2016 European Rugby Champions Cup 

The 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup was the third season of the premier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Heineken Cup.

There was 20 teams playing in the competition, the top 6 teams from the English Premiership, the top 6 teams from the French Top 14, 7 teams from the Pro 12 and a qualifier from the next best placed teams from the 3 competitions.

The Pro 12 qualifiers are the 4 best placed teams from each country and the 3 highest placed teams after that.

Teams play in 5 pools of 4 teams and will play each team in their pool twice, home and away.

Following pool play, the top team from each pool and the best 3 runners-up will progress to the play-offs: quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.


In 2016, due to the Rugby World Cup the previous year, no qualifying play-offs had been played so the winner of the 2015/16 European Rugby Challenge Cup automatically qualified for the tournament. That team was Montpellier.


The teams playing in the competition are:

England

  • Saracens
  • Northampton Saints
  • Leicester Tigers
  • Sale Sharks
  • Wasps
  • Exeter Chiefs

France

  • Toulon
  • Clermont Auvergne
  • Racing 92
  • Toulouse
  • Montpellier
  • Bordeaux Bègles
  • Castres Olympique

Ireland

  • Leinster
  • Munster
  • Ulster
  • Connacht

Scotland

  • Glasgow Warriors


Wales

  • Scarlets

Italy

  • Zebre
Challenge Cup
Pool 1
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Munster 6 5 1 160 64 4 24
Glasgow Warriors 6 4 2 160 89 3 19
Leicester Tigers 6 2 4 61 190 8
Racing 92 6 1 5 89 130 1 5
Pool 2
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Wasps 6 4 1 1 210 112 4 22
Toulouse 6 3 2 1 164 91 4 18
Connacht 6 4 2 188 118 2 18
Zebre 6 6 90 331 0
Pool 3
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Saracens 6 5 1 181 87 2 24
Toulon 6 3 3 120 100 4 16
Scarlets 6 2 3 1 141 154 1 11
Sale Sharks 6 1 5 66 167 4
Pool 4
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Leinster 6 4 1 1 227 87 5 23
Montpellier 6 3 3 120 149 4 16
Castres Olympique 6 2 3 1 144 147 2 12
Northampton Saints 6 2 4 91 199 1 9
Pool 5
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Clermont Auvergne 6 5 1 211 131 6 26
Bordeaux Bègles 6 3 3 118 120 2 14
Exeter Chiefs 6 2 4 110 146 4 12
Ulster 6 2 4 131 173 2 10


Fixtures and Results

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Glasgow Warriors

Wasps

Leinster

Toulon

Connacht

Northampton Saints

Scarlets

Bordeaux Bègles

Racing 92

Exeter Chiefs


Sale Sharks

Munster

Castres Olympique

Clermont Auvergne

Saracens

Ulster

Montpellier

Toulouse

Zebre

Leicester Tigers


Northampton Saints

Ulster

Munster

Racing 92

Saracens

Zebre

Wasps

Montpellier

Toulon

Exeter Chiefs


Glasgow Warriors

Bordeaux Bègles

Leicester Tigers

Toulouse

Connacht

Leinster

Scarlets

Castres Olympique

Clermont Auvergne

Sale Sharks


Racing 92


Leinster

Connacht

Northampton Saints

Wasps

Glasgow Warriors

Racing 92

Scarlets

Bordeaux Bègles

Toulon

Exeter Chiefs


Castres Olympique

Montpellier

Ulster

Clermont Auvergne

Sale Sharks

Saracens

Leicester Tigers

Munster

Toulouse

Zebre


Quarter-Finals

Leinster

Munster

Saracens

Clermont Auvergne


Semi-Finals

Munster

Clermont Auvergne


Final

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Glasgow Warriors

Northampton Saints

Bordeaux Bègles

Scarlets

Exeter Chiefs

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Connacht

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Leicester Tigers

Glasgow Warriors

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Scarlets

Bordeaux Bègles


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Zebre

Wasps

Northampton Saints

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Ulster

Saracens


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Zebre

Castres Olympique

Toulouse

Munster

Leicester Tigers

Saracens

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Sale Sharks

Ulster


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Northampton Saints

Bordeaux Bègles

Exeter Chiefs

Scarlets

Toulon

Glasgow Warriors

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Toulouse

Glasgow Warriors

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Toulon

Galway

Northampton

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Toulon

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Clermont-Ferrand

Salford


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Galway

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Coventry

Glasgow

Paris

Llanelli

Bordeaux

Toulon

Exeter


Castres

Montpellier

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Clermont-Ferrand

Salford

London

Leicester

Limerick

Toulouse

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London

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