2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup | |||
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Tournament details | |||
Countries | England France Italy Romania Spain Wales |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
Date | 10 November 2011 to 18 May 2012 | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Teams | 20 | ||
Matches played | 40 | ||
Attendance | 192,649 (4,816 per match) | ||
Tries scored | 217 (5.43 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Nicky Robinson (London Wasps) (51 points) |
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Top try scorer(s) | Johnny Leota (Sale Sharks) Christian Loamanu (Toulon) Chris Pennell (Worcester Warriors) (4 tries) |
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Final | |||
Official website | http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ | ||
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The 2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup is 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 is scheduled to end with the final on 18 May 2012 at the Twickenham Stoop in London. Twenty teams from six countries will participate.
Contents |
England | France | Italy | Spain | Romania | Wales |
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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.[1]
Tier 1 | Stade Français (8) | Perpignan (9) | London Wasps (14) | Toulon (19) | Sale Sharks (22) |
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Tier 2 | Newport Gwent Dragons (26) | Brive (27) | Newcastle Falcons (28) | Worcester Warriors (29) | Bayonne |
Tier 3 | Petrarca Padova | Crociati Parma | Rugby Rovigo | Agen | Exeter Chiefs |
Tier 4 | Cavalieri Prato | Lyon | Bordeaux-Bègles | Bucharest Wolves | Club Rugby La Vila Comunidad Valencia |
Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses. |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Stade Français | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 174 | 20 | +154 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
Worcester Warriors | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 129 | 52 | +77 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Bucureşti Wolves | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 63 | 137 | −74 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Crociati Parma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 13 | 170 | −157 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Toulon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 118 | 57 | +61 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
Newcastle Falcons | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 77 | 61 | +16 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Lyon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 112 | 72 | +40 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Petrarca Padova | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 44 | 161 | −117 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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London Wasps | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 121 | 51 | +70 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Bayonne | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 93 | 49 | +44 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Bordeaux Bègles | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 63 | 84 | −21 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Rovigo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 34 | 127 | −93 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Perpignan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 112 | 68 | +44 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Exeter Chiefs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 121 | 40 | +81 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Newport Gwent Dragons | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 81 | 57 | +24 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Cavalieri Prato | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 | −24 | 36 | 185 | −149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Brive | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 140 | 57 | +83 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
Sale Sharks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 147 | 67 | +80 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Agen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 93 | 109 | −16 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
La Vila | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 47 | 194 | −147 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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