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The 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the 7th season of the premier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Heineken Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues that delayed the finish of the 2019/20 season, the European Rugby Champions Cup will be run on a different format for 2020/21 season. There will be 2 pools of 12 teams. There will be 4 rounds of pool play, with each team playing home and away against 2 teams not from the same domestic league. Qualification was based on team positions in their respective domestic leagues and the Pro 14. The top 4 teams from each pool will qualify for Quarter-Finals. These will be a 2 match, home and away series with the winners moving on to the Semi-Finals. The next 4 teams in each pool will join the top eight teams from the European Challenge Cup and play a round of 16 in that competition. This will be knock-out format through to the final. This format was to be affected by COVD-19 and changes were made. Details are further down on this page. |
The teams playing in the competition are:
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England
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France
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Ireland
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Wales
Scotland
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POOL A
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POOL B
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December 11
December 12
December 13
December 18
December 19
December 20
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Ulster Northampton Saints Bristol Bears Toulon Bath Dragons Montpellier Edinburgh Rugby Lyon Racing 92 Exeter Chiefs Munster
Scarlets Wasps Clermont Auvergne Glasgow Warriors Gloucester Leinster La Rochelle Sale Sharks Bordeaux Bègles Harlequins Toulouse Connacht
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Toulouse Bordeaux Bègles Clermont Auvergne Sale Sharks Scarlets Wasps Leinster La Rochelle Gloucester Connacht Glasgow Warriors Harlequins
Toulon Montpellier Munster Lyon Ulster Northampton Saints Bath Edinburgh Rugby Dragons Racing 92 Exeter Chiefs Bristol Bears
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Belfast Northampton Bristol Toulon Bath Newport Montpellier Edinburgh Lyon Paris Exeter Limerick
Llanelli Coventry Clermont-Ferrand Glasgow Gloucester Dublin La Rochelle Salford Bordeaux London Toulouse Galway |
22 12 38 26 19 8 14 8 55 26 42 21 28 33 31 0 38 35 28 15 47 7 28 18 |
29 16 51 14 23 24 35 13 10 22 0 7 0 14 39 28 34 19 0 16 8 49 0 27 |
A number of matches were affected by COVID-19 issues and results were determined as 28-0 wins to teams.
At this point the European Rugby Champions Cup was suspended due to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the end of February 2021 the EPCR announced revised a tournament format to allow for the completion of the competition. The original draw for Rounds 3 & 4 were cancelled.
There would be Round of 16 matches followed by the knock-out stages. The Round of 16 matches would be determined by a draw.
The 8 highest placed teams in each Pool at the time of the suspension of play qualified for the Round of 16. Teams from the same league cannot be drawn against one another. Teams which had won both pool stage matches on the pitch (that is; not COVID-19 affected results) will get home advantage.
The other 8 teams will play in a Round of 16 against the best 8 teams of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Following the Round of 16 an open draw will be held to determine the quarter-final matches. Teams from the same league may end up playing against each other.
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April 2 April 3
April 4
Quarter-Finals April 10
April 11 Semi-Finals May 1 May 2 Final May 22 |
Leinster Gloucester Wasps Munster Exeter Chiefs Racing 92 Bordeaux Bègles Scarlets
Exeter Chiefs La Rochelle Clermont Auvergne Bordeaux Bègles
Toulouse La Rochelle
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Toulon La Rochelle Clermont Auvergne Toulouse Lyon Edinburgh Rugby Bristol Bears Sale Sharks
Leinster Sale Sharks Toulouse Racing 92 Bordeaux Bègles Leinster
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Dublin Gloucester Coventry Limerick Exeter Paris Bordeaux Llanelli
Exeter La Rochelle Clermont Ferrand Bordeaux
Toulouse La Rochelle
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The Leinster v Toulon match was cancelled after a number of Toulon players tested positive for COVID-19. Leinster were awarded the match and progressed to the quarter-finals.