1,100 mi) of fencing were destroyed and 1,100 head of livestock died in the fire.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia, November
On 11 November, a fire ignited on private property west of Sleaford Mere, near Port Lincoln. The fire ultimately burned 1,800 ha (4,400 acres) of scrub, grassland and pasture and impacted the community of Tulka; 14 cabins on the foreshore at Sleaford Mere, 2 homes, a caravan, a campervan, several sheds and four other vehicles were destroyed and 300 head of livestock died.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia, January
On 4 February, a fire ignited near Finniss during temperatures of up to 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) in the region. During the afternoon, the fire was brought under control by 60 firefighters, supported by firefighting aircraft. Approximately 300 ha (740 acres) of crops, farmland and vineyards were burned by the fire and a 1 km (0.62 mi) portion of rail tracks for the Steam Ranger was destroyed.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, South Australia, May
On 9 May, a private burn-off north of Cherryville in the Adelaide Hills escaped the landowner's control and burnt east into inaccessible countryside. More than 250 Country Fire Service volunteers and four aerial water bombers took three days to contain the fire, assisted by rain on the evening of the third day. The fire burned at least 670 ha (1,700 acres) of scrub and pasture and impacted the community of Cherryville; one house and two sheds were destroyed and two firefighters were treated for minor injuries. The fire was notable in that it occurred outside the fire-ban season, leading to calls that the season should be extended.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria
Between 1 October and 4 March, the CFA attended 539 bush and grass fires larger than 1 ha (2.5 acres).


