2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage

The 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 14th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 October 2009 when Worcester Warriors hosted Montpellier and ended on 24 January 2010 with the Leeds Carnegie / Bourgoin fixture.

2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
Season2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup
Date8 October 2009 – 23 January 2010
Qualifiers
Seed 1 Connacht
Seed 2 Toulon
Seed 3 London Wasps
Seed 4 Newcastle Falcons
Seed 5 Cardiff Blues
Seed 6 Gloucester Rugby
Seed 7 Scarlets
Seed 8 Bourgoin
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Twenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The pool winners advanced to the knockout stage, where they were joined by three entrants from the Heineken Cup pool stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 23 May 2010.

Results

All times are local to the game location.

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
Bourgoin (8) 6501166+1014186+552123
Leeds Carnegie 6402196+1316082+783019
Overmach Parma 6204517−1278145−67008
București Oaks 6105516−1170136−66037
9 October 2009
19:30
Bourgoin 29–19 Leeds Carnegie
10 October 2009
13:00
București Oaks 21–9 Overmach Parma
17 October 2009
13:00
București Oaks 19–21 Bourgoin
18 October 2009
15:00
Leeds Carnegie 32–13 Overmach Parma
12 December 2009
13:00
București Oaks 6–10 Leeds Carnegie
12 December 2009
14:00
Overmach Parma 14–9 Bourgoin
Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
17 December 2009
19:30
Bourgoin 31–10 Overmach Parma
20 December 2009
15:00
Leeds Carnegie 47–0 București Oaks
14 January 2010
19:30
Bourgoin 33–15 București Oaks
16 January 2010
14:30
Overmach Parma 16–38 Leeds Carnegie
Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
23 January 2010
14:30
Overmach Parma 16–9 București Oaks
Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma
24 January 2010
15:00
Leeds Carnegie 9–18 Bourgoin

Pool 2
Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Connacht (1) 6600285+2319963+1362026
Montpellier 64021810+815892+662119
Worcester Warriors 6204188+1014083+572313
Olympus Madrid 6006445−4144303−269000
8 October 2009
19:45
Worcester Warriors 17–22 Montpellier
9 October 2009
18:30
Connacht 46–6 Olympus Madrid
16 October 2009
20:00
Montpellier 19–22 Connacht
Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
17 October 2009
16:30
Olympus Madrid 5–38 Worcester Warriors
11 December 2009
20:00
Montpellier 57–24 Olympus Madrid
Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
11 December 2009
15:00
Worcester Warriors 21–26 Connacht
18 December 2009
19:00
Connacht 19–7 Worcester Warriors
19 December 2009
16:00
Olympus Madrid 6–42 Montpellier
15 January 2010
19:00
Connacht 20–10 Montpellier
16 January 2010
15:00
Worcester Warriors 54–3 Olympus Madrid
22 January 2010
20:00
Montpellier 8–3 Worcester Warriors
Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier
23 January 2010
16:00
Olympus Madrid 0–66 Connacht

Pool 3
Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Toulon (2) 6501277+2021888+1303023
Saracens 6501176+1118483+1012022
Castres Olympique 62042412+12173127+462111
Rovigo 6006346−4341318−277000
9 October 2009
19:00
Castres Olympique 17–33 Toulon
Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
11 October 2009
15:00
Saracens 36–12 Rovigo
15 October 2009
20:45
Toulon 31–23 Saracens
17 October 2009
15:00
Rovigo 11–76 Castres Olympique
Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
11 December 2009
19:00
Castres Olympique 9–23 Saracens
Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
11 December 2009
19:30
Toulon 73–3 Rovigo
19 December 2009
20:00
Saracens 18–14 Castres Olympique
20 December 2009
14:00
Rovigo 7–30 Toulon
Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
14 January 2010
19:45
Saracens 28–9 Toulon
15 January 2010
19:00
Castres Olympique 47–0 Rovigo
Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres
23 January 2010
15:00
Rovigo 8–56 Saracens
Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
23 January 2010
20:45
Toulon 42–10 Castres Olympique

Pool 4
Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
London Wasps (3) 6501213+1817669+1072123
Bayonne 6402234−1918473+1112119
Racing Métro 6303227+1517785+922216
Rugby Roma Olimpic 6006153−5228338−310000
9 October 2009
19:30
Bayonne 61–3 Rugby Roma Olimpic
11 October 2009
15:00
London Wasps 18–13 Racing Métro
17 October 2009
15:00
Rugby Roma Olimpic 0–57 London Wasps
Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome
17 October 2009
20:45
Racing Métro 16–20 Bayonne
12 December 2009
15:00
London Wasps 22–18 Bayonne
12 December 2009
20:45
Racing Métro 62–0 Rugby Roma Olimpic
17 December 2009
20:45
Bayonne 3–12 London Wasps
19 December 2009
14:30
Rugby Roma Olimpic 3–53 Racing Métro
Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome
14 January 2010
20:00
London Wasps 50–16 Rugby Roma Olimpic
16 January 2010
20:45
Bayonne 27–14 Racing Métro
21 January 2010
20:45
Racing Métro 19–17 London Wasps
23 January 2010
14:30
Rugby Roma Olimpic 6–55 Bayonne
Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome

Pool 5
Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Newcastle Falcons (4) 6501166+1014677+692123
Montauban 6501139+413296+361021
Albi 62041314−1117137−202212
Petrarca Padova 6006922−1395180−85011
9 October 2009
20:00
Albi 7–17 Montauban
10 October 2009
15:00
Petrarca Padova 27–29 Newcastle Falcons
16 October 2009
20:30
Montauban 27–10 Petrarca Padova
18 October 2009
15:00
Newcastle Falcons 45–3 Albi
10 December 2009
19:45
Newcastle Falcons 17–6 Montauban
12 December 2009
15:00
Petrarca Padova 16–35 Albi
18 December 2009
20:30
Montauban 24–19 Newcastle Falcons
20 December 2009
14:00
Albi 38–16 Petrarca Padova
15 January 2010
20:00
Albi 14–16 Newcastle Falcons
16 January 2010
15:00
Petrarca Padova 23–31 Montauban
22 January 2010
19:30
Montauban 27–20 Albi
22 January 2010
20:00
Newcastle Falcons 20–3 Petrarca Padova

Seeding
  • Bare numbers indicate Challenge quarterfinal seeding.
  • Numbers with "HC" indicate Heineken Cup 3rd-5th Runners-Up.
Seeds Top 4 Pool Winners Pts TF +/−
1 Connacht 2628+136
2 Toulon 2327+130
3 London Wasps 2321+108
4 Newcastle Falcons 2316+69
Non-Seeds (Worst Pool Winner and HC Runners-up) Pts TF +/−
5HC Cardiff Blues 1814+45
6HC Gloucester 1712-10
7HC Scarlets 1712-31
8 Bourgoin 2315+55

See also

References
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