2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage

2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup May 2026 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup 8 October 2009 – 23 January 2010 Ireland rugby union Connacht FRA Toulon ENG London Wasps ENG Newcastle Falcons WAL Cardiff Blues ENG Gloucester Rugby WAL Scarlets FRA Bourgoin 2008–09 2008–09 European Challenge Cup pool stage 2010–11 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage 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. {| class="wikitable" |+ Key to colours |- |bgcolor="#ccffcc"|     |Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses. |} Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Bourgoin (8) 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 141 86 +55 2 1 23ENG Leeds Carnegie 6 4 0 2 19 6 +13 160 82 +78 3 0 19ITA Overmach Parma 6 2 0 4 5 17 −12 78 145 −67 0 0 8ROM București Oaks 6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 70 136 −66 0 3 7 9 October 2009 19:30 Bourgoin FRA 29–19 ENG Leeds Carnegie Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin 10 October 2009 13:00 București Oaks ROM 21–9 ITA Overmach Parma Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest 17 October 2009 13:00 București Oaks ROM 19–21 FRA Bourgoin Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest 18 October 2009 15:00 Leeds Carnegie ENG 32–13 ITA Overmach Parma Headingley, Leeds 12 December 2009 13:00 București Oaks ROM 6–10 ENG Leeds Carnegie Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest 12 December 2009 14:00 Overmach Parma ITA 14–9 FRA Bourgoin Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma 17 December 2009 19:30 Bourgoin FRA 31–10 ITA Overmach Parma Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin 20 December 2009 15:00 Leeds Carnegie ENG 47–0 ROM București Oaks Headingley, Leeds 14 January 2010 19:30 Bourgoin FRA 33–15 ROM București Oaks Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin 16 January 2010 14:30 Overmach Parma ITA 16–38 ENG Leeds Carnegie Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma 23 January 2010 14:30 Overmach Parma ITA 16–9 ROM București Oaks Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma 24 January 2010 15:00 Leeds Carnegie ENG 9–18 FRA Bourgoin Headingley, Leeds Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsIreland rugby union Connacht (1) 6 6 0 0 28 5 +23 199 63 +136 2 0 26FRA Montpellier 6 4 0 2 18 10 +8 158 92 +66 2 1 19ENG Worcester Warriors 6 2 0 4 18 8 +10 140 83 +57 2 3 13ESP Olympus Madrid 6 0 0 6 4 45 −41 44 303 −269 0 0 0 8 October 2009 19:45 Worcester Warriors ENG 17–22 FRA Montpellier Sixways Stadium, Worcester 9 October 2009 18:30 Connacht Ireland rugby union 46–6 ESP Olympus Madrid Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 16 October 2009 20:00 Montpellier FRA 19–22 Ireland rugby union Connacht Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier 17 October 2009 16:30 Olympus Madrid ESP 5–38 ENG Worcester Warriors Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 11 December 2009 20:00 Montpellier FRA 57–24 ESP Olympus Madrid Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier 11 December 2009 15:00 Worcester Warriors ENG 21–26 Ireland rugby union Connacht Sixways Stadium, Worcester 18 December 2009 19:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 19–7 ENG Worcester Warriors Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 19 December 2009 16:00 Olympus Madrid ESP 6–42 FRA Montpellier Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid 15 January 2010 19:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 20–10 FRA Montpellier Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 16 January 2010 15:00 Worcester Warriors ENG 54–3 ESP Olympus Madrid Sixways Stadium, Worcester 22 January 2010 20:00 Montpellier FRA 8–3 ENG Worcester Warriors Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier 23 January 2010 16:00 Olympus Madrid ESP 0–66 Ireland rugby union Connacht Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Toulon (2) 6 5 0 1 27 7 +20 218 88 +130 3 0 23ENG Saracens 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 184 83 +101 2 0 22FRA Castres Olympique 6 2 0 4 24 12 +12 173 127 +46 2 1 11ITA Rovigo 6 0 0 6 3 46 −43 41 318 −277 0 0 0 9 October 2009 19:00 Castres Olympique FRA 17–33 FRA Toulon Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres 11 October 