2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup

The 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup is the eleventh season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for professional clubs. It is the 30th season of the pan-European professional club rugby competition.

The final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.^[1][2]

Teams

Twenty-four clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues will qualify to compete in the 2024–25 edition of the Champions Cup.^[3]

The distribution of teams is:

• England: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from Premiership Rugby
• France: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from the Top 14
• Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Wales: eight clubs
  • The top eight sides from the United Rugby Championship. As the winner of the 2023-24 Challenge Cup, the Sharks will displace the eighth-placed side in the United Rugby Championship.

Premiership	Top 14	United Rugby Championship
England	France	Ireland	Italy	South Africa	Scotland	Wales
Bath Bristol Bears Exeter Chiefs Harlequins Leicester Tigers Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Saracens	Bordeaux Castres Clermont La Rochelle Stade Français Toulon Toulouse Racing 92	Leinster Munster Ulster	Benetton	Bulls Sharks Stormers	Glasgow Warriors

Pool stage

Teams will be drawn into pools on 2 July in Cardiff.^[2]

References

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