European Challenge Cup 2013/14

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European Challenge Cup 2013/14
master EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC (2nd title)
Teams 23
countries EnglandEngland England France Italy Portugal Romania Wales
FranceFrance 
ItalyItaly 
PortugalPortugal 
RomaniaRomania 
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 
Games 67  (of which 67 played)
tries 383  (ø 5.72 per game)
spectator 321,736  (ø 4,802 per game)
Most of the points FranceFrance Jérôme Porical , Stade Français (83)
Most attempts TongaTonga William Helu , London Wasps (7)
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The European Challenge Cup 2013/14 was the 18th 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 2013/14 . The competition began on October 10, 2013 and the finals took place on May 23, 2014 at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff . The defending champion was the Irish team Leinster Rugby , the tournament was decided by the Northampton Saints from England.

Originally the final should have taken place in France. However, the Fédération Française de Rugby withdrew its application due to the uncertainty whether the Stade de France would be available. After a new tender by the organizer European Rugby Cup, Cardiff was finally awarded the contract.

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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 the four best-placed teams from the Italian Campionato di Eccellenza and one representative each from Romania and Portugal. Instead of the Portuguese selection, the Spanish representative Olympus Madrid was originally intended, but withdrew from the competition in September 2013.

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 2013/14 . 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. Places 5 to 7 were automatically assigned to those who were relegated from the Heineken Cup.

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 Biarritz Olympique (5) FranceFrance Stade Français (8) EnglandEngland London Wasps (16) EnglandEngland Bath Rugby (22) FranceFrance CA Brive (24)
Pot 2 EnglandEngland London Irish (27) EnglandEngland Sale Sharks (30) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons (31) EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons (32) ItalyItaly Rugby Viadana (36)
Pot 3 FranceFrance Aviron Bayonne (37) ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato (39) EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors (40) FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles (41) ItalyItaly Rugby Calvisano (43)
Pot 4 FranceFrance Grenoble FC (44) ItalyItaly Mogliano Rugby (42) FranceFrance Oyonnax Rugby (46) RomaniaRomania București Rugby (38) PortugalPortugal Lusitanos XV

Group stage

  • Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

    • Group 1

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 6th 5 0 1 155: 65 + 90 3 23
    2. FranceFrance Biarritz Olympique 6th 3 0 3 119: 116 + 3 4th 16
    3. FranceFrance US Oyonnax 6th 2 1 3 86: 142 - 56 2 12
    4th EnglandEngland Worcester Warriors 6th 1 1 4th 87: 124 - 37 1 7th
    October 10, 2013
    7:45 pm WEST     		Sale Sharks 33:10 Biarritz Olympique AJ Bell Stadium , Salford
    Spectators: 3,153
    report
    October 12, 2013
    6:30 PM CEST     		US Oyonnax 9: 9 Worcester Warriors Stade Charles-Mathon , Oyonnax
    Spectators: 6,125
    report
    October 19, 2013
    3:00 p.m. CEST     		Biarritz Olympique 26: 6 US Oyonnax Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra , Biarritz
    Spectators: 7,348
    report
    October 19, 2013
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Worcester Warriors 15:29 Sale Sharks Sixways Stadium , Worcester
    Spectators: 6,312
    report
    December 5, 2013
    7:45 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 15:19 Biarritz Olympique Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    spectators: 4,615
    report
    December 5, 2013
    8:45 PM CET     		US Oyonnax 16:10 Sale Sharks Stade Charles-Mathon, Oyonnax
    Spectators: 5,000
    report
    December 12, 2013
    20:45 CET     		Biarritz Olympique 33:25 Worcester Warriors Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra, Biarritz
    spectators: 7,587
    report
    December 13, 2013
    8:00 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 53:14 US Oyonnax AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
    Spectators: 3,689
    report
    January 10, 2014
    8:00 PM GMT     		Sale Sharks 21: 3 Worcester Warriors AJ Bell Stadium, Salford
    Spectators: 3,027
    report
    January 11, 2014
    3:30 p.m. CET     		US Oyonnax 28:24 Biarritz Olympique Stade Charles-Mathon, Oyonnax
    spectators: 6,654
    report
    January 18, 2014
    3:00 PM GMT     		Worcester Warriors 20: 13 US Oyonnax Sixways Stadium, Worcester
    Spectators: 6,180
    report
    January 18, 2014
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Biarritz Olympique 7: 9 Sale Sharks Parc des Sports d'Aguiléra, Biarritz
    report

