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2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England France Ireland Scotland Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	10 December 2021 – 28 May 2022
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Matches played	60
Attendance	843,371 (14,056 per match)
Highest attendance	42,067 - Leinster v Toulouse14 May 2022[1]
Lowest attendance	4,000 - Sale Sharks v Ospreys23 January 2022[a]
Tries scored	396 (6.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Johnny Sexton (Leinster)65 points
Top try scorer(s)	James Lowe (Leinster)10 tries
Final
Venue	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Champions	La Rochelle (1st title)
Runners-up	Leinster
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The 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for teams from the top six nations in European rugby. It was the 27th season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 24-team, two pool tournament format adopted for the previous season remained.[2]

This is the final year, under the current sponsorship deal, with Dutch beer brand Heineken, after a four-year deal was agreed starting from the 2018/19 season.[3]

The tournament commenced in December 2021. On 28 May 2022, Stade Rochelais won the final at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France, defeating Leinster 24 points to 21.[4][5][6]

Teams

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Twenty-four clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues are competing in the Champions Cup.

The distribution of the teams are:

• England: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from Premiership Rugby
• France: eight clubs
  • The top seven clubs from the Top 14
  • Montpellier automatically qualify as Challenge Cup champions despite not finishing in the top 8.
• Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales: eight clubs
  • The top four sides in each conference from the previous season's Pro14 (now known as United Rugby Championship).

The following teams have qualified for the tournament as of 12 June 2021.

Premiership	Top 14	United Rugby Championship (Pro14)
England	France	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
Bath Bristol Bears Exeter Chiefs Harlequins Leicester Tigers Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Wasps	Bordeaux Bègles Castres Clermont La Rochelle Montpellier Racing 92 Stade Français Toulouse	Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster	Glasgow Warriors	Cardiff Ospreys Scarlets

Team details

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Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.

Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist, and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.

Team	Coach /Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	Method of qualification
Bath	Stuart Hooper	Charlie Ewels	The Recreation Ground	14,509	Premiership top 8 (7th)
Bordeaux Bègles	Christophe Urios	Jefferson Poirot	Stade Chaban-Delmas	34,694	Top 14 top 8 (4th)
Bristol Bears	Pat Lam	Steve Luatua	Ashton Gate	27,000	Premiership top 8 (3rd) (SF)
Cardiff Rugby	Dai Young	Josh Turnbull	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125	Pro14 Conference B (4th)
Castres	Mauricio Reggiardo	Mathieu Babillot	Stade Pierre-Fabre	12,500	Top 14 top 8 (6th) (QF)
Clermont	Jono Gibbes	Camille Lopez	Stade Marcel-Michelin	19,022	Top 14 top 8 (5th) (QF)
Connacht	Andy Friend	Jack Carty	Galway Sportsgrounds	8,129	Pro14 Conference B (2nd)
Exeter Chiefs	Rob Baxter	Jack Yeandle Joe Simmonds	Sandy Park	13,593	Premiership top 8 (2nd) (RU)
Glasgow Warriors	Danny Wilson	Fraser Brown Ryan Wilson	Scotstoun Stadium	7,351	Pro14 Conference A (4th)
Harlequins	Billy Millard	Stephan Lewies	Twickenham Stoop	14,800	Premiership top 8 (1st) (CH)
La Rochelle	Ronan O'Gara	Grégory Alldritt	Stade Marcel-Deflandre	16,000	Top 14 top 8 (2nd) (RU)
Leicester Tigers	Steve Borthwick	Ellis Genge	Mattioli Woods Welford Road	25,849	Premiership top 8 (6th)
Leinster	Leo Cullen	Johnny Sexton	RDS ArenaAviva Stadium	18,50051,700	Pro14 Conference A (1st) (CH)
Montpellier	Philippe Saint-André	Fulgence Ouedraogo	Altrad Stadium	15,697	2020–21 Challenge Cup Champion
Munster	Johann van Graan	Peter O'Mahony	Thomond Park	25,600	Pro14 Conference B (1st) (RU)
Northampton Saints	Chris Boyd	Lewis Ludlam	Franklin's Gardens	15,200	Premiership top 8 (5th)
Ospreys	Toby Booth	Justin Tipuric	Swansea.com Stadium	21,088	Pro14 Conference A (3rd)
Racing 92	Laurent Travers	Henry Chavancy	Paris La Défense Arena	30,681	Top 14 top 8 (3rd)
Sale Sharks	Alex Sanderson	Jono Ross	AJ Bell Stadium	12,000	Premiership top 8 (3rd) (SF)
Scarlets	Dwayne Peel	Jonathan Davies	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Pro14 Conference B (3rd)
Stade Français	Gonzalo Quesada	Yoann Maestri	Stade Jean-Bouin	20,000	Top 14 top 8 (6th) (QF)
Toulouse	Ugo Mola	Julien Marchand	Stade Ernest-Wallon	19,500	Top 14 top 8 (1st) (CH)
Ulster	Dan McFarland	Iain Henderson	Ravenhill Stadium	18,196	Pro14 Conference A (2nd)
Wasps	Lee Blackett	Joe Launchbury	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Premiership top 8 (8th)

