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2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage

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The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 12th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 November 2007 when Sale Sharks hosted Montpellier and ended with the Newcastle Falcons / El Salvador game on 20 January 2008.

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 five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester on 25 May 2008.

Results

All times are local to the game location.

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Winner of each pool, advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
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Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
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Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG Bath Rugby (2)	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 (1)	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 (4)	6	5	1	34	3	+31	264	57	+207	3	1	24
FRA Brive (6)	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 (3)	6	5	1	0	34	8	+26	244	62	+182	5	0	27
FRA Montpellier (8)	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 (5)	6	5	1	19	12	+7	160	105	+55	1	0	21
ENG Leeds Carnegie (7)	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

References

"2007 European Challenge Cup".

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