    Group 2

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland Bath rugby 6th 6th 0 0 243: 50 + 193 4th 28
    2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport Gwent Dragons 6th 3 0 3 150: 132 + 18 2 14th
    3. FranceFrance Union Bordeaux Bègles 6th 3 0 3 171: 149 + 22 2 14th
    4th ItalyItaly Mogliano rugby 6th 0 0 6th 55: 288 - 233 0 0
    October 11, 2013
    7:15 pm WEST     		Newport Gwent Dragons 50: 8 Mogliano rugby Rodney Parade , Newport
    Spectators: 4,474
    Report
    October 12, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 6:15 Bath rugby Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux
    Spectators: 15,542
    report
    October 19, 2013
    14:00 CEST     		Mogliano rugby 20:32 Union Bordeaux Bègles Stadio Maurizio Quaggia , Mogliano Veneto
    Spectators: 1,400
    report
    October 19, 2013
    3:00 p.m. WEST     		Bath rugby 26:10 Newport Gwent Dragons Recreation Ground , Bath
    Spectators: 11,862
    report
    December 6, 2013
    7:15 pm GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 40:24 Union Bordeaux Bègles Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 4,023
    report
    December 7, 2013
    14:00 CET     		Rugby Mogliano 8:55 Bath rugby Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    December 12, 2013
    7:30 p.m. CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 32: 13 Newport Gwent Dragons Stade André-Moga , Bègles
    spectators: 3,600
    report
    December 14, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		Bath rugby 63: 0 Rugby Mogliano Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 11,598
    report
    January 10, 2014
    19:30 CET     		Union Bordeaux Bègles 64: 7 Rugby Mogliano Stade André-Moga, Bègles
    spectators: 2,200
    report
    January 11, 2014
    2:30 PM GMT     		Newport Gwent Dragons 13:30 Bath rugby Rodney Parade, Newport
    Spectators: 6,063
    report
    January 16, 2014
    7:45 PM GMT     		Bath rugby 54: 13 Union Bordeaux Bègles Recreation Ground, Bath
    Spectators: 10,679
    report
    January 16, 2014
    8:45 PM CET     		Rugby Mogliano 12:24 pm Newport Gwent Dragons Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano Veneto
    Spectators: 1,000
    report

    Group 3

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance CA Brive 6th 5 1 0 121: 74 + 47 1 23
    2. EnglandEngland Newcastle Falcons 6th 4th 0 2 126: 69 + 57 3 19th
    3. RomaniaRomania Bucureşti rugby 6th 2 0 4th 94: 105 - 11 2 10
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Calvisano 6th 0 1 5 80: 173 - 93 0 2
    October 12, 2013
    3:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 12: 13 Newcastle Falcons Stadionul Arcul de Triumf , Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,100
    report
    October 12, 2013
    19:30 CEST     		Rugby Calvisano 20:20 CA Brive Stadio San Michele , Calvisano
    Spectators: 2,000
    report
    October 19, 2013
    3:00 PM ET     		Bucureşti rugby 37:15 Rugby Calvisano Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,100
    report
    October 19, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		CA Brive 23:16 Newcastle Falcons Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 5,000
    report
    December 7, 2013
    3:00 PM EET     		Bucureşti rugby 13:18 CA Brive Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
    Spectators: 1,200
    report
    December 8, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 37:15 Rugby Calvisano Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 2,889
    report
    December 12, 2013
    7:30 p.m. CET     		CA Brive 20: 9 Bucureşti rugby Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 4,000
    report
    December 14, 2013
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Calvisano 10:25 Newcastle Falcons Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
    spectators: 1,400
    report
    January 9, 2014
    7:45 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 7: 9 CA Brive Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 2,650
    report
    January 11, 2014
    2:30 p.m. CET     		Rugby Calvisano 11:23 Bucureşti rugby Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
    spectators: 1,500
    report
    January 16, 2014
    7:30 PM GMT     		Newcastle Falcons 28: 0 Bucureşti rugby Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
    Spectators: 2,511
    report
    January 16, 2014 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		CA Brive 31: 9 Rugby Calvisano Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
    spectators: 4,000
    report

