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
2

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Europe

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
09 Jan	Castres O	8:00pm	Bath Rugb
09 Jan	Edinburgh	8:00pm	Glouceste
10 Jan	Bulls	1:00pm	Bristol B
10 Jan	ASM Clerm	3:15pm	Glasgow
10 Jan	Leinster	5:30pm	Stade Roc
10 Jan	Sale Shar	5:30pm	The Shark
10 Jan	Leicester	8:00pm	Aviron Ba
10 Jan	Scarlets	8:00pm	Section P
11 Jan	Harlequin	1:00pm	Stormers
11 Jan	RC Toulon	1:00pm	Munster
Results
14 Dec	Bristol B	61 - 12	Section P
14 Dec	RC Toulon	45 - 34	Bath Rugb
14 Dec	Northampt	50 - 5	Bulls
14 Dec	Harlequin	68 - 14	Aviron Ba
14 Dec	Castres O	33 - 0	Edinburgh
13 Dec	Glasgow	28 - 21	Stade Tou
13 Dec	Munster	31 - 3	Glouceste
13 Dec	Union Bor	50 - 21	Scarlets
13 Dec	The Shark	28 - 23	Saracens
13 Dec	ASM Clerm	14 - 35	Sale Shar

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