
2000-01 European Challenge Cup
Encyclopedia
The 2000–01 European Challenge Cup was the fifth year of the European Challenge Cup
, the second tier rugby union
cup competition below the Heineken Cup
. The tournament was held between October 2000 and May 2001.
European Challenge Cup
The European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
, the second tier rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
cup competition below the Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
. The tournament was held between October 2000 and May 2001.
Pool 1
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() Newcastle Falcons The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 234 | 99 | 135 | 10 |
![]() Benetton Rugby Treviso Benetton Rugby Treviso are an Italian professional rugby union club currently competing in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup.They are based in Treviso in Veneto, and owned by the Benetton clothing company.... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 157 | 97 | 60 | 10 |
![]() CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde are a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 136 | 152 | −16 | 4 |
![]() Cross Keys RFC Cross Keys RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Crosskeys. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.- History :... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 33 | −26 | 60 | 239 | −179 | 0 |
Pool 2
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault, often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club preparing to return to the second tier of the country's professional rugby system, Pro D2. They earned promotion as 2011 Fédérale 1 champions... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 151 | 112 | 39 | 10 |
![]() ASM Clermont Auvergne Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 201 | 107 | 94 | 8 |
![]() Neath RFC Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 151 | 192 | −41 | 4 |
Connacht Connacht Rugby Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 60 | 152 | −92 | 2 |
Pool 3
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() USA Perpignan Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais or Unió eSportiva Arlequins de Perpinyà , generally abbreviated as USAP in both languages, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales. The club currently competes in the Top 14, the top level of the French... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 187 | 105 | 82 | 8 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 122 | 136 | −14 | 8 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 144 | 166 | −22 | 4 |
![]() FC Grenoble Football Club de Grenoble Alpes Rugby is a French rugby union club which, until recently, competed in the top level of the French league system. They play at Stade Lesdiguières . They wear red and blue.-History:... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 120 | 166 | −46 | 4 |
Pool 4
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne is a French rugby union club based in Agen in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. They currently play in the top flight of French professional rugby, Top 14; they were most recently promoted after winning the 2010 title in the second-level Pro D2. Agen also... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 32 | 259 | 91 | 168 | 10 |
![]() Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the... |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 178 | 155 | 23 | 8 |
![]() FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2... |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 134 | 185 | −51 | 5 |
![]() Caerphilly RFC Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1887. Their home ground is Virginia Park in Caerphilly and their nickname is The Cheesemen. Caerphilly RFC currently play in the WRU Division One East and are a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.Caerphilly RFC also run a... |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 36 | −25 | 128 | 268 | −140 | |1 |
Pool 5
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 188 | 80 | 108 | 10 |
![]() US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 152 | 103 | 49 | 10 |
![]() Ebbw Vale RFC Ebbw Vale Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby Union Club based in the town of Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The club currently play in the WRU Division One East and the SWALEC Cup. It also acts as a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 120 | 151 | −31 | 2 |
![]() CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the early 2000s but were relegated from Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season... |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 94 | 220 | −126 | 2 |
Pool 6
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() London Irish London Irish RFC is an English rugby union club based in Sunbury, Surrey, where the senior squad train, the youth teams and senior academy play home games, and the club maintain their administrative offices. The senior squad play home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading and compete in the top... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 254 | 106 | 148 | 10 |
![]() CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 184 | 143 | 41 | 10 |
![]() Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 155 | 179 | −24 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37 | −27 | 90 | 255 | −165 | 0 |
Pool 7
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() Stade Montois Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that plays in the 2011–12 season in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black... |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 177 | 113 | 64 | 10 |
![]() Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black... |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 167 | 113 | 54 | 7 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 199 | 147 | 52 | 7 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 92 | 262 | −170 | 0 |
Pool 8
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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![]() RC Narbonne Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée is a French rugby union club that play in the second-level Rugby Pro D2, after finishing at the bottom of the 2006-07 Top 14 table.... |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 124 | 76 | 48 | 7 |
![]() CS Bourgoin-Jallieu CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the second level of the French league system in the Pro D2. The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the Challenge Yves du Manoir competitions, and have won the Challenge Cup.Founded in 1906 as "Club... |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 104 | 83 | 21 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 78 | 147 | −69 | 0 |
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
See also
- European Challenge CupEuropean Challenge CupThe European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
- 2000-01 Heineken Cup2000-01 Heineken CupThe 2000–01 Heineken Cup was the sixth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other...