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
On 8 January, a farmer's road vehicle ignited a fire at the bottom of a slope near Chepstowe, approximately 30 km (19 mi) west of Ballarat. At least 360 CFA and 42 DSE personnel, supported by 6 firefighting aircraft and 3 bulldozers, fought to contain the fire and 400 residents and visitors were evacuated from Carngham and Burrumbeet caravan park.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
During a 5 km (3.1 mi) run from the point of ignition, the fire burned 1,300 ha (3,200 acres) of scrub, grassland and pasture and impacted upon the communities of Burrumbeet, Carngham, Chepstowe and Snake Valley; The historic 120-year-old Carngham Station and 8 other houses, 12 cars and tractors, a number of sheds, and vineyards at Chepstowe Vineyard were destroyed and 800 head of livestock died. At least 6 people required medical attention as a result of the fire, 2 for minor burns and 4 for smoke inhalation.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
On 17 January, a fire ignited in bushland in the Donnelly Creek Rd. area, near Aberfeldy. As the fire spread to the east, 61 children and 15 adults were evacuated from the Licola Wilderness Village, while 10 residents and about 30 firefighters remained in Licola. Unusually for a fire in Australia, a significant spread occurred at night and by the following day the fire had covered 48,000 ha (120,000 acres), with spot fires starting to the south-east and impacting the communities of Coongulla, Glenmaggie, Heyfield, Newry and Seaton, causing destruction.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
On 18 January, it was announced the body of a man had been found in a burnt out vehicle in Seaton. The fire was the largest in the state since the Black Saturday fires of 2009 and required significant commitment from firefighting authorities to control; 760 firefighting personnel from the CFA and DSE in 180 firefighting appliances and 23 bulldozers, supported by 13 firefighting aircraft, attended to the blaze over its 43-day duration. The fire burned 87,000 ha (210,000 acres) of forest, scrub and grassland—much within the Baw Baw National Park—and impacted upon the communities of Coongulla, Dawson, Glenmaggie, Heyfield, Licola, Newry and Seaton; 21 houses, 17 vehicles, a number of sheds and caravans were destroyed.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
On 21 January, lightning ignited a fire in the vicinity of Mt. Feathertop, near Harrietville and within the Alpine National Park. By 8 February, windy conditions had caused the fire to grow to 14,000 ha (35,000 acres) and burn to within 50 m (160 ft) of homes near Mount Hotham On 13 February, two fire fighters from the Department of Sustainability and Environment were killed after a tree fell on a vehicle they were in while fighting the fire in the Buckland Valley.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, January
The 30 m (98 ft) tall tree fell during the passage of a storm cell over the area in the mid-afternoon; a decision not to evacuate the fire ground for the possibility of falling trees was heavily criticized. On 27 February, the fire was declared contained after burning 36,400 ha (90,000 acres) of public and private land during a 55-day period.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, February
On 14 February, lightning ignited a number of fires in the Victoria Valley, approximately 30 km (19 mi) north-east of Hamilton, and the fires burned into the south-west of the Grampians National Park. Several of these fires would merge on 18 February, creating a 3,260 ha (8,100 acres) fire complex and threatening properties in the Mirranatwa community. By 21 February, the Victoria Valley Complex fire had burned 25,000 ha (62,000 acres) and threatened the areas Woohlpooer and Mooralla. 300 firefighters, supported by 14 aircraft, attended to the blaze. On 27 February the fire was declared contained, after burning through 35,875 ha (88,650 acres) and destroying 3 sheds, 130 kilometres of fencing, 65 hectares (161 acres) of hardwood forest and 30 tonnes of hay and causing the deaths of 60 head of livestock.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, February
On 18 February, a fire ignited in grass along Donnybrook Rd., Donnybrook, and quickly spread to impact upon the Hume Freeway, disrupting traffic. Several hundred firefighters in approximately 80 appliances and supported by 6 firefighting aircraft were required to bring the fire under control by the following morning. During the fire, 2,040 ha (5,000 acres) of scrub, grassland and pasture were burned and the communities of Donnybrook and Epping were impacted; several sheds, 7 vehicles and 3,000 hay bales were destroyed and one house damaged.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, Fires by state or territory, Victoria, March
On 27 March, a suspicious fire ignited in dense scrub along Ferrers Rd., Dereel, and spread rapidly, spotting up to 2 km (1.2 mi) ahead of the main fire front. During the following hours, 1,300 ha (3,200 acres) of scrub, grassland and pasture were burned and fire impacted on property in and around the communities of Corindhap, Dereel and Mount Mercer; 16 houses and 15 sheds were destroyed within a few hours. Several hundred firefighters in at least 50 firefighting appliances attended the blaze and 4 firefighters required hospital treatment for minor burns and smoke inhalation.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, August, Northern Territory
A bushfire burnt out a large area of pasture at Newcastle Waters Station on 20 August when a car caught fire on the Stuart Highway, the fire to the east of the highway was extinguished but the area to the west was controlled by station workers to keep it away from stock. The fire eventually came to Lake Longreach within the station where it burnt out in the damp conditions.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, September, Queensland
Fire crews battled blazes on the Atherton Tableland to keep a bushfire behind containment lines near Millstream on 24 September, the fires were thought to be started by arsonists. It was brought under control later the following day after three houses were evacuated and 15 square kilometres (3,707 acres) of bushland were burnt out.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, September, New South Wales
Fire broke out in the Awabakal Nature reserve between Dudley and Redhead 24 September. During the course of the day the fire consumed 140 hectares (346 acres) of bushland and was brought under control the following day following rain in the area.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, September, Northern Territory
Two fires were burning in the West MacDonnell Ranges on 4 September as was a larger fire about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Curtin Springs Station, the Lasseter Highway had to be closed in the area due to the resulting smoke hazard.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, September, Western Australia
In 2012 a fire was burning for three days near Madura Station covering the Eyre Highway in smoke. Over 300 hectares (741 acres) of bushland was consumed by the blaze.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, October, Queensland
Huge fires consumed over 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha) of grasslands in gulf area. Graziers were left with very little feed left for 50,000–60,000 head of cattle in the area and the historic Croydon -Esmeralda Homestead that dated back to the 1800s was also burnt to the ground.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, October, New South Wales
Five bushfires were burning simultaneously in the Singleton area in late October including one in the Pokolbin State forest.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, October, Northern Territory
Dry storms caused the outbreak of hundreds of fires in the border region of the Northern Territory and Western Australia over a week between 14 and 23 October. Affected areas included Curtin Springs Station who had (also been hit by fires in September), Lyndavale Station and Petermann Aboriginal Land Trust, approximately 400 kilometres (249 mi) south west of Alice Springs. Many of the fires were left to burn in areas that were inaccessible and high winds made containment too difficult. Curtin Springs lost over 250,000 acres (101,171 ha) of bush, nearly a quarter of its pasture land, as a result of the fires. Surrounding stations Angus downs and King's Creek lost similar amounts.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, October, Western Australia
A bush fire broke out on private land near Two Peoples Bay on 12 October and a team of about 20 fire-fighters arrived to combat the blaze. Following a sudden change in wind direction a track carrying two of the fire crew was engulfed in flames. The two women, both females, received terrible burns. The 45-year-old woman received burns to 60% of her body was admitted to hospital in critical condition and the 24-year-old had burns to 40% of her body and was also critical but stable.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, October, Western Australia
Both women were transferred from Albany via the Royal Flying Doctor Service to Perth. Three other fire crew were injured, a second truck was burnt out and over 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of bushland were burnt before the fire was contained later the same day. The older woman, Wendy Bearfoot, died in Royal Perth Hospital 1 November as a result of her injuries, a WorkSafe investigation was launched to investigate the circumstances.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, New South Wales
Properties were threatened by a bushfire at Lake Macquarie on 1 November. The fire burnt out over200 hectares (494 acres) of bushland and was eventually contained by 120 members of the Rural Fire Service the following day.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, New South Wales
Two fires broke out in the Upper Hunter Region on 25 November. The first fire was burning in the Wollemi National Park and the second near Bunnan had burned out 120 hectares (297 acres). Both were under control on 26 November.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, Northern Territory
Two large fires resulted in large areas of bushland being burnt. The fires were burning uncontrollably on 19 November, one east of Tennant Creek and another on Yambah Station about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Alice Springs. Both fires were monitored and some back burning was done in an effort to control the blazes.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, South Australia
Seven houses were lost along with sheds and vehicles on 11 November in a fire that swept through 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of land at Tulka near Port Lincoln. Lightning strikes caused over 100 fires to ignite around the state on 20 November. Fires on the Eyre peninsula were the most difficult with one fire advancing to within 7 kilometres (4 mi) of Port Lincoln. A number of residents evacuated their homes after 500 hectares (1,236 acres) of bush was lost despite the efforts of 120 fire-fighters and five waterbombers used to combat the blaze. The following day a further 31,591 lightning strikes initiated a further 300 fires, 600 volunteers worked overnight to extinguish the majority of fires. The Port Lincoln fire continued to burn consuming a total of 1,700 hectares (4,201 acres) of scrub.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, Tasmania
Several fires erupted in late November, including a major fire at Forcett, in which 11 firefighters were evacuated with injuries after a wind change. There were other fires, such as the one at Glenlusk on the outskirts of Hobart and another major fire at Poatina in the Central Lakes district. The fire at Forcett was rapidly brought under control, while the one at Glenlusk posed serious danger to houses and farms (and actually destroyed several vehicles and shacks). The fire at Poatina Road in the Central Lakes District was burning out of control two weeks later and was only brought under control in the middle of January.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, November, Victoria
A huge blaze broke out near Casterton on 21 November and quickly burnt out over 4,000 hectares (9,884 acres) bushland. Fire crews employed back burns to create control lines around the fire, which was extinguished a few days later.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, December, Queensland
A fire broke out on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane on 8 December. By 10 December several properties had been lost to the fire at Myora Springs. Several other fires were burning around the state including two west of Brisbane and another near Ipswich.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, December, New South Wales
On 16 December, a grass fire broke out 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the village of Murringo. The fire burnt over 3,400 hectares (8,402 acres) of grassland, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) of fencing and killed 500 sheep.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, December, South Australia
A bushfire started 23 December about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south west from Padthaway and burned out over 5,000 hectares (12,355 acres) of scrub and grassland.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, December, Victoria
The town of Langkoop was threatened by fire that burned over 300 hectares (741 acres) of grassland before being controlled, residents had been evacuated to Edenhope. This was one of 35 fires that started 23 and 24 December around the state.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Northern Territory
During the course of a heat wave several fires broke out in the Northern Territory. One fire that originated in the Watarrka National Park spread into the Kings Canyon resort on 8 January causing damage and leading to the evacuation of 120 staff and guests. A second fire at Napperby station had burnt through 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) with 50 feet (15 m) flames jumping containment lines.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Tasmania
Several large bushfires started on the afternoon of 3 January, including blazes at Lake Repulse, Richmond and Inala Rd, Forcett. The bushfires in both the Forcett and Lake Repulse areas both rapidly burned out over 1,000 hectares of land, burning in an easterly direction as a result of the prevailing Westerly wind, which pushed the Forcett Fire parallel to the Arthur Highway. It was attacked front on by Tasmania Fire Service crews and stopped just short of Copping in the evening of 3 January.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Tasmania
A Northerly wind change on 4 January caused the fire to jump the Arthur Highway by 3pm on 4 January and spread south towards Primrose Sands and Dunalley. At least one hundred buildings, including 10 in Copping and 65 in Dunalley were destroyed. The fire spread towards the Forestier and Tasman Peninsulas, threatening the townships of Murdunna and Eaglehawk Neck.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Tasmania
Meanwhile, another major fire burned to the north of Hobart at Lake Repulse, threatening the communities of Elendale, Ouse and Meadowbank, it was also expected that the communities of Hamilton and Lawrenny would be impacted by 6am on the morning of 6 January.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, South Australia
Temperatures soared to 43.8 °C (111 °F) near Finniss, south of Adelaide, shortly before a bushfire broke out on 4 January. About 300 hectares (741 acres) of crops, farmland and vineyards were destroyed by the fire along with a portion of rail tracks for the Steam Ranger until it was brought under control by 60 fire fighters and waterbombers.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Victoria
A fire broke out in Kentbruck in the southwest of the state on 4 January. It had covered 7,050 hectares (17,421 acres) by 8 January, posing a threat to the nearby communities of Drik Drik and Dartmoor. On 8 January a 1,300 hectares (3,212 acres) fire to the west of Ballarat swept through the localities of Snake Valley, Chepstowe and Carngham destroying nine homes including the historic homestead Carngham Station.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Victoria
On 17 January a fire began in bushland in the Donnelly Creek Road area near Aberfeldy. As the fire spread to the east, 61 children and 15 adults were evacuated from the Licola Wilderness Village, while 10 residents and about 30 firefighters remained in Licola. By the following day the fire had covered 48,000 hectares (118,611 acres), with spot fires starting to the south-east at Coongulla, Glenmaggie, Heyfield, Newry and Seaton. 22 houses were destroyed as well as a number of dwellings at Glenmaggie Caravan Park. On 18 January, it was announced the body of a man was found in his burnt out vehicle in Seaton. By 30 January the fire had burnt out a total area of 75,000 hectares (185,329 acres).


