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Revision as of 19:40, 5 January 2016
2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Countries | England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Date | 13 November 2015 – 14 May 2016 |
Tournament statistics | |
Teams | 20 |
Matches played | 35 |
Attendance | 472,914 (13,512 per match) |
Tries scored | 168 (4.8 per match) |
Top point scorer(s) | Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (60 points) |
Top try scorer(s) | Chris Wyles (Saracens) (4 tries) |
Final | |
Venue | Grand Stade de Lyon, Lyon |
The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the second season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby, and the 21st season of professional European rugby union in total, following on from the now defunct Heineken Cup as Europe's top-tier competition for rugby clubs.[1][2]
As a result of the 2015 Rugby World Cup being held in England, the tournament will start slightly later than in previous seasons, with the opening round taking place on the weekend of 13/14/15 November 2015. The final will take place on the 14 May 2016, at the Stade des Lumières in Lyon.[3][4]
Teams
20 clubs, from the three major European domestic leagues, will compete in the Champions Cup, 19 of the clubs will qualify directly as a result of their domestic league performance, with the final team coming from a play-off.
The distribution of teams are as follows:
- England: 6 clubs
- The top 6 clubs in the Aviva Premiership. (6 clubs)
- France: 7 clubs,
- The top 6 clubs in the Top 14. (6 clubs)
- There will be a seventh club from France, after Bordeaux Bègles won the play-off series against Gloucester for entry into the European Rugby Champions Cup. (1 club)
- Ireland, Italy, Scotland & Wales: 7 clubs, based on performance in the Pro12.
- The best placed club from each nation. (4 clubs)
- The 3 highest ranked clubs not qualified thereafter. (3 clubs)
Aviva Premiership | Top 14 | Pro 12 | |||
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England | France | Ireland | Italy | Scotland | Wales |
20th team play-off
The following teams took part in play-off matches to decide the final team in the Champions Cup. The play-off was held between Premiership side Gloucester, as Challenge Cup winners, and teams from the Pro12 and Top 14. The losers of this play-off join the Challenge Cup.
Aviva Premiership | Top 14 | Pro 12 |
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England | France | Ireland |
Gloucester | Bordeaux Bègles | Connacht |
The play off was a two-match series, with the winner of the first match, Gloucester, progressing to the second, and the winner of that second match, Bordeaux Bègles, qualifying for the Champions Cup.
24 May 2015 15:30 GMT |
Gloucester | 40−32 (a.e.t.) | Connacht |
Report |
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Attendance: 7,633 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) |
31 May 2015 17:00 GMT |
Gloucester | 22−23 | Bordeaux Bègles |
Sixways Stadium, Worcester Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU) |
Team details
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.
Seeding
The 20 competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing 5 teams.
For the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.[6] This represents a change for the Aviva Premiership, who last year seeded teams without reference to their play-off performance, meaning Northampton Saints, who came top in the Aviva Premiership, are seeded third - as the highest ranked losing semi-finalist. As a knock on from this, Leicester Tigers, who came third in the league, drop to fourth.
Rank | Top 14 | Premiership | Pro 12 |
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1 | Stade Français | Saracens | Glasgow Warriors |
2 | Clermont | Bath | Munster |
3 | Toulon | Northampton Saints | Ospreys |
4 | Toulouse | Leicester Tigers | Ulster |
5 | Racing | Exeter Chiefs | Leinster |
6 | Oyonnax | Wasps | Scarlets |
7 | Bordeaux Bègles | Benetton Treviso |
Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1, the remaining side being put into Tier 2 - this draw determines which fourth seed also enters Tier 2, the place being given to the fourth seed from the league of the second seed placed in Tier 2. The other two sides fall into Tier 3.[7]
The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).
Tier 1 | Saracens (1 AP) | Glasgow (1 Pro12) | Stade Français (1 Top 14) | Clermont (2 Top 14) | Bath (2 AP) |
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Tier 2 | Munster (2 Pro12) | Northampton Saints (3 AP) | Ospreys (3 Pro12) | Toulon (3 Top 14) | Ulster (4 Pro12) |
Tier 3 | Toulouse (4 Top 14) | Leicester Tigers (4 AP) | Exeter Chiefs (5 AP) | Leinster (5 Pro12) | Racing (5 Top 14) |
Tier 4 | Scarlets (6 Pro12) | Wasps (6 AP) | Oyonnax (6 Top 14) | Benetton Treviso (7 Pro12) | Bordeaux (Play-Off) |
The pool draw will take place 17 June, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.[7]
The following restrictions will apply to the draw:[7]
- The 5 pools will each consist of four clubs, one from each of the 4 Tiers.
