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The 2022 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the 9th season of the premier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Heineken Cup. There will be 2 pools of 12 teams, with 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 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the round of 16. The winners from this round will move on to Quarter-Finals. The next 2 teams in each pool will join 12 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. |
The teams playing in the competition are:
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England
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France
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Ireland
Wales
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South Africa
Scotland
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POOL A
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POOL B
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December 9 December 10
December 11
December 16
December 17
December 18
January 13 January 14
January 15 January 20 January 21
January 22 |
London Irish Racing 92 Sharks Clermont Auvergne Gloucester Rugby La Rochelle Bulls Castres Olympique Sale Sharks Munster Saracens Ospreys
Leinster Bordeaux Bègles Exeter Chiefs Edinburgh Rugby Lyon Leicester Tigers Ulster Stormers Montpellier Northampton Saints Toulouse Harlequins
Clermont Auvergne Gloucester Rugby Sale Sharks Sharks Munster La Rochelle Bulls Ospreys Saracens Castres Olympique London Irish Racing 92
Leicester Tigers Lyon Harlequins Northampton Saints Leinster Bordeaux Bègles Exeter Chiefs Stormers Ulster Montpellier Toulouse Edinburgh Rugby |
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Montpellier Leinster Harlequins Stormers Bordeaux Bègles Northampton Saints Lyon Exeter Chiefs Ulster Toulouse Edinburgh Rugby Leicester Tigers
Gloucester Rugby Sharks Bulls Castres Olympique Saracens Clermont Auvergne La Rochelle London Irish Ospreys Munster Sale Sharks Racing 92
Leicester Tigers Leinster Toulouse Bordeaux Bègles Northampton Saints Ulster Exeter Chiefs Montpellier Lyon Edinburgh Rugby Stormers Harlequins
Ospreys Bulls Sharks La Rochelle Racing 92 Gloucester Rugby Castres Olympique Clermont Auvergne Sale Sharks London Irish Munster Saracens |
Brentford Le Havre Durban Clermont-Ferrand Gloucester La Rochelle Pretoria Castres Salford Limerick Barnet Swansea
Dublin Bordeaux Exeter Edinburgh Lyon Leicester Belfast Cape Town Montpellier Northampton Toulouse Twickenham
Clermont-Ferrand Gloucester Salford Durban Limerick La Rochelle Pretoria Swansea Barnet Castres Brentford Paris
Leicester Lyon Twickenham Northampton Dublin Bordeaux Exeter Cape Town Belfast Montpellier Toulouse Edinburgh |
27 10 39 24 22 46 42 12 39 13 30 17
57 16 44 31 20 23 29 34 10 6 45 14
29 14 5 32 27 7 39 35 48 21 14 30
26 31 39 13 36 17 40 30 22 21 20 20 |
32 42 31 14 17 12 36 27 0 18 26 23
0 19 14 20 28 16 36 14 21 17 19 10
44 49 27 3 23 3 28 29 28 34 28 29
27 7 29 31 10 26 3 16 11 21 16 14 |
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Mar 31 April 1
April 2
Quarter-Finals April 7 April 8
April 9
Semi-Finals April 29 April 30
Final May 20 |
Leicester Tigers Sharks Stormers La Rochelle Leinster Exeter Chiefs* Toulouse Saracens
Leinster Toulouse Exeter Chiefs La Rochelle
Leinster La Rochelle
Leinster |
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Edinburgh Rugby Munster Harlequins Gloucester Ulster Montpellier Bulls Ospreys
Leicester Tigers Sharks Stormers Saracens
Toulouse Exeter Chiefs
La Rochelle |
Leicester Durban Cape Town La Rochelle Dublin Exeter Toulouse Barnet
Dublin Toulouse Exeter La Rochelle
Dublin Bordeaux
Dublin |
16 50 32 29 30 40 33 35
55 54 42 24
41 47
26 |
6 28 28 26 15 40 9 20
24 20 17 10
22 28
27 |
* Exeter Chiefs progress to the Quarter-Finals by virtue of scoring more tries in the match against Montpellier.