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Western Australia
A fire broke out in the Shire of Gingin near Lennard Brooke on 26 January and raged out of control overnight while burning through 65 hectares (161 acres) of bushland. Over 50 firefighters were required to save homes and sheds from the blaze and had the blaze under control the following day. Bushfires were also burning around Busselton which were thought to have been deliberately lit, following the outbreak of about 25 fires over the course of the month. Another fire was accidentally started by the exhaust of a quad-bike being used to spray weeds by a contractor on 29 January at the Benger Swamp reserve south of Harvey. Over 300 hectares (741 acres) of scrub was burned before it was brought under control.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, January, Western Australia
A bushfire near Carnarvon was burning on the north eastern side of town on 28 January. The fire burnt out of control with strong winds starting spot fires among the banana plantations. The blaze was controlled a day later but not before 1,400 hectares (3,459 acres) of bushland destroying 20 derelict buildings and sheds, but leaving the plantations with only minor damage.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Tasmania
On 10 February 13 bushfires were burning across the state. The largest of these, at Molesworth to the north-west of Hobart, had burnt more than 1,900 hectares (4,695 acres), destroying sheds, cars and a caravan.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Victoria
On 8 February a bushfire fanned by strong winds came within 50 metres (160 ft) of homes near Mount Hotham. The fire, which was started by lightning on 21 January in the Alpine National Park near Harrietville, had increased in size to approximately 14,000 hectares (34,595 acres).


