European Challenge Cup 2011/12

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European Challenge Cup 2011/12
master FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique (1st title)
Teams 23
countries EnglandEngland England France Italy Romania Spain Wales
FranceFrance 
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania 
SpainSpain 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 67  (of which 67 played)
tries 365  (ø 5.45 per game)
spectator 344,547  (ø 5,142 per game)
Most of the points EnglandEngland Jonny Wilkinson , Toulon (96)
Most attempts AustraliaAustralia Morgan Turinui , Stade Français (6)
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The European Challenge Cup 2011/12 was the 16th 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 2011/12 . The competition began on November 10, 2011, and the final took place on May 18, 2012 at The Stoop in London . The French team Biarritz Olympique won the title .

mode

All teams from the English Aviva Premiership , the French Top 14 and the international Pro12 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 runners-up from the knockout round of the Heineken Cup 2011/12 .

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) FranceFrance USA Perpignan (9) EnglandEngland London Wasps (14) FranceFrance RC Toulon (19) EnglandEngland Sale Sharks (22)
Pot 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons (26) FranceFrance CA Brive (27) EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons (28) EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors (29) FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais
Pot 3 ItalyItaly Petrarch Rugby Padova (40) ItalyItaly Rugby Parma ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta FranceFrance SU Agen EnglandEngland Exeter Chiefs
Pot 4 ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato FranceFrance Lyon Olympique Universitaire FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby SpainSpain CR La Vila

