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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Confused Шаблон:Morefootnotes Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox European Rugby Cup season The 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup will be the 10th 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 28th edition of European club rugby's second-tier competition.

The tournament will commence in December 2023, and will conclude with the final on 24 May 2024 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England.[1]

This will be the second year that teams from South Africa can qualify, following the second United Rugby Championship season.

Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the 2023–24 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 Heineken Champions Cup. Plus two invited sides making 18 teams.[2]

The distribution of teams are:

Entry Point Premiership Top 14 United Rugby Championship Invited
Шаблон:N/a Шаблон:FlagiconEngland Шаблон:FlagiconFrance Шаблон:FlagiconItaly Шаблон:FlagiconScotland Шаблон:FlagiconWales Шаблон:FlagiconSouth Africa Шаблон:FlagiconGeorgia
Pool stage

Team details

Team Coach /
Director of Rugby
Captain Stadium Capacity Method of qualification
Entering at Pool stage
Benetton Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Bortolami Шаблон:Flagicon Dewaldt Duvenage
Шаблон:Flagicon Michele Lamaro
Stadio Comunale di Monigo 5,000 URC bottom eight
Black Lion Шаблон:Flagicon Levan Maisashvili Шаблон:Flagicon Merab Sharikadze Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 27,223 InvitedШаблон:Efn
Castres Шаблон:Flagicon Jeremy Davidson Шаблон:Flagicon Mathieu Babillot Stade Pierre-Fabre 12,500 Top 14 bottom 6
Cheetahs Шаблон:Flagicon Hawies Fourie Шаблон:Flagicon Victor Sekekete Шаблон:Flagicon Free State Stadium 46,000 InvitedШаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Flagicon NRCA Stadium
Clermont Шаблон:Flagicon Christophe Urios Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Iturria Stade Marcel-Michelin 19,022 Top 14 bottom 6
Dragons Шаблон:Flagicon Dai Flanagan Шаблон:Flagicon Steffan Hughes Rodney Parade 8,700 URC bottom eight
Edinburgh Шаблон:Flagicon Sean Everitt Шаблон:Flagicon Grant Gilchrist
Шаблон:Flagicon Jamie Ritchie
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium 7,800 URC bottom eight
Gloucester Шаблон:Flagicon George Skivington Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Ludlow Kingsholm 16,115 Premiership bottom 2
Lions Шаблон:Flagicon Ivan van Rooyen Шаблон:Flagicon Reinhard Nothnagel Emirates Airline Park 62,567 URC bottom eight
Montpellier Шаблон:Flagicon Philippe Saint-André Шаблон:Flagicon Fulgence Ouedraogo GGL Stadium 15,697 Top 14 bottom 6
Newcastle Falcons Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Codling Шаблон:Flagicon Callum Chick Kingston Park 11,200 Premiership bottom 2
Ospreys Шаблон:Flagicon Toby Booth Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Tipuric Swansea.com Stadium 22,200 URC bottom eight
Oyonnax Шаблон:Flagicon Joe El Abd Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Raynaud Stade Charles-Mathon 11,500 Pro D2 Champions
Pau Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Domingo Шаблон:Flagicon Beka Gorgadze Stade du Hameau 18,324 Top 14 bottom 6
Perpignan Шаблон:Flagicon David Marty Шаблон:Flagicon Mathieu Acebes Stade Aimé Giral 14,593 Top 14 bottom 6
Scarlets Шаблон:Flagicon Dwayne Peel Шаблон:Flagicon Josh Macleod Parc y Scarlets 14,870 URC bottom eight
Sharks Шаблон:Flagicon John Plumtree Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas du Toit Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium 54,000 URC bottom eightШаблон:Efn
Zebre Parma Шаблон:Flagicon Fabio Roselli Шаблон:Flagicon Dave Sisi Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 5,000 URC bottom eight

Pool stage

Шаблон:Main article Teams were 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 4 in each pool, advance to round of 16.

Pool 1

Шаблон:2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 1 table

Pool 2

Шаблон:2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 2 table

Pool 3

Шаблон:2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 3 table

Knockout stage

The knockout stage will be played with a single-leg round of 16 matches consisting of the top four teams from each pool and the teams ranked 5th in each pool of the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. The Round of 16 will follow a pre-determined format, while the quarter-finals and semi-finals will guarantee home advantage to the higher-ranked team.

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

See also

Notes

Шаблон:Notelist

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:European Rugby Challenge Cup Шаблон:2023–24 European club competitions