2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup
# 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup

The 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the third edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. Clubs from six European nations plus one Russian club competed. It was also the 21st season of the Challenge Cup competition in all forms, following on from the now defunct European Challenge Cup.

Montpellier were the reigning champions, having beaten Harlequins in the final of the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup. They did not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup as a result of the win.

The first round of the group stage began on the weekend of 13/14/15/16 October 2016, and the competition ended with the final on 12 May 2017 in Edinburgh.

Stade Français won the final 25–17 against Gloucester.

## Teams

20 teams qualified for the 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup; a total of 18 qualified from across the Premiership, Pro12 and Top 14, as a direct result of their domestic league performance, with two coming through a play-off. The expected distribution of teams was:

* England: 6
   * Any teams finishing between 7th-11th position in the Aviva Premiership. (5 Teams)
   * The champion of the Greene King IPA Championship. (1 Team)
* France: 7
   * Any teams finishing between 8th-12th position in the Top 14. (5 Teams)
   * The champion, and the winner of the promotion play-off, from the Pro D2. (2 Teams)
* Ireland, Italy, Scotland & Wales: 5 teams
   * Any teams that did not qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup, through the Guinness Pro12 — namely the Pro12 bottom 5. (5 teams)

The French Top 14 had its allocation reduced by 1 place after Montpellier won the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup. This is after it was decided that, due to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there would be no qualification play-off.

* Other European Nations: 2 teams
   * Two teams qualified through the 2015–16 Qualifying Competition, which took place alongside the Challenge Cup and Champions Cup competitions.

The following clubs qualified for the Challenge Cup.

| Aviva Premiership | Top 14 | Pro12 | Pro12 | Pro12 | Qualifying Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| England | France | Italy | Scotland | Wales | Other |
| Harlequins Gloucester Bath Worcester Warriors Newcastle Falcons Bristol (Championship winner) | Brive La Rochelle Grenoble Pau Stade Français Lyon (Pro D2 champion) Bayonne (Pro D2 Play-off winner) | Treviso | Edinburgh | Cardiff Blues Ospreys Newport Gwent Dragons | Enisey-STM Timișoara Saracens |

### Qualifying competition

Once again, EPCR expanded the qualifying competition.

Eight teams were split into two pools of four. Each team played the four teams in the other pool once. The winner of each pool then played a two-legged final against last year's qualifying sides, and the winners, on aggregate, took the two remaining places in the Challenge Cup.

**Pool A play-off**

* 9 April 2016

| Rovigo | 0 – 31 | Enisey-STM |
| - | - | - |

* 23 April 2016

| Enisey-STM | 39–5 | Rovigo |
| - | - | - |

* Enisey-STM qualify with an aggregate score of 70–5

**Pool B play-off**

* 9 April 2016

| Timișoara Saracens | 36–23 | Calvisano |
| - | - | - |

* 23 April 2016

| Calvisano | 17–28 | Timișoara Saracens |
| - | - | - |

* Timișoara Saracens qualify with an aggregate score of 64–40

### Team details

Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.

Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.

| Team | Coach / Director of Rugby | Captain | Stadium | Capacity | Method of Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bath | Todd Blackadder | Dave Attwood | Recreation Ground | 14,500 | Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (9th) |
| Bayonne | Vincent Etcheto | Jean Monribot | Stade Jean Dauger | 16,934 | Pro D2 runner-up |
| Benetton Treviso | Kieran Crowley | Alessandro Zanni | Stadio Comunale di Monigo | 6,700 | Pro12 bottom 5 (12th) |
| Bristol | Andy Robinson | Jack Lam | Ashton Gate Stadium | 27,000 | 2015–16 RFU Championship Champion |
| Brive | Nicolas Godignon | Arnaud Méla | Stade Amédée-Domenech | 16,000 | Top 14 7th-12th (8th) |
| Cardiff Blues | Danny Wilson | Gethin Jenkins | BT Cardiff Arms Park | 12,125 | Pro12 bottom 5 (7th) |
| Edinburgh | Alan Solomons | Grant Gilchrist | Murrayfield Stadium New Myreside | 67,144 5,500 | Pro12 bottom 5 (9th) |
| Enisey-STM | Alexander Pervukhin | Uldis Saulite | Slava Stadium Trud Stadium Sochi Central Stadium | 2,500 3,000 10,200 | Challenge Cup Qualification play-off |
| Gloucester | David Humphreys | Greig Laidlaw | Kingsholm Stadium | 16,115 | Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (8th) |
| Grenoble | Bernard Jackman | Jonathan Wisniewski | Stade des Alpes | 20,068 | Top 14 7th-12th (10th) |
| Harlequins | John Kingston | Danny Care | Twickenham Stoop | 14,800 | Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (7th) |
| La Rochelle | Patrice Collazo Xavier Garbajosa | Uini Atonio | Stade Marcel-Deflandre | 15,000 | Top 14 7th-12th (9th) |
| Lyon | Pierre Mignoni | Julien Puricelli | Matmut Stadium | 11,805 | Pro D2 Champion |
| Newcastle Falcons | Dean Richards | Will Welch | Kingston Park | 10,200 | Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (11th) |
| Newport Gwent Dragons | Kingsley Jones | T. Rhys Thomas | Rodney Parade | 8,800 | Pro12 bottom 5 (11th) |
| Ospreys | Steve Tandy | Alun Wyn Jones | Liberty Stadium Millennium Stadium | 20,827 74,500 | Pro12 bottom 5 (8th) |
| Pau | Simon Mannix | Julien Pierre | Stade du Hameau | 13,819 | Top 14 7th-12th (11th) |
| Stade Français | Gonzalo Quesada | Sergio Parisse | Stade Jean-Bouin | 20,000 | Top 14 7th-12th (12th) |
| Timișoara Saracens | Grainger Heikell | Cătălin Fercu | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu | 32,972 | Challenge Cup Qualification play-off |
| Worcester Warriors | Carl Hogg | Gerrit-Jan van Velze | Sixways Stadium | 12,024 | Aviva Premiership 7th-11th (10th) |

