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2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 Frankreich
 Irland
 Italien
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Date15 November 2019 – 17 October 2020
Tournament statistics
Teams20
Matches played60
Attendance779,079 (12,985 per match)
Highest attendance42,041 - Leinster v Northampton Saints
14 December 2019
Lowest attendance3,114 - Bennetton v Lyon
14 December 2019
Tries scored333 (5.55 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Irland John Cooney
71 points
Top try scorer(s)Frankreich Teddy Thomas (Racing 92)
England Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)
Irland Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
6 tries each
Final
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The 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the sixth season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (ECPR) for teams from the top six nations in European rugby. It will be the 25th season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.

The tournament began on 15 November 2019. The knock-out stage of the tournament was rescheduled from April and May to September and October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the final, originally scheduled for 23 May 2020 at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille in France, now due to take place on 17 October 2020 at a venue to be confirmed.[2]

Teams

Twenty clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues compete in the Champions Cup. Nineteen of these qualify directly as a result of their league performance. The final place is awarded in the following order:[3]

  1. 2018–19 Champions Cup winner, if not already qualified. Saracens have qualified through their league position.
  2. 2018–19 Challenge Cup winner, if not already qualified. Clermont have qualified through their league position.
  3. 2018–19 Challenge Cup losing finalist, if not already qualified. La Rochelle have qualified through their league position.
  4. 2018–19 Challenge Cup losing semi-finalist if not already qualified, or the winner of a play-off between both losing semi-finalists if neither have already qualified. As Harlequins have qualified through their league position, Sale Sharks took this place.
  5. Highest ranked non-qualified club by virtue of league position from the same league as the 2018–19 Champions Cup winner. This step will not be needed, as a team will have qualified via one of the previous steps.

The distribution of teams is:

  • England: seven clubs
    • The top six clubs in the English Premiership
    • Sale Sharks also qualified as Challenge Cup losing semi-finalists because Saracens, Clermont, La Rochelle, and Harlequins all qualified through their league positions
  • France: six clubs
    • The top six clubs in the Top 14
  • Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales: seven clubs
    • The top three sides (not including the South African sides, which are ineligible for European competition) in both conferences in the Pro14
    • The next best-placed eligible team in each conference will compete in a one-off play-off game to determine the 7th Pro14 team.

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Gallagher Premiership Top 14 Guinness Pro14
England England Frankreich Frankreich Irland Irland Italien Italien Scotland Scotland Wales Wales

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, QF for losing Quarter-finalist, and PO for the Pro14 7th place play-off winner.