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Victoria
On 13 February, two fire fighters from the Department of Sustainability and Environment were killed after a tree fell on a vehicle they were in, while fighting the Harrietville fire, which has burnt 27,000 hectares (66,718 acres) of bushland. The fire ended up burning for 55 days in total and destroyed 37,000 hectares (91,429 acres) of public and private land.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Victoria
A large fire started in Donnybrook on 18 February. The grassfire became an out of control blaze, burning approximately 2,040 hectares (5,041 acres) as it headed south from Donnybrook towards the northern suburbs of Melbourne. 170 firefighters in 40 trucks battled the flames on a hot and gusty day.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
A bushfire broke out under suspicious circumstances in the outer suburb of Pink Lake in Esperance on 4 February. 50 firefighters and two fixed wing waterbombers were required to contain the blaze. The fire burnt through an area of over 500 hectares (1,236 acres)  and one home was destroyed in the blaze.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
Another fire broke on 5 February out near Boddington and burnt out of control destroying a cottage. An area over 800 hectares (1,977 acres) was burnt out before the fire was contained.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
Fires broke out south east of Byford on the South Western Highway in Whitby on 12 February. An emergency warning was issued as the fire headed toward the Darling Range through thick forest with a scattering of houses.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
Another fire started 13 February near the Blackwood River near Southampton and then burnt out of control through the surrounding forest before destroying two homes, including the historic Southampton Homestead, and 1,700 hectares (4,201 acres) near Bridgetown.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
More fires broke out 15 February including one north of Australind near Leschenault that threatened homes and properties. Another further south near Kin Kin which had started earlier in the week from lightning strikes had burnt through 1,232 hectares (3,044 acres) of bushland. Human remains were found in a shack in Kin Kin on 15 February.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
Lightning started a fire near Bindoon on 21 February and quickly burnt through 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of bushland pushed by strong winds and threatening nearby homes. The blaze was brought under control the following day when favourable weather conditions prevailed.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
A volunteer fire-fighter was killed on 22 February while cleaning up after a fire in Quindanning about 160 kilometres (99 mi) south east of Perth. The man was hit by a falling branch and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced as dead on arrival.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
Fires threatened homes in Upper Swan on 26 February before being brought under control by over 70 fire-fighters. Residents were evacuated as the blaze consumed 150 hectares (371 acres) of bushland.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, February, Western Australia
More fires started on 28 February at Shady Hills in Bullsbrook and the western end of Walyunga National Park. Over 200 fire-fighters were required to bring the blaze under control by the following day, but not before the blaze burned out over 1,500 hectares (3,707 acres) of bushland.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, March, Victoria
On 27 March, a bushfire at Dereel, south of Ballarat destroyed 16 houses and 18 sheds. Four firefighters required hospital treatment for minor burns and smoke inhalation. The fire, which covered 1,300 hectares (3,212 acres), was brought under control in the evening.


