End of the Champions Cup group stage, discover all the posters for the round of 16.
It’s the end of the group stage of the Champions Cup and the results are rather positive for the French clubs with only Stade Français and Racing 92 who are eliminated and who will not see the final phase. On the other hand, some bad news too, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Toulon, La Rochelle are in the same part of the table and could face each other very quickly.
In total, 24 clubs were involved and divided into four groups of six. 16 teams were aiming for the round of 16, in this case the four best ranked in each group. Each team fifth in its group is transferred to the round of 16 of the Challenge Cup and the sixth are eliminated. Important detail, two teams from the same league cannot compete against each other. For example, Union Bordeaux Bègles placed in pool A cannot face Stade Toulousain.
The complete ranking at the end of the group stage
- 1. UBB (20 points, +141)
- 2. Leinster (18 points, +59)
- 3. Northampton (16 points, + 31)
- 4. Toulon (13 points, – 3)
- 5. Toulouse (19 points, + 163)
- 6. Castres (14 points, + 19)
- 7. Glasgow (12 points, + 11)
- 8. La Rochelle (11 points, + 23)
- 9. Munster (12 points, + 27)
- 10. Leicester (11 points, – 15)
- 11. Treviso (11 points, – 26)
- 12. Dirty (10 points, – 11)
- 13. Saracens (11 points, +20)
- 14. Clermont (10 points, + 8)
- 15. Harlequins (9 points, + 31)
- 16. Ulster (5 points, – 61)
All the posters for the round of 16
- UBB (1) – Ulster (16)
- La Rochelle (8) – Munster (9)
- Toulouse (5) – Dirty (12)
- Toulon (4) – Saracens (13)
- Leinster (2) – Harlequins (15)
- Glasgow (7) – Leicester (10)
- Castres (6) – Treviso (11)
- Northampton (3) – Clermont (14)
Potential quarter-final posters
- Quarter-final 1: UBB (1) or Ulster (16) – La Rochelle (8) or Munster (9)
- Quarter-final 2: Toulouse (5) or Dirty (12) – Toulon (4) or Saracens (13)
- Quarter-final 3: Leinster (2) or Harlequins (15) – Glasgow (7) or Leicester (10)
- Quarter-final 4: Castres (6) or Treviso (11) – Northampton (3) or Clermont (14)
Calendar
- Round of 16: April 4/5/6, 2025
- Quarter-finals: 11/12/13 April 2025
- Semi-finals: May 2/3/4, 2025
- Champions Cup final: May 24, 2025, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff
The 16 clubs will be ranked in descending order, first according to their position in their group, then according to the number of points they have accumulated, in order to establish a general ranking from 1 to 16. The group winners will be ranked from 1 to 4, the runners-up will be ranked from 5 to 8 and so on.
- Round of 16 1: Club ranked no. 1 – Club ranked no. 16
- Round of 16 2: Club ranked no. 2 – Club ranked no. 15
- Round of 16 3: Club ranked no. 3 – Club ranked no. 14
- Round of 16 4: Club ranked no. 4 – Club ranked no. 13
- Round of 16 5: Club ranked no. 5 – Club ranked no. 12 Round of 16 6: Club ranked no. 6 – Club ranked no. 11
- Round of 16 7: Club ranked no. 7 – Club ranked no. 10
- Round of 16 8: Club ranked No. 8 – Club ranked No. 9
- QF 1: winner of the round of 16 1 – winner of the round of 16 8
- QF 2: winner of the 8th final 2 – winner of the 8th final 7
- QF 3: winner of the 8th final 3 – winner of the 8th final 6
- QF 4: winner of the 8th final 4 – winner of the 8th final 5
- DF 1: winner of QF 1 – winner of QF 4
- DF 2: winner of QF 2 – winner of QF 3