2011–12 European Challenge Cup

2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup 100px Official logo EnglandFranceItalyRomaniaSpainWales Round-robin and knockout 10 November 2011 to 18 May 2012 23 67 344547 365 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)(96 points) Morgan Turinui (Stade Français)(6 tries) Twickenham Stoop, London 9,376 FRA Biarritz 1 FRA Toulon https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ 2010–11 2010–11 European Challenge Cup 2012–13 2012–13 European Challenge Cup The 2011–12 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 16th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition. The tournament began with two matches on 10 November 2011 and ended with the final on 18 May 2012 at the Twickenham Stoop in London. A total of 23 teams from six countries participated—20 in the pool stage, plus three teams parachuting into the knockout stages from the Heineken Cup. In an all-French final, Biarritz claimed their first Challenge Cup, defeating Toulon 21–18. The Basque club claimed a place in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup, which will be their 13th consecutive appearance in Europe's top club competition.http://www.espnscrum.com/amlin-challenge-cup-2011-12/rugby/story/164259.html Biarritz edge Toulon for euro glory Graham Jenkins ESPN Scrum 18 May 2012 19 May 2012 The defending Challenge Cup champions, England's Harlequins, did not initially have a chance to defend their crown because they had earned an automatic berth in the Heineken Cup. However, Quins parachuted into the knockout stage of this season's Challenge Cup, losing to Toulon in the quarter-finals. All four semi-finalists were from France, equalling the achievement of 1996–97 and 1998–99. Teams Teams that parachuted in from the Heineken Cup are in italics. England France Italy Romania Spain WalesLondon Wasps Sale Sharks Newcastle Falcons Worcester Warriors Exeter Chiefs HarlequinsStade Français Perpignan Toulon Brive Agen Bayonne Lyon Bordeaux BiarritzCavalieri Prato Crociati Parma Petrarca Padova RovigoBucharest WolvesLa VilaNewport Gwent Dragons Scarlets Seeding Teams that did not qualify for the 2011–12 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 2010–11 season.http://forum.gwladrugby.com/showthread.php?t=187226 Gwlad! Rugby Online Chat Forum.gwladrugby.com 2011-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110816151726/http://forum.gwladrugby.com/showthread.php?t=187226 2011-08-16 dead Tier 1 FRA Stade Français (8) FRA Perpignan (9) ENG London Wasps (14) FRA Toulon (19) ENG Sale Sharks (22) Tier 2WAL Newport Gwent Dragons (26)FRA Brive (27)ENG Newcastle Falcons (28)ENG Worcester Warriors (29)FRA Bayonne Tier 3ITA Petrarca PadovaITA Crociati ParmaITA Rugby RovigoFRA AgenENG Exeter Chiefs Tier 4ITA Cavalieri PratoFRA LyonFRA Bordeaux-BèglesROM Bucharest Wolves ESP Club Rugby La Vila Comunidad Valencia Pool stage 2011–12 European Challenge Cup pool stage {| class="wikitable" |+ Key to colours |- | style="background:#cfc;"|     |Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals.Seed # in parentheses. |} Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Stade Français (1) 6 6 0 0 33 5 +28 241 43 +198 5 0 29ENG Worcester Warriors 6 4 0 2 30 9 +21 194 95 +99 4 0 20ROM București Wolves 6 2 0 4 12 27 −15 102 184 −82 2 0 10ITA Crociati Parma 6 0 0 6 4 38 −34 36 251 −215 0 0 0 Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Toulon (3) 6 5 0 1 26 5 +14 197 73 +124 3 1 25ENG Newcastle Falcons 6 4 0 2 18 9 +9 133 82 +51 2 0 18FRA Lyon 6 3 0 3 16 11 +5 143 114 +29 1 1 14ITA Petrarca Padova 6 0 0 6 3 38 −28 50 254 −204 0 0 0 Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG London Wasps (4) 6 5 0 1 21 7 +14 189 75 +114 4 0 24FRA Bayonne 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 197 61 +136 2 0 22FRA Bordeaux Bègles 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 82 132 −50 1 1 10ITA Rovigo 6 0 0 6 5 21 −16 51 251 −200 0 1 1 Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG Exeter Chiefs (8) 6 5 0 1 22 4 +18 202 64 +121 2 1 23FRA Perpignan 6 4 0 2 17 9 +8 153 112 +41 2 0 18WAL Newport Gwent Dragons 6 3 0 3 16 7 +9 139 100 +10 2 1 15ITA Cavalieri Prato 6 0 0 6 6 41 −35 62 280 −218 0 0 0 Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Brive (2) 6 6 0 0 26 7 +19 209 79 +130 3 0 28ENG Sale Sharks 6 4 0 2 31 8 +23 225 96 +129 4 0 20FRA Agen 6 2 0 4 24 21 +3 168 166 +2 2 0 10ESP La Vila 6 0 0 6 6 51 −45 64 325 −261 0 0 0http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/amlinchallengecup/pools/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/amlinchallengecup/pools/index.php dead 2008-05-06 ERC : Amlin Challenge Cup : Pools : Pool Tables Ercrugby.com 2012-01-19 2012-01-23 Knockout stage Seeding Following the end of the pool stage, the 5 pool winners were seeded alongside the top 3 2011–12 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals. (HC) Means a team has entered the competition from the Heineken Cup SeedTeam1 FRA Stade Français2 FRA Brive3 FRA Toulon4 ENG London Wasps5 (HC) FRA Biarritz6 (HC) ENG Harlequins7 (HC) WAL Scarlets8 ENG Exeter Chiefs Quarter-finals To be played on the weekend of 5–8 April 2012.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/amlin_challenge_cup_fixtures.php?includeref=480&season=2011-2012&round=elimination Amlin Challenge Cup Fixtures: Knock-out Stages European Rugby Cup 24 January 2012 5 April 2012 20:45 CEST Stade Français FRA 22–17 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16405.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 ENG Exeter Chiefs Camara 43' mWilliams 79' m Dupuy (4/4) 29', 40', 47', 55' Naqelevuki 68' m Mieres (4/5) 21', 27', 36', 49' Stade Charléty, Paris 4,693 Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) 6 April 2012 20:45 CEST Toulon FRA 37–8 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16433.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 ENG Harlequins Tillous-Borde 34' cLapeyre 60' cArmitage 73' m Wilkinson (1/1)Giteau (1/2) Wilkinson (5/5) 5', 8', 14', 18' 30'Giteau (1/1) 52' Care 70' m Clegg (1/1) 11' Stade Mayol, Toulon 12,762 George Clancy (Ireland) 7 April 2012 12:30 BST London Wasps ENG 23–26 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16444.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Biarritz Wade 63' cDavis 66' c Robinson (2/2) Robinson (3/3) 12', 21', 39' Balshaw 22' cvan Staden 40' c Yachvili (2/2) Yachvili (4/4) 28', 54', 61', 75' Adams Park, High Wycombe 4,308 John Lacey (Ireland) 8 April 2012 20:45 CEST Brive FRA 15–11 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16461.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 WAL Scarlets Swanepoel (5/8) 15', 36', 46', 50', 79' Li. Williams 58' m S. Jones (2/4) 30', 39' Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde 7,850 Wayne Barnes (England) Semi-finals This is the fifth time that one country has supplied all four semi-finalists: they were all French in 1996–97 and 1998–99, and all English in the 2005–06 and 2007–08 seasons. 27 April 2012 20:55 CEST Toulon FRA 32–29 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16606.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Stade Français Armitage 2' m Wilkinson (7/11) 31', 40', 42', 50', 55', 63', 67' Wilkinson (2/3) 46', 79' Bonneval 12' cTurinui 60' c Plisson (2/2) Plisson (3/5) 15', 26', 37' Plisson (2/2) 21', 68' Stade Mayol, Toulon 12,404 Alain Rolland (Ireland) 28 April 2012 16:00 CEST Biarritz FRA 19–0 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/16621.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Brive Traille 29' c Yachvili (1/1) Yachvili (4/5) 17', 23', 67', 71' Parc des Sports Aguiléra, Biarritz 8,927 George Clancy (Ireland) Final 18 May 2012 20:00 BST Biarritz FRA 21–18 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/18287.php https://archive.today/20121208172140/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/18287.php dead December 8, 2012 Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 FRA Toulon Yachvili (7/7) 4', 17', 24', 35', 46', 53', 73' Wilkinson (5/7) 11', 22', 31', 44', 59' Wilkinson (1/1) 65' Twickenham Stoop, London 9,376 Wayne Barnes (England) References Category:2011–12 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2011–12 in European rugby union Category:2011–12 in English rugby union Category:2011–12 in French rugby union Category:2011–12 in Italian rugby union Category:2011–12 in Romanian rugby union Category:2011–12 in Spanish rugby union Category:2011–12 in Welsh rugby union 2011