2009 15:00 Saracens ENG 36–12 ITA Rovigo Vicarage Road, Watford 15 October 2009 20:45 Toulon FRA 31–23 ENG Saracens Stade Mayol, Toulon 17 October 2009 15:00 Rovigo ITA 11–76 FRA Castres Olympique Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo 11 December 2009 19:00 Castres Olympique FRA 9–23 ENG Saracens Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres 11 December 2009 19:30 Toulon FRA 73–3 ITA Rovigo Stade Mayol, Toulon 19 December 2009 20:00 Saracens ENG 18–14 FRA Castres Olympique Vicarage Road, Watford 20 December 2009 14:00 Rovigo ITA 7–30 FRA Toulon Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo 14 January 2010 19:45 Saracens ENG 28–9 FRA Toulon Vicarage Road, Watford 15 January 2010 19:00 Castres Olympique FRA 47–0 ITA Rovigo Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres 23 January 2010 15:00 Rovigo ITA 8–56 ENG Saracens Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo 23 January 2010 20:45 Toulon FRA 42–10 FRA Castres Olympique Stade Mayol, Toulon Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG London Wasps (3) 6 5 0 1 21 3 +18 176 69 +107 2 1 23FRA Bayonne 6 4 0 2 23 4 −19 184 73 +111 2 1 19FRA Racing Métro 6 3 0 3 22 7 +15 177 85 +92 2 2 16ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic 6 0 0 6 1 53 −52 28 338 −310 0 0 0 9 October 2009 19:30 Bayonne FRA 61–3 ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne 11 October 2009 15:00 London Wasps ENG 18–13 FRA Racing Métro Adams Park, High Wycombe 17 October 2009 15:00 Rugby Roma Olimpic ITA 0–57 ENG London Wasps Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome 17 October 2009 20:45 Racing Métro FRA 16–20 FRA Bayonne Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 12 December 2009 15:00 London Wasps ENG 22–18 FRA Bayonne Adams Park, High Wycombe 12 December 2009 20:45 Racing Métro FRA 62–0 ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 17 December 2009 20:45 Bayonne FRA 3–12 ENG London Wasps Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne 19 December 2009 14:30 Rugby Roma Olimpic ITA 3–53 FRA Racing Métro Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome 14 January 2010 20:00 London Wasps ENG 50–16 ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic Adams Park, High Wycombe 16 January 2010 20:45 Bayonne FRA 27–14 FRA Racing Métro Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne 21 January 2010 20:45 Racing Métro FRA 19–17 ENG London Wasps Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 23 January 2010 14:30 Rugby Roma Olimpic ITA 6–55 FRA Bayonne Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG Newcastle Falcons (4) 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 146 77 +69 2 1 23FRA Montauban 6 5 0 1 13 9 +4 132 96 +36 1 0 21FRA Albi 6 2 0 4 13 14 −1 117 137 −20 2 2 12ITA Petrarca Padova 6 0 0 6 9 22 −13 95 180 −85 0 1 1 9 October 2009 20:00 Albi FRA 7–17 FRA Montauban Stadium Municipal, Albi 10 October 2009 15:00 Petrarca Padova ITA 27–29 ENG Newcastle Falcons Stadio Plebiscito, Padua 16 October 2009 20:30 Montauban FRA 27–10 ITA Petrarca Padova Stade Sapiac, Montauban 18 October 2009 15:00 Newcastle Falcons ENG 45–3 FRA Albi Kingston Park, Newcastle 10 December 2009 19:45 Newcastle Falcons ENG 17–6 FRA Montauban Kingston Park, Newcastle 12 December 2009 15:00 Petrarca Padova ITA 16–35 FRA Albi Stadio Plebiscito, Padua 18 December 2009 20:30 Montauban FRA 24–19 ENG Newcastle Falcons Stade Sapiac, Montauban 20 December 2009 14:00 Albi FRA 38–16 ITA Petrarca Padova Stadium Municipal, Albi 15 January 2010 20:00 Albi FRA 14–16 ENG Newcastle Falcons Stadium Municipal, Albi 16 January 2010 15:00 Petrarca Padova ITA 23–31 FRA Montauban Stadio Plebiscito, Padua 22 January 2010 19:30 Montauban FRA 27–20 FRA Albi Stade Sapiac, Montauban 22 January 2010 20:00 Newcastle Falcons ENG 20–3 ITA Petrarca Padova Kingston Park, Newcastle Seeding Bare numbers indicate Challenge quarterfinal seeding. Numbers with "HC" indicate Heineken Cup 3rd-5th Runners-Up. SeedsTop 4 Pool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 Ireland rugby union Connacht2628+1362 FRA Toulon2327+1303 ENG London Wasps2321+1084 ENG Newcastle Falcons2316+69Non-Seeds(Worst Pool Winner and HC Runners-up)PtsTF+/−5HC WAL Cardiff Blues1814+456HC ENG Gloucester1712-107HC WAL Scarlets1712-318 FRA Bourgoin2315+55 See also European Challenge Cup 2009–10 Heineken Cup References pool stage 2009-10