Seeding and draw

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The twenty four teams are seeded based on their finishing position in end of season playoffs and league positions. This follows the format from the previous season with the number 1 and number 2 ranked clubs from each league in Tier 1, the number 3 and number 4 ranked clubs in Tier 2, the number 5 and 6 ranked clubs in Tier 3, and the number 7 and number 8 ranked clubs in Tier 4.[7]

Tier	Rank	Top 14	Premiership	United Rugby Championship (Pro14)
1	1	Toulouse	Harlequins	Leinster
	2	La Rochelle	Exeter Chiefs	Munster
2	3	Racing 92	Bristol Bears	Ulster
	4	Bordeaux Bègles	Sale Sharks	Connacht
3	5	Clermont	Northampton Saints	Scarlets
	6	Stade Français	Leicester Tigers	Ospreys
4	7	Castres	Bath	Cardiff
	8	Montpellier	Wasps	Glasgow Warriors

The draw took place on 21 July 2021 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pool Stage

[edit] Main article: 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage

Teams are awarded four points for a win, two for a draw, one for scoring four tries in a game, and one for losing by less than eight points.

Key to colours

	Top 8 in each pool, advance to round of 16.
	Teams ranked 9th–11th in each pool advance to 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup round of 16

Pool A

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Pool A Standings [8]
Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Racing 92	4	4	0	0	126	24	+102	16	3	3	0	19
Ulster	4	4	0	0	114	96	+18	15	9	3	0	19
La Rochelle	4	3	1	0	97	64	+33	11	7	2	0	16
Leinster	4	3	0	1	198	62	+136	30	8	3	0	15
Sale Sharks	4	2	1	1	89	48	+41	13	5	1	1	12
Exeter Chiefs	4	2	0	2	127	82	+45	19	7	3	0	11
Montpellier	4	2	0	2	78	157	–79	9	23	2	0	10
Clermont	4	1	1	2	79	82	–3	8	10	0	2	8
Glasgow Warriors	4	1	0	3	82	117	–35	7	15	0	1	5
Northampton Saints	4	0	0	4	56	124	–68	6	17	0	2	2
Bath	4	0	1	3	48	148	–100	6	22	0	0	2
Ospreys	4	0	0	4	33	123	–90	3	17	0	0	0

Pool B

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Pool B Standings [9]
Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Leicester Tigers	4	4	0	0	102	64	+38	14	7	3	0	19
Harlequins	4	4	0	0	135	101	+34	18	15	3	0	19
Munster	4	4	0	0	115	47	+68	12	5	2	0	18
Bristol Bears	4	3	1	0	108	38	+70	16	4	3	0	17
Connacht	4	1	0	3	118	104	+14	16	14	3	3	10
Bordeaux	4	1	1	2	58	54	+4	8	7	1	1	8
Toulouse	4	1	1	2	61	65	–4	8	8	1	0	7
Stade Français	4	1	1	2	63	95	–32	7	14	1	0	7
Cardiff	4	1	0	3	85	118	–33	13	16	2	1	7
Wasps	4	1	1	2	51	102	–51	6	13	0	0	6
Castres	4	0	0	4	77	91	–14	9	9	1	4	5
Scarlets	4	0	1	3	31	125	–94	4	19	0	0	2

Knockout stage

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The knockout stage began across the 8/9/10 April with a home and away round of 16 matches consisting of the top eight ranked teams from each pool.

