2004–05 European Challenge Cup

2004-05 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Portugal  Scotland  Spain
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Tournament statistics
Top point scorer(s)	Paul Warwick (Connacht) (97 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Mark Cueto (Sale) (9 tries)
Final
Venue	Kassam Stadium
Attendance	7,230
Champions	Sale Sharks (2nd title)
Runner-up	Pau
Official website	http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
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The 2004–05 European Challenge Cup was the ninth year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup.

Contents 1 Round 1 2 Round 2 3 Quarter-finals 4 Semi-finals 5 Final 6 See also

Round 1

23 October 2004 14:00	AA Coimbra	3 – 98	Border Reivers	Sergio Conceicao Attendance: 400

23 October 2004 14:00	Worcester Warriors	29 – 15	Brive	Sixways Stadium Attendance: 4,036

23 October 2004 15:00	GranParma	15 – 35	Pau	Nando Capra Attendance: 700

23 October 2004 15:00	L'Aquila	27 – 50	SU Agen	Stade Tommaso Fattori Attendance: 1,500

23 October 2004 15:30	Rugby Rovigo	7 – 51	Montpellier	Stadio Mario Battaglini Attendance: 500

23 October 2004 16:00	Petrarca Padova	24 – 57	Béziers	Stadio Plebiscito Attendance: 200

23 October 2004 16:30	Valladolid RAC	3 – 88	Viadana	Campo de Pepe Rojo Attendance: 2,000

23 October 2004 18:00	Auch	18 – 20	London Irish	Stade Patrice Brocas Attendance: 1,500

23 October 2004 19:00	Bayonne	21 – 24	Saracens	Stade Jean Dauger Attendance: 3,800

23 October 2004 19:30	Grenoble	9 – 9	Leeds Tykes	Stade Lesdiguieres Attendance: 3,000

23 October 2004 19:30	Narbonne	25 – 11	Connacht	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Attendance: 3,000

23 October 2004 20:00	Leonessa	0 – 65	Clermont Auvergne	Campo Comunale di Rugby Attendance: 400

24 October 2004 12:30	El Salvador	36 – 12	Rugby Parma	Campo de Pepe Rojo Attendance: 1,500

24 October 2004 15:00	Catania	22 – 31	Sale Sharks	Santa Maria Goretti Attendance: 2,000

29 October 2004 19:30	Montpellier	59 – 3	Rugby Rovigo	Stade Sabathe Attendance: 1,500

29 October 2004 19:30	Border Reivers	107 – 3	AA Coimbra	Netherdale Attendance: 1,450

29 October 2004 19:45	Saracens	36 – 10	Bayonne	Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,906

29 October 2004 20:00	Leeds Tykes	17 – 18	Grenoble	Headingley Stadium Attendance: 2,805

30 October 2004 14:30	Connacht	40 – 21	Narbonne	Galway Sportsground Attendance: 2,000

30 October 2004 14:30	Rugby Parma	36 – 10	El Salvador	Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium Attendance: 300

30 October 2004 15:00	Béziers	69 – 18	Petrarca Padova	Stade de la Méditerranée Attendance: 800

30 October 2004 19:00	Pau	31 – 22	GranParma	Stade Municipal du Hameau Attendance: 3,000

30 October 2004 19:30	SU Agen	59 – 21	L'Aquila	Stade Armandie Attendance: 4,128

30 October 2004 19:30	Clermont Auvergne	51 – 6	Leonessa	Stade Marcel Michelin Attendance: 6,000

30 October 2004 19:30	Brive	40 – 10	Worcester Warriors	Stadium Municipal Attendance: 5,100

30 October 2004 19:30	Viadana	59 – 7	Valladolid RAC	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella Attendance: 500

31 October 2004 15:00	London Irish	42 – 18	Auch	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,638

31 October 2004 15:00	Sale Sharks	50 – 3	Catania	Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,126

Round 2

3 December 2004 19:30	Béziers	12 – 27	Grenoble	Stade de la Méditerranée Attendance: 2,100

4 December 2004 14:30	Connacht	56 – 3	Montpellier	Sportsground Attendance: 2,200

4 December 2004 15:00	Rugby Parma	19 – 18	Saracens	Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 800

4 December 2004 18:30	Narbonne	15 – 33	Sale Sharks	Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié Attendance: 2,600

4 December 2004 19:00	Pau	25 – 19	London Irish	Stade Municipal du Hameau Attendance: 3,000

4 December 2004 19:30	SU Agen	23 – 15	Viadana	Stade Armandie Attendance: 3,000

4 December 2004 19:30	Brive	57 – 6	El Salvador	Stadium Municipal Attendance: 6,329

5 December 2004 15:00	Clermont Auvergne	44 – 14	Border Reivers	Stade Marcel Michelin Attendance: 6,892

10 December 2004 19:30	Grenoble	38 – 26	Béziers	Stade Lesdiguieres Attendance: 2,000

10 December 2004 19:30	Montpellier	19 – 14	Connacht	Stade Sabathe Attendance: 1,000

10 December 2004 19:45	Sale Sharks	25 – 10	Narbonne	Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,854

11 December 2004 14:30	Viadana	22 – 17	SU Agen	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella Attendance: 2,000

11 December 2004 16:30	El Salvador	23 – 45	Brive	Campo de Pepe Rojo Attendance: 1,300

12 December 2004 14:00	Border Reivers	23 – 34	Clermont Auvergne	Sergio Conceicao Attendance: 1,400

12 December 2004 14:30	London Irish	19 – 16	Pau	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 5,391

12 December 2004 15:00	Saracens	52 – 6	Rugby Parma	Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,391

Quarter-finals

7 January 2005 19:30	Grenoble	21 – 26	Connacht	Stade Lesdiguieres Attendance: 2,700

7 January 2005 19:45	Sale Sharks	34 – 18	SU Agen	Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,866

8 January 2005 19:30	Pau	25 – 21	Clermont Auvergne	Stade Municipal du Hameau Attendance: 3,000

9 January 2005 15:00	Saracens	19 – 6	Brive	Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,201

14 January 2005 19:30	Clermont Auvergne	26 – 25	Pau	Stade Marcel Michelin Attendance: 5,222

15 January 2005 14:00	Connacht	19 – 3	Grenoble	Sportsground Attendance: 2,500

15 January 2005 19:30	SU Agen	17 – 15	Sale Sharks	Stade Armandie Attendance: 3,500

16 January 2005 15:00	Brive	31 – 16	Saracens	Stadium Municipal Attendance: 6,000

Semi-finals

2 April 2005 13:00	Connacht	18 – 25	Sale Sharks	Sportsground Attendance: 5,800

3 April 2005 14:00	Pau	37 – 16	Brive	Stade de Hameau Attendance: 2,000

23 April 2005 19:15	Brive	27 – 13	Pau	Stadium Municipal Attendance: 5,000

24 April 2005 13:00	Sale Sharks	59 – 9	Connacht	Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,456

Final

21 May 2005 12:45	Sale Sharks	27 – 3	Pau	The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,230

See also

• European Challenge Cup

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