2012–13 Australian bushfire season, May, South Australia
On 9 May, a private burn-off north of Cherryville in the Adelaide Hills escaped the landowner's control and burnt east into inaccessible countryside. More than 250 Country Fire Service volunteers and four aerial water bombers took three days to contain the fire, assisted by rain on the evening of the third day. One house and two sheds were destroyed, with the fire burning 670 hectares (1,700 acres) of scrub and farmland. Two firefighters were treated for minor injuries. The fire was notable in that it occurred outside the fire-ban season, leading to calls that the season should be extended.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season
The 2012–13 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly below average tropical cyclone season event in the ongoing cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started on 1 November 2012, and officially ended on 30 April 2013, despite Cyclone Zane being an active system at the time (it dissipated a day later on 1 May). The regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season"; the "tropical cyclone year" began on 1 July 2012 and ended on 30 June 2013.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season
The scope of the Australian region is limited to all areas south of the equator, east of 90°E and west of 160°E. This area includes Australia, Papua New Guinea, western parts of the Solomon Islands, East Timor and southern parts of Indonesia. Tropical cyclones in this area are monitored by five Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; TCWC Jakarta in Indonesia; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issues unofficial warnings for the region, designating tropical depressions with the "S" suffix when they form west of 145°E, and the "P" suffix when they form east of 145°E.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts
During each tropical cyclone year, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology National Climate Centre (BoM), the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and partners issue seasonal forecasts for the Australian region and its various subregions. Since a tropical cyclone can move through a region, the actual number of tropical cyclones in a region include any that form in or move into a region from another.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Bureau of Meteorology
In October 2012, ahead of the season starting on 1 November, the BoM issued seasonal forecasts for the whole Australian region, one for each of the subregions Western, North-Western, Northern and Eastern Australia with each one covering the whole tropical cyclone year. For each forecast they took into account, the current neutral ENSO conditions and the near El Niño conditions that had been observed during that summer. For the whole region they predicted that the season would be below average, with a 63% chance that it would be below average and a 37% chance that it would be above average.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Bureau of Meteorology
For the Western region between 90°E and 125°E, the BoM forecast that the area would see activity near to or slightly below the average, with a 43% chance of a below average cyclone activity. For the North-Western subregion between 105°E and 130°E, it was predicted that there was a 58% chance of below average tropical cyclone activity, while TCWC Perth noted that there was a likelihood of two tropical cyclones and one severe tropical cyclone impacting Western Australia. There was no tendency towards an above or below average tropical cyclone season for the Northern Territory which was defined as being between as being 125°E and 142.5°E, while the Eastern region had a 57% chance of having a below average tropical cyclone season.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Bureau of Meteorology
The BoM also issued seasonal forecasts for the South Pacific region between 142.5°E and 120°W, one for the Western Southern Pacific region between 142.5°E and 165°E and one for the Eastern Southern Pacific region between 165°E and 120°W. They noted that the current neutral ENSO conditions would historically suggest the South Pacific region as a whole would experience near average tropical cyclone activity during the coming season.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Bureau of Meteorology
However, because of the warmer than average sea surface temperatures that were experienced in the central equatorial Pacific during July, August and September 2012, the western Southern Pacific had a 65% chance for average to below average tropical cyclone activity. For the Eastern part of the region the BoM predicted that it had a 55% chance of above average tropical cyclones, while for the overall region, they predicted that the region would experience a near average amount of tropical cyclones with a 53% chance of having an above average number of tropical cyclones.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Others
During October 2012, the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and its partners issued a tropical cyclone outlook, for the South Pacific region between 135°E and 120°W. The outlook predicted that the region would see a near average or slightly above average amount of tropical cyclones with between 9 and 12 systems predicted to develop or move into the region. NIWA also predicted that countries west of the International Date Line, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji were likely to experience an average to slightly above normal risk of a tropical cyclone.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Seasonal forecasts, Others
During December 2012, the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre (GCACIC), issued a seasonal forecast for the whole basin and one each for the regions to the east and west of 135°E. This season the GCACIC predicted that tropical cyclone activity in the entire Australian region and the western Australian region was likely to be near-normal and predicted 12 and 9 tropical cyclone respectively. For the eastern Australian region, the GCAIC predicted that tropical cyclone activity would be below average and only predicted 4 tropical cyclones to develop.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mitchell
On 27 December, Tropical Low 04U developed within a monsoon trough about 805 km (500 mi) north-northwest of Karratha. The following day, a significant central dense overcast developed over the low and banding features began forming to the northwest of the center. Development was further aided by an anticyclone situated just to the east, providing dual outflow channels. Later on 28 December, the JTWC classified the system as a tropical storm as the banding features consolidated around the low's center and a scatterometer pass revealed winds of 55 to 65 km/h (35 to 40 mph).


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mitchell
Some intensification was expected as the storm tracked generally southward along the edge of a subtropical ridge before moving over cooler waters. On 29 December, TCWC Perth classified the system as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell, the first named storm in the western region for the season. The storm ultimately attained peak winds of 75 km/h (45 mph) and a pressure of 990 mb (hPa; 29.23 inHg) before weakening below tropical cyclone strength on 30 December. The system persisted for two more days off the coast of Western Australia before dissipating well to the west of Perth on 1 January 2013.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle
On 4 January, a tropical low developed within a monsoon trough over the Timor Sea. Over the following several days, the system gradually tracked westward and intensified, being classified Tropical Cyclone Narelle on 8 January. Turning southward into a region of low wind shear, Narelle intensified into a severe tropical cyclone on 9 January. Over the following two days, the cyclone's structure fluctuated, temporarily featuring an eye, before it maintained its organization and intensified further on 11 January. The storm attained its peak intensity later on 11 January as a Category 4 cyclone with winds of 195 km/h (120 mph).


