European Rugby Challenge Cup 2016/17

European Rugby Challenge Cup 2016/17
master	Stade Français (1st title)
Teams	20th
countries	England France Ireland Italy Romania Russia Scotland Wales
Games	66  (of which 66 played)
tries	433  (ø 6.56 per game)
spectator	483,750  (ø 7,330 per game)
Most of the points	Dan Biggar , Ospreys (78)
Most attempts	Keelan Giles , Ospreys (7)
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The European Rugby Challenge Cup 2016/17 was the 3rd edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup , the second-tier European cup competition in rugby union . This competition was the successor to the European Challenge Cup that existed from 1996 to 2014 . 20 teams from eight countries were involved. The competition began on October 13, 2016 and the final took place on May 12, 2017 at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh . The French team Stade Français won the title .

Attendees

The following teams were eligible to participate:

• the five teams from the English Premiership in England between 7th and 11th place
• the winner of the RFU Championship in England
• the five teams from the top 14 in France between 8th and 12th place
• the winner of Pro D2 and the winner of the regular season
• from the Pro12 , the remaining five teams from Italy , Ireland , Scotland and Wales , which no place for the European Rugby Champions Cup have
• the two winners of the qualifying competition

mode

There were five groups with four teams each. 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

For the quarter-finals, the five group winners (classified according to the number of points won in places 1–5) and the three best runners-up (classified in places 6–8) qualified. Teams in places 1-4 had home rights in the quarterfinals. The first played against the eighth, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. In contrast to the European Challenge Cup, no team from the European Rugby Champions Cup 2016/17 took part in the finals.

qualification

Group A and B

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Rugby Rovigo	4th	3	0	1	136: 77	+ 59	3	15th
2.	Heidelberg Rowing Club	4th	3	0	1	109: 71	+ 38	3	15th
3.	Fiamme Oro rugby	4th	3	0	1	74:51	+ 23	0	12
4th	Valladolid RAC	4th	2	0	2	68:46	+ 14	1	9

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Timișoara Saracens	4th	4th	0	0	126: 48	+ 78	3	19th
2.	DG Direito	4th	1	0	3	72:82	- 10	2	6th
3.	Mogliano rugby	4th	0	0	4th	49: 105	- 56	2	2
4th	Kituro Rugby Club	4th	0	0	4th	20: 198	- 178	1	9

November 14, 2015 14:00 CET	Kituro Rugby Club	6:24	Fiamme Oro rugby	Plaine Wahis , Brussels

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November 14, 2015 15:00 CET	Rugby Rovigo	29: 9	DG Direito	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini , Rovigo

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November 21, 2015 15:00 CET	Fiamme Oro rugby	19: 0	Mogliano rugby	Caserma Stefano Gelsomini , Rome

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November 21, 2015 15:00 GMT	DG Direito	21:24	Heidelberg Rowing Club	Campo de Monsanto , Lisbon

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November 21, 2015 16:00 CET	Valladolid RAC	18:36	Timișoara Saracens	Estadio Pepe Rojo , Valladolid

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December 12, 2015 1:30 p.m. EET	Timișoara Saracens	45: 13	Rugby Rovigo	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara

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December 12, 2015 15:00 CET	Fiamme Oro rugby	17:10	DG Direito	Caserma Stefano Gelsomini, Rome

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December 12, 2015 15:00 CET	Mogliano rugby	26:32	Heidelberg Rowing Club	Stadio Maurizio Quaggia , Mogliano

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December 12, 2015 16:00 CET	Valladolid RAC	62: 0	Kituro Rugby Club	Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid

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December 19, 2015 12:30 pm EET	Timișoara Saracens	35:14	Fiamme Oro rugby	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara

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December 19, 2015 14:00 CET	Heidelberg Rowing Club	50:14	Kituro Rugby Club	Sports grounds on Speyererstrasse , Heidelberg

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December 19, 2015 15:00 CET	Mogliano rugby	10:22	Valladolid RAC	Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano

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January 9, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	DG Direito	22:12	Valladolid RAC	Estádio Nacional , Oeiras

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January 16, 2016 14:00 CET	Heidelberg Rowing Club	3:10	Timișoara Saracens	Sports grounds on Speyererstrasse, Heidelberg

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January 16, 2016 15:00 CET	Rugby Rovigo	32: 13	Mogliano rugby	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

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January 23, 2016 1 15:00 CET	Kituro Rugby Club	0:62	Rugby Rovigo	Plaine Wahis, Brussels

The game was originally scheduled to take place on November 21, 2015. Due to the terrorist attacks in Paris , it was canceled for security reasons and rescheduled for a new date.

