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The 2019 European Rugby Challenge Cup will be the 4th season of the second tier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Amlin Cup. There were 20 teams playing in the competition, the teams that did not qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup from the Premiership, the Top 14, and the Pro 12, and two qualifiers from Qualifying Competitions held earlier. Teams played in 5 pools of 4 teams and played each team in their pool twice, home and away. Following pool play, the top team from each pool and the best 3 runners-up progressed to the play-offs: quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The play-off matches were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, moving from April until they could be played in September. |
The final two qualifiers come from matches between the top two teams in each pool in the Continental Shield competition and the two qualifiers from the 2018/19 European Rugby Challenge Cup. The winners from the Continental Shield matches played off for one Challenge Cup position and the two teams from the 2018/19 Challenge Cup played off for the other position in the competition. The winners from the Continental Shield were Calvisano and Rovigo Delta, both from Italy.
The two teams from the Challenge Cup were Enisei-STM from Russia and Timișoara Saracens from Romania.
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March 30
April 20 |
Timișoara Saracens Calvisano
Enisei-STM Rovigo Delta |
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Enisei-STM Rovigo Delta
Timișoara Saracens Calvisano |
Timișoara Calvisano
Krasnoyarsk Rovigo |
20 29
40 30 |
18 13
32 28 |
Rugby Calvisano and Enisei-STM qualified for the European Rugby Challenge Cup, both on aggregate score.
The teams playing in the competition are:
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France
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England
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Wales
Russia
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Italy
Scotland
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15 November
16 November
22 November
23 November
6 December
7 December
13 December
14 December
11 January
12 January
17 January
18 January
18 September 19 September
20 September
25 September 26 September
October 16 |
Enisei-STM Agen Bayonne Stade Français Rugby Calvisano Bristol Bears Leicester Tigers Dragons Scarlets Bordeaux Bègles
Enisei-STM Brive Pau Edinburgh Toulon Castres Olympique Wasps Zebre Rugby Club London Irish Cardiff Blues
Enisei-STM Agen Edinburgh Toulon Worcester Warriors Bristol Bears Zebre Rugby Club Leicester Tigers Bayonne Cardiff Blues
Castres Olympique Brive Dragons Pau Bordeaux Bègles Rugby Calvisano London Irish Wasps Scarlets Stade Français
Castres Olympique Bayonne Stade Français Agen Bordeaux Bègles Rugby Calvisano Bristol Bears Worcester Warriors Scarlets Leicester Tigers Worcester Warriors Dragons Edinburgh Wasps Toulon Zebre Rugby Club Brive Pau Cardiff Blues London Irish Quarter-Finals Bristol Bears Bordeaux Bègles Toulon Leicester Tigers
Semi-Finals Bristol Bears Toulon
Final Bristol Bears |
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Worcester Warriors Edinburgh Toulon Brive Cardiff Blues Zebre Rugby Club Pau Castres Olympique London Irish Wasps
Dragons Bristol Bears Rugby Calvisano Bordeaux Bègles Scarlets Worcester Warriors Agen Stade Français Bayonne Leicester Tigers Castres Olympique Bordeaux Bègles Wasps London Irish Dragons Stade Français Brive Rugby Calvisano Scarlets Pau Enisei-STM Zebre Rugby Club Worcester Warriors Cardiff Blues Agen Leicester Tigers Toulon Edinburgh Bayonne Bristol Bears
Dragons London Irish Zebre Rugby Club Wasps Edinburgh Pau Brive Enisei-STM Toulon Cardiff Blues Castres Olympique Enisei-STM Agen Bordeaux Bègles Bayonne Bristol Bears Stade Français Leicester Tigers Rugby Calvisano Scarlets
Dragons Edinburgh Scarlets Castres Olympique
Bordeaux Bègles Leicester Tigers
Toulon |
Krasnodar Agen Bayonne Paris Calvisano Bristol Leicester Newport Llanelli Bordeaux
Krasnodar Brive Pau Edinburgh Toulon Castres Coventry Parma Reading Cardiff Krasnodar Agen Edinburgh Toulon Worcester Bristol Calvisano Leicester Bayonne Cardiff Castres Brive Newport Pau Bordeaux Calvisano Reading Coventry llanelli Paris
Castres Bayonne Paris Agen Bordeaux Calvisano Bristol Worcester Llanelli Leicester Worcester Newport Edinburgh Coventry Toulon Parma Brive Pau Cardiff Reading
Bristol Bordeaux Toulon Leicester
Bristol Toulon
Aix-en-Provence |
14 10 13 11 16 59 41 31 20 40
22 0 61 16 17 17 32 12 45 11
12 3 31 37 34 37 27 59 11 54
22 24 25 34 33 13 20 7 46 16
42 27 24 24 32 19 52 66 15 30
27 47 36 0 50 7 33 24 62 14
56 23 11 C
37 34
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57 31 20 27 38 21 20 17 16 30
49 36 10 16 16 9 14 13 31 14
28 73 20 17 28 11 24 7 19 22
10 10 16 29 6 20 26 9 5 18
14 10 29 52 17 47 3 10 27 20
33 5 0 27 6 7 29 17 3 33
17 14 6 C
20 19
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The Leicester Tigers v Castres Olympique Quarter-Final match was cancelled after 3 players and a staff member of the Castres team tested positive for COVID-19. Leicester Tigers were awarded the match and progressed to the semi-finals.