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Stade Français 6th 6th 0 0 241: 43 + 198 5 29
    2. EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors 6th 4th 0 2 194: 95 + 99 4th 20th
    3. RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby 6th 2 0 4th 102: 184 - 82 2 10
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Parma 6th 0 0 6th 36: 251 - 215 0 0
    November 10, 2011
    7:45 pm GMT     		Worcester Warriors 6: 11 Stade Français Sixways Stadium , Worcester
    Spectators: 8,121
    report
    November 13, 2011
    9:00 p.m. EET     		Bucureşti rugby 34: 7 Rugby Parma Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    November 18, 2011
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 25: 13 Bucureşti rugby Stade Charléty , Paris
    Spectators: 5,800
    report
    November 19, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Parma 3:34 Worcester Warriors Stadio XXV Aprile , Parma
    spectators: 300
    report
    December 10, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Parma 0:57 Stade Français Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    spectators: 1,000
    report
    December 11, 2011
    3:00 PM EET     		Bucureşti rugby 13:24 Worcester Warriors Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    December 15, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 45: 3 Rugby Parma Stade Charléty, Paris
    Spectators: 2,500
    report
    December 17, 2011
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 57: 13 Bucureşti rugby Sixways Stadium, Worcester,
    spectators: 6,700
    report
    January 14, 2012
    2:00 PM EET     		Bucureşti rugby 13:34 Stade Français Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,074
    report
    January 14, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 55:10 Rugby Parma Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 4,531
    report
    January 21, 2012
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Parma 13:26 Bucureşti rugby Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
    Spectators: 250
    report
    January 21, 2012
    8:45 PM CET     		Stade Français 33:10 Worcester Warriors Stade Charléty, Paris
    Spectators: 6,693
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance RC Toulon 6th 5 0 1 197: 73 + 124 5 25th
    2. EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons 6th 4th 0 2 133: 82 + 51 2 18th
    3. FranceFrance Lyon Olympique Universitaire 6th 3 0 3 143: 114 + 29 2 14th
    4th ItalyItaly Petrarch Rugby Padova 6th 0 0 6th 50: 254 - 204 0 0
    November 10, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		RC Toulon 53:22 Petrarch Rugby Padova Stade Pierre-Rajon , Bourgoin-Jallieu
    Spectators: 1,095
    report
    November 12, 2011
    3:00 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 27: 19 Lyon OU Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 3,533
    report
    November 19, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 3:34 Newcastle Falcons Stadio Plebiscito , Padua
    Spectators: 1,900
    report
    November 19, 2011
    20:45 CET     		Lyon OU 19:26 RC Toulon Matmut Stadium , Vénissieux
    Spectators: 7,615
    report
    December 8, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 6: 3 RC Toulon Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 5,579
    report
    December 10, 2011
    5:00 p.m. CET     		Lyon OU 31:16 Petrarch Rugby Padova Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux
    Spectators: 6,169
    report
    December 17, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 3:43 Lyon OU Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    December 17, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		RC Toulon 36:10 Newcastle Falcons Stade Mayol, Toulon
    Spectators: 13,264
    report
    January 15, 2012
    3:30 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 43-0 Petrarch Rugby Padova Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 2,831
    report
    January 15, 2012
    6:30 PM CET     		RC Toulon 29:10 Lyon OU Stade Mayol, Toulon
    Spectators: 14,121
    report
    January 21, 2012
    15:00 CET     		Lyon OU 21: 13 Newcastle Falcons Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux
    Spectators: 7,115
    report
    January 21, 2012
    15:00 CET     		Petrarch Rugby Padova 6:50 RC Toulon Stadio Plebiscito, Padua
    Spectators: 2,000
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland London Wasps 6th 5 0 1 189: 75 + 114 4th 24
    2. FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais 6th 5 0 1 197: 61 + 136 2 22nd
    3. FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles 6th 2 0 4th 82: 132 - 50 2 10
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta 6th 0 0 6th 51: 251 - 200 1 1
    November 12, 2011
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 10:43 Aviron Bayonnais Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini , Rovigo
    Spectators: 900
    report
    November 12, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 14:47 London Wasps Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux
    Spectators: 16,953
    report
    November 17, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 20: 3 Union Bordeaux Bègles Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne
    Spectators: 10,300
    report
    November 20, 2011
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 38: 7 Rugby Rovigo Delta Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,225
    report
    December 10, 2011
    3:00 p.m. CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 7:31 Union Bordeaux Bègles Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 800
    report
    December 10, 2011
    8:45 PM CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 19: 11 London Wasps Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 11,876
    report
    December 15, 2011 at
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 15:10 Rugby Rovigo Delta Stade André-Moga , Bègles
    spectators: 2,000
    report
    December 15, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		London Wasps 25: 11 Aviron Bayonnais Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,350
    report
    January 12, 2012
    8:15 p.m. CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 6:12 Aviron Bayonnais Stade André-Moga, Bègles
    spectators: 2,900
    report
    January 14, 2012
    3:00 p.m. CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 11:32 London Wasps Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 1,200
    report
    January 22, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 36: 13 Union Bordeaux Bègles Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,809
    report
    January 22, 2012
    4:00 p.m. CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 92: 6 Rugby Rovigo Delta Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 5,000
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Exeter Chiefs 6th 5 0 1 202: 64 + 121 3 23
    2. FranceFrance USA Perpignan 6th 4th 0 2 153: 112 + 41 2 18th
    3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons 6th 3 0 3 139: 100 + 39 3 15th
    4th ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato 6th 0 0 6th 62: 280 - 218 0 0
    November 11, 2011
    7:00 p.m. CET     		USA Perpignan 15:12 Exeter Chiefs Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Spectators: 11,336
    report
    November 12, 2011
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Cavalieri Prato 3:33 Newport Gwent Dragons Stadio Lungobisenzio , Prato
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    November 17, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 23: 13 USA Perpignan Rodney Parade , Newport
    Spectators: 5,160
    report
    November 19, 2011
    3:00 PM GMT     		Exeter Chiefs 68-0 Cavalieri Prato Sandy Park , Exeter
    Spectators: 5,937
    report
    December 9, 2011
    7:00 PM GMT     		USA Perpignan 54:20 Cavalieri Prato Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 6,300
    report
    December 11, 2011
    5:45 pm GMT     		Exeter Chiefs 18: 6 Newport Gwent Dragons Sandy Park, Exeter
    Spectators: 5,944
    report
    December 17, 2011
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Cavalieri Prato 13:30 USA Perpignan Stadio Lungobisenzio, Prato
    spectators: 1,500
    report
    December 18, 2011
    5:45 pm CET     		Newport Gwent Dragons 19:23 Exeter Chiefs Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 5,137
    report
    January 14, 2012
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Cavalieri Prato 10:50 Exeter Chiefs Stadio Lungobisenzio, Prato
    Spectators: 1,050
    report
    January 14, 2012
    8:55 PM CET     		USA Perpignan 27: 13 Newport Gwent Dragons Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 10,414
    report
    January 21, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		Exeter Chiefs 31:14 USA Perpignan Sandy Park, Exeter
    Spectators: 7,966
    report
    January 21, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 45:16 Cavalieri Prato Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 4,736
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance CA Brive 6th 6th 0 0 209: 79 + 130 3 27
    2. EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 6th 4th 0 2 225: 96 + 129 4th 20th
    3. FranceFrance SU Agen 2 1 0 1 51:99 - 48 0 4th
    4th SpainSpain CR La Vila 6th 0 0 6th 64: 325 - 261 0 0
    November 12, 2011
    16:00 CET     		CR La Vila 10:50 SU Agen Campo de El Pantano , Villajoyosa
    Spectators: 2,500
    report
    November 12, 2011
    6:30 pm CET     		CA Brive 26:18 Sale Sharks Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 5,500
    report
    November 18, 2011
    7:45 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 59: 6 CR La Vila Edgeley Park , Stockport
    Spectators: 4,910
    report
    November 20, 2011
    18:00 CET     		SU Agen 8:29 CA Brive Stade Armandie , Agen
    audience: 5,177
    report
    December 8, 2011 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		SU Agen 14:29 Sale Sharks Stade Armandie, Agen
    spectators: 3,117
    report
    December 10, 2011
    16:00 CET     		CR La Vila 18:47 CA Brive Campo de El Pantano, Villajoyosa
    spectators: 1,000
    report
    December 15, 2011 at
    8:00 p.m. CET     		CA Brive 38: 13 CR La Vila Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 3,500
    report
    December 18, 2011
    3:00 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 41: 21 SU Agen Edgeley Park, Stockport
    Spectators: 4,915
    report
    January 13, 2012 at
    8:00 p.m. CET     		CA Brive 50: 13 SU Agen Stade Amédée Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 3,500
    report
    January 14, 2012
    4:00 p.m. CET     		CR La Vila 10: 69 Sale Sharks Campo de El Pantano, Villajoyosa
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    January 19, 2012
    7:45 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 9:19 CA Brive Edgeley Park, Stockport
    Spectators: 6,955
    report
    January 19, 2012
    8:45 PM CET     		SU Agen 62: 7 CR La Vila Stade Armandie, Agen
    spectators: 2,169
    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 2011/12 met each other.