Rugby Europe 1 Play-Off

April 9, 2016 16:00 CET	Rugby Rovigo	0:31	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini , Rovigo

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April 23, 2016 15:00 MSK	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	39: 5	Rugby Rovigo	Trud Stadium , Krasnodar

Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk qualified with an overall result of 70: 5.

Rugby Europe 2 Play-Off

April 6, 2016 3:00 PM ET	Timișoara Saracens	36:23	Rugby Calvisano	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara

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April 23, 2016 16:00 CEST	Rugby Calvisano	17:28	Timișoara Saracens	Centro Sportivo San Michele , Calvisano

The Timișoara Saracens qualified with an overall result of 64:40.

draw

The participants will be drawn into the preliminary round groups on June 29, 2016 in the Stade de la Maladière in Neuchâtel . The betting order was based on performance in the respective championships.

Pot 1	Harlequins	Cardiff Blues	CA Brive	Ospreys	Atlantique Stade Rochelais
Pot 2	Gloucester RFC	Bath rugby	Edinburgh rugby	FC Grenoble	Worcester Warriors
Pot 3	Section Paloise	Newport Gwent Dragons	Newcastle Falcons	Benetton Rugby Treviso	Stade Français
Pot 4	Bristol rugby	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Aviron Bayonnais	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Timișoara Saracens

Group stage

Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

Top three runners-up, qualified for quarter-finals

Group 1

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Gloucester RFC	6th	5	0	1	237: 110	+ 127	5	25th
2.	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	6th	5	0	1	203: 104	+ 99	4th	24
3.	Benetton Rugby Treviso	6th	2	0	4th	75: 182	- 107	0	8th
4th	Aviron Bayonnais	6th	0	0	6th	116: 235	- 119	1	1

October 15, 2016 15:00 CEST	Benetton Rugby Treviso	10:41	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	Stadio Comunale di Monigo , Treviso Spectators: 1,900
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October 15, 2016 17:00 CEST	Aviron Bayonnais	27:47	Gloucester RFC	Stade Jean-Dauger , Bayonne Spectators: 5,005
		report

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October 20, 2016 8:45 PM CEST	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	51:24	Aviron Bayonnais	Stade Marcel-Deflandre , La Rochelle Spectators: 14,634
		report

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October 22, 2016 15:00 WEST	Gloucester RFC	37: 8	Benetton Rugby Treviso	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 9,618
		report

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December 8, 2016 7:45 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	35:14	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 9,278
		report

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December 9, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. CET	Aviron Bayonnais	15:28	Benetton Rugby Treviso	Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne Spectators: 2,200
		report

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December 17, 2016 15:00 CET	Benetton Rugby Treviso	21:17	Aviron Bayonnais	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Spectators: 1,500
		report

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December 17, 2016 20:45 CET	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	42: 13	Gloucester RFC	Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle Spectators: 14,153
		report

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January 12, 2017 8:45 PM CET	Aviron Bayonnais	14:24	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne Spectators: 1,498
		report

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January 14, 2017 1 15:00 CET	Benetton Rugby Treviso	0:41	Gloucester RFC	Impianto Sportivo La Ghirada , Treviso Spectators: 700
		report

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January 21, 2017 8:00 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	64: 19	Aviron Bayonnais	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 9,265
		report

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January 21, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. CET	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	31: 8	Benetton Rugby Treviso	Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle Spectators: 13,123
		report

¹ The game was moved from the club stadium Stadio Comunale di Monigo to the Impianto Sportivo La Ghirada because of the frozen field.

