2004–05 European Challenge Cup

2004-05 European Challenge Cup 100px Official logo EnglandFranceIreland rugby unionItalyPortugalScotlandSpain Knockout 23 October 2004 – 21 May 2005 28 57 {{#expr: + 400 + 4036 + 700 + 1500 + 500 + 200 + 2000 + 1500 + 3800 + 3000 + 3000 + 400 + 1500 + 2000 + 1450 + 1500 + 4906 + 2805 + 2000 + 300 + 800 + 3000 + 4128 + 5100 + 6000 + 500 + 5638 + 5126 + 2100 + 2200 + 800 + 2600 + 3000 + 3000 + 6329 + 6892 + 2000 + 1000 + 5854 + 2000 + 1300 + 1400 + 5391 + 5391 + 2700 + 4866 + 3000 + 4201 + 5222 + 2500 + 3500 + 6000 + 5800 + 2000 + 5000 + 6456 + 7230 | tries = {{#expr: + 16 + 4 + 6 + 10 + 9 + 12 + 14 + 5 + 5 + 0 + 4 + 9 + 7 + 7 + 17 + 9 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 7 + 12 + 8 + 12 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 8 + 7 + 3 + 7 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 8 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 8 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 4 }} | top point scorer = Paul Warwick (Connacht)(97 points)http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/statistics/index.php?preset871=2004 Amlin Challenge Cup: Points Scorers 29 January 2013 23 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191223015836/http://www.epcrugby.com/home.php dead | top try scorer = Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)(9 tries)http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/statistics/player_records_tries.php?preset882=2004 Amlin Challenge Cup: Try Scorers 29 January 2013 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212141059/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/statistics/player_records_tries.php?preset882=2004 dead | venue = Kassam Stadium, Oxford | attendance2 = 7,230 | champions = ENG Sale Sharks | count = 2 | runner-up = FRA Pau | website = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ | previous year = 2003–04 | previous tournament = 2003–04 Parker Pen Challenge Cup | next year = 2005–06 | next tournament = 2005–06 European Challenge Cup }} The 2004–05 European Challenge Cup (known as the Parker Pen Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition below the Heineken Cup. A total of 28 teams participated, representing seven countries. The competition began with a series of matches on 23 October 2004 and culminated in the final at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford on 21 May 2005. As in the previous two seasons, the competition was organised in a knockout format. Teams played each other on a home and away basis, with the aggregate points winner proceeding to the next round. The final was a single leg. This was the final season with a pure knockout format; in subsequent seasons the competition reverted to a pool stage followed by a knockout. For the third and final time, a third tier tournament was held - the European Shield. This was contested between the first round losers from the European Challenge Cup.http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/amlinchallengecup/champions.php https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/amlinchallengecup/champions.php dead 6 May 2008 Challenge Cup European Champions ERC 26 January 2013 As there were only 28 teams involved, the 2 "best" 1st Round losers were reprieved and proceeded to the 2nd Round. The defending champions, England's NEC Harlequins, did not have a chance to defend their crown because they qualified to play in the Heineken Cup. Sale Sharks claimed a comfortable victory over Pau in the final and picked up their second piece of European Club silverware. Teams The allocation of teams was as follows: England: 5 teams — all teams from the Zurich Premiership that did not qualify for the 2004–05 Heineken Cup France: 10 teams — all teams from the Top 16 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup Ireland: 1 team — the Irish team from the Celtic League that did not play in the Heineken Cup Italy: 8 teams — all the teams from the Super 10 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup Portugal: 1 team Scotland: 1 team — the Scottish team from the Celtic League that did not play in the Heineken Cup Spain: 2 teams — drawn from the División de Honor de Rugby ENG England FRA France Ireland rugby union Ireland ITA Italy POR Portugal SCO Scotland ESP Spain Leeds Tykes London Irish Sale Sharks Saracens Worcester Warriors Agen Auch Bayonne Béziers Brive Clermont Auvergne Grenoble Montpellier Narbonne Pau Connacht Catania Gran Parma L'Aquila Leonessa Overmach Parma Petrarca Padova Rovigo Viadana AA Coimbra Borders El Salvador Valladolid RAC Matches All kickoff times are local to the match location.