European Challenge Cup 2010/11

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European Challenge Cup 2010/11
master EnglandEngland Harlequins (3rd title)
Teams 23
countries EnglandEngland England France Ireland Italy Romania Spain
FranceFrance 
IrelandIreland 
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania 
SpainSpain 
Games 67  (of which 67 played)
Most of the points FranceFrance Julien Caminati , Brive (97)
Most attempts EnglandEngland Tom Brady , Sale Sam Gerber , Bayonne Nicolas Jeanjean , Brive Nick Macleod , Sale Pierre Rabadan , Stade Français James Simpson-Daniel , Gloucester Henry Trinder , Gloucester (5 each)
South AfricaSouth Africa 
FranceFrance 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
FranceFrance 
EnglandEngland 
EnglandEngland 
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The European Challenge Cup 2010/11 was the 15th edition of the European Challenge Cup , the second-tier European cup competition in rugby union . For sponsorship reasons it was called the Amlin Challenge Cup . There were 23 teams involved - 20 in the group stage and an additional three in the knockout round, which were eliminated in the Heineken Cup 2010/11 . The competition began on October 7, 2010 and the final took place on May 20, 2011 at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff . The English team Harlequins won the title .

mode

All teams from the English Aviva Premiership , the French Top 14 and the international Magners League that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup took part in the European Challenge Cup. There were also four teams from the Italian Campionato di Eccellenza and one representative each from Romania and Spain.

The 20 participants in the group stage were divided into five groups of four teams each. The betting order was based on the placement in the pan-European club ranking. Each team played a home and an away game against the three group opponents. In the group stage, the teams received:

  • four points for a win
  • two points for a tie
  • a bonus point for four or more attempts
  • a bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

The five group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, plus the third to fifth best group runners-up from the knockout round of the Heineken Cup 2010/11 .

draw

The teams that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup were divided into four pots with four teams each according to the European club ranking (in brackets the placement at the end of the previous season):

Pot 1 FranceFrance Stade Français (8) EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC (13) EnglandEngland Sale Sharks (18) FranceFrance CS Bourgoin-Jallieu (20) EnglandEngland Harlequins (22)
Pot 2 EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons (25) FranceFrance CA Brive (28) Ireland Connacht Rugby (31) FranceFrance SU Agen (33) ItalyItaly Rugby Parma (37)
Pot 3 EnglandEngland Leeds Carnegie (38) FranceFrance Montpellier Hérault RC (39) FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais ItalyItaly Petrarch Rugby Padova ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta
Pot 4 FranceFrance Atlantique Stade Rochelais ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato EnglandEngland Exeter Chiefs RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby SpainSpain CR El Salvador