Group 2

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Ospreys	6th	6th	0	0	279: 51	+ 228	6th	30th
2.	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	6th	3	0	3	187: 164	+ 23	4th	16
3.	Newcastle Falcons	6th	2	0	4th	158: 180	- 22	4th	12
4th	FC Grenoble	6th	1	0	5	74: 303	- 229	1	5

October 14, 2016 7:05 p.m. WEST	Ospreys	45-0	Newcastle Falcons	Liberty Stadium , Swansea Spectators: 7,352
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October 14, 2016 19:30 CEST	FC Grenoble	13:39	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Stade des Alpes , Grenoble Spectators: 7,003
		report

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October 22, 2016 8:45 pm CEST	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	13:31	Ospreys	Matmut Stadium , Vénissieux spectators: 8,638
		report

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October 23, 2016 15:00 WEST	Newcastle Falcons	50: 7	FC Grenoble	Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 3,390
		report

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December 9, 2016 1 18:00 CET	FC Grenoble	7:59	Ospreys	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Spectators: 6,754
		report

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December 9, 2016 19:30 CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	42: 12	Newcastle Falcons	Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux spectators: 8,892
		report

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December 17, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	Ospreys	71: 3	FC Grenoble	Liberty Stadium, Swansea Spectators: 7,039
		report

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December 18, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	Newcastle Falcons	48:29	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 3,507
		report

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January 13, 2017 7:00 p.m. CET	FC Grenoble	31:27	Newcastle Falcons	Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Spectators: 6,850
		report

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January 15, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Ospreys	47: 7	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Liberty Stadium, Swansea Spectators: 6,986
		report

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January 21, 2017 5:00 PM GMT	Newcastle Falcons	21:26	Ospreys	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 3,551
		report

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January 21, 2017 18:00 CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	57: 13	FC Grenoble	Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux Spectators: 12,080
		report

¹ The game was postponed by one day because of the frozen field.

Group 3

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	CA Brive	6th	5	0	1	175: 120	+ 55	3	23
2.	Newport Gwent Dragons	6th	3	0	3	150: 140	+ 10	2	14th
3.	Worcester Warriors	6th	2	0	4th	147: 117	+ 30	5	13
4th	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	6th	2	0	4th	107: 202	- 95	1	9

October 14, 2016 7:30 p.m. WEST	Newport Gwent Dragons	37:16	CA Brive	Rodney Parade , Newport Spectators: 4,126
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October 15, 2016 15:00 MSK	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	19:12	Worcester Warriors	Slava Stadium , Moscow Spectators: 1,000
		report

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October 22, 2016 3:00 p.m. KRAT	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	38:18	Newport Gwent Dragons	Trud Stadium , Tomsk Spectators: 1,500
		report

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October 22, 2016 15:00 WEST	Worcester Warriors	24:25	CA Brive	Sixways Stadium , Worcester Spectators: 7,209
		report

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December 10, 2016 3:00 p.m. MSK	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	8:43	CA Brive	Youth Stadium , Sochi Spectators: 300
		report

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December 10, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	Worcester Warriors	33:20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Sixways Stadium, Worcester Spectators: 7,168
		report

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December 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. CET	CA Brive	38:18	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde spectators: 4,000
		report

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December 16, 2016 19:30 GMT	Newport Gwent Dragons	22: 7	Worcester Warriors	Rodney Parade, Newport Spectators: 4,096
		report

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January 13, 2017 19:30 GMT	Newport Gwent Dragons	34:10	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Rodney Parade, Newport Spectators: 3,544
		report

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January 14, 2017 9:00 p.m. CET	CA Brive	17:14	Worcester Warriors	Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde spectators: 2,500
		report

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January 21, 2017 2:00 PM GMT	Worcester Warriors	57: 14	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Sixways Stadium, Worcester Spectators: 6,097
		report

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January 21, 2017 15:00 CET	CA Brive	36:19	Newport Gwent Dragons	Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde spectators: 5,000
		report

Group 4

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Bath rugby	6th	5	0	1	214: 91	+ 123	3	23
2.	Cardiff Blues	6th	5	0	1	150: 115	+ 35	2	22nd
3.	Bristol rugby	6th	2	0	4th	138: 181	- 43	2	10
4th	Section Paloise	6th	0	0	6th	97: 212	- 115	2	2

October 14, 2016 7:45 pm WEST	Bristol rugby	20:33	Cardiff Blues	Ashton Gate Stadium , Bristol Spectators: 8,289
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October 15, 2016 8:45 PM CEST	Section Paloise	22:25	Bath rugby	Stade du Hameau , Pau spectators: 9,212
		report

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October 20, 2016 8:45 pm WEST	Bath rugby	22: 6	Bristol rugby	Recreation Ground , Bath Spectators: 13,257
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October 21, 2016 7:15 pm WEST	Cardiff Blues	27:12	Section Paloise	Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff spectators: 6,960
		report

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December 10, 2016 2:30 PM GMT	Cardiff Blues	28: 3	Bath rugby	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff spectators: 7,569
		report