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/amlin_challenge_cup_fixtures.php?includeref=480&season=2004-2005&round=elimination https://archive.today/20130215234816/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/amlin_challenge_cup_fixtures.php?includeref=480&season=2004-2005&round=elimination dead February 15, 2013 Challenge Cup Fixtures ERC 30 January 2013 Round 1 1st leg 23 October 2004 14:00 AA Coimbra POR 3 – 98 Report SCO Borders Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição 400 23 October 2004 14:00 Worcester Warriors ENG 29 – 15 Report FRA Brive Sixways Stadium 4,036 23 October 2004 15:00 Gran Parma ITA 15 – 35 Report FRA Pau Stadio Nando Capra 700 23 October 2004 15:00 L'Aquila ITA 27 – 50 Report FRA Agen Stadio Tommaso Fattori 1,500 23 October 2004 15:30 Rovigo ITA 7 – 51 Report FRA Montpellier Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini 500 23 October 2004 16:00 Petrarca Padova ITA 24 – 57 Report FRA Béziers Stadio Plebiscito 200 23 October 2004 16:30 Valladolid RAC ESP 3 – 88 Report ITA Viadana Estadio Pepe Rojo 2,000 23 October 2004 18:00 Auch FRA 18 – 20 Report ENG London Irish Stade Patrice Brocas 1,500 23 October 2004 19:00 Bayonne FRA 21 – 24 Report ENG Saracens Stade Jean Dauger 3,800 23 October 2004 19:30 Grenoble FRA 9 – 9 Report ENG Leeds Tykes Stade Lesdiguières 3,000 23 October 2004 19:30 Narbonne FRA 25 – 11 Report Ireland rugby union Connacht Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 3,000 23 October 2004 20:00 Leonessa ITA 0 – 65 Report FRA Clermont Auvergne Campo Comunale di Rugby 400 24 October 2004 12:30 El Salvador ESP 36 – 12 Report ITA Overmach Parma Estadio Pepe Rojo 1,500 24 October 2004 15:00 Catania ITA 22 – 31 Report ENG Sale Sharks Stadio Santa Maria Goretti 2,000 2nd leg 29 October 2004 19:30 Borders SCO 107 – 3 Report POR AA Coimbra Netherdale 1,450 29 October 2004 19:30 Montpellier FRA 59 – 3 Report ITA Rovigo Stade Sabathé 1,500 29 October 2004 19:45 Saracens ENG 36 – 10 Report FRA Bayonne Vicarage Road 4,906 29 October 2004 20:00 Leeds Tykes ENG 17 – 18 Report FRA Grenoble Headingley Stadium 2,805 30 October 2004 14:30 Connacht Ireland rugby union 40 – 21 Report FRA Narbonne Galway Sportsgrounds 2,000 30 October 2004 14:30 Overmach Parma ITA 36 – 10 Report ESP El Salvador Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 300 30 October 2004 15:00 Béziers FRA 69 – 18 Report ITA Petrarca Padova Stade de la Méditerranée 800 30 October 2004 19:00 Pau FRA 31 – 22 Report ITA Gran Parma Stade du Hameau 3,000 30 October 2004 19:30 Agen FRA 59 – 21 Report ITA L'Aquila Stade Armandie 4,128 30 October 2004 19:30 Brive FRA 40 – 10 Report ENG Worcester Warriors Stade Amédée-Domenech 5,100 30 October 2004 19:30 Clermont Auvergne FRA 51 – 6 Report ITA Leonessa Stade Marcel-Michelin 6,000 30 October 2004 19:30 Viadana ITA 59 – 7 Report ESP Valladolid RAC Stadio Luigi Zaffanella 500 31 October 2004 15:00 London Irish ENG 42 – 18 Report FRA Auch Madejski Stadium 5,638 31 October 2004 15:00 Sale Sharks ENG 50 – 3 Report ITA Catania Edgeley Park 5,126 Aggregate Results {| class="wikitable" |+ Key to colours |- | |     |14 winners and 2 best losers advance to 2nd Round. |- |style="background:#cfc;"|     |12 other teams to Shield. |} Winners Match points Aggregate score Points margin Losers Borders SCO 4 – 0 205 – 6 199 PRT AA Coimbra Viadana ITA 4 – 0 147 – 10 137 ESP Valladolid RAC Clermont Auvergne FRA 4 – 0 116 – 6 110 ITA Leonessa Montpellier FRA 4 – 0 110 – 10 100 ITA Rovigo Béziers FRA 4 – 0 126 – 42 84 ITA Petrarca Padova Agen FRA 4 – 0 109 – 48 61 ITA L'Aquila Sale Sharks ENG 4 – 0 81 – 25 56 ITA Catania Pau FRA 4 – 0 66 – 37 29 FRA Bayonne Saracens ENG 4 – 0 60 – 31 29 ITA Gran Parma London Irish ENG 4 – 0 62 – 36 26 FRA Auch Grenoble FRA 3 – 1 27 – 26 1 ENG Leeds Tykes Brive FRA 2 – 2 55 – 39 16 ENG Worcester Warriors Connacht Ireland rugby union 2 – 2 51 – 46 5 