Английская Википедия:2008–09 European Challenge Cup

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The 2008–09 European Challenge Cup was the 13th season of the European Challenge Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from six nations in European rugby. It started in October 2008 and ended with the final at the Twickenham Stoop in London on 22 May 2009, in which Northampton Saints defeated Bourgoin 15–3. With the win, the Saints not only claimed the trophy, but also won a berth in the 2009–10 Heineken Cup.

Teams

Seven French teams competed instead of the normal eight, as a French team, Toulouse, progressed farther in the previous year's Heineken Cup than any English or Italian team.

Other nations had their usual number of participants: England six, Italy four, Ireland one, Spain one and Romania one.

Шаблон:Flagicon England	Шаблон:Flagicon France	Шаблон:Flagicon Ireland	Шаблон:Flagicon Italy	Шаблон:Flagicon Romania	Шаблон:Flagicon Spain
Bristol London Irish Newcastle Falcons Northampton Saints Saracens Worcester Warriors	Bayonne Brive Bourgoin Montpellier Toulon Mont-de-Marsan Dax	Connacht	Overmach Parma Petrarca Padova Rovigo Viadana	București Oaks	El Salvador

Pool stage

Шаблон:Main The draw for the pool stages took place on 23 June 2008. The draw was conducted using the ERC European Ranking system which was based on the qualified teams' performances and participation in the Heineken Cup and knock-out stages of the European Challenge Cup over the past four seasons.

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon London Irish (1)	6	6	0	0	44	3	+41	300	34	+266	5	0	29
Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht (7)	6	4	0	2	20	19	+1	159	140	+19	3	0	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Rovigo	6	1	0	5	7	25	−18	79	199	–120	0	1	5
Шаблон:Flagicon Dax	6	1	0	5	5	29	−24	55	220	–165	0	0	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Northampton Saints (2)	6	6	0	0	37	7	+30	278	69	+209	5	0	29
Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol	6	3	0	3	14	21	−7	140	168	−28	1	1	14
Шаблон:Flagicon Montpellier	6	2	0	4	10	18	−8	101	159	−58	0	1	9
Шаблон:Flagicon RC Toulon	6	1	0	5	7	22	−15	84	207	−123	0	1	5

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors (4)	6	5	0	1	36	8	+28	255	94	+161	4	0	24
Шаблон:Flagicon Bourgoin (8)	6	3	0	3	18	11	+7	158	115	+43	1	2	15
Шаблон:Flagicon Petrarca Padova	6	3	0	3	11	28	−17	112	206	−94	0	1	13
Шаблон:Flagicon București Oaks	6	1	0	5	8	26	−18	87	197	−110	0	1	5

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Brive (5)	6	5	0	1	33	8	+25	243	89	+154	3	1	24
Шаблон:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons (6)	6	4	0	2	24	8	+16	178	90	+88	2	1	19
Шаблон:Flagicon Overmach Parma	6	3	0	3	19	13	+6	165	120	+45	2	2	16
Шаблон:Flagicon El Salvador	6	0	0	6	5	52	−47	46	333	−287	0	0	0

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Saracens (3)	6	6	0	0	20	1	+19	200	43	+157	2	0	26
Шаблон:Flagicon Viadana	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	120	126	−6	0	1	13
Шаблон:Flagicon Bayonne	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	99	122	−23	0	0	12
Шаблон:Flagicon Mont-de-Marsan	6	0	0	0	4	18	−14	54	182	−128	0	1	1

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Шаблон:Flagicon London Irish	29	44	+266
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Northampton Saints	29	37	+209
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Saracens	26	20	+157
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors	24	36	+161
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Brive	24	33	+154
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons	19	24	+88
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht	19	20	+19
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Bourgoin	15	18	+43
–	Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol	14	14	−28
–	Шаблон:Flagicon Viadana	13	8	−6

Knockout stage

Unlike the Heineken Cup, the Challenge Cup did not conduct a semi-final draw at the time (such a draw would be instituted for the 2009–10 edition). The top half of the draw matched the 1 and 8 seeds in one quarter-final, and the 4 and 5 seeds in the other, and the bottom half matched 2 against 7 and 3 against 6; the higher (lower-numbered) seeds all play at home. The knockout stage was not reseeded after the quarter-finals. Home advantage for the semi-finals was awarded to the highest remaining seed in each half of the draw. Home advantage in the final went to the top remaining seed.

See also

• 2008–09 Heineken Cup

External links

• 2008–09 European Challenge Cup Official Site