Bracket

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Round of 16					Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
A1	Racing 92	22	33	55
					B8	Stade Français	9	22	31
A1	Racing 92	41
			A5	Sale Sharks	22
B4	Bristol Bears	10				29	39
			A5	Sale Sharks	9			35	44
A1	Racing 92	13
			A3	La Rochelle	20
A3	La Rochelle	31				31	62
			B6	Bordeaux	13			23	36
A3	La Rochelle	31
			A7	Montpellier	19
B2	Harlequins	26				33	59
			A7	Montpellier	40			20	60
La Rochelle		24
			Leinster		21
B1	Leicester Tigers	29				27	56
			A8	Clermont	10			17	27
B1	Leicester Tigers	14
			A4	Leinster	23
A4	Leinster	26				56	82
			B5	Connacht	21			20	41
A4	Leinster	40
			B7	Toulouse	17
B3	Munster	8				26	34
			A6	Exeter Chiefs	13			10	23
B3	Munster	24 (2)
			B7	Toulouse (p)	24 (4)
A2	Ulster	26				23	49
			B7	Toulouse	20			30	50

Round of 16

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First leg

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8 April 202220:00 IST

Connacht	21–26	Leinster
Try: Porch 2' mFifita 60' cCon: Carty (1/2) 61'Pen: Carty (3/3) 33', 40'+4, 45'	Report	Try: Lowe (2) 22' c, 26' mKeenan 52' mCon: Sexton (1/3) 23'Pen: Sexton (2/2) 18', 37'Byrne (1/1) 76'

Galway SportsgroundsAttendance: 8,126[10]Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

9 April 202213:00 BST

Sale Sharks	9–10	Bristol Bears
Pen: du Preez (3/4) 4', 9', 77'	Report	Try: Radradra 71' cCon: Sheedy (1/1) 72'Pen: Sheedy (1/1) 25'

AJ Bell StadiumAttendance: 4,672Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

9 April 202214:00 CET

Bordeaux	13–31	La Rochelle
Try: Woki 50' mMori 67' mPen: Lucu (1/1) 9'	Report	Try: Rhule 21' cDanty 53' mPenalty try 63'Con: West (1/2) 22'Pen: West (4/4) 9', 38' 48', 71'

Stade Chaban-DelmasAttendance: 30,000Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

9 April 202216:15 CET

Toulouse	20–26	Ulster
Try: Meafou 6' cNtamack 79' cCon: Ramos (2/2) 7', 79'Pen: Ramos (1/2) 40'	Report	Try: Baloucoune (3) 12' c, 44' m, 66' cWarwick 58' cCon: Cooney (3/4) 13', 59', 66'

Le StadiumAttendance: 28,000Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

9 April 202217:30 BST

Exeter Chiefs	13–8	Munster
Try: Hogg 5' mVermeulen 37' mDrop: Hogg (1/1) 65'	Report	Try: S. Daly 66' mPen: Healy (1/1) 56'

Sandy ParkAttendance: 10,307Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)

9 April 202218:30 CET

Stade Français	9–22	Racing 92
Pen: Segonds (2/2) 37', 40+2'Sánchez (1/2) 70'	Report	Try: Fickou 60' cCon: Le Garrec (1/1) 60'Pen: Le Garrec (5/6) 14', 20', 23', 30', 76'

Stade Jean-BouinAttendance: 12,500Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

10 April 202214:00 CET

Montpellier	40–26	Harlequins
Try: N'Gandebe 21' cMercer (2) 31' c, 38' cReinach 34' mLamositele 41' mCon: Garbisi (3/5) 22', 32', 39'Pen: Garbisi (1/2) 47'Pollard (2/2) 74', 80'	Report	Try: Hammond 40' mEsterhuizen 61' cMarchant 65' cLynagh 78' cCon: Smith (3/4) 62', 66', 79'

