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2012–13 European Challenge Cup

FieldValue
name2012–13 Amlin Challenge Cup
imagesize100px
captionOfficial logo
countriesEngland
France
Ireland
Italy
Romania
Spain
Wales
tournament formatRound-robin and knockout
date11 October 2012 to 17 May 2013
teams23
matches67
attendance{{#expr:
tries{{#expr:
top point scorerFreddie Burns (Gloucester)
(86 points)
top try scorerHoracio Agulla (Bath)
Francis Fainifo (Stade Français)
Adrien Planté (Perpignan)
Andy Short (Worcester)
(6 tries)
venueRDS Arena
attendance220,396
championsIRE Leinster
count1
runner-upFRA Stade Français
websitehttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
previous year2011–12
previous tournament2011–12 European Challenge Cup
next year2013–14
next tournament2013–14 European Challenge Cup

France Ireland Italy Romania Spain Wales

  • 4160 + 6000 + 5550 + 1000 + 1500 + 3748 + 1000 + 1100 + 4186 + 4200
  • 9576 + 4576 + 1500 + 5720 + 6147 + 1012 + 7182 + 4054 + 11548 + 1950
  • 2468 + 7801 + 5800 + 885 + 1200 + 11445 + 7309 + 1100 + 600 + 9658
  • 4040 + 12186 + 2194 + 2107 + 1630 + 800 + 10535 + 600 + 10135 + 4473
  • 2678 + 1922 + 3500 + 1580 + 9131 + 1200 + 500 + 5744 + 500 + 6209
  • 4089 + 5278 + 1170 + 1332 + 350 + 9873 + 8955 + 1800 + 2424 + 9972
  • 10273 + 9654 + 12452 + 11155
  • 12242 + 18500
  • 20396
  • 1 + 9 + 12 + 11 + 7 + 10 + 14 + 9 + 7 + 7
  • 5 + 5 + 7 + 13 + 14 + 9 + 14 + 2 + 2 + 11
  • 3 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 8 + 11 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 3
  • 3 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 8
  • 4 + 4 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 6 + 14 + 12 + 10 + 0
  • 3 + 9 + 3 + 8 + 7 + 10 + 6 + 3 + 12 + 8
  • 8 + 9 + 4 + 7
  • 3 + 6
  • 5 (86 points) Francis Fainifo (Stade Français) Adrien Planté (Perpignan) Andy Short (Worcester) (6 tries) | runner-up = FRA Stade Français

The 2012–13 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 17th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition. A total of 23 teams participated — 20 in the pool stage, plus three teams parachuting into the knockout stages from the Heineken Cup. The original 20 teams represented six countries.

The pool stage began in Mont-de-Marsan on 11 October 2012, with Stade Montois hosting Gloucester. It ended on 19 January 2013 when Stade Français hosted competition newcomers London Welsh, followed by the knockout stages culminating in the final at the RDS Arena in Dublin on 17 May 2013.

The defending Challenge Cup champions, France's Biarritz Olympique, did not initially have a chance to defend their crown because they earned an automatic berth in the Heineken Cup. However, having finish 2nd in their pool, and failing to reach the knockout stages of the Heineken Cup, they were one of three teams parachuted into the Challenge Cup knockout stages. They were knocked out of the competition by Leinster at the semi-final stage. Leinster went on to win the competition, defeating Stade Français 34–13 in the final.

Teams

Gernika Rugby Taldea represented Spain despite finishing just 5th in the División de Honor. Valladolid won the División de Honor, and the championship playoff, but turned down the opportunity to play in the Challenge Cup due to economic factors. As runners up in the championship playoff, Gernika qualified in their place.

EnglandFranceItalyRomaniaSpainWales

Seeding

Teams that did not qualify for the 2012–13 Heineken Cup were ordered into four tiers according to the European Rugby Club Ranking. Five pools of four teams were drawn comprising one team from each tier.

The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2011–12 season.

