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Pool 1 (07/12/2024 - 19/01/2025)

Classification

	Team	Pts	Bonus	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	20	4	4	4	0	0	154	73	+81
2	Lyon OU (FRA)	14	2	4	3	0	1	150	118	+32
3	USA Perpignan (FRA)	11	1	4	2	1	1	100	92	+8
4	Cardiff RFC (GAL)	7	3	4	1	0	3	91	98	-7
5	Central Cheetah (RSA)	6	0	4	1	1	2	73	132	-59
6	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)	2	2	4	0	0	4	70	125	-55

Last matches

7 December 2024
16h15	Lyon OU (FRA)	37 - 26	Cardiff RFC (GAL)
21h00	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	43 - 12	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)
8 December 2024
16h15	Central Cheetah (RSA)	20 - 20	USA Perpignan (FRA)
14 December 2024
14h00	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)	19 - 21	Lyon OU (FRA)
21h00	Cardiff RFC (GAL)	26 - 10	Central Cheetah (RSA)
15 December 2024
14h00	USA Perpignan (FRA)	18 - 31	Connacht Rugby (IRL)
11 January 2025
14h00	USA Perpignan (FRA)	23 - 20	Cardiff RFC (GAL)
21h00	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	52 - 24	Lyon OU (FRA)
12 January 2025
14h00	Central Cheetah (RSA)	22 - 18	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)
17 January 2025
21h00	Cardiff RFC (GAL)	19 - 28	Connacht Rugby (IRL)
18 January 2025
18h30	Lyon OU (FRA)	68 - 21	Central Cheetah (RSA)
19 January 2025
16h15	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)	21 - 39	USA Perpignan (FRA)

Detail of the results

Pool 2 (06/12/2024 - 18/01/2025)

Standing

	Team	Pts	Bonus	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)	19	3	4	4	0	0	131	41	+90
2	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)	15	3	4	3	0	1	111	116	-5
3	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)	12	4	4	2	0	2	119	108	+11
4	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)	10	2	4	2	0	2	122	103	+19
5	Newport Gwent Dragons (GAL)	5	1	4	1	0	3	61	116	-55
6	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	0	0	4	0	0	4	55	115	-60

Last matches

6 December 2024
21h00	Newport Gwent Dragons (GAL)	14 - 18	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)
8 December 2024
14h00	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)	32 - 19	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)
16h15	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)	30 - 14	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)
14 December 2024
14h00	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)	59 - 15	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)
16h15	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)	43 - 35	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)
15 December 2024
16h15	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	14 - 22	Newport Gwent Dragons (GAL)
11 January 2025
20h30	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)	28 - 5	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)
20h30	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)	35 - 15	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)
12 January 2025
16h15	Newport Gwent Dragons (GAL)	15 - 24	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)
17 January 2025
21h00	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	7 - 26	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)
18 January 2025
14h00	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)	28 - 31	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)
16h15	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)	60 - 10	Newport Gwent Dragons (GAL)

Detail of the results

Pool 3 (06/12/2024 - 19/01/2025)

Standing

	Team	Pts	Bonus	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	16	4	4	3	0	1	127	67	+60
2	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	14	2	4	3	0	1	125	101	+24
3	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)	11	3	4	2	0	2	97	94	+3
4	Gloucester (ENG)	9	1	4	2	0	2	82	115	-33
5	RC Vannes (FRA)	8	4	4	1	0	3	115	108	+7
6	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)	4	0	4	1	0	3	71	132	-61

Last matches

6 December 2024
21h00	Gloucester (ENG)	15 - 10	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)
7 December 2024
14h00	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	17 - 16	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)
14h00	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)	22 - 19	RC Vannes (FRA)
13 December 2024
21h00	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	52 - 12	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)
14 December 2024
18h30	RC Vannes (FRA)	43 - 19	Gloucester (ENG)
15 December 2024
14h00	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)	36 - 18	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)
10 January 2025
21h00	Gloucester (ENG)	31 - 7	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)
11 January 2025
16h00	RC Vannes (FRA)	25 - 29	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)
18h15	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)	16 - 41	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)
18 January 2025
18h30	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)	38 - 28	RC Vannes (FRA)
19 January 2025
14h00	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	36 - 15	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)
14h00	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	55 - 17	Gloucester (ENG)

Detail of the results

Playoffs (04/04/2025 - 23/05/2025)

Round of 16

4 April 2025
21h00	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	24 - 12	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)
21h00	Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées (FRA)	24 - 49	Bath Rugby (ENG)
5 April 2025
13h30	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	22 - 32	Vodacom Bulls Pretoria (RSA)
18h30	Montpellier Hérault Rugby (FRA)	17 - 24	Gloucester (ENG)
21h00	USA Perpignan (FRA)	18 - 24	Racing 92 (FRA)
21h00	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	35 - 20	Cardiff RFC (GAL)
6 April 2025
18h30	Lyon OU (FRA)	34 - 21 (27-7, 7-14)	HollywoodBets Sharks Rugby (RSA)
18h30	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)	36 - 14 (26-7, 10-7)	Llanelli Scarlets (GAL)

Quarter-Finals

12 April 2025
14h30	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	34 - 28	Vodacom Bulls Pretoria (RSA)
18h30	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL)	18 - 20	Lyon OU (FRA)
21h00	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	40 - 43	Racing 92 (FRA)
13 April 2025
18h30	Bath Rugby (ENG)	61 - 26	Gloucester (ENG)

Semi-Finals

3 May 2025
17h00	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	24 - 39	Bath Rugby (ENG)
4 May 2025
13h30	Lyon OU (FRA)	29 - 15	Racing 92 (FRA)

Final

23 May 2025
21h00 in Cardiff	Bath Rugby (ENG)	-	Lyon OU (FRA)	Principality Stadium

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 4
  • Number of rounds : 7
  • Matches : 50
  • Home victories : 31 (62 %)
  • Away victories : 18 (36 %)
  • Drawn matches : 1 (2 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (2260 points)
  • Average points per match : 52.74
  • Average points scored at home : 30.7
  • Scoring average: away games : 22.04
  • Total number of points : 2637
  • Average points per round : 376.71
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Lyon OU (FRA)	6
  2	Connacht Rugby (IRL)	5
  3	Edinburgh Rugby (SCO)	5
  4	Montpellier Hérault.	4
  5	Neath Swansea Ospreys (GAL.	4
  6	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	3

  Drawn matches

  1	Central Cheetah (RSA)	1
  2	USA Perpignan (FRA)	1
  3	Aviron Bayonnais (FRA)	0
  4	Bath Rugby (ENG)	0
  5	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)	0
  6	Cardiff RFC (GAL)	0

  Losses

  1	Cardiff RFC (GAL)	4
  2	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	4
  3	Zebre Parma Rugby (ITA)	4
  4	Black Lion Tbilisi (GEO)	3
  5	Emirates Lions Rugby (RSA)	3
  6	Gloucester (ENG)	3

European Challenge 2024/2025 - Participating teams

Aviron Bayonnais

Bath Rugby

Black Lion Tbilisi

Cardiff RFC

Central Cheetah

Connacht Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Emirates Lions Rugby

Gloucester

HollywoodBets Sharks Rugby

Llanelli Scarlets

Lyon OU

Montpellier Hérault Rugby

Neath Swansea Ospreys

Newcastle Falcons

Newport Gwent Dragons

Racing 92

RC Vannes

Section paloise Béarn Pyrénées

USA Perpignan

Vodacom Bulls Pretoria

Zebre Parma Rugby

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