Altrad StadiumAttendance: 7,500Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

10 April 202216:15 CET

Clermont	10–29	Leicester Tigers
Try: Tiberghien 12' cCon: Parra (1/1) 14'Pen: Parra (1/1) 27'	Report	Try: Genge 18' mMontoya 32' mVan Poortvliet 45' mSaumaki 52' cPotter 64' cCon: Ford (2/5) 53', 65'

Stade Marcel-MichelinAttendance: 15,328Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Second leg

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15 April 202217:30 IST

Leinster	56–20	Connacht
Try: Gibson-Park 10' cHenshaw (2) 17' c, 41' cFurlong 27' cLowe (4) 35' c, 54' c, 64' c, 80' cCon: Sexton (6/6) 11', 17', 28', 35', 42', 56'R. Byrne (2/2) 66', 80'	Report	Try: O'Halloran 45' mArnold 61' mPapali'i 69' cCon: Carty (1/3) 70'Pen: Carty (1/2) 1'

Aviva StadiumAttendance: 32,604[11]Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

15 April 202220:00 BST

Bristol Bears	29–35	Sale Sharks
Try: Thacker 48' cMorahan (2) 53' c, 77' mJoyce 62' cCon: Sheedy (3/4) 49', 53', 63'Pen: Sheedy (1/2) 20'	Report	Try: de Jager 31' cVan der Merwe 40' cRoebuck 41' cRoss 74' mCon: R. du Preez (3/4) 31', 40+1', 41'Pen: R. du Preez (3/3) 23', 65', 72'

Ashton GateAttendance: 13,840Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

16 April 202212:30 BST

Harlequins	33–20	Montpellier
Try: Jones 1' cDombrandt 14' cMarchant 29' cLynagh (2) 38' c, 75' mCon: Smith (4/5) 2', 16', 30', 39'	Report	Try: Reilhac 11' cTisseron 33' cCon: Foursans-Bourdette (2/2) 12', 34'Pen: Foursans-Bourdette (1/1) 27'Pollard (1/2) 55'

Twickenham StoopAttendance: 14,800Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

16 April 202215:00 IST

Munster	26–10	Exeter Chiefs
Try: Carbery 25' cde Allende 72' cCon: Carbery (2/2) 26', 72'Pen: Carbery (4/4) 5', 16', 59', 64'	Report	Try: S. Maunder 10' mVermeulen 48' m

Thomond ParkAttendance: 21,125 [12]Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

16 April 202216:00 CET

La Rochelle	31–23	Bordeaux
Try: West 41' cAlldritt 47' cKerr-Barlow 54' cBotia 68' cCon: West (4/4) 42', 48', 55', 68'Pen: West (1/2) 20'	Report	Try: Massé 52' cMori 76' cCon: Lucu (1/1) 52'Garcia (1/1) 77'Pen: Lucu (2/3) 15', 37'Garcia (1/1) 64'

Stade Marcel-DeflandreAttendance: 16,000Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

16 April 202217:30 BST

Leicester Tigers	27–17	Clermont
Try: Liebenberg 8' cScott 49' mPenalty try 61'Steward 65' mCon: Ford (1/2) 9'Pen: Ford (1/1) 45'	Report	Try: Raka 57' cLee 68' cCon: Parra (2/2) 58', 69'Pen: Lopez (1/1) 16'

Mattioli Woods Welford RoadAttendance: 22,722Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

16 April 202220:00 IST

Ulster	23–30	Toulouse
Try: McIlroy (2) 10' c, 37' cCon: Cooney (2/2) 11', 39'Pen: Cooney (3/3) 18', 52', 68'	Report	Try: Ramos 21' cNtamack 26' cDupont 74' cCon: Ramos (3/3) 22', 27', 75'Pen: Ramos (3/3) 1', 13', 63'

Ravenhill StadiumAttendance: 18,196Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

