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The 2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 16th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition. The tournament began with two matches on 10 November 2011 and ended with the final on 18 May 2012 at the Twickenham Stoop in London. A total of 23 teams from six countries participated—20 in the pool stage, plus three teams parachuting into the knockout stages from the Heineken Cup. In an all-French final, Biarritz claimed their first Challenge Cup, defeating Toulon 21–18. The Basque club claimed a place in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, which will be their 13th consecutive appearance in Europe's top club competition.[1]

The defending Challenge Cup champions, England's Harlequins, did not initially have a chance to defend their crown because they had earned an automatic berth in the Heineken Cup. However, Quins parachuted into the knockout stage of this season's Challenge Cup, losing to Toulon in the quarter-finals. All four semi-finalists were from France, equalling the achievement of 1996–97 and 1998–99.

Teams

Teams that parachuted in from the Heineken Cup are in italics.

England France Italy Romania Spain Wales

Seeding

Teams that did not qualify for the 2011–12 Heineken Cup were ordered into four tiers according to the European Rugby Club Ranking. Five pools of four teams were drawn comprising one team from each tier.

The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2010–11 season.[2]

Tier 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Stade Français (8) Шаблон:Flagicon Perpignan (9) Шаблон:Flagicon London Wasps (14) Шаблон:Flagicon Toulon (19) Шаблон:Flagicon Sale Sharks (22)
Tier 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons (26) Шаблон:Flagicon Brive (27) Шаблон:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons (28) Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors (29) Шаблон:Flagicon Bayonne
Tier 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Petrarca Padova Шаблон:Flagicon Crociati Parma Шаблон:Flagicon Rugby Rovigo Шаблон:Flagicon Agen Шаблон:Flagicon Exeter Chiefs
Tier 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Cavalieri Prato Шаблон:Flagicon Lyon Шаблон:Flagicon Bordeaux-Bègles Шаблон:Flagicon Bucharest Wolves Шаблон:Flagicon Club Rugby La Vila Comunidad Valencia

Pool stage

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Key to colours
     Winner of each pool advances 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 Stade Français (1) 6 6 0 0 33 5 +28 241 43 +198 5 0 29
Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester Warriors 6 4 0 2 30 9 +21 194 95 +99 4 0 20
Шаблон:Flagicon București Wolves 6 2 0 4 12 27 −15 102 184 −82 2 0 10
Шаблон:Flagicon Crociati Parma 6 0 0 6 4 38 −34 36 251 −215 0 0 0

Pool 2

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Toulon (3) 6 5 0 1 26 5 +14 197 73 +124 3 1 25
Шаблон:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons 6 4 0 2 18 9 +9 133 82 +51 2 0 18
Шаблон:Flagicon Lyon 6 3 0 3 16 11 +5 143 114 +29 1 1 14
Шаблон:Flagicon Petrarca Padova 6 0 0 6 3 38 −28 50 254 −204 0 0 0

Pool 3

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon London Wasps (4) 6 5 0 1 21 7 +14 189 75 +114 4 0 24
Шаблон:Flagicon Bayonne 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 197 61 +136 2 0 22
Шаблон:Flagicon Bordeaux Bègles 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 82 132 −50 1 1 10
Шаблон:Flagicon Rovigo 6 0 0 6 5 21 −16 51 251 −200 0 1 1

Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Шаблон:Flagicon Exeter Chiefs (8) 6 5 0 1 22 4 +18 202 64 +121 2 1 23
Шаблон:Flagicon Perpignan 6 4 0 2 17 9 +8 153 112 +41 2 0 18
Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons 6 3 0 3 16 7 +9 139 100 +10 2 1 15
Шаблон:Flagicon Cavalieri Prato 6 0 0 6 6 41 −35 62 280 −218 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 Brive (2) 6 6 0 0 26 7 +19 209 79 +130 3 0 28
Шаблон:Flagicon Sale Sharks 6 4 0 2 31 8 +23 225 96 +129 4 0 20
Шаблон:Flagicon Agen 6 2 0 4 24 21 +3 168 166 +2 2 0 10
Шаблон:Flagicon La Vila 6 0 0 6 6 51 −45 64 325 −261 0 0 0

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Knockout stage

Seeding

Following the end of the pool stage, the 5 pool winners were seeded alongside the top 3 2011–12 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

(HC) Means a team has entered the competition from the Heineken Cup

Seed Team
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Stade Français
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Brive
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Toulon
4 Шаблон:Flagicon London Wasps
5 (HC) Шаблон:Flagicon Biarritz
6 (HC) Шаблон:Flagicon Harlequins
7 (HC) Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Exeter Chiefs

Quarter-finals

To be played on the weekend of 5–8 April 2012.[4]

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Semi-finals

This is the fifth time that one country has supplied all four semi-finalists: they were all French in 1996–97 and 1998–99, and all English in the 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons.

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Final

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References

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