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2007–08 European Challenge Cup

Field	Value
name	2007–08 European Challenge Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Romania
Spain
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	8 November 2007 – 25 May 2008
top point scorer	Olly Barkley (Bath)
(91 points)
top try scorer	Ollie Phillips (Newcastle)
(8 tries)
champions	ENG Bath
count	1
runner-up	ENG Worcester Warriors
website	http://www.ercrugby.com/home.php
previous year	2006–07
previous tournament	2006–07 European Challenge Cup
next year	2008–09
next tournament	2008–09 European Challenge Cup

France Ireland Italy Romania Spain (91 points) (8 tries) | runner-up = ENG Worcester Warriors

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

Main article: 2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Bath Rugby	6	6	0	28	6	+22	203	65	+138	5	0	29
FRA Auch	6	3	3	11	19	−8	109	147	−38	1	1	14
FRA Albi	6	2	4	15	21	−6	130	177	−47	1	2	11
ITA Overmach Parma	6	1	5	10	18	−8	104	157	−53	0	3	7

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Worcester Warriors	6	6	0	0	36	6	+30	245	49	+196	5	0	29
FRA Montauban	6	3	0	3	28	12	+16	175	113	+62	3	1	16
ROM București	6	2	1	3	7	22	−15	77	158	−81	0	0	10
ITA Gran Parma	6	0	1	5	7	38	−31	82	259	−177	0	1	3

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Newcastle Falcons	6	5	1	34	3	+31	264	57	+207	3	1	24
FRA Brive	6	4	2	21	5	+16	179	73	+106	3	2	20
Ireland Connacht	6	3	3	25	10	+15	172	97	+75	2	1	15
ESP El Salvador	6	0	6	3	65	−62	26	414	−388	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Sale Sharks	6	5	1	0	34	8	+26	244	62	+182	5	0	27
FRA Montpellier	6	4	1	1	12	14	−2	114	115	−1	1	0	19
FRA Bayonne	6	1	0	5	16	20	−4	100	164	−64	2	2	8
ITA Petrarca Padova	6	1	0	5	7	27	−20	73	190	−117	0	1	5

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Castres Olympique	6	5	1	19	12	+7	160	105	+55	1	0	21
ENG Leeds Carnegie	6	4	2	18	10	+8	157	101	+56	2	1	19
ITA Calvisano	6	2	4	13	29	−16	123	200	−77	1	0	9
FRA Dax	6	1	5	15	14	+1	109	143	−34	1	3	7

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	ENG Worcester Warriors	29	36	+196
2	ENG Bath	29	28	+138
3	ENG Sale Sharks	27	34	+182
4	ENG Newcastle Falcons	24	34	+207
5	FRA Castres Olympique	21	19	+55
6	FRA Brive	20	21	+106
7	ENG Leeds Carnegie	19	18	+56
8	FRA Montpellier	19	12	−1
–	FRA Montauban	16	28	+62
–	FRA Auch	14	11	−38

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

date = 4 April 2008 | time = 19:30 | home = Sale Sharks ENG | score = 49–24 | report = | away = FRA Brive | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edgeley Park | attendance = 6,192 | referee = }}

date = 5 April 2008 | time = 14:15 | home = Bath ENG | score = 57–5 | report = | away = ENG Leeds Carnegie | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Recreation Ground | attendance = 7,569 | referee = }}

date = 5 April 2008 | time = 15:00 | home = Worcester Warriors ENG | score = 36–26 | report = | away = FRA Montpellier | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Sixways Stadium | attendance = 5,210 | referee = }}

date = 5 April 2008 | time = 20:00 | home = Newcastle Falcons ENG | score = 40–13 | report = | away = FRA Castres Olympique | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Kingston Park | attendance = 6,005 | referee = }}

Semi-finals

date = 25 April 2008 | time = 20:00 | home = Worcester Warriors ENG | score = 31–16 | report = | away = ENG Newcastle Falcons | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Sixways Stadium | attendance = 6,795 | referee = }}

date = 26 April 2008 | time = 12:30 | home = Bath ENG | score = 36–14 | report = | away = ENG Sale Sharks | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Recreation Ground | attendance = 8,216 | referee = }}

Final

date = 25 May 2008 | time =12:00 | home = Bath ENG | score = 24–16 | report = Report | away = ENG Worcester Warriors | homescore = Tries: Fa'amatuainu 31' c Abendanon 35' m Con: Barkley (1/2) 32' Pen: Barkley 15', 53' James 75' Drop: Barkley 67' | awayscore = Try: Delport 79' c Con: Carlisle (1/1) 79' Pen: Drahm 23', 39', 45' | stadium = Kingsholm Stadium | attendance = 16,157 | referee = Christophe Berdos (France)}}

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