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle
Around the same time, the JTWC assessed Narelle to have been a Category 4-equivalent storm on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale with winds of 215 km/h (135 mph). The following day, Narelle passed approximately 330 km (205 mi) northwest of Exmouth as it moved on a south-southwesterly course. The system steadily weakened and ultimately fell below tropical cyclone strength on 15 January well to the west of Geraldton.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle
Early in the storm's existence, Narelle brought strong winds, heavy rain, and high winds to many areas in Indonesia. More than 10,000 homes were flooded and many others were damaged by thunderstorms. A total of 14 people were killed by the storm, and 17 others were listed as missing. In Western Australia, scattered strong thunderstorms caused minor damage and produced a possible tornado. Moisture from the storm spread into South Australia, producing light rain and bringing relief to areas suffering from a severe drought.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 06U
On 12 January, a weak tropical low formed over the Arafura Sea. The system was last noted the following day, having a pressure no lower than 1004 mb (hPa; 29.65 inHg). The United States Navy continued monitoring the system until it was last noted on 16 January.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Oswald
On 17 January, an area of low pressure developed over the Gulf of Carpentaria. Situated within a region of low wind shear and high sea surface temperatures, conditions were favorable for gradual development of the system. The following day, TCWC Darwin began monitoring the system as a tropical low. Early on 19 January, the system made landfall southwest of Borroloola. By 20 January, the system completed a clockwise loop before re-emerging into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Once back over water, the system quickly organized and strengthened into a tropical cyclone early on 21 January.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Oswald
Radar imagery from Mornington Island depicted a well-defined low-level circulation with defined banding features wrapping into the center. Situated in a very moist air mass and over the warm waters of the Gulf, some intensification was expected before Oswald struck the Cape York Peninsula. Approximately 12 hours after being named, the storm made its second landfall north of Kowanyama with winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) and the final advisory was issued by TCWC Brisbane. Although over land, the system was able to maintain a defined circulation and gradually reorganized as it moved southwestward. By 23 January, deep convection redeveloped over the circulation and a strong monsoonal flow became established to its north.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Oswald
Although a relatively weak storm, Oswald produced torrential rains over much of Queensland. Rainfall peaked in Tully where approximately 1,000 mm (39 in) of rain fell, with 632 mm (24.9 in) falling over a 48‑hour span. The township of Scherger received a record-breaking 370 mm (15 in) in just 24 hours. These rains caused widespread flooding in the state that shut down many roads and isolated communities. The town of Ingham was completely cut off due to high waters.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Oswald
Residents in the town were advised to stock up on emergency supplies as the Herbert River rose rapidly after 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain fell in the town in just three hours. In Cairns, winds up to 90 km/h (56 mph) left many homes without power and waves up to 4 m (13 ft) prompted the cancellation of most coastal activities. Additionally, a brief tornado or waterspout with winds of 140 km/h (87 mph) touched down near Hay Point. Across the affected region, damage from severe weather and flooding amounted to at least A$2.4 billion (US$2.5 billion). The name Oswald was retired and was replaced with Oran.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Peta
On 20 January, a weak low formed over the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Partially overland, convection persisted mainly on the western half of the low as it took in moisture from the Indian Ocean. Tracking west-southwestward in response to a weak mid-level ridge to the southeast, the system gradually intensified and was designated as Tropical Low 08U later on 21 January by TCWC Perth as it moved offshore. Throughout the day, radar imagery from Broome depicted increasing banding features around the low. Following further convective development of the storm, the JTWC issued a TCFA late on 21 January.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Peta
Approximately 24 hours later, the JTWC followed up on this alert with the first advisory on Tropical Cyclone 12S, classifying it as a tropical depression. Early on 23 January, surface observations from Cape Lambert and Roebourne indicated that the low had attained gale-force winds, prompting TCWC Perth to upgrade the system to Tropical Cyclone Peta; however, the system may not have met the technical definition of a tropical cyclone as gales did not extend more than halfway around the circulation. Upon being named, Peta had turned due south and subsequently made landfall near Point Samson with winds of 75 km/h (45 mph). Hours after moving onshore, Peta rapidly weakened and the final advisory was issued during the afternoon of 23 January.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Peta
On 22 January, Port Hedland shut down all shipping. Across much of western Pilbara, Peta dropped heavy rains that caused widespread flooding. The highest 24‑hour total 261.6 mm (10.30 in) at Hooley Station, which marked the station's highest daily total since 1972. Several other areas recorded more than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain from the cyclone, including Port Hedland. The rains also added 28 billion litres (7.4 billion gallons) at the Harding Dam, raising its storage from 40 to 80 percent. Flooding prompted officials to shut down parts of the Great Northern Highway.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty
On 22 February, a tropical low formed northwest of Kuri Bay. Two days later, the low reached Tropical Cyclone strength and was named Rusty as it moved very slowly south towards the coast of Western Australia. A cyclone watch was declared for a large area of the Pilbara/Kimberley coastline between Broome and Mardie extending inland to Marble Bar. Rusty remained relatively stationary off the Western Australian coastline, reaching category 4 strength on 27 February with winds gusting to 230 km/h. Rusty made landfall on 27 February near Pardoo, 100 km East of Port Hedland.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty
Due to the slow-moving nature of the cyclone, Port Hedland experienced 39 hours of winds of at least gale-force strength (with the maximum gust of 119 km/h), something not seen since 1942. The highest rainfall was recorded at Pardoo Station with an unconfirmed total of 482.5 mm. Confirmed falls of over 300 mm were also reported at De Grey Station and at Yarrie mine.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty
The effects of Rusty were far reaching (paralleling Cyclone Lua almost a year ago), with areas of Southern WA and the Goldfields experiencing heavy rains. For example, the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the surrounding areas have had non-stop rains for over 15 hours, with totals amounting to about 88 mm for the city itself.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 11U
Early on 22 February, TCWC Perth started to monitor Tropical Low 11U, that had formed within the Indian Ocean, about 500 km (310 mi) to the east-southeast of Cocos Island. Over the next few days the low moved slowly towards the northwest and then to the south and passed about 120 km (75 mi) to the east of Cocos Island.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 11U
Situated near the Cocos Islands for a prolonged period of time, the low produced record-breaking rains across the island. Between 23 and 25 February, 844.6 mm (33.25 in) of rain fell on the island, of which 416 mm (16.4 in) fell on 25 February. This greatly contributed to the island breaking its monthly rainfall record, with 1,000.4 mm (39.39 in) being measured during February. Significant flooding took place as a result of the rains, especially on Home Island where some people called the floods the worst in 100 years. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport was also temporarily shut down due to "bubbling" on the airstrip. Gale-force winds associated with the system downed several trees and cut power to many homes across Home and West Island.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Sandra
A tropical low formed on 5 March in the Queensland region, and was named 19P by the JTWC. The low was renamed Sandra on 8 March as it rapidly intensified in the Coral Sea. It then moved into the South Pacific region as a Category 3 system. Upon reaching Category 4 and threatening New Caledonia, it hit Lord Howe Island as a Category 2 storm on 15 March, despite weakening to Category 1 the day before. The remnants of Sandra bought areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms to drought-stricken parts of New Zealand, with reports of up to 112 millimetres (4.4 in) at Turakina near Whanganui and a tornado in New Plymouth.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
On 10 March 2013, the JTWC started tracking a tropical low approximately 426 km (265 mi) west south-west of the tip of Cape York Peninsula in the Gulf of Carpentaria. As the system began to move north-east, a subtropical ridge located to the south provided a good outflow channel, while vertical windshear continued to improve in the area. By 12 March, the JTWC upgraded the low's chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 24 hours to medium.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
On 13 March, banding features began to wrap around the lows center, and the JTWC warned the system had a high chance of forming into a tropical cyclone over the next 24 hours, as it continued to move north-east. Early on 14 March, the tropical low crossed Cape York and moved into the northern Coral Sea, encountering an area of warmer sea surface temperatures and high windshear. At 10:25am EST, the TCWC Brisbane named the storm Tropical Cyclone Tim, as it intensified into a Category 1 storm with 10-minute wind speeds of 65 km (40 mi).