FRA Narbonne Overmach Parma ITA 2 – 2 48 – 46 2 ESP El Salvador Round 2 1st leg 3 December 2004 19:30 Béziers FRA 12 – 27 Report FRA Grenoble Stade de la Méditerranée 2,100 4 December 2004 14:30 Connacht Ireland rugby union 56 – 3 Report FRA Montpellier Galway Sportsgrounds 2,200 4 December 2004 15:00 Overmach Parma ITA 19 – 18 Report ENG Saracens Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 800 4 December 2004 18:30 Narbonne FRA 15 – 33 Report ENG Sale Sharks Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 2,600 4 December 2004 19:00 Pau FRA 25 – 19 Report ENG London Irish Stade du Hameau 3,000 4 December 2004 19:30 Agen FRA 23 – 15 Report ITA Viadana Stade Armandie 3,000 4 December 2004 19:30 Brive FRA 57 – 6 Report ESP El Salvador Stade Amédée-Domenech 6,329 5 December 2004 15:00 Clermont Auvergne FRA 44 – 14 Report SCO Borders Stade Marcel-Michelin 6,892 2nd leg 10 December 2004 19:30 Grenoble FRA 38 – 26 Report FRA Béziers Stade Lesdiguières 2,000 10 December 2004 19:30 Montpellier FRA 19 – 14 Report Ireland rugby union Connacht Stade Sabathé 1,000 10 December 2004 19:45 Sale Sharks ENG 25 – 10 Report FRA Narbonne Edgeley Park 5,854 11 December 2004 14:30 Viadana ITA 22 – 17 Report FRA Agen Stadio Luigi Zaffanella 2,000 11 December 2004 16:30 El Salvador ESP 23 – 45 Report FRA Brive Estadio Pepe Rojo 1,300 12 December 2004 14:00 Borders SCO 23 – 34 Report FRA Clermont Auvergne Netherdale 1,400 12 December 2004 14:30 London Irish ENG 19 – 16 Report FRA Pau Madejski Stadium 5,391 12 December 2004 15:00 Saracens ENG 52 – 6 Report ITA Overmach Parma Vicarage Road 5,391 Aggregate Results Proceed to Quarter-final Match points Aggregate score Points margin Eliminated from competition Brive FRA 4 – 0 102 – 29 73 ESP El Salvador Clermont Auvergne FRA 4 – 0 78 – 37 41 SCO Borders Sale Sharks ENG 4 – 0 58 – 25 33 FRA Narbonne Grenoble FRA 4 – 0 65 – 38 27 FRA Béziers Connacht Ireland rugby union 2 – 2 70 – 22 48 FRA Montpellier Saracens ENG 2 – 2 70 – 25 45 ITA Overmach Parma Pau FRA 2 – 2 41 – 38 3 ENG London Irish Agen FRA 2 – 2 40 – 37 3 ITA Viadana Quarter-finals 1st leg 7 January 2005 19:30 Grenoble FRA 21 – 26 Report Ireland rugby union Connacht Stade Lesdiguières 2,700 7 January 2005 19:45 Sale Sharks ENG 34 – 18 Report FRA Agen Edgeley Park 4,866 8 January 2005 19:30 Pau FRA 25 – 21 Report FRA Clermont Auvergne Stade du Hameau 3,000 9 January 2005 15:00 Saracens ENG 19 – 6 Report FRA Brive Vicarage Road 4,201 2nd leg 14 January 2005 19:30 Clermont Auvergne FRA 26 – 25 Report FRA Pau Stade Marcel-Michelin 5,222 15 January 2005 14:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 19 – 3 Report FRA Grenoble Galway Sportsgrounds 2,500 15 January 2005 19:30 Agen FRA 17 – 15 Report ENG Sale Sharks Stade Armandie 3,500 16 January 2005 15:00 Brive FRA 31 – 16 Report ENG Saracens Stade Amédée-Domenech 6,000 Aggregate Results Proceed to Semi-final Match points Aggregate score Points margin Eliminated from competition Connacht Ireland rugby union 4 – 0 45 – 24 21 FRA Grenoble Sale Sharks ENG 2 – 2 49 – 35 14 FRA Agen Pau FRA 2 – 2 50 – 47 3 FRA Clermont Auvergne Brive FRA 2 – 2 37 – 35 2 ENG Saracens Semi-finals 1st leg 2 April 2005 13:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 18 – 25 Report ENG Sale Sharks Galway Sportsgrounds 5,800 3 April 2005 14:00 Pau FRA 37 – 16 Report FRA Brive Stade du Hameau 2,000 2nd leg 23 April 2005 19:15 Brive FRA 27 – 13 Report FRA Pau Stade Amédée-Domenech 5,000 24 April 2005 13:00 Sale Sharks ENG 59 – 9 Report Ireland rugby union Connacht Edgeley Park 6,456 Aggregate Results Proceed to Final Match points Aggregate score Points margin Eliminated from competition Sale Sharks ENG 4 – 0 84 – 27 57 Ireland rugby union Connacht Pau FRA 2 – 2 50 – 43 7 FRA Brive Final 21 May 2005 12:45 Sale Sharks ENG 27 – 3 Report FRA Pau Hodgson (2) 24' c, 68' mTitterrell 36' cCueto 56' m Hodgson (2/4) Hodgson (1) 3' Beauxis (1) 30' Kassam Stadium, Oxford 7,230 Alan Lewis (Ireland) See also 2004-05 Heineken Cup European Challenge Cup 2004–05 European Shield References Category:2004–05 rugby union tournaments for clubs 2004-05 Category:2004–05 in European rugby union Category:2004–05 in English rugby union Category:2004–05 in French 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