2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup

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Not to be confused with 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup.

2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Tournament statistics
Final
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
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The 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup will be the eleventh edition of the EPCR Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. Including the predecessor competition, the original European Challenge Cup, this is the 29th edition of European club rugby's second-tier competition.

The final will be played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]

Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup from Premiership Rugby, the Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship as a direct result of their domestic league performance having not qualified for the Champions Cup. Plus two invited sides totalling 18 teams.[2]

The distribution of teams are:

Entry Point Premiership Top 14 United Rugby Championship Invited
— England England France France Ireland Ireland Italy Italy Scotland Scotland South Africa South Africa Wales Wales TBC
Pool stage
  • TBC

Pool stage

Teams will be drawn into pools on 2 July in Cardiff.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Champions Cup: Cardiff to host 2025 final before 2026 return to Bilbao". BBC Sport. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "2024/25 EPCR season and Pool Draws dates". European Professional Club Rugby. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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