Team Coach /
Director of Rugby 		Captain Stadium Capacity Method of qualification
England Bath England Stuart Hooper England Matt Garvey Recreation Ground 14,509 English Premiership top 6 (6th)
Italien Benetton Neuseeland Kieran Crowley Italien Dean Budd Stadio Comunale di Monigo 6,700 Pro14 Conference B (3rd) (QF)
Frankreich Clermont Frankreich Franck Azéma Frankreich Morgan Parra Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin 19,022 Top 14 top 6 (2nd) (RU)
Irland Connacht Australien Andy Friend Australien Jarrad Butler Galway Sportsgrounds 8,129 Pro14 Conference A (3rd) (QF)
England Exeter Chiefs England Rob Baxter England Jack Yeandle Sandy Park 13,593[a] English Premiership top 6 (1st) (RU)
Scotland Glasgow Warriors Neuseeland Dave Rennie Scotland Ryan Wilson
Neuseeland Callum Gibbins 		Scotstoun Stadium 7,351 Pro14 Conference A (1st) (RU)
England Gloucester England George Skivington[b] England Willi Heinz Kingsholm Stadium 16,115 English Premiership top 6 (4th) (SF)
England Harlequins England Paul Gustard England Chris Robshaw Twickenham Stoop 14,800 English Premiership top 6 (5th)
Frankreich La Rochelle Irland Ronan O'Gara Neuseeland Victor Vito Stade Marcel-Deflandre 16,000 Top 14 top 6 (5th) (SF)
Irland Leinster Irland Leo Cullen Irland Jonathan Sexton RDS Arena
Aviva Stadium 		18,500
51,700 		Pro14 Conference A (1st) (CH)
Frankreich Lyon Frankreich Pierre Mignoni Frankreich Baptiste Couilloud
Frankreich Félix Lambey 		Matmut Stadium de Gerland 25,000 Top 14 top 6 (3rd) (SF)
Frankreich Montpellier Frankreich Xavier Garbajosa Frankreich Fulgence Ouedraogo Altrad Stadium 15,697 Top 14 top 6 (6th) (QF)
Irland Munster Südafrika Johann van Graan Irland Peter O'Mahony Thomond Park 25,600 Pro14 Conference A (2nd) (SF)
England Northampton Saints Neuseeland Chris Boyd England Teimana Harrison
England Alex Waller 		Franklin's Gardens 15,200 English Premiership top 6 (4th) (SF)
Wales Ospreys Irland Allen Clarke Wales Justin Tipuric Liberty Stadium 20,827 Pro14 Conference A (4th) (PO)
Frankreich Racing 92 Frankreich Laurent Travers Frankreich Henry Chavancy Paris La Défense Arena 30,681 Top 14 top 6 (4th) (QF)
England Sale Sharks England Steve Diamond Südafrika Jono Ross AJ Bell Stadium 12,000 European Challenge Cup (SF)
England Saracens Irland Mark McCall England Brad Barritt Allianz Park 8,500 English Premiership top 6 (2nd) (CH)
Frankreich Toulouse Frankreich Ugo Mola Frankreich Julien Marchand Stade Ernest-Wallon 19,500 Top 14 top 6 (1st) (CH)
Irland Ulster England Dan McFarland Irland Iain Henderson Ravenhill Stadium 18,196 Pro14 Conference B (2nd) (SF)

Seeding

The twenty competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five 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.[5]

Rank Top 14 Premiership Pro14
1 Frankreich Toulouse England Saracens Irland Leinster
2 Frankreich Clermont England Exeter Chiefs Scotland Glasgow Warriors
3 Frankreich Lyon England Gloucester Irland Munster
4 Frankreich La Rochelle England Northampton Saints Irland Ulster
5 Frankreich Racing England Harlequins Irland Connacht
6 Frankreich Montpellier England Bath Italien Benetton
7 England Sale Sharks Wales Ospreys

Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top-seeded 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 fourth-seed team from the same domestic league as the second-seed team which was put in Tier 2 will also be placed in Tier 2. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league. e.g. 1 Top 14 indicates the team was the top seed from the Top 14.

Tier 1 England Saracens (1 Prem) Irland Leinster (1 Pro14) Frankreich Toulouse (1 Top 14) England Exeter Chiefs (2 Prem) Frankreich Clermont (2 Top 14)
Tier 2 Scotland Glasgow Warriors (2 Pro14) England Gloucester (3 Prem) Irland Munster (3 Pro14) Frankreich Lyon (3 Top 14) Irland Ulster (4 Pro14)
Tier 3 England Northampton Saints (4 Prem) Frankreich La Rochelle (4 Top 14) England Harlequins (5 Prem) Irland Connacht (5 Pro14) Frankreich Racing (5 Top 14)
Tier 4 England Bath (6 Prem) Italien Benetton (6 Pro14) Frankreich Montpellier (6 Top 14) Wales Ospreys (7 Pro14) England Sale Sharks (CC)

The following restrictions will apply to the draw:

  • Each pool will consist of four clubs, one from each Tier in the draw.
  • Each pool must have one from each league drawn from Tier 1, 2, or 3. No pool will have a second team from the same league until the allocation of Tier 4 takes place.
  • Where two Pro14 clubs compete in the same pool, they must be from different countries.

Pool stage

Main article: 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
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Locations of teams of the 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup group stage.
Green: Pool 1; Red: Pool 2; Orange: Pool 3; Yellow: Pool 4; Blue: Pool 5.

The draw took place on 19 June 2019, in Lausanne, Switzerland.[6]

Teams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 15–17 November 2019, and continues through to 17–19 January 2020. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter finals.

