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2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage

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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 match between Leeds Carnegie and Bourgoin.

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.

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Winner of each pool advances 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
FRA Bourgoin (8)	6	5	1	16	6	+10	141	86	+55	2	1	23
ENG Leeds Carnegie	6	4	2	19	6	+13	160	82	+78	3	0	19
ITA Overmach Parma	6	2	4	5	17	−12	78	145	−67	0	0	8
ROM București Oaks	6	1	5	5	16	−11	70	136	−66	0	3	7

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Ireland Connacht (1)	6	6	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
FRA Montpellier	6	4	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
ENG Worcester Warriors	6	2	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
ESP Olympus Madrid	6	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Toulon (2)	6	5	1	27	7	+20	218	88	+130	3	0	23
ENG Saracens	6	5	1	17	6	+11	184	83	+101	2	0	22
FRA Castres Olympique	6	2	4	24	12	+12	173	127	+46	2	1	11
ITA Rovigo	6	0	6	3	46	−43	41	318	−277	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
ENG London Wasps (3)	6	5	1	21	3	+18	176	69	+107	2	1	23
FRA Bayonne	6	4	2	23	4	−19	184	73	+111	2	1	19
FRA Racing Métro	6	3	3	22	7	+15	177	85	+92	2	2	16
ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic	6	0	6	1	53	−52	28	338	−310	0	0	0

Pool 5

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	16	6	+10	146	77	+69	2	1	23
FRA Montauban	6	5	1	13	9	+4	132	96	+36	1	0	21
FRA Albi	6	2	4	13	14	−1	117	137	−20	2	2	12
ITA Petrarca Padova	6	0	6	9	22	−13	95	180	−85	0	1	1

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	Ireland Connacht	26	28	+136
2	FRA Toulon	23	27	+130
3	ENG London Wasps	23	21	+108
4	ENG Newcastle Falcons	23	16	+69
5HC	WAL Cardiff Blues	18	14	+45
6HC	ENG Gloucester	17	12	-10
7HC	WAL Scarlets	17	12	-31
8	FRA Bourgoin	23	15	+55

References

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