2007–08 European Challenge Cup

2007–08 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date 8 November 2007 - 25 May 2008
Tournament statistics
Top point scorer(s) Olly Barkley (Bath)
(91 points)
Top try scorer(s) Ollie Phillips (Newcastle)
(8 tries)
Final
Champions England Bath (1st title)
Runner-up England Worcester Warriors
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
2006–07 (Previous) (Next) 2008–09

The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
England Bath Rugby 6600286+2220365+1385029
France Auch 630311198109147381114
France Albi 620415216130177471211
Italy Overmach Parma 61051018810415753037

Pool 2

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
England Worcester Warriors 6600366+3024549+1965029
France Montauban 63032812+16175113+623116
Romania Bucureşti 62137221577158810010
Italy Gran Parma 60157383182259177013

Pool 3

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
England Newcastle Falcons 6501343+3126457+2073124
France Brive 6402215+1617973+1063220
Ireland Connacht 63032510+1517297+752115
Spain El Salvador 60063656226414388000

Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
England Sale Sharks 6510348+2624462+1825027
France Montpellier 64111214211411511019
France Bayonne 61051620410016464228
Italy Petrarca Padova 61057272073190117015

Pool 5

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
France Castres Olympique 65011912+7160105+551021
England Leeds Carnegie 64021810+8157101+562119
Italy Calvisano 620413291612320077109
France Dax 61051514+110914334137

Seeding and runners-up

Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/-
1 England Worcester Warriors 2936+196
2 England Bath 2928+138
3 England Sale Sharks 2734+182
4 England Newcastle Falcons 2434+207
5 France Castres Olympique 2119+55
Seed Pool Runners-up Pts TF +/-
6 France Brive 2021+106
7 England Leeds Carnegie 1918+56
8 France Montpellier 19121
- France Montauban 1628+62
- France Auch 141138

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

4 April 2008
19:30
Sale Sharks England 49 24 France Brive
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 6,192
5 April 2008
14:15
Bath England 57 5 England Leeds Carnegie
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,569
5 April 2008
15:00
Worcester Warriors England 36 26 France Montpellier
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 5,210
5 April 2008
20:00
Newcastle Falcons England 40 13 France Castres Olympique
Kingston Park
Attendance: 6,005

Semi finals

25 April 2008
20:00
Worcester Warriors England 31 16 England Newcastle Falcons
Sixways Stadium
Attendance: 6,795
26 April 2008
12:30
Bath England 36 14 England Sale Sharks
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,216

Final

25 May 2008
12:00
Bath England 24 16 England Worcester Warriors
Tries: Fa'amatuainu 31' c
Abendanon 35' m
Con: Barkley (1/2) 32'
Pen: Barkley 15', 53'
James 75'
Drop: Barkley 67'
Report Try: Delport 79' c
Con: Carlisle (1/1) 79'
Pen: Drahm 23', 39', 45'
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 16,157
Referee: Christophe Berdos

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