European Rugby Challenge Cup

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European Rugby Challenge Cup

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Poster

Established
1996 (28 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-12-10

Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Europe

Gender
Male

TV Rights
Austria - More Than Sports
Australia - beIN Sports
Canada - Flo Rugby
Denmark - Viaplay
Estonia - Viaplay
Finland - Viaplay
France - beIN Sports
France - France TV
Germany - More Than Sports
Iceland - Viaplay
Ireland - TNT Sports
Ireland - Premier Sports
LATAM - ESPN
Latvia - Viaplay
Lithuania - Viaplay
Malta - GO
Netherlands - Viaplay
New Zealand - Sky Sport
Norway - Viaplay
Poland - Polsat
Portugal - Sport TV
Romania - DIGI
SEA - Premier Sport
Spain - Telefonica
SSA - Super Sport
Sweden - Viaplay
Switzerland - More Than Sports
United Kingdom - TNT Sports
United Kingdom - S4C
United Kingdom - Viaplay
USA - Flo Rugby
Rest of World - epcrugby.tv

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Upcoming

06 Dec	Gloucester	-	Edinburgh	8:00pm
06 Dec	Dragons	-	Montpellier	8:00pm
07 Dec	Black Lion	-	Vannes	1:00pm
07 Dec	Aviron Bayon	-	Scarlets	1:00pm
07 Dec	Lyon OU	-	Cardiff Rugb	3:15pm
07 Dec	Connacht	-	Zebre	8:00pm
08 Dec	Cheetahs	-	USA Perpigna	1:00pm
08 Dec	Section Palo	-	Newcastle Fa	1:00pm
08 Dec	Ospreys	-	Lions Super	3:15pm
13 Dec	Edinburgh	-	Aviron Bayon	8:00pm
Results
24 May	Gloucester	22 - 36	The Sharks
04 May	The Sharks	32 - 31	ASM Clermont
04 May	Gloucester	40 - 23	Benetton
14 Apr	Benetton	39 - 24	Connacht
13 Apr	ASM Clermont	53 - 14	Ulster
13 Apr	The Sharks	36 - 30	Edinburgh
12 Apr	Gloucester	23 - 13	Ospreys
07 Apr	The Sharks	47 - 3	Zebre
07 Apr	Section Palo	30 - 40	Connacht
07 Apr	Montpellier	17 - 40	Ulster

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The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception in 1996 to 2014, it was known as the European Challenge Cup and governed by European Rugby Cup (ERC). Following disagreements in the structure of the tournament's format and division of revenue, the English and French leagues withdrew to form the EPCR, which organized the Challenge Cup and the Champions Cup since the 2014–15 season.

The Challenge Cup is currently contested between 18 teams; 16 of which qualify from the three main European domestic leagues (Premiership Rugby, Top 14, and United Rugby Championship). In 2023–23, the Cheetahs, a South African team who do not play in either of the three leagues, but has close historical connections to the URC, also take part in the Challenge Cup as an invited team. For the 2023-24 season, Georgia's Black Lion were also invited to take part in the tournament.

Toulon are the current Challenge Cup holders, having won the 2022–23 EPCR Challenge Cup.

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Teams

ASM Clermont Auve	Aviron Bayonnais	Benetton	Black Lion
Castres Olympique	Cheetahs	Connacht	Dragons
Edinburgh	Gloucester	Lions Super Rugby	Montpellier Héra
Newcastle Falcons	Ospreys	Sale Sharks	Scarlets
Section Paloise	The Sharks	Ulster	USA Perpignan
Zebre