European Challenge Cup 2012/13

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European Challenge Cup 2012/13
master IrelandIreland Leinster Rugby (1st title)
Teams 23
countries EnglandEngland England France Ireland Italy Romania Spain Wales
FranceFrance 
IrelandIreland 
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania 
SpainSpain 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 67  (of which 67 played)
tries 438  (ø 6.54 per game)
spectator 355,554  (ø 5,307 per game)
Most of the points EnglandEngland Freddie Burns , Gloucester (86)
Most attempts ArgentinaArgentina Horacio Agulla , Bath Francis Fainifo , Stade Français Adrien Planté , Perpignan Andy Short , Worcester (6 each)
FranceFrance 
FranceFrance 
EnglandEngland 
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The European Challenge Cup 2012/13 was the 17th 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 phase and an additional three in the knockout round, which were eliminated early in the Heineken Cup 2012/13 . The competition began on October 11, 2012, and the final took place on May 17, 2013 at the RDS Arena in Dublin . The Irish team Leinster Rugby 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 2012/13 . The four teams that were most successful in the group stage had the right to play at home in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. In the event of a tie, the number of attempts (in this order), the difference in points from all games, the lower number of red and yellow cards and finally a coin toss are decided. The relegated places from the Heineken Cup are automatically assigned the places 5 to 7.

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 (10) EnglandEngland London Wasps (15) FranceFrance USA Perpignan (16) EnglandEngland Bath Rugby (17) EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC (22)
Pot 2 EnglandEngland London Irish (23) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons (31) EnglandEngland London Welsh RFC EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors (35) ItalyItaly Rugby Calvisano (39)
Pot 3 FranceFrance Aviron Bayonne (40) ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta (41) FranceFrance SU Agen (42) ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato (43) FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles (44)
Pot 4 FranceFrance Stade Montois (45) FranceFrance Grenoble FC (46) ItalyItaly Rugby Mogliano (47) RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby SpainSpain Gernika RT

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC 6th 6th 0 0 179: 86 + 93 3 27
    2. EnglandEngland London Irish 6th 4th 0 2 174: 139 + 70 3 19th
    3. FranceFrance Stade Montois 6th 2 0 4th 100: 156 - 56 2 10
    4th FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles 6th 0 0 6th 82: 154 - 72 2 2
    October 11, 2012
    8:30 PM CEST     		Stade Montois 6: 11 Gloucester RFC Stade Guy-Boniface , Mont-de-Marsan
    Spectators: 4,160
    report
    October 13, 2012
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 16:43 London Irish Stade André-Moga , Bègles
    spectators: 4,200
    report
    October 18, 2012
    7:45 pm WEST     		Gloucester RFC 25: 13 Union Bordeaux Bègles Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester
    Spectators: 9,576
    report
    October 20, 2012
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		London Irish 69: 26 Stade Montois Madejski Stadium , Reading
    Spectators: 5,720
    report
    December 6, 2012 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 13: 20 Stade Montois Stade André-Moga, Bègles
    spectators: 2,468
    report
    December 8, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Irish 22:29 Gloucester RFC Madejski Stadium, Reading
    Spectators: 7,309
    report
    December 14, 2012
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Stade Montois 18: 7 Union Bordeaux Bègles Stade Guy-Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan
    Spectators: 2,194
    report
    December 15, 2012
    3:00 PM GMT     		Gloucester RFC 47: 3 London Irish Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 10,535
    report
    January 10, 2013
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Stade Montois 14: 20 London Irish Stade Guy-Boniface, Mont-de-Marsan
    Spectators: 2,678
    report
    January 11, 2013
    7:00 p.m. CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 26:31 Gloucester RFC Stade André-Moga, Bègles
    spectators: 3,500
    report
    January 19, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		Gloucester RFC 36:16 Stade Montois Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
    Spectators: 8,955
    report
    January 19, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Irish 17: 7 Union Bordeaux Bègles Madejski Stadium, Reading
    Spectators: 1,800
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance USA Perpignan 6th 5 0 1 293: 89 + 204 5 25th
    2. EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors 6th 5 0 1 354: 78 + 276 5 25th
    3. SpainSpain Gernika RT 6th 2 0 4th 80: 309 - 229 0 8th
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Rovigo Delta 6th 0 0 6th 67: 318 - 251 1 1

    Perpignan and Worcester had the same number of table points in total (25 each) and the same number of table points from the direct encounters (5 each). In the end, Perpignan prevailed due to the higher number of attempts (3: 1) achieved.