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
Located approximately 440 km (275 mi) north-east of Cairns, Tropical Cyclone Tim began to move in an east south-easterly direction towards Willis Island. It passed directly over the island, where the automated weather station recorded 10-minute wind gusts of 75 km (45 mi) before the station stopped recording. By late on 14 March, Tim rapidly intensified into a Category 2 storm on the Australian Scale, with maximum 10-minute wind gusts of 95 km (60 mi) and a barometric pressure of 985 hPa, equal to a Tropical Storm on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
By 15 March, Tim began to swing towards the south-east, rather than continue its south-westerly track, and was expected to make landfall on the Queensland as a weak Category 1 or Tropical Low by 19 March. A pocket of dry air formed to the west of the storm, and caused Tim to rapidly weaken, falling back to a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone on 15 March.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
However, the storm managed to maintain its strength until 17 March, when the dry air finally began to erode Tims core and the Bureau of Meteorology reported that it weakened into a Tropical Low late on 17 March. The low persisted for several days in the eastern Coral Sea, moving north-west along the Queensland coast, and on 20 March, it dissipated 102 km (65 mi) east north-east of Cardwell on the north Queensland Coast.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Tim
The remnants of the system crossed the coast near Innisfail on 21 March, bringing light winds and showers, however no significant totals were recorded, apart from an isolated fall of 125.8 mm (5 in) of rain at Innisfail. Minor damage was also sustained at the Willis Island Weather station, however it was repaired shortly after Tim's passage over the island.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 15U
A weak tropical low formed near the Cocos Islands on 17 March and moved south-west without any further intensification.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 16U
On 1 April, heavy rains, peaking at 187 mm (7.4 in) in Edith Farms Road, over the Katherine Region triggered localised flooding. Several roads were temporarily closed as rivers rose up to 4 m (13 ft) overnight; however, waters receded later that day.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Victoria
On 6 April, TCWC Perth started to monitor a weak tropical low 17U that had developed within TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility, about 740 km (460 mi) to the north-northeast of the Cocos Islands. Over the next two days, the system moved towards the south-southeast and slightly developed further, before it entered TCWC Perth's area of responsibility during 9 April. By the morning of 10 April, Victoria had intensified into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian Scale, as it moved south-southesast. However, Victoria began to weaken rapidly as it moved over an area of cool sea surface temperatures and weakened to a category 1 by 11 April. Late on 12 April, the system rapidly dissipated, without affecting the Australian mainland. The remnants of Victoria bought a bit of rain in Perth.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Zane
On 27 April, the TCWC Brisbane reported that a tropical low had formed 700 km (435 mi) east-southeast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Late on 29 April it was upgraded to Category 1 Tropical Cyclone Zane, as it headed towards the coast of Queensland. A cyclone watch was issued for the Queensland coast between Thursday Island and Cooktown by the Bureau of Meteorology as Zane began to intensify.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Zane
On 30 April, the watch was upgraded to a warning for the whole of Cape York peninsula, as Zane rapidly intensified, reaching Category 2 on the Australian scale late on 30 April, while moving south-west toward the Queensland coast. Initially forecast to reach Category 3, Zane began to deteriorate as it moved north-west, and began to dissipate rapidly, dropping from Category 2 to a Tropical Low in less than 24 hours. Late on 2 May, the remnant low crossed the coast near Lockhart River, causing minimal rain of less than 25 mm (5 cm) in the Torres Strait.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Zane
Zane was shown to have reached marginal Category 3 severe tropical cyclone status in the best track data post-analysis of the storm, with sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph).


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
During 29 December, Tropical Cyclone Freda briefly moved into the basin from the South Pacific basin, as a Category 2 tropical cyclone with winds of 100 km/h (60 mph).


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names
During the season a total of 9 tropical cyclones received a name from BoM, either by TCWC Perth, Darwin, or Brisbane, when the system was judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph). There has only been one list that the Bureau of Meteorology have assigned names to tropical cyclones since the 2008–09 season. Tropical cyclones named by the TCWC Jakarta and Port Moresby are rare, with the last named cyclones occurring during 2010 and 2007, respectively.


2012–13 Australian region cyclone season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 2012–13 Australian region cyclone season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s)–denoted by bold location names – damages, and death totals. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2013 AUD and USD.


2012–13 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga
The 2012–13 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga was the 67th season of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. 11 teams participated this season, BC Zepter Vienna was the eventual champion and Oberwart Gunners the runner-up.