    1. Stade Français
    2. CA Brive
    3. RC Toulon
    4. London Wasps
    5. (HC) Biarritz Olympique
    6. (HC) Harlequins
    7. (HC) Scarlets
    8. Exeter Chiefs

    Quarter finals

    April 5th, 2012
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance Stade Français 22:17 EnglandEngland Exeter Chiefs Stade Charléty , Paris
    Spectators: 4,693
    Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Camara 43rd n.erh.
    Williams 79th ad.
    Penalty kicks: Dupuy (4/4) 29th, 40th, 47th, 55th
    		 (6: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Naqelevuki 68th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Mieres (4/5) 21., 27., 36., 49.
    April 6, 2012
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance RC Toulon 37: 8 EnglandEngland Harlequins Stade Mayol , Toulon
    Spectators: 12,762
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Tillous-Borde 34. received
    Lapeyre 60. received
    Armitage 73. received
    Raise: Wilkinson (1/1)
    Giteau (1/2)
    Penalty: Wilkinson (5/5) 5th, 8th, 14th, 18th, 30th
    Giteau (1/1) 52.
    		 (22: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Care 70th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Clegg (1/1) 11.
    April 7, 2012
    12:30 pm WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 23:26 FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,308
    Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Wade 63rd increased
    Davis 66th
    increased increases: Robinson (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Robinson (3/3) 12th, 21st, 39th
    		 (9:17)
    Report     		Attempts: Balshaw 22nd received
    van Staden 40th
    increased increases: Yachvili (2/2)
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (4/4) 28th, 54th, 61st, 75th
    April 8, 2012
    8:45 PM CEST     		FranceFrance CA Brive 15: 11 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Llanelli Scarlets Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde
    Spectators: 7,850
    Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
    Penalty kicks: Swanepoel (5/8) 15th, 36th, 46th, 50th, 79th.
    		 (6: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Williams 58th n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Jones (2/4) 30., 39.

    Semifinals

    April 27, 2012
    8:55 PM CEST     		FranceFrance RC Toulon 32:29 FranceFrance Stade Français Stade Mayol , Toulon
    Spectators: 12,404
    Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Armitage 2nd n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (7/11) 31st, 40th, 42nd, 50th, 55th, 63rd, 67th
    Dropgoals: Wilkinson (2/3) 46th, 79th     		(11:19)
    report     		Attempts: Bonneval 12th increased
    Turinui 60th
    increased increases: Plisson (2/2)
    Penalty kicks: Plisson (3/5) 15th, 26th, 37th
    Dropgoals: Plisson (2/2) 21st, 68th
    April 28, 2012
    4:00 p.m. CEST     		FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique 19: 0 FranceFrance CA Brive Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra , Biarritz
    Spectators: 8,927
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Traille 29. Increments
    : Yachvili (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (4/5) 17th, 23rd, 67th, 71st
    		 (13: 0)
    report

    final

    May 18, 2012
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique 21:18 FranceFrance RC Toulon The Stoop , London
    Spectators: 9,376
    Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (7/7) 4th, 17th, 24th, 35th, 46th, 53rd, 73rd
    		 (12: 9)
    Report     		Penalty kicks: Wilkinson (5/7) 11th, 22nd, 31st, 44th, 59th
    Dropgoals: Wilkinson (1/1) 65.

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