    Group 4

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. EnglandEngland London Wasps 6th 6th 0 0 285: 76 + 209 3 27
    2. FranceFrance Aviron Bayonnais 6th 3 0 3 219: 118 + 101 3 15th
    3. FranceFrance FC Grenoble 6th 2 1 3 118: 158 - 40 2 12
    4th ItalyItaly Rugby Viadana 6th 0 1 5 86: 356 - 270 0 2
    October 10, 2013
    8:45 PM CEST     		Aviron Bayonnais 37: 6 FC Grenoble Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne
    Spectators: 6,602
    report
    October 12, 2013
    3:00 p.m. CEST     		Rugby Viadana 17:90 London Wasps Stadio Luigi Zaffanella , Viadana
    Spectators: 3,000
    report
    October 17, 2013
    7:45 pm WEST     		London Wasps 26:10 Aviron Bayonnais Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 4,627
    report
    October 18, 2013
    7:30 p.m. WEST     		FC Grenoble 40: 7 Rugby Viadana Stade Lesdiguières , Grenoble
    Spectators: 5,940
    report
    December 6, 2013
    8:00 p.m. CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 63: 7 Rugby Viadana Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 2,022
    report
    December 7, 2013 at
    9:00 p.m. CET     		FC Grenoble 7:47 London Wasps Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
    Spectators: 6,800
    report
    December 14, 2013
    15:00 CET     		Rugby Viadana 19:80 Aviron Bayonnais Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
    Spectators: 875
    report
    December 15, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 32:12 FC Grenoble Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 3,759
    report
    January 11, 2014
    14:00 CET     		Rugby Viadana 19:19 FC Grenoble Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
    Spectators: 750
    report
    January 11, 2014 at
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Aviron Bayonnais 13:26 London Wasps Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
    Spectators: 4,746
    report
    January 17, 2014
    19:30 CET     		FC Grenoble 34:16 Aviron Bayonnais Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
    Spectators: 6,190
    report
    January 19, 2014
    2:00 PM GMT     		London Wasps 64: 17 Viadana Adams Park, High Wycombe
    Spectators: 3,029
    report

    Group 5

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    1. FranceFrance Stade Français 6th 5 0 1 202: 75 + 127 4th 24
    2. EnglandEngland London Irish 6th 5 0 1 293: 65 + 228 4th 24
    3. ItalyItaly Cavalieri Prato 6th 2 0 4th 100: 198 - 98 3 11
    4th PortugalPortugal Lusitanos XV 6th 0 0 6th 68: 325 - 257 0 0
    October 10, 2013
    8:45 PM CEST     		Stade Français 61: 3 Lusitanos XV Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris
    Spectators: 6,314
    report
    October 11, 2013
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		London Irish 60: 11 Cavalieri Prato Madejski Stadium , Reading
    Spectators: 5,326
    report
    October 19, 2013
    14:00 CEST     		Cavalieri Prato 16:17 Stade Français Stadio Enrico Chersoni , Prato
    Spectators: 1,500
    report
    October 19, 2013
    5:00 p.m. CEST     		Lusitanos XV 6:67 London Irish Estádio Nacional , Oeiras
    spectators: 1,500
    report
    December 7, 2013
    14:00 CET     		Cavalieri Prato 40:22 Lusitanos XV Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato
    Spectators: 600
    report
    December 8, 2013
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Irish 24: 13 Stade Français Madejski Stadium, Reading
    Spectators: 5,721
    report
    December 14, 2013
    16:00 CET     		Lusitanos XV 19:30 Cavalieri Prato Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
    Spectators: 500
    report
    December 14, 2013
    9:00 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 32:14 London Irish Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
    Spectators: 10,250
    report
    January 9, 2014 at
    8:30 p.m. CET     		Stade Français 31: 3 Cavalieri Prato Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
    Spectators: 5,939
    report
    January 11, 2014
    3:00 PM GMT     		London Irish 79: 3 Lusitanos XV Madejski Stadium, Reading
    Spectators: 4,714
    report
    January 16, 2014
    20:00 CET     		Lusitanos XV 15:48 Stade Français Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
    Spectators: 35
    report
    January 18, 2014
    14:30 CET     		Cavalieri Prato 0:49 London Irish Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato
    spectators: 1,000
    report

    Knockout round

    Seeding list

    After the group phase, the five group winners and the third to fifth best runners-up in the Heineken Cup 2013/14 will meet.