    October 13, 2012
    3:00 PM CEST     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 38: 17 USA Perpignan Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini , Rovigo
    Spectators: 1,000
    report
    October 13, 2012
    16:00 CEST     		Gernika RT 5:85 Worcester Warriors Estadio Urbieta , Gernika
    audience: 1,000
    report
    October 20, 2012
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Worcester Warriors 90: 3 Rugby Rovigo Delta Sixways Stadium , Worcester
    Attendance: 6,147
    report
    October 20, 2012
    7:00 p.m. CEST     		USA Perpignan 90: 12 Gernika RT Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Spectators: 7,182
    report
    December 6, 2012
    7:45 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 22:21 USA Perpignan Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 7,801
    report
    December 8, 2012
    4:00 p.m. CET     		Gernika RT 13: 3 Rugby Rovigo Delta Estadio Urbieta, Gernika
    audience: 600
    report
    December 15, 2012
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 10:16 Gernika RT Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 600
    report
    December 15, 2012 at
    9:00 p.m. CET     		USA Perpignan 13: 6 Worcester Warriors Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 10,135
    report
    January 12, 2013
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Rovigo Delta 17:80 Worcester Warriors Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
    Spectators: 500
    report
    January 12, 2013
    16:00 CET     		Gernika RT 15:50 USA Perpignan Estadio Urbieta, Gernika
    audience: 500
    report
    January 17, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CET     		USA Perpignan 40:22 Rugby Rovigo Delta Stade Aimé-Giral, Perpignan
    Spectators: 5,278
    report
    January 19, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 71: 19 Gernika RT Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 2,424
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland London Wasps 6th 5 1 0 231: 92 + 139 3 25th
    2. FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais 6th 4th 1 1 201: 91 + 110 2 20th
    3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons 6th 2 0 4th 171: 108 + 63 5 13
    4th ItalyItaly Mogliano rugby 6th 0 0 6th 29: 341 - 312 0 0
    October 12, 2012
    8:00 p.m. CEST     		Aviron Bayonnais 71: 7 Mogliano rugby Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne
    Spectators: 5,550
    report
    October 13, 2012
    8:10 PM WEST     		London Wasps 38:25 Newport Gwent Dragons Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,186
    report
    October 20, 2012
    8:10 PM WEST     		Newport Gwent Dragons 19:22 Aviron Bayonnais Rodney Parade , Newport
    Spectators: 4,054
    report
    October 21, 2012
    6:00 PM CEST     		Mogliano rugby 12:59 London Wasps Stadio Maurizio Quaggia , Mogliano Veneto
    Spectators: 1,950
    report
    December 8, 2012
    14:00 CET     		Mogliano rugby 0:33 Newport Gwent Dragons Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto
    Spectators: 885
    report
    December 8, 2012 at
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 13: 13 London Wasps Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 9,658
    report
    December 13, 2012
    7:45 PM GMT     		London Wasps 30:16 Aviron Bayonnais Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,040
    report
    December 16, 2012
    5:35 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 53: 3 Mogliano rugby Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 4,473
    report
    January 10, 2013
    8:45 PM CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 25:22 Newport Gwent Dragons Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 1,922
