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1997–98 European Challenge Cup

Field	Value
name	1997–1998 European Challenge Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Romania
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	6 September 1997 to 2 February 1998
teams	32
top point scorer	Laurent Labit (Colomiers)
Christophe Reigt (Stade Français)
(108 points)
top try scorer	Marc Biboulet (Colomiers)
Emori Bolobolo (Stade Français)
David Bory (Montferrand)
(8 tries)
champions	France Colomiers
count	1
runner-up	France Agen
website	http://www.ercrugby.com/home.php
previous year	1996–97
previous tournament	1996–97 European Challenge Cup
next year	1998–99
next tournament	1998–99 European Challenge Cup

France Ireland Italy Romania Scotland Wales Christophe Reigt (Stade Français) (108 points) Emori Bolobolo (Stade Français) David Bory (Montferrand) (8 tries) | runner-up = France Agen

The 1997–98 European Challenge Cup was the second year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between September 1997 and February 1998

Pool stage

Main article: 1997–98 European Challenge Cup pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Agen	6	6	0	27	12	+15	219	105	+114	12
ENG Bristol	6	2	4	16	22	−6	115	180	−65	4
WAL Ebbw Vale	6	2	4	12	17	−5	117	155	−38	4
FRA La Rochelle	6	2	4	11	15	−4	128	139	−11	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA AS Montferrand	6	5	1	28	11	+17	203	120	+83	10
WAL Newport	6	3	3	20	27	−7	172	192	−20	6
ENG Sale Sharks	6	3	3	18	13	5	163	117	+46	6
FRA Montpellier	6	1	5	12	27	−15	90	199	−109	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Stade Français	6	5	1	48	18	+30	337	131	+206	10
ENG London Irish	6	4	2	18	14	4	169	133	+36	8
FRA Dax	6	3	3	14	20	−6	139	180	−41	6
ROM Farul Constanţa	6	0	6	10	38	−28	94	295	−201	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Ireland Connacht	6	5	1	11	13	−2	144	97	+47	10
ENG Northampton Saints	6	3	3	17	13	+4	161	116	+45	6
FRA Bordeaux-Begles	6	3	3	10	6	+4	112	110	+2	6
FRA Nice	6	1	5	14	20	−6	94	188	−94	2

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Colomiers	6	6	0	40	13	+27	290	121	+169	12
ENG Richmond	6	4	2	28	15	+13	196	133	+63	8
WAL Bridgend RFC	6	2	4	12	37	−25	130	259	−129	4
FRA Grenoble	6	0	6	9	24	−15	112	215	−103	0

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Gloucester	6	5	0	1	19	12	+7	170	101	+69	10
FRA Toulon	6	3	1	2	12	7	+5	136	104	+32	7
FRA Béziers	6	2	1	3	18	14	+4	150	147	+3	5
ITA Petrarca Rugby	6	0	2	4	13	29	−16	108	212	−104	2

Pool 7

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Newcastle Falcons	6	5	1	36	8	+28	264	98	+166	10
FRA Biarritz Olympique	6	3	3	10	17	−7	123	153	−30	6
FRA Perpignan	6	2	4	12	13	−1	98	138	−40	4
SCO Edinburgh	6	2	4	9	29	−20	109	205	−96	4

Pool 8

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Castres Olympique	6	5	1	26	10	+16	206	97	+109	10
ENG Saracens	6	5	1	23	13	10	197	128	+69	10
FRA Narbonne	6	2	4	19	14	+5	168	138	+30	4
WAL Neath	6	0	6	10	41	−31	93	301	−208	0

Qualifiers

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	FRA Colomiers	12	40	+169
2	FRA Agen	12	27	+114
3	FRA Stade Français	10	48	+206
4	ENG Newcastle Falcons	10	36	+166
5	FRA Montferrand	10	28	+83
6	FRA Castres Olympique	10	26	+109
7	ENG Gloucester	10	19	+69
8	IRE Connacht	10	11	+47

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

date = 8 November 1997 | time = 14:15 | home = Stade Français FRA | score = 53–22 | report = | away = ENG Gloucester | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Jean-Bouin | attendance = | referee = }}

date = 8 November 1997 | time = 20:00 | home = Agen FRA | score = 40–27 | report = | away = Ireland Connacht | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Armandie | attendance = | referee = }}

date = 9 November 1997 | time = 15:00 | home = Colomiers FRA | score = 23–13 | report = | away = FRA AS Montferrand | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Selery | attendance = | referee = }}

date = 9 November 1997 | time = 15:00 | home = Newcastle Falcons ENG | score = 44–0 | report = | away = FRA Castres Olympique | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Kingston Park Stadium | attendance = | referee = }}

Semi-finals

date = 20 December 1997 | time = 14:15 | home = Agen FRA | score = 12–9 | report = | away = ENG Newcastle Falcons | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Armandie | attendance = 6,000 | referee = }}

date = 20 December 1997 | time = 15:00 | home = Colomiers FRA | score = 19–13 | report = | away = FRA Stade Français | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Selery | attendance = 4,500 | referee = }}

Final

date = 2 February 1998 | time = 15:15 | home = Colomiers FRA | score = 43–5 | report = | away = FRA Agen | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Les Sept Deniers | attendance = 12,500 | referee = }}

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