European Rugby Champions Cup

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Established
1995 (30 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-10-10

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
1

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Europe

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
07 Dec	Section P	1:00pm	Northampt
07 Dec	Glouceste	3:15pm	Castres O
07 Dec	Stade Tou	3:15pm	The Shark
07 Dec	Edinburgh	5:30pm	RC Toulon
12 Dec	Leicester	8:00pm	Leinster
13 Dec	Stormers	1:00pm	Stade Roc
13 Dec	ASM Clerm	3:15pm	Sale Shar
13 Dec	The Shark	3:15pm	Saracens
13 Dec	Union Bor	5:30pm	Scarlets
13 Dec	Munster	5:30pm	Glouceste
Results
06 Dec	Scarlets	16 - 17	Bristol B
06 Dec	Bath Rugb	40 - 14	Munster
06 Dec	Stade Roc	39 - 20	Leicester
06 Dec	Leinster	52 - 21	Harlequin
06 Dec	Bulls	33 - 46	Union Bor
06 Dec	Saracens	47 - 10	ASM Clerm
05 Dec	Aviron Ba	17 - 26	Stormers
05 Dec	Sale Shar	21 - 26	Glasgow
24 May	Northampt	20 - 28	Union Bor
04 May	Union Bor	35 - 18	Stade Tou

Description

The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs whose countries' national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship. Clubs qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup via their final positions in their respective national/regional leagues (Gallagher Premiership, TOP 14, and Guinness Pro14) or via winning the second-tier Challenge Cup; those who do not qualify are instead eligible to compete in the second-tier Challenge Cup.

Between 1995 and 2014, the competition was known as the Heineken Cup but was changed to European Rugby Champions Cup, following disagreements between its shareholders over the structure and governance of the competition. Heineken returned as sponsor for the 2018–19 season, running the competition alongside the EPCR, resulting in the competition being known as the Heineken Champions Cup.

Leinster are the current holders of the title, having won their fourth title by beating Racing 92 in the 2018 final. Leinster Rugby and Toulouse have both won the competition a record four times.

Seasons

Teams

Aviron Bayonnais	Bath Rugby	Bristol Bears	Bulls
Cardiff Rugby	Connacht	Exeter Chiefs	Glasgow
Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	Leinster	Lyon OU
Munster	Northampton Saint	Racing Métro 92	RC Toulonnais
Sale Sharks	Saracens	Stade Français P	Stade Rochelais
Stade Toulousain	Stormers	Ulster	Union Bordeaux B