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European Rugby Challenge Cup

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Established
1996 (28 years old)

First Recorded Event
2023-12-08

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
52

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Worldwide

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04/05 The Sharks home team badge - Away Team Badge ASM Clermont
04/05 Gloucester home team badge - Away Team Badge Benetton

Results
14/04 Benetton home team badge 39 - 24home team badge Connacht
13/04 The Sharks home team badge 36 - 30home team badge Edinburgh
13/04 ASM Clermont home team badge 53 - 14home team badge Ulster
12/04 Gloucester home team badge 23 - 13home team badge Ospreys
07/04 The Sharks home team badge 47 - 3home team badge Zebre
07/04 Section Palo home team badge 30 - 40home team badge Connacht
07/04 Montpellier  home team badge 17 - 40home team badge Ulster
06/04 Ospreys home team badge 23 - 15home team badge Sale Sharks
06/04 Edinburgh home team badge 33 - 15home team badge Aviron Bayon
06/04 ASM Clermont home team badge 27 - 22home team badge Cheetahs

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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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