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Harlequins 6th 5 0 1 189: 84 + 105 4th 24
    2. Ireland Connacht rugby 6th 3 0 3 173: 99 + 74 3 15th
    3. FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais 6th 3 0 3 163: 116 + 47 3 15th
    4th ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato 6th 1 0 5 77: 303 - 226 0 4th
    October 9, 2010
    15:00 CEST     		Cavalieri Prato 23:21 Connacht rugby Stadio Lungobisenzio , Prato
    spectators: 2,200
    report
    October 10, 2010
    6:45 PM CEST     		Aviron Bayonnais 16:12 Harlequins Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne
    Spectators: 3,500
    report
    October 15, 2010
    7:00 p.m. WEST     		Connacht rugby 16: 13 Aviron Bayonnais Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway
    Spectators: 1,777
    report
    October 16, 2010
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Harlequins 55: 17 Cavalieri Prato The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 9,639
    report
    December 12, 2010
    5:45 pm GMT     		Harlequins 20: 9 Connacht rugby The Stoop, London
    audience: 6,349
    report
    December 12, 2010
    6:45 pm CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 65: 7 Cavalieri Prato Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 5,500
    report
    December 17th, 2010
    7:00 PM GMT     		Connacht rugby 9:15 Harlequins Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
    spectators: 1,600
    report
    December 18, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Cavalieri Prato 7:31 Aviron Bayonnais Campo Montano, Livorno
    spectators: 150
    report
    January 15, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 21:35 Connacht rugby Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 5,000
    report
    January 15, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Cavalieri Prato 16:48 Harlequins Stadio Lungobisenzio, Prato
    Spectators: 3.700
    report
    January 22, 2011
    6:00 PM CET     		Connacht rugby 83: 7 Cavalieri Prato Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
    spectators: 1,400
    report
    January 22, 2011
    6:00 PM GMT     		Harlequins 39: 17 Aviron Bayonnais The Stoop, London
    Spectators: 9,590
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance CA Brive 6th 6th 0 0 257: 54 + 203 3 27
    2. EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 6th 4th 0 2 279: 58 + 221 5 21st
    3. ItalyItaly Petrarch Rugby Padova 6th 1 0 5 88: 213 - 125 2 6th
    4th SpainSpain CR El Salvador 6th 1 0 5 69: 368 - 299 0 4th
    October 8, 2010
    7:45 PM WEST     		Sale Sharks 97: 11 CR El Salvador Edgeley Park , Stockport
    Spectators: 4,666
    report
    October 8, 2010
    8:00 p.m. CEST     		CA Brive 32: 6 Petrarch Rugby Padova Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde
    Spectators: 4,185
    report
    October 16, 2010
    15:00 CEST     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 9:56 Sale Sharks Stadio Plebiscito , Padua
    Spectators: 1,050
    report
    October 16, 2010
    4:30 PM CEST     		CR El Salvador 3: 116 CA Brive Campos de Pepe Rojo , Valladolid
    spectators: 1,200
    report
    December 11, 2010
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 37:10 CR El Salvador Center Geremia, Padua
    Spectators: 150
    report
    December 11, 2010
    5:00 p.m. CET     		CA Brive 18: 9 Sale Sharks Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 3,200
    report
    December 19, 2010
    12:00 PM CET     		CR El Salvador 37:16 Petrarch Rugby Padova Campos de Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
    Spectators: 800
    report
    December 19, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 13:15 CA Brive Netherdale , Galashiel's
    audience: 98
    report
    January 14, 2011
    19:30 CET     		CA Brive 52: 3 CR El Salvador Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 2,700
    report
    January 14, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 54: 0 Petrarch Rugby Padova Edgeley Park, Stockport
    Spectators: 4,421
    report
    January 22, 2011
    15:00 CET     		CR El Salvador 5:50 Sale Sharks Campos de Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
    spectators: 1,000
    report
    January 22, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 20:24 CA Brive Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
    Spectators: 400
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Montpellier Hérault RC 6th 5 0 1 147: 101 + 46 1 21st
    2. EnglandEngland Exeter Chiefs 6th 3 0 3 154: 113 + 41 4th 16
    3. FranceFrance CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6th 2 0 4th 119: 130 - 11 3 11
    4th EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons 6th 2 0 4th 66: 142 - 76 1 9
    October 7, 2010
    7:45 pm WEST     		Newcastle Falcons 22:16 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 3,887
    report
    October 9, 2010
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Exeter Chiefs 13: 20 Montpellier Hérault RC Sandy Park , Exeter
    Spectators: 5,437
    report
    October 14, 2010
    8:45 PM CEST     		Montpellier Hérault RC 32: 8 Newcastle Falcons Stade Yves-du-Manoir , Montpellier
    Spectators: 9,674
    report
    October 15, 2010
    7:30 PM CEST     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 19:34 Exeter Chiefs Stade Pierre-Rajon , Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 5,800
    report
    December 9, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		Montpellier Hérault RC 39:14 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
    Spectators: 4,500
    report
    December 11, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Exeter Chiefs 36:10 Newcastle Falcons Sandy Park, Exeter
    Spectators: 5,728
    report
    December 18, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 36:18 Montpellier Hérault RC Stade Pierre-Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    December 19, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 26:24 Exeter Chiefs Netherdale , Galashiel's
    audience: 450
    report
    January 14, 2011
    8:00 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 0: 6 Montpellier Hérault RC Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 3,075
    report
    January 15, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Exeter Chiefs 17: 6 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Sandy Park, Exeter
    Spectators: 5,265
    report
    January 22, 2011
    8:45 pm CET     		CS Bourgoin-Jallieu called off Newcastle Falcons Stade Pierre-Rajon, Bourgoin-Jallieu

    The CS Bourgoin-Jallieu received a forfait win. On January 22nd, the field was unplayable. The game should have been rescheduled a day later, but the Newcastle Falcons left before the pitch inspection.