17 April 202216:30 CET

Racing 92	33–22	Stade Français
Try: Penalty try 34'Thomas (2) 43' c, 78' mLauret 72' mCon: Le Garrec (1/3) 44'Pen: Le Garrec (3/3) 19', 30', 55'	Report	Try: Veainu 5' cLapegue (2) 21' m, 37' cCon: Sánchez (2/3) 5', 38'Pen: Sánchez (1/1) 13'

Paris La Défense ArenaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Quarter-finals

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7 May 202215:00 IST

Munster	24–24 (a.e.t.)	Toulouse
Try: Kendellen 9' cEarls 38' cHaley 43' cCon: Carbery (3/3) 9', 39', 44'Pen: Carbery (1/3) 56'	Report	Try: Ntamack 11' cLebel (2) 25' c, 66' cCon: Ramos (3/3) 12', 26', 66'Pen: Ramos (1/1) 75'
Penalties
Murray YHealy NCarbery YMurray NHealy N	2–4	Y DupontY RamosY NtamackY Dupont

Aviva StadiumAttendance: 40,479[13]Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

7 May 202218:30 CEST

La Rochelle	31–19	Montpellier
Try: Priso 12' cVito 22' cBotia 47' mCon: West (2/3) 13', 23'Pen: West (4/4) 17', 64', 69', 78'	Report	Try: Thomas 28' cReilhac 41' cMercer 53' mCon: Foursans-Bourdette (2/3) 30', 42'

Stade Marcel-DeflandreAttendance: 16,000Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

7 May 202217:30 BST

Leicester Tigers	14–23	Leinster
Try: Ashton 45' cDolly 78' cCon: Ford (2/2) 46', 78'	Report	Try: Van der Flier 14' cHenshaw 19' cCon: Sexton (2/2) 16', 20'Pen: Sexton (2/2) 3', 36'Byrne (1/1) 65'

Mattioli Woods Welford RoadAttendance: 19,066Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

8 May 202216:00 CEST

Racing 92	41–22	Sale Sharks
Try: Thomas 41' cRussell 49' cImhoff 68' mSpring 79' cCon: Le Garrec (2/3) 42', 50'Machenaud (1/1) 80'Pen: Le Garrec (5/6) 11', 14', 47', 62', 67'	Report	Try: Tuilagi 40' cVan der Merwe 54' cB. Curry 73' mCon: R. du Preez (2/3) 40+1', 55'Pen: R. du Preez (1/2) 22'

Paris La Défense ArenaAttendance: 9,356Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Semi-finals

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14 May 202215:00 IST

Leinster	40–17	Toulouse
Try: Lowe (2) 14' c, 49' cVan der Flier 19' cKeenan 78' cCon: Sexton (3/3) 16', 20', 51'Byrne (1/1) 79'Pen: Sexton (3/3) 4', 12', 33'Byrne (1/1) 73'	Report	Try: Dupont 6' cTolofua 65' cCon: Ramos (2/2) 7', 65'Pen: Ramos (1/1) 24'

Aviva StadiumAttendance: 42,067[1]Referee: Karl Dickson (England)

15 May 202216:00 CEST

Racing 92	13–20	La Rochelle
Try: Vakatawa 25' cCon: Le Garrec (1/1) 27'Pen: Le Garrec (2/3) 2', 50'	Report	Try: Alldritt 40+2' mPenalty try 52'West 80' mPen: West (1/3) 32'

Stade Bollaert-DelelisAttendance: 15,522 [14]Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Final

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28 May 202217:45

La Rochelle	24–21	Leinster
Try: Rhule 9' cBourgarit 60' cRetière 79' cCon: West (3/3) 11', 61', 80'Pen: West (1/1) 41'	Report	Pen: Sexton (6/6) 4', 8', 22', 40+2', 47', 53'R. Byrne (1/1) 64'

Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 59,682Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

See also

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• 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup

Notes

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1. ^ When crowds were in attendance

References

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3. ^ "EPCR confirms Heineken Champions Cup title sponsorship – SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
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6. ^ "Ronan O'Gara leads La Rochelle to first Champions Cup title with stunning last-gasp victory over Leinster". The 42. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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