Tier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4
FRA Stade Français (10)ENG London Wasps (15)FRA Perpignan (16)ENG Bath (17)
ENG London Irish (23)WAL Newport Gwent Dragons (31)ENG *London Welsh*ENG Worcester Warriors (35)
FRA Bayonne (40)ITA Rovigo (41)FRA Agen (42)ITA Cavalieri Prato (43)
FRA Mont de Marsan (45)FRA Grenoble (46)ITA Mogliano (47)ROM București Wolves

Pool stage

Main article: 2012–13 European Challenge Cup pool stage

:{| class="wikitable"

+ Key to colours
Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals.
Seed # in parentheses.
}

Points breakdown: :4 points for a win :2 points for a draw :1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match (TB) :1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less (LB) Source: www.ercrugby.com

Pool 1

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG Gloucester **(2)**660017986+9319730**27**
ENG London Irish6402174139+35241421**19**
FRA Mont-de-Marsan6204100156−5692102**10**
FRA Bordeaux-Bègles600682154−7271702**2**

Pool 2

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
FRA Perpignan **(3)**650129389+20442541**25**
ENG Worcester Warriors650135478+27651741**25**
ESP Gernika620480309−22964700**8**
ITA Rovigo600667318−25164601**1**
  • Per the Competition Rules, Perpignan and Worcester were level on the first tiebreaker of head-to-head competition points (5–5); Perpignan topped the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head try count (3–1).

Pool 3

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG London Wasps **(4)**651023192+13930930**25**
FRA Bayonne641120191+11025720**20**
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons6204171108+63191023**13**
ITA Mogliano600629341−31245200**0**

Pool 4

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
ENG Bath **(1)**660024579+16636750**29**
FRA Agen6303154120+34181223**17**
ROM București Wolves6204121215−94142910**9**
ITA Calvisano6105117223−106133321**7**

Pool 5

TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts
FRA Stade Français **(8)**6501210105+10525741**25**
FRA Grenoble640217381+9221631**20**
ENG London Welsh6303171170+1202420**14**
ITA Cavalieri Prato600668266−19883711**2**
  • The result of the Grenoble / London Welsh match on 7 December 2012 was 20–9 to Grenoble, but London Welsh were retroactively awarded a 28–0 victory and five match points, after Grenoble admitted fielding an ineligible player, Lotu Taukeiaho, during the match.

Seeding for knockout stage

Following the end of the pool stage, the 5 pool winners were seeded alongside the 3 2012–13 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals – designated (HC). Teams are ranked by total number of Competition Points earned (4 for a win, 2 for a draw, etc.) in the pool stages. If this does not separate the teams, qualification/ranking will be based on: :(a) the number of tries scored in all Pool matches. :(b) aggregate points difference from all Pool matches. :(c) the Club with the fewest players sent off and / or suspended in all Pool matches. :(d) toss of a coin.

SeedTeamPtsTF+/−
**1**ENG Bath2936+166
**2**ENG Gloucester2719+93
**3**FRA Perpignan2542+204
**4**ENG London Wasps2530+139
**5 (HC)**IRE Leinster2012+28
**6 (HC)**FRA Toulouse1915+48
**7 (HC)**FRA Biarritz1514+22
**8**FRA Stade Français2525+105

Knockout stage

All kickoff times are local to the match location.

Quarter-finals

Monahan 78' c Edmonds 80' c Héguy 36' c Baby 56' c Burotu 73' c

Varndell (2) 65' m, 70' m Madigan 22' c Ross 45' c R. Kearney 59' m Nacewa 67' c

Sid 37' c Vahaamahina 46' c

Claassens 65' m Cuthbert 77' m Bonneval (2) 57' m, 59' m Fillol (1/2) 23' Porical (1/1) 80'

Semi-finals

Hook 22' m

J. Sexton 38' c Nacewa 49' c O'Driscoll 63' c Madigan (2/2) Madigan (1/1) 55'

Final

Cronin 19' c R. Kearney 27' c Healy 78' c

  • Under European Rugby Cup rules, the winner of the Challenge Cup was automatically entered into the following season's Heineken Cup. If the Challenge Cup winner had already domestically qualified, the Cup winner's berth passed to another team from its country. As Leinster qualified for the 2013–14 Heineken Cup through their performance in the Pro 12, Connacht qualified for the Heineken Cup.

References

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