    report
    January 12, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 71: 7 Mogliano rugby Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 5,744
    report
    January 17, 2013
    7:45 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 19:20 London Wasps Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 4,089
    report
    January 19, 2013
    14:00 CET     		Mogliano rugby 0:54 Aviron Bayonnais Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto
    spectators: 1,332
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Bath rugby 6th 6th 0 0 245: 79 + 166 5 29
    2. FranceFrance SU Agen 6th 3 0 3 154: 120 + 34 5 17th
    3. RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby 6th 2 0 4th 121: 215 - 94 1 9
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Calvisano 6th 1 0 5 117: 223 - 106 3 7th
    October 12, 2012
    3:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 17:40 Bath rugby Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,500
    report
    October 13, 2012
    7:00 p.m. CEST     		Rugby Calvisano 31:36 SU Agen Stadio San Michele , Calvisano
    spectators: 1,100
    report
    October 18, 2012
    8:45 PM CEST     		SU Agen 22:27 Bath rugby Stade Armandie , Agen
    Spectators: 4,576
    report
    October 20, 2012
    8:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 42: 27 Calvisano rugby Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,012
    report
    December 8, 2012
    2:15 pm GMT     		Bath rugby 67: 11 Rugby Calvisano Recreation Ground , Bath
    Spectators: 11,445
    report
    December 8, 2012
    3:00 PM EET     		Bucureşti rugby 25:22 SU Agen Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,100
    report
    December 14, 2012
    7:00 p.m. CET     		SU Agen 39: 9 Bucureşti rugby Stade Armandie, Agen
    spectators: 2,107
    report
    December 15, 2012
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Calvisano 5:39 Bath rugby Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
    Spectators: 800
    report
    January 12, 2013
    2:15 pm GMT     		Bath rugby 19:16 SU Agen Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 9,131
    report
    January 12, 2013
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Calvisano 34:20 Bucureşti rugby Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
    spectators: 1,200
    report
    January 18, 2013
    7:00 p.m. CET     		SU Agen 19: 9 Rugby Calvisano Stade Armandie, Agen
    spectators: 1,170
    report
    January 19, 2013
    2:00 PM GMT     		Bath rugby 53: 8 Bucureşti rugby Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 9,873
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Stade Français 6th 5 0 1 210: 105 + 105 5 25th
    2. FranceFrance FC Grenoble 6th 4th 0 2 173: 81 + 92 4th 20th
    3. EnglandEngland London Welsh 6th 3 0 3 171: 170 + 1 2 14th
    4th ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato 6th 0 0 6th 68: 266 - 198 2 2
    October 12, 2012
    19:30 CEST     		FC Grenoble 59: 3 Cavalieri Prato Stade Lesdiguières , Grenoble
    Spectators: 6,000
    report
    October 13, 2012
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		London Welsh 19:68 Stade Français Kassam Stadium , Oxford
    Spectators: 3,748
    report
    October 20, 2012
    2:00 p.m. CEST     		Cavalieri Prato 31:32 London Welsh Stadio Enrico Chersoni , Prato
    Spectators: 1,500
    report
    October 20, 2012
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		Stade Français 28:25 FC Grenoble Stade Océane , Le Havre
    Spectators: 11,548
    report
    December 7, 2012
    7:30 p.m. CET     		FC Grenoble 0: 28 London Welsh Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
    Spectators: 5,800
    report