    January 22, 2011
    8:45 pm CET     		Montpellier Hérault RC 32:30 Exeter Chiefs Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
    Spectators: 5,766
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Stade Français 6th 6th 0 0 216: 73 + 143 5 29
    2. EnglandEngland Leeds Carnegie 6th 4th 0 2 173: 88 + 85 3 19th
    3. RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby 6th 1 0 5 74: 148 - 74 1 5
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Parma 6th 1 0 5 70: 224 - 154 1 5
    October 7, 2010
    8:45 PM CEST     		Stade Français 57: 6 Rugby Parma Stade Charléty , Paris
    Spectators: 6,523
    report
    October 9, 2010
    3:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 9:23 Leeds Carnegie Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
    Spectators: 794
    report
    October 16, 2010
    4:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 20:19 Rugby Parma Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 699
    report
    October 17, 2010
    5:45 pm WEST     		Leeds Carnegie 13:22 Stade Français Headingley Stadium , Leeds
    Spectators: 4,151
    report
    December 11, 2010
    3:00 PM EET     		Bucureşti rugby 20:29 Stade Français Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 2,500
    report
    December 12, 2010
    3:00 PM GMT     		Leeds Carnegie 55: 6 Rugby Parma Headingley Stadium, Leeds
    Spectators: 1,713
    report
    December 16, 2010
    8:45 PM CET     		Stade Français 35: 7 Bucureşti rugby Stade Charléty, Paris
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    December 19, 2010
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Parma 6:44 Leeds Carnegie Stadio XXV Aprile , Parma
    Spectators: 200
    report
    January 15, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Parma 16:12 Bucureşti rugby Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    Spectators: 370
    report
    January 16, 2011
    6:45 pm CET     		Stade Français 39:10 Leeds Carnegie Stade Charléty, Paris
    Spectators: 5,018
    report
    January 23, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Parma 17:34 Stade Français Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    spectators: 2,500
    report
    January 23, 2011
    2:00 PM GMT     		Leeds Carnegie 26: 6 Bucureşti rugby Headingley Stadium, Leeds
    Spectators: 1,283
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Atlantique Stade Rochelais 6th 5 0 1 197: 91 + 106 4th 24
    2. EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC 6th 4th 0 2 255: 77 + 178 5 21st
    3. FranceFrance SU Agen 6th 3 0 3 167: 158 + 9 3 15th
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta 6th 0 0 6th 55: 348 - 293 0 0
    October 8, 2010
    6:30 PM CEST     		SU Agen 26: 19 Gloucester RFC Stade Armandie , Agen
    spectators: 7,395
    report
    October 9, 2010
    15:00 CEST     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 3: 38 Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stadio Mario Battaglini , Rovigo
    Spectators: 500
    report
    October 16, 2010
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Gloucester RFC 90: 7 Rugby Rovigo Delta Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester
    Spectators: 9,204
    report
    October 16, 2010
    8:45 PM CEST     		Atlantique Stade Rochelais 30: 23 SU Agen Stade Marcel-Deflandre , La Rochelle
    Spectators: 9,500
    report
    December 11, 2010
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 10:33 SU Agen Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 650
    report
    December 11, 2010
    6:30 PM GMT     		Atlantique Stade Rochelais 6: 13 Gloucester RFC Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle
    Spectators: 9,800
    report
    December 18, 2010
    2:30 p.m. CET     		SU Agen 61: 11 Rugby Rovigo Delta Stade Armandie, Agen
    Spectators: 6,000
    report
    December 19, 2010
    5:45 pm GMT     		Gloucester RFC 18:24 Atlantique Stade Rochelais Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 9,324
    report
    January 13, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		SU Agen 17:28 Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stade Armandie, Agen
    spectators: 5,813
    report
    January 15, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 7:55 Gloucester RFC Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 800
    report
    January 20, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Gloucester RFC 60: 7 SU Agen Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 8,504
    report
    January 20, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		Atlantique Stade Rochelais 71: 17 Rugby Rovigo Delta Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle
    Spectators: 11,000
    report

    Knockout round

    Seeding list

    After the group stage, the five group winners and the third to fifth best runners-up of the Heineken Cup 2010/11 met each other.