    1. Bath rugby
    2. London Wasps
    3. Stade Français
    4. Sale Sharks
    5. (HC) Northampton Saints
    6. (HC) Harlequins
    7. (HC) Gloucester RFC
    8. CA Brive

    Quarter finals

    April 3, 2014
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Sale Sharks 14:28 EnglandEngland Northampton Saints AJ Bell Stadium , Salford
    Spectators: 4,650
    Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
    Attempts: Thomas 5th increased
    Fihaki 73rd
    increased increases: Macleod (1/1)
    Ford (1/1)
    		 (7:28)
    Report     		Attempts: Nutley 17th raised, 37th raised
    Dickinson 29th raised
    Foden 33th
    raised increases: Hooley (4/4)
    April 4th, 2014
    9:00 p.m. CEST     		FranceFrance Stade Français 6:29 EnglandEngland Harlequins Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris
    Spectators: 10,200
    Referee: Leighton Hodges ( Wales )
    Penalty kicks: Steyn (2/4) 18., 31.
    		 (6: 9)
    Report     		Attempts: Mike Brown . 45. erh
    Molenaar . 76. erh
    increases: Evans (1/1)
    Ben Botica (1/1)
    penalty kicks: Evans (4/4) 15, 22, 40, 56.
    Drop Goals: Evans (1/1) 73.
    April 6, 2014
    2:00 pm WEST     		EnglandEngland Bath rugby 39: 7 FranceFrance CA Brive Recreation Ground , Bath
    Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Agulla 9th ad, 35th, 49th,
    evening canon 28th,
    Rokoduguni, 32nd
    Young 42nd
    increments: Ford (3/6)
    Penalty kicks: Ford (1/2) 20.
    		 (25: 0)
    report     		Attempts: Murphy 65th
    elevations: Laranjeira (1/1)
    April 6, 2014
    7:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 36:24 EnglandEngland Gloucester RFC Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 5,311
    Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )
    Attempts: Mullan 30th
    Festuccia 43rd
    Helu 76th
    Increased increases: Goode (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: Goode (4/6) 36th, 51st, 65th, 71st
    Dropgoals: Goode (1 / 2) 13.     		(13: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: May 55th
    Evans 61th
    Thomas 80th
    Increases: Cook (3/3)
    Penalty kicks: Cook (1/2) 33.

    Semifinals

    April 25, 2014
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Northampton Saints 18:10 EnglandEngland Harlequins Franklin's Gardens , Northampton
    Spectators: 10,077
    Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
    Attempts: Collins 26th n.erh.
    Fotuali'i 44th
    increments: Myler (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Myler (2/2) 20th, 35th
    		 (11: 3)
    Report     		Attempts: Easter 63. Increments
    : Botica (1/1)
    Penalty kicks : Botica (1/3) 39.
    April 27, 2014
    1:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland London Wasps 18:24 EnglandEngland Bath rugby Adams Park , High Wycombe
    Spectators: 6,010
    Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
    Attempts: Helu 39th received
    Johnson 64th received
    Elevations: Goode (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Goode (2/2) 2nd, 14th
    		 (13:10)
    Report     		Attempts: Perenise 24th received
    Webber 46th raised, 57th
    raised increases: Ford (3/3)
    Penalties: Ford (1/2) 11.

    final

    May 23, 2014
    8:00 p.m. WEST     		EnglandEngland Northampton Saints 30:16 EnglandEngland Bath rugby Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff
    Spectators: 12,483
    Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
    Attempts: Dowson 70th received
    Foden 75th received
    Elevations: Myler (1/2)
    Penalty kicks: Myler (6/6) 6th, 23rd, 47th, 56th, 59th, 63rd
    		 (6:13)
    Report     		Attempts: Watson 26th
    incremental increases: Ford (1/1)
    Penalty kicks: Ford (3/6) 1st, 13th, 65th

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ ERC 2014 finals set to return to Cardiff. European Rugby Cup, July 15, 2013, accessed September 28, 2013 .
    2. ^ Portuguese club to compete in Amlin Challenge Cup. European Rugby Cup, September 2, 2013, accessed September 28, 2013 .
    3. ^ Rules. European Rugby Cup, accessed September 28, 2013 .