    FC Grenoble originally won the game 20: 9. The victory was subsequently awarded to London Welsh 28-0 after FC Grenoble admitted to having used a player without a correct license.

    December 8, 2012
    2:00 PM GMT     		Cavalieri Prato 23:37 Stade Français Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato
    spectators: 1,200
    report
    December 13, 2012
    12:45 pm CET     		Stade Français 29: 6 Cavalieri Prato MMArena , Le Mans
    spectators: 12,186
    report
    December 15, 2012
    2:00 PM GMT     		London Welsh 13:27 FC Grenoble Old Deer Park , London
    Spectators: 1,630
    report
    January 12, 2013
    2:00 PM GMT     		London Welsh 62: 5 Cavalieri Prato Kassam Stadium, Oxford
    Spectators: 1,580
    report
    January 12, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CET     		FC Grenoble 15: 9 Stade Français Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
    Spectators: 6,209
    report
    January 19, 2013
    14:00 CET     		Cavalieri Prato 0:47 FC Grenoble Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato
    Spectators: 350
    report
    January 19, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 39: 17 London Welsh Stade du Hainaut , Valenciennes
    spectators: 9,972
    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 2012/13 met each other.

    1. Bath rugby
    2. Gloucester RFC
    3. USA Perpignan
    4. London Wasps
    5. (HC) Leinster Rugby
    6. (HC) Stade Toulousain
    7. (HC) Biarritz Olympique
    8. Stade Français

    Quarter finals

    April 4, 2013
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC 31:41 FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester
    Spectators: 10,273
    Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Tindall 13th n.erh.
    Monahan 78th increased
    Edmonds 80th
    increased increases: Burns (2/3)
    Penalty kicks: Burns (4/5) 10th, 26th, 34th, 47th
    		 (14:27)
    Report     		Attempts: Thomas 22nd received, 31st received
    Héguy 36th received
    Baby 56th received
    Burotu 73rd
    raised increases: Yachvili (5/5)
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (1/3) 18.
    Dropgoals: Traille (1 / 1) 11.
    April 5, 2013
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 28:48 Ireland Leinster rugby Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 9,654
    Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
    Attempts: calf 1st post, 14th
    varndell 65th post, 70th post
    Elevations: Robinson (1/4)
    Penalty kicks: Robinson (2/3) 35th, 48th
    		 (15:20)
    report     		Attempts: D'Arcy 5th received
    Madigan 22nd received
    Ross 45th received
    Kearney 59th received
    Nacewa 67th
    increments: Madigan (4/5)
    Penalty kicks: Madigan (5/6) 26th, 38th, 44th, 52nd, 76th.
    April 5, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		FranceFrance USA Perpignan 30: 19 FranceFrance Stade Toulousain Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Spectators: 12,452
    Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Taofifénua 6th higher
    Sid 37th
    higher Vahaamahina 46th higher
    elevation: Hook (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: Hook (3/3) 1st, 71st, 75th
    		 (17:12)
    Report     		Attempts: Maka 58. Increments
    : Beauxis (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Beauxis (4/5) 10th, 19th, 22nd, 24th
    April 6, 2013
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Bath rugby 20:36 FranceFrance Stade Français Recreation Ground , Bath
    Spectators: 11,155
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Attempts: Penalty attempt 46th received
    Claassens 65th received
    Cuthbert 77th ad.
    Elevations: Donald (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Donald (1/1) 25.
    		 (3:20)
    report     		Attempts: Vuidravuwalu 19th received, 29th received
    Bonneval 57th received, 59th received
    Raises: Fillol (2/2)
    Penalty Kicks: Plisson (1/1) 15.
    Fillol (1/2) 23.
    Porical (1/1) 80.Dropgoals
    : Plisson (1/2) 69.

    Semifinals

    April 26, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		FranceFrance USA Perpignan 22:25 FranceFrance Stade Français Stade Aimé-Giral , Perpignan
    Spectators: 12,242
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Guirado 10. n.erh.
    Hook 22nd n.erh.
    Penalty kicks: Hook (4/5) 29th, 43rd, 47th, 66th
    		 (13: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Lyons 44th
    increments: Porical (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Porical (6/7) 8th, 26th, 35th, 52nd, 73rd, 76th
    April 27, 2013
    2:30 pm WEST     		Ireland Leinster rugby 44:16 FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique RDS Arena , Dublin
    Spectators: 18,500
    Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
    Tries: Heaslip .. 3. erh erh 40.
    Sexton 38. erh.
    Nacewa . 49. erh
    O'Driscoll 63. erh.
    Increases: Sexton (3/3)
    Madigan (2/2)
    penalty kicks: Sexton (2/3 ) 27., 45.
    Madigan (1/1) 55.
    		 (24: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Héguy 67th
    increments: Yachvili (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Yachvili (3/4) 18th, 23rd, 36th

    final

    May 17, 2013
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		Ireland Leinster rugby 34: 13 FranceFrance Stade Français RDS Arena , Dublin
    Spectators: 20,396
    Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
    Attempts: Madigan 2nd raised
    Cronin 19th raised
    Kearney 27th raised
    Healey 78th
    raised increases: sixths (4/4)
    kicks: sixths (2/2) 53rd, 62nd
    		 (21: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Single cell 65. Raised
    elevations: Plisson (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Porical (2/2) 25., 40.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Rules. European Rugby Cup, accessed September 28, 2013 .
    2. ↑ London Welsh get Amlin Challenge Cup points boost. BBC Sport, December 14, 2012, accessed September 28, 2013 .