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The 2018 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the 5th season of the premier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Heineken Cup. 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. There will be 20 teams playing in the competition, the top 6 teams from the English Premiership, the top 6 teams from the French Top 14, and 7 teams from the Pro 14. In a change from previous years, the 20th team was awarded a place from new criteria rather than a qualifying match. The 20th place was awarded the team that met the following criteria (in this order): |
With the inclusion of South African teams in the Pro 14 competition, qualification criteria from that competition was also changed.
Gloucester qualify for the 20th place as the losing club in the Challenge Cup final.
Ulster qualify following the Pro 14 play-off match against Ospreys, won by Ulster 35-17
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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October 14
October 19 October 20
October 21
December 7
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December 14 December 15
December 16
January 11 January 12
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January 18
January 19
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March 30
March 31
April 20 April 21
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Leinster Bath Montpellier Exeter Chiefs Scarlets Ulster Gloucester Lyon Toulon Glasgow Warriors Leicester Tigers Munster Castres Olympique Edinburgh Rugby Wasps Saracens Racing 92 Newcastle Falcons Toulouse Cardiff Blues Edinburgh Rugby Scarlets Lyon Exeter Chiefs Bath Toulon Wasps Saracens Munster Racing 92 Gloucester Ulster Cardiff Blues Glasgow Warriors Toulouse Leinster Castres Olympique Leicester Tigers Montpellier Newcastle Falcons Gloucester Leinster Montpellier Bath Ulster Toulon Scarlets Exeter Chiefs Lyon Glasgow Warriors Newcastle Falcons Edinburgh Rugby Saracens Cardiff Blues Leicester Tigers Racing 92 Castres Olympique Munster Toulouse Wasps Quarter-Finals Edinburgh Rugby Saracens Leinster Racing 92 Semi-Finals Saracens Leinster
Final Saracens |
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Wasps Toulouse Edinburgh Rugby Munster Racing 92 Leicester Tigers Castres Olympique Cardiff Blues Newcastle Falcons Saracens Scarlets Gloucester Exeter Chiefs Toulon Bath Lyon Ulster Montpellier Leinster Glasgow Warriors Newcastle Falcons Ulster Glasgow Warriors Gloucester Leinster Montpellier Toulouse Cardiff Blues Castres Olympique Leicester Tigers Exeter Chiefs Scarlets Saracens Lyon Wasps Bath Munster Racing 92 Toulon Edinburgh Rugby Munster Toulouse Newcastle Falcons Wasps Racing 92 Edinburgh Rugby Leicester Tigers Castres Olympique Saracens Cardiff Blues Toulon Montlellier Glasgow Warriors Lyon Ulster Scarlets Gloucester Exeter Chiefs Bath Leinster
Munster Glasgow Warriors Ulster Toulouse
Munster Toulouse
Leinster |
Dublin Bath Montpellier Exeter Llanelli Belfast Gloucester Lyon Toulon Glasgow Leicester Limerick Castres Edinburgh Coventry Barnet Paris Newcastle Toulouse Cardiff Edinburgh Llanelli Lyon Exeter Bath Toulon Coventry Barnet Limerick Paris Gloucester Belfast Cardiff Glasgow Toulouse Dublin Castres Leicester Montpellier Newcastle Gloucester Dublin Montpellier Bath Belfast Toulon Llanelli Exeter Lyon Glasgow Newcastle Edinburgh Barnet Cardiff Leicester Paris Castres Limerick Toulouse Coventry
Edinburgh Barnet Dublin Paris
Coventry Dublin
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