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December 11, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	Bristol rugby	41:14	Section Paloise	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol Spectators: 7,559
		report

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December 15, 2016 7:45 pm WEST	Bath rugby	38: 3	Cardiff Blues	Recreation Ground, Bath Spectators: 12,556
		report

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December 15, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. CET	Section Paloise	18:28	Bristol rugby	Stade du Hameau, Pau Spectators: 8,373
		report

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January 13, 2017 7:45 PM GMT	Bristol rugby	22:57	Bath rugby	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol Spectators: 13,140
		report

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January 14, 2017 6:30 p.m. CET	Section Paloise	21:22	Cardiff Blues	Stade du Hameau, Pau spectators: 6,050
		report

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January 21, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Bath rugby	69:10	Section Paloise	Recreation Ground, Bath Spectators: 12,080
		report

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January 21, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Cardiff Blues	37: 21	Bristol rugby	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Spectators: 7,223
		report

Group 5

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Edinburgh rugby	6th	5	0	1	215: 122	+ 93	4th	24
2.	Stade Français	6th	4th	0	2	152: 108	+ 44	4th	20th
3.	Harlequins	6th	3	0	3	230: 113	+ 117	6th	18th
4th	Timișoara Saracens	6th	0	0	6th	26: 280	- 254	0	0

October 13, 2016 7:45 pm WEST	Harlequins	43: 21	Stade Français	The Stoop , London audience: 11,820
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October 15, 2016 3:00 PM ET	Timișoara Saracens	17:59	Edinburgh rugby	Dan Păltinişanu Stadium , Timişoara Spectators: 3,500
		report

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October 20, 2016 20:00 CEST	Stade Français	27: 0	Timișoara Saracens	Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris Spectators: 6,511
		report

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October 22, 2016 3:15 pm WEST	Edinburgh rugby	36:35	Harlequins	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 5,326
		report

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December 10, 2016 3:00 PM EET	Timișoara Saracens	3:42	Harlequins	Dan Păltinişanu Stadium, Timişoara Spectators: 500
		report

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December 10, 2016 7:45 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	28:23	Stade Français	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Spectators: 4,055
		report

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December 15, 2016 20:45 CET	Stade Français	26:20	Edinburgh rugby	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Spectators: 7,347
		report

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December 17, 2016 3:00 PM GMT	Harlequins	75: 3	Timișoara Saracens	The Stoop, London Spectators: 9,642
		report

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January 14, 2017 2:00 PM EET	Timișoara Saracens	canceled 1	Stade Français	Dan Păltinişanu Stadium, Timişoara

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January 14, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Harlequins	18:23	Edinburgh rugby	The Stoop, London Spectators: 8,230
		report

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January 20, 2017 7:35 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	49: 3	Timișoara Saracens	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Spectators: 5,235
		report

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January 22, 2017 14:00 CET	Stade Français	27: 17	Harlequins	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Spectators: 7,330
		report

¹For the hasty cancellation of the game, the Timișoara Saracens received a fine of 30,000 euros. Stade Français were awarded five points.

Knockout round

Seeding list

After the group stage, the five group winners and the third-best runners-up will meet.

1. Ospreys
2. Gloucester RFC
3. Edinburgh rugby
4. Bath rugby
5. CA Brive
6. Atlantique Stade Rochelais
7. Cardiff Blues
8. Stade Français

Quarter finals

March 31, 2017 8:00 p.m. WEST	Edinburgh rugby	22:32	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 5,489 Referee: Luke Pearce ( England )
	Attempts: Burleigh 19th received Ford 39th received Watson 36th increments: Tovey (1/2) Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) Penalty kicks: Weir (1/1) 65.	(12:26) Report	Attempts: Maurouard 5th, 11th Retière, 24th. Barry 35th increases: James (3/4) Penalty kicks: James (2/3) 69th, 79th.

