2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup

Not to be confused with 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup.

The 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup is the eleventh season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for professional clubs. It is the 30th season of the pan-European professional club rugby competition.

2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland South Africa
Tournament statistics
Final
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

The final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Teams

Twenty-four clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues will qualify to compete in the 2024–25 edition of the Champions Cup.

The distribution of teams is:

• England: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from Premiership Rugby
• France: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from the Top 14
• Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Wales: eight clubs
  • The top eight sides from the United Rugby Championship. As the winner of the 2023-24 Challenge Cup, the Sharks will displace the eighth-placed side in the United Rugby Championship.

Premiership	Top 14	United Rugby Championship
England	France	Ireland	Italy	South Africa	Scotland
Bath Bristol Bears Exeter Chiefs Harlequins Leicester Tigers Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Saracens	Bordeaux Castres Clermont La Rochelle Stade Français Toulon Toulouse Racing 92	Leinster Munster Ulster	Benetton	Bulls Sharks Stormers	Glasgow Warriors

Pool stage

Main article: 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage

Teams were drawn into pools on 2 July in Cardiff. Teams will be awarded four points for a win, two for a draw, one for scoring four tries in a game, and one for losing by less than eight points.

The format is, once again, a modified round robin. Each pool consists of six teams, two from each of the three contributing leagues. Each team plays the four teams not from its own league once, with one game away to each league and one game at home. Teams do not play their league partners at this stage. The top four teams go to the first knock out round, where the top two teams in each group are given home advantage. The fifth placed teams 'drop' into the Challenge Cup knockout rounds, joining twelve clubs from that competition's pool stages in the Challenge Cup knockout stage. The sixth placed team in each group is eliminated.

Pool 1

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Bordeaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	Exeter Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Leicester Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Toulouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Ulster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: EPCR
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool 2

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Bath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	Benetton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bristol Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Clermont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	La Rochelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Leinster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: EPCR
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool 3

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	Castres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Munster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Northampton Saints	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Saracens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Stade Français	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: EPCR
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Pool 4

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Glasgow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Home Champions Cup round of 16.
2	Harlequins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Racing 92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Champions Cup round of 16.
4	Sale Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Stormers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Away Challenge Cup round of 16.
6	Toulon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: EPCR
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.