Teams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.[7]

In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers are used, as directed by EPCR:

  1. Where teams have played each other
    1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
    2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
    3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
  2. Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
    1. The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
    2. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
    3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
    4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Key to colours
     Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
     Three second-place teams with the highest number of points advance to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Irland Leinster (1) 6 6 0 0 199 76 123 28 9 4 0 28
England Northampton Saints (7) 6 4 0 2 166 183 –17 19 25 3 0 19
Frankreich Lyon 6 1 0 5 108 141 –33 14 16 1 2 7
Italien Benetton 6 1 0 5 96 169 –73 12 23 1 1 6

[8]

Pool 2

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
England Exeter Chiefs (2) 6 5 1 0 186 105 81 25 14 5 0 27
Scotland Glasgow Warriors 6 3 1 2 141 115 26 17 14 2 1 17
Frankreich La Rochelle 6 2 0 4 107 146 –39 14 18 1 1 10
England Sale Sharks 6 1 0 5 92 160 –68 11 21 0 3 7

[9]

Pool 3

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Frankreich Clermont (4) 6 5 0 1 207 114 93 24 15 3 1 24
Irland Ulster (6) 6 5 0 1 129 107 22 16 10 1 0 21
England Harlequins 6 2 0 4 114 166 –52 13 20 0 2 10
England Bath 6 0 0 6 102 165 –63 12 20 1 4 5

[10]

Pool 4

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Frankreich Racing 92 (5) 6 4 1 1 194 126 68 26 15 4 1 23
England Saracens (8) 6 4 0 2 121 88 33 13 10 1 1 18
Irland Munster 6 3 1 2 124 97 27 13 10 2 0 16
Wales Ospreys 6 0 0 6 83 211 –128 11 28 1 1 2

[11]

Pool 5

Team
 P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
Frankreich Toulouse (3) 6 6 0 0 162 85 77 19 9 3 0 27
England Gloucester 6 2 0 4 140 140 0 19 14 3 3 14
Frankreich Montpellier 6 2 0 4 118 157 –39 12 20 1 1 10
Irland Connacht 6 2 0 4 120 158 –38 15 22 1 1 10

[12]

Ranking of pool leaders and runners-up

Rank Pool leaders Pts Diff TF
1 Irland Leinster 28 123 28
2 England Exeter Chiefs 27 81 25
3 Frankreich Toulouse 27 77 19
4 Frankreich Clermont 24 93 24
5 Frankreich Racing 92 23 68 26
Rank Pool runners–up Pts Diff TF
6 Irland Ulster 21 22 16
7 England Northampton Saints 19 –17 19
8 England Saracens 18 33 13
9 Scotland Glasgow Warriors 17 26 17
10 England Gloucester 14 0 19

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
4 Frankreich Clermont 27
5 Frankreich Racing 92 36
5 Frankreich Racing 92
8 England Saracens
1 Irland Leinster 17
8 England Saracens 25
Winner Semi-Final 1
Winner Semi-Final 2
2 England Exeter Chiefs 38
7 England Northampton Saints 15
2 England Exeter Chiefs
3 Frankreich Toulouse
3 Frankreich Toulouse 36
6 Irland Ulster 8

Quarter-finals

19 September 2020
15:00
Leinster Irland (1)17–25(8) England Saracens
Try: Porter 49' c
Larmour 62' c
Con: Sexton (2/2) 50', 64'
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 6'		BerichtTry: Goode 37' c
Con: Goode (1/1) 39'
Pen: Goode (3/4) 3', 9', 11'
Daly (2/4) 25', 28'
Aviva Stadium
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
19 September 2020
18:45
Clermont Frankreich (4)27–36(5) Frankreich Racing 92
Try: Falgoux 22' m
Fofana 60' c
Matsushima 70' c
Penaud 77' m
Con: Lopez (2/4) 61', 70'
Pen: Lopez (1/1) 31'		BerichtTry: Dupichot 3' m
Trinh-Duc 39' c
Con: Iribaren (1/2) 40'
Pen: Iribaren (6/6) 8', 12', 29', 35', 54', 58'
Machenaud (2/2) 64', 74'
Stade Marcel-Michelin
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
20 September 2020
13:30
Toulouse Frankreich (3)36–8(6) Irland Ulster
Stade Ernest-Wallon[c]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
20 September 2020
17:30
Exeter Chiefs England (2)38–15(7) England Northampton Saints
Sandy Park
Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