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April 1, 2017 12:45 PM WEST	Bath rugby	34:20	CA Brive	Recreation Ground , Bath Spectators: 11,677 Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )
	Attempts: Faletau 21 erh erh 43... Horner 27 n.erh. Rokoduguni 31st ad, 75th increment: Priestland (3/5) Criminal kicks : Priestland (1/1) 9.	(20: 6) Report	Attempts: Sanconnie 49th increments , 55th increments: Germain (2/2) Penalty kicks: Germain (2/2) 14th, 19th

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April 1, 2017 8:05 pm WEST	Gloucester RFC	46: 26	Cardiff Blues	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 11,206 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
	Attempts: Moriarty 10th, Marshall 25th, 58th May 54th, Atkinson 65th, Purdy 78th, 54th Elevations: Burns (1/1) Twelvetrees (4/5) Penalty Kicks: Burns (1/1) 17. Twelvetrees (1/1) 23.	(20:23) Report	Attempts: Cuthbert 4th increased , 34th increased increases: Shingler (2/2) Penalty kicks : Shingler (3/3) 14th, 21st, 49th Dropgoals: Anscombe (1/1) 39.

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April 2, 2017 5:45 pm WEST	Ospreys	21:25	Stade Français	Liberty Stadium , Swansea Spectators: 12,127 Referee: Matthew Carley ( England )
	Attempts: Matavesi 46th n.erh. Ardron 75th increases: Biggar (1/2) Penalty kicks: Biggar (3/4) 12th, 32nd, 52nd	(6: 8) Report	Attempts: Schwania 29. n.erh. Lakafia 53rd increased Arias 58th increased increases: Plisson (2/3) Penalty kicks: Plisson (2/3) 27., 43.

Semifinals

April 22, 2017 9:00 p.m. CEST	Atlantique Stade Rochelais	14:16	Gloucester RFC	Stade Marcel-Deflandre , La Rochelle Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Andrew Brace ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Lagrange 66th n.erh. Penalty kicks: James (3/5) 24., 40. + 3 ', 62.	(6: 6) Report	Attempts: Burns 58th increments: Burns (1/1) Penalty kicks: Burns (3/3) 8th, 17th, 55th

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April 23, 2017 1:30 PM CEST	Stade Français	28:25	Bath rugby	Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris Spectators: 10,175 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Doumayrou 11th n.erh. Plisson 47th increased Pyle 77th increased increases: Plisson (2/3) Penalty kicks: Plisson (2/2) 4th, 16th Dropgoals: Plisson (1/1) 79.	(11: 6) Report	Attempts: Rokoduguni 62nd received Fruean 67th received Stooke 70th increments: Ford (2/3) Penalty kicks: Ford (2/3) 9th, 33rd

final

May 12, 2017 8:00 p.m. WEST	Gloucester RFC	17:25	Stade Français	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 24,494 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
	Attempts: May 13th increased Moriarty 78th increased increases: Burns (2/2) Penalty kicks: Burns (1/1) 21st	(10:10) report	Attempts: Parisse 31st received Danty 56th received Doumayrou 70th increments: Plisson (1/2) Steyn (1/1) Penalty kicks: Plisson (1/2) 26th Steyn (1/2) 74.

15th Tom Marshall 14th Charlie Sharples 13 Matt Scott 61. 12 Mark Atkinson 71. 11 Jonny May 10 Billy Burns 09 Willi Heinz 32 ′ 42. 08th Ben Morgan 07th Lewis Ludlow 06th Ross Moriarty 05 Jeremy Thrush 74. 04th Tom Savage 59. 03 John Afoa 21st 02 Richard Hibbard 72. 01 Josh Hohneck 62. Substitute: 16 Darren Dawidiuk 72. 17th Yann Thomas 62. 18th Paddy McAllister 21st 19th Mariano Galarza 59. 20th Freddie Clarke 74. 21st Greig Laidlaw 42. 22nd Billy Twelvetrees 61. 23 Henry Trinder 71. Trainer:  David Humphreys

15th Hugo Bonneval 14th Waisea Vuidarvuwalu 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou 12 Jonathan Danty 72. 11 Djibril Camara 10 Jules Plisson 66. 09 Want Genia 69. 08th Sergio Parisse 07th Jono Ross 06th Antoine Burban 58. 05 Paul Gabrillagues 04th Hugh Pyle 66. 03 Rabah Slimani 41. 68. 02 Rémi Bonfils 72. 01 Heinke van der Merwe 68. Substitute: 16 Laurent Panis 72. 17th Surab Shwania 18th Paul Alo-Emile 41. 19th Willem Alberts 66. 20th Raphaël Lakafia 58. 21st Julien Dupuy 69. 22nd Morné Steyn 66. 23 Jérémy Sinzelle 72. Trainer:  Gonzalo Quesada

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Misconduct complaint decision - Timisoara Saracens. European Professional Club Rugby, January 18, 2017, accessed January 20, 2017 .