2012–13 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, Regular season
After two rounds this were the final standings. In the first round all teams faced each other, in the second round the 6 best teams from the first round played each other and the 5 worst teams.


2012–13 Austrian Cup
The 2012–13 Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Samsung-Cup) was the 79th season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It commenced with the matches of the First Round on 12 July 2012 and concluded with the Final on 30 May 2013. This year the tournament took place with only 64 participants, which abolishes the preliminary rounds. This year reserve teams were not allowed to participate in the competition.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, Participating teams
The teams of the Bundesliga and the First League, the two losers of the First League Relegation Playoff and the winner of the 9 winner of the province cups. Also there were lower league teams, nominated by the 9 province-FAs.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, First round
The draw for this round was on 1 July 2012. The matches took place from 13 to 15 July 2012.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, Second round
The draw for this round was on 13 August 2012. The matches took place on 25 and 26 September 2012.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, Third round
The draw for this round was on 2 October 2012. The matches took place on 30 and 31 October 2012.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, Quarter-finals
The matches took place on 16 and 17 April 2013.


2012–13 Austrian Cup, Semi-finals
The matches took place on 7 and 8 May 2013.


2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga was the 101st season of top-tier football in Austria. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013, with the winter break held between 22 December 2012 and 9 February 2013.


2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Results
All club will play four times against each other, twice home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches.


2012–13 Austrian Football First League
The 2012–13 Austrian Football First League was the 39th season of the Austrian second-level football league. It began on 19 July 2012 and ended on 24 May 2013.


2012–13 Austrian Football First League, Promotion/Relegation Playoffs, Second Leg
FC Liefering win 5-0 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League


2012–13 Austrian Football First League, Promotion/Relegation Playoffs, Second Leg
SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 win 3-1 on aggregate and are promoted to the Austrian First League


2012–13 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2012–13 Austrian Hockey League was a season of the Austrian Hockey League (known as Erste Bank Eishockey Liga - or EBEL league - for sponsorship reasons). The Klagenfurter AC won the Austrian championship by defeating the Vienna Capitals in the Playoff Final.


2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga
The 2012–13 season of the Regionalliga was the 54th season of the third-tier football league in Austria, since its establishment in 1959.


2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga
The league is composed of 48 teams divided into three groups of 16 teams each, whose teams are divided geographically (Eastern, Central and Western). Teams play only other teams in their own division.


2012–13 Ayr United F.C. season
The 2012–13 season was Ayr United's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, after being relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season after their two legged semi final play-off defeat to Airdrie United. Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Season
Ayr United finished Seventh in the Scottish Second Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.


2012–13 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Management
Ayr will be managed by Mark Roberts for the 2012–13 season, following the departure of Brian Reid whose contract with the club had expired.


2012–13 Azadegan League
The 2012–13 Azadegan League was the 22nd season of the Azadegan League and 12th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 19 teams from the 2011–12 Azadegan League, three new teams relegated from the 2011–12 Persian Gulf Cup: Shahin Bushehr, Shahrdari Tabriz and Mes Sarcheshmeh and four new teams promoted from the 2011–12 2nd Division: Esteghlal Ahvaz as champions, Gostaresh Foulad and Hafari Ahvaz. Alvand Hamedan replaced PAS Novin Hamedan, Bargh Shiraz replaced Steel Azin and Sang Ahan replaced Tarbiat Yazd. The league started on 13 September 2012 and ended on 16 April 2013. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan won the Azadegan League title for the first time in their history. Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal Khuzestan promoted to the Persian Gulf Cup.


2012–13 Azadegan League, Match fixing scandal
After Shahrdari Tabriz promoted to the Iran Pro League, the former chairman of Niroye Zamini was announced that he was offered 100,000,000 tomans to fixing the match between two teams, a bid that he rejected. Two days later, one of the players of the Shahrdari Bandar Abbas was charged that he was purchased to score an own goal in match with Shahrdari Tabriz. IRIFF opened a case for the match-fixing scandal and excluded coaching staff and management of Shahrdari Tabriz temporarily. The play-off and championship matches was also postponed to another time until the final judgment.


2012–13 Azadegan League, Match fixing scandal
The final was announced on 13 May 2013. Shahrdari Tabriz's promotion was canceled and they will be play at Azadegan League next season too, Faraz Kamalvand (head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz) and his assistants were banned for two years from football careers. The team manager of Shahrdari Tabriz and chairman of the club were also banned for one year and six months. Yadavaran Shalamcheh (which relegated to the 2nd Division) was relegated to the 3rd Division. Nader Dastneshan (head coach of Saipa Shomal), Majid Bagherinia (head coach of Esteghlal Khuzestan) and chairman of the club.


2012–13 Azadegan League, Play-off
Pas Hamedan advanced to the Iran Pro League play-off against Zob Ahan.


2012–13 Azadegan League, Iran Pro League Playoff
The promotion/relegation playoff for 2013–14 Iran Pro League was held between Zob Ahan and Pas Hamedan.


2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2012–13 is the 21st season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan. It started on 23 October 2012 with ten games of the First Round and ended on 28 May 2013 with the Final. FC Baku were the defending champions, with twenty-one teams competing in this year's competition.


2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup
The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.


2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup, First round
The games were played on the 22 and 24 October 2012.


2012–13 Azerbaijan Cup, Second round
The five winners from the Preliminary Round joined the remaining eleven teams of the Azerbaijan Premier League in this round, all games were played on 28 November 2012.