    1. Stade Français
    2. CA Brive
    3. Atlantique Stade Rochelais
    4. Harlequins
    5. (HC) London Wasps
    6. (HC) ASM Clermont Auvergne
    7. (HC) Munster Rugby
    8. Montpellier Hérault RC

    Quarter finals

    April 7, 2011
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance Atlantique Stade Rochelais 13:23 FranceFrance ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Marcel-Deflandre , La Rochelle
    Spectators: 8,500
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Goosen 63rd
    increments: Goosen (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Goosen (2/4) 7th, 17th
    		 (6:13)
    Report     		Attempts: Rougerie 13th.
    Murimurivalu 71st.
    Elevations: James (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: James (3/6) 3rd, 28th, 76th.
    April 8, 2011
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance Stade Français 32:28 EnglandEngland Montpellier Hérault RC Stade Charléty , Paris
    Spectators: 7,000
    Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Southwell 26th.
    Rabadan 30th. Penalty attempt
    53rd raised
    Burban 59th
    raised increases: Dupuy (1/2)
    Beauxis (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Beauxis (2/2) 50th, 67th
    		 (12:19)
    report     		Attempts: Tschchaidse 9th
    increments: Paillaugue (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Paillaugue (3/3) 7th, 12th, 21st
    Lagarde (4/4) 35th, 48th, 61st, 63rd
    April 8, 2011
    7:45 pm WEST     		EnglandEngland Harlequins 32:22 EnglandEngland London Wasps The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 8,565
    Referee: Christophe Berdos ( France )
    Attempts: Care 1st increased
    Fa'asavalu 4th
    increased increases: Evans (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Evans (5/5) 28th, 35th, 40th, 46th, 59th
    		 (23:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Jewell 11th received
    Lindsay 51st received
    Haughton 71st received
    Raises: Walder (2/3)
    Dropgoals: Walder (1/1) 24.
    April 9, 2011
    14:00 CEST     		FranceFrance CA Brive 37:42 Ireland Munster rugby Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde
    Spectators: 8,500
    Referee: Dave Pearson ( England )
    Attempts: Uys 17th received
    Estebanez 20th received
    Palisson 70th received
    Perry 80th
    increased increases: Belie (4/4)
    Penalty kicks : Belie (3/3) 10th, 36th, 45th
    		 (20:19)
    Report     		Attempts: Howlett 1st raised, 22nd raised
    Earls 4th raised, 46th raised
    stringer 50th
    raised raises: O'Gara (4/5)
    Penalty kicks: O'Gara (3/3) 53 ., 66., 68.

    Semifinals

    April 29, 2011
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance Stade Français 29:25 FranceFrance ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Charléty, Paris
    Spectators: 6,712
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Attempts: Arias 21st
    higher Boussès 65th higher
    increases: Beauxis (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Beauxis (5/7) 12th, 27th, 32nd, 36th, 56th
    		 (19:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Pisi 16th received
    Russell 48th received
    Cudmore 76th received
    Elevations: Parra (2/3)
    Penalty kicks: Parra (2/5) 14., 46.
    April 30, 2011
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		Ireland Munster rugby 12: 20 EnglandEngland Harlequins Thomond Park , Limerick
    Spectators: 24,907
    Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
    Attempts: Jones 40th received
    Howlett 78th received
    Elevations: O'Gara (1/2)
    		 (7:14)
    Report     		Attempts: Robson 9th raised
    Care 34th
    raised increases: Evans (1/1)
    Care (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Clegg (2/2) 49th, 59th

    final

    May 20, 2011
    7:45 pm WEST     		EnglandEngland Harlequins 19:18 FranceFrance Stade Français Cardiff City Stadium , Cardiff
    Spectators: 12,236
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Camacho 76. Increments
    : Evans (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Evans (4/5) 6th, 16th, 27th, 66th
    		 (9: 6)
    Report     		Penalty kicks: Beauxis (4/5) 12th, 32nd, 46th, 57th Dropgoals
    : Bastareaud (1/1) 47th
    Rodríguez (1/2) 72.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Bourgoin misconduct complaint decision. ercrugby.com, April 13, 2011, accessed October 27, 2012 .