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Champions cup draw
DIR By: quins4life
Date: June 28, 2021, 6:14 am
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Looks like it’ll be home and way against one ofMontpellier or
Castres, and then one of Cardiff or Glasgow. Decent draw on
paper…
Following the conclusion of the domestic seasons in England and
France, EPCR is pleased to confirm the format and qualifiers for
the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup as Europe’s elite club
tournament is set to return with a highly competitive schedule
of 71 matches.
The Heineken Champions Cup will once again be competed for by 24
clubs with eight representatives from the Gallagher Premiership,
the Guinness PRO14 and the TOP 14 having secured their places.
(See qualifiers and rankings below)
The clubs will be divided into two pools of 12 – Pool A and Pool
B - by means of a draw and the tournament will be played over
nine weekends with four rounds of matches in the pool stage
starting in December when Stade Toulousain begin the defence of
their title.
The eight highest-ranked clubs from each pool will qualify for
the knockout stage which will consist of a Round of 16 on a home
and away basis, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final in
Marseille on 28 May 2022. (See key dates below)
The draw for the pools will be carried out on the same lines as
last season with the clubs separated into four tiers, and clubs
from the same league in the same tier will not be drawn into the
same pool.
The number 1 and number 2 ranked clubs from each league will be
in Tier 1, the number 3 and number 4 ranked clubs will be in
Tier 2, the number 5 and 6 ranked clubs will be in Tier 3, and
the number 7 and number 8 ranked clubs will be Tier 4.
The Tier 1 and the Tier 4 clubs which have been drawn in the
same pool, but which are not in the same league, will play one
another home and away during the pool stage, as will the Tier 2
and Tier 3 clubs which have been drawn in the same pool, but
which are not in the same league.
The pool draw will be live streamed on HeinekenChampionsCup.com
and the date of the event as well as further details will be
communicated shortly.
As previously announced, EPCR is currently putting the finishing
touches to a new shareholder agreement, and discussions to
finalise the Challenge Cup format for the 2021/22 season, as
well as the formats for the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge
Cup for future seasons, are ongoing.
These discussions include the future participation of South
African clubs in EPCR’s tournaments as referenced recently by
the United Rugby Championship and no further comment will be
made until the appropriate time.
2021/22 HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP QUALIFIERS
Gallagher Premiership: 1 Harlequins, 2 Exeter Chiefs, 3 Bristol
Bears, 4 Sale Sharks, 5 Northampton Saints, 6 Leicester Tigers,
7 Bath Rugby, 8 Wasps
Guinness PRO14: 1 Leinster Rugby, 2 Munster Rugby, 3 Ulster
Rugby, 4 Connacht Rugby, 5 Scarlets, 6 Ospreys, 7 Cardiff Rugby,
8 Glasgow Warriors
TOP 14: 1 Stade Toulousain, 2 Stade Rochelais, 3 Racing 92, 4
Union Bordeaux-Bègles, 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne, 6 Stade Français
Paris, 7 Castres Olympique, 8 Montpellier Hérault Rugby
2021/22 key dates
Round 1 – 10/11/12 December
Round 2 – 17/18/19 December
Round 3 – 14/15/16 January 2022
Round 4 – 21/22/23 January 2022
Round of 16 (1st leg) – 8/9/10 April 2022
Round of 16 (2nd leg) – 15/16/17 April 2022
Quarter-finals – 6/7/8 May 2022
Semi-finals – 13/14/15 May 2022
Challenge Cup final – Friday 27 May 2022; Stade Vélodrome,
Marseille
Heineken Champions Cup final – Saturday 28 May 2022; Stade
Vélodrome, Marseille
#Post#: 70926--------------------------------------------------
Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: June 28, 2021, 6:24 am
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So, as TOP SEED(!) we will be facing off against two of the
following: Cardiff, Glasgow, Castres, and Montpellier in the
pool stage.
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: June 28, 2021, 6:24 am
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Could have been a lot worse. Would love to get out of the group
for a change
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: euroquin
Date: June 28, 2021, 7:01 am
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More benefits from winning the premiership!
#Post#: 70990--------------------------------------------------
Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Shack
Date: June 28, 2021, 10:53 am
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Both Montpellier and Castres are superb places to visit so happy
with either of those
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Bayernquin
Date: June 28, 2021, 11:46 am
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Is that Cardiff or Glasgow and Castries or Montpellier, i. e one
from each league?
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: June 28, 2021, 11:57 am
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Shame no Treviso to go to, but Montpellier would be nice!
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: June 28, 2021, 12:03 pm
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Be lucky if we go anywhere!!
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: June 28, 2021, 12:10 pm
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--- Quote from: honkytonk link ---
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> Be lucky if we go anywhere!!
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We might be allowed to go to Glasgow or Cardiff (prefer the
former!!!)
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Re: Champions cup draw
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: June 28, 2021, 12:20 pm
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--- Quote from: Bayernquin link ---
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> Is that Cardiff or Glasgow and Castries or Montpellier, i. e
one from each league?
>
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I believe so, yes. It's all to do with teams not playing teams
from their own "domestic" competition in the pool stage.
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