- Each pool must have one Aviva Premiership club from Tier 1,2 or 3, one Top 14 club from Tier 1,2 or 3, and one PRO12 club from Tier 1,2 or 3 (with a second Aviva or Top 14 or PRO12 club coming from Tier 4).
- If there are two PRO12 clubs in the same pool, they must be from different countries. (There are 3 Irish, 2 Welsh, 1 Scottish and 1 Italian teams this year).
Pool Stage
The draw took place on 17 June 2015.[8][9]
Teams will play each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that will begin on weekend of 13/14/15 November 2015, and continued through to 22/23/24 January 2016, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.[8]
Teams will be awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.[10]
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:
- Where teams have played each other
- The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
- If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
- If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
- Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
- The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
- If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
- If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
- If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals. | |
Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals. | |
Cannot advance to the quarter-finals. |
Pool 1
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Saracens (1) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 73 | +147 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
Ulster | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 169 | 109 | +60 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Oyonnax | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 218 | –119 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 173 | –88 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Pool 2
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Exeter Chiefs (5) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 151 | –3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
Bordeaux Bègles | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 149 | 163 | –14 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
Ospreys | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 142 | –4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Clermont | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 138 | +21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Pool 3
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Racing 92 (3) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 70 | +104 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
Northampton Saints (8) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 93 | +1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Glasgow Warriors | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 96 | +18 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Scarlets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 182 | –123 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pool 4
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
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Leicester Tigers (2) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 185 | 91 | +94 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
Stade Français (7) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 186 | 118 | +68 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Munster | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 100 | +18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Benetton Treviso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 233 | –180 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pool 5
P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wasps (4) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 186 | 72 | +114 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
Toulon (6) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 91 | +5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Bath | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 131 | –43 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Leinster | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 158 | –76 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Seeding and runners-up
Seed | Pool Winners | Pts | TF | +/− |
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1 | Saracens | 19 | 21 | +120 |
2 | Leicester Tigers | 18 | 14 | +69 |
3 | Wasps | 14 | 11 | +77 |
4 | Ospreys | 12 | 10 | +4 |
5 | Racing | 12 | 9 | +47 |
Seed | Pool Runners–up | Pts | TF | +/− |
6 | Stade Français | 10 | 16 | +46 |
7 | Clermont | 10 | 9 | +20 |
8 | Northampton Saints | 10 | 5 | –15 |
9 | Ulster | 9 | 8 | +22 |
10 | Toulon | 8 | 5 | –7 |
Updated: 20 December, after Leicester Tigers vs Munster
Knock-out stage
The eight qualifiers will be seeded according to performance in the pool stage, and competed in the quarter-finals, which will be held on the weekend of 8/9/10 April 2016. The four top seeds will host the quarter-finals against the lower seeds, in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.
The semi-finals will played on the weekend of 23/24 April 2016.
The winners of the semi-finals will contest the final, at Stade des Lumières, on 14 May 2016.[11]
Quarter-finals
8/9/10 April 2016 |
Seed 1 | v | Seed 8 |
TBD |
8/9/10 April 2016 |
Seed 2 | v | Seed 7 |
TBD |
8/9/10 April 2016 |
Seed 3 | v | Seed 6 |
TBD |
8/9/10 April 2016 |
Seed 4 | v | Seed 5 |
TBD |
Semi-finals
23/24 April 2016 |
TBD | v | TBD |
TBD |
23/24 April 2016 |
TBD | v | TBD |
TBD |
Final
See also
References
- ^ EPCRugby.com – 10 things you may not know about EPCR
- ^ Inaugural EPCR finals set for London
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Treviso and Casellato part ways". Planet Rugby. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ http://archive.ercrugby.com/news/28791.php ERCRugby.com. Accessed 8 June 2014
- ^ a b c European Rugby Pool Draws for 2015/16 season - EPCRugby.com
- ^ a b "European heavyweights to clash following 2015/16 Pool Draws". EPCRugby. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Bath and Wasps draw holders Toulon in European Champions Cup pool". Guardian. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ EPCR Competition Rules
- ^ "Lyon to host 2016 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals with Edinburgh chosen for 2017". EPCRugby. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
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