Semi-finals

[14]

26 September 2020
14:00
Racing 92 Frankreich (5)v(8) England Saracens
Paris La Défense Arena
26 September 2020
15:30 BST
Exeter Chiefs England (2)v(3) Frankreich Toulouse

Final

Main article: 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup Final
17 October 2020
Winner Semi-Final 1vWinner Semi-Final 2

Attendances

Does not include the attendance at the final as it takes place at a neutral venue, or the attendances of matches played in empty stadiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Club Home
Games 		Total Average Highest Lowest % Capacity
England Bath 3 37,048 12,349 13,289 11,700 85%
Italien Benetton 3 10,820 3,607 3,861 3,114 54%
Frankreich Clermont 3 53,037 17,679 19,004 16,332 93%
Irland Connacht 3 21,145 7,048 8,129 6,229 87%
England Exeter Chiefs 3 33,394 11,131 12,632 10,217 83%
Scotland Glasgow Warriors 3 21,503 7,168 7,351 6,801 98%
England Gloucester 3 35,371 11,790 12,837 10,875 73%
England Harlequins 3 40,613 13,538 13,808 13,205 91%
Frankreich La Rochelle 3 47,178 15,726 16,000 15,500 98%
Irland Leinster 3 75,259 25,086 42,041 15,080 136%
Frankreich Lyon 3 43,711 14,570 15,517 13,446 58%
Frankreich Montpellier 3 31,568 10,523 11,366 9,900 67%
Irland Munster 3 70,525 23,508 25,600 19,891 92%
England Northampton Saints 3 39,108 13,036 13,735 12,603 86%
Wales Ospreys 3 19,784 6,595 7,295 5,487 32%
Frankreich Racing 92 3 48,388 16,129 20,275 10,113 53%
England Sale Sharks 3 24,885 8,295 11,090 6,087 69%
England Saracens 3 24,531 8,177 8,500 7,531 96%
Frankreich Toulouse 3 50,140 16,713 18,780 15,100 86%
Irland Ulster 3 51,071 17,024 17,923 15,466 94%

[15]

Player scoring

  • Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Season records

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sandy Park's capacity increased from 12,921 to 13,593 from December 2019 onward.[4]
  2. ^ Skivington replaced Johan Ackermann as head coach in July 2020. Simultaneously, DoR David Humphreys also left the club.
  3. ^ Venue changed from Stadium de Toulouse because of COVID-19 restrictions.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Heineken® Returns as Headline Sponsor of European Rugby Champions Cup". Heineken. 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Marseille finals moved to 2021 with new venues for this season to be decided". European Professional Club Rugby. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2019-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Premiership champions confirm stadium expansion". Ruck. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. ^ http://archive.ercrugby.com/news/28791.php Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine ERCRugby.com. Accessed 8 June 2014
  6. ^ "Saracens drawn in highly-competitive Heineken Champions Cup pool". EPCR. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Champions Cup Rules". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  8. ^ "Pool Tables". Heineken Champions Cup. EPCR. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Pool Tables". Heineken Champions Cup. EPCR. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Pool Tables". Heineken Champions Cup. EPCR. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Pool Tables". Heineken Champions Cup. EPCR. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Pool Tables". Heineken Champions Cup. EPCR. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2020/0909/1164226-ulster-toulouse-clash-moved-to-stade-ernest-wallon/
  14. ^ "Champions Cup | Fixtures & Results". European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  15. ^ a b "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Player Statistics". EPCR. 19 January 2020.
  17. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most points in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  18. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  19. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  20. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  21. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  22. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  23. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  24. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  25. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
  26. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup 19/20 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 19 January 2020.
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