The 2013–14 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage will be the opening stage of the 18th season of the
European Challenge Cup
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 i ...
, the second-tier competition for European
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
clubs. The opening round of matches will be on 10–13 October 2013 and the closing round on 16–19 January 2014.
Twenty teams will participate in this phase of the competition; they are divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points are earned using the standard
bonus point system. The pool winners advance to the knockout stage, where they will be joined by three entrants from the
Heineken Cup pool stage. The quarter-finalists will then participate in a knockout tournament that ultimately ends with the final at the
Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park ( cy, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green. The Arms Park was host to the British E ...
in
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
on Friday 23 May 2014.
Results
The draw for the pool stage took place on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The dates and times of the first 4 rounds were announced on 27 July 2013.
Lusitanos XV
Lusitanos XV are a Portuguese professional rugby union representative team based in Lisbon which was created in September 2013 to compete in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup. It was announced by the Rugby governing body ERC on 2 September t ...
replaced
Olympus Madrid on 2 September 2013, as the latter withdrew due to financial issues.
All times are local to the game location.
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Pool 1
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Pool 2
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Pool 3
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Pool 4
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Pool 5
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See also
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European Challenge Cup
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 i ...
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2013–14 Heineken Cup
The 2013–14 Heineken Cup was the 19th and final season of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby.
The pool stage began on 11 October 2013 and ran through to 17–19 ...
References
External links
Official ERC website
{{DEFAULTSORT:European Challenge Cup
pool stage
2013–14