## Seeding

The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower tier.

| Rank | Top 14 | Premiership | Pro 12 | Qualifying Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brive | Harlequins | Cardiff Blues | Enisey-STM |
| 2 | La Rochelle | Gloucester | Ospreys | Timișoara Saracens |
| 3 | Grenoble | Bath | Edinburgh | |
| 4 | Pau | Worcester Warriors | Newport Gwent Dragons | |
| 5 | Stade Français | Newcastle Falcons | Treviso | |
| 6 | Lyon | Bristol | | |
| 7 | Bayonne | | | |

Teams were taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.

Given the nature of the Qualifying Competition, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, Rugby Europe 1 and Rugby Europe 2 were automatically included in Tier 4, despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.

The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).

| Tier 1 | Harlequins (1 AP) | Cardiff Blues (1 Pro12) | Brive (1 Top 14) | Ospreys (2 Pro12) | La Rochelle (2 Top 14) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tier 2 | Gloucester (2 AP) | Bath (3 AP) | Edinburgh (3 Pro12) | Grenoble (3 Top 14) | Worcester Warriors (4 AP) |
| Tier 3 | Pau (4 Top 14) | Newport Gwent Dragons (4 Pro12) | Newcastle Falcons (5 AP) | Treviso (5 Pro12) | Stade Français (5 Top 14) |
| Tier 4 | Bristol (6 AP) | Lyon (6 Top 14) | Bayonne (7 Top 14) | Enisey-STM (QC 1) | Timișoara Saracens (QC 2) |

The following restrictions applied to the draw:

* The 5 pools each contain four clubs, one from each of the 4 Tiers.
* Each pool is required to have one club from each league, drawn from Tier 1, 2 or 3. A second team will only be added to a pool during the Tier 4 allocation.

## Pool stage

The draw took place on 29 June 2016, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Teams played each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that began on weekend of 13/14/15/16 October 2016, and continued through to 19/20/21/22 January 2017, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.

Teams were awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams received 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.

In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers were used, as directed by EPCR:

* Where teams have played each other
   * The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
   * If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
   * If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
* Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
   * The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
   * If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
   * If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
   * If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.

Key to colours :

* Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
* Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.
* Cannot advance to the quarter-finals.

### Pool 1

| Teamvte | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gloucester (2) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 237 | 110 | +127 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| La Rochelle (6) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 104 | +99 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Benetton Treviso | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 182 | −107 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bayonne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 116 | 235 | −119 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Pool 2

| Teamvte | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ospreys (1) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 51 | +228 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
| Lyon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 164 | +23 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Newcastle Falcons | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 158 | 180 | −22 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Grenoble | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 303 | −229 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Pool 3

| Teamvte | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brive (5) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 120 | +55 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Newport Gwent Dragons | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 140 | +10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Worcester Warriors | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 117 | +30 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Enisey-STM | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 107 | 202 | –95 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 9 |

### Pool 4

| Teamvte | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bath (4) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 91 | +123 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Cardiff Blues (7) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 115 | +35 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Bristol | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 181 | –43 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Pau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 97 | 212 | –115 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

### Pool 5

| Teamvte | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Edinburgh (3) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 215 | 122 | +93 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Stade Français (8) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 108 | +44 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Harlequins | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 113 | +117 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Timișoara Saracens | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 280 | –254 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pool winners and runners-up rankings

| Seed | Pool Winners | Pts | +/− | TF |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ospreys | 30 | +228 | 42 |
| 2 | Gloucester | 25 | +127 | 31 |
| 3 | Edinburgh | 24 | +93 | 30 |
| 4 | Bath | 23 | +123 | 24 |
| 5 | Brive | 23 | +55 | 21 |
| Seed | Pool Runners-Up | Pts | +/− | TF |
| 6 | La Rochelle | 24 | +99 | 28 |
| 7 | Cardiff Blues | 22 | +35 | 16 |
| 8 | Stade Français | 20 | +44 | 20 |
| 9 | Lyon | 16 | +23 | 26 |
| 10 | Newport Gwent Dragons | 14 | +10 | 19 |

## Knock-out stage

### Format

The eight qualifiers were ranked according to performance in the pool stages, and compete in the quarter-finals, which was held on the weekend of 30/31 March, 1/2 April 2017. The top four teams hosted the quarter-finals against the lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.

The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 21/22/23 April 2017. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that home advantage would be awarded to a side based on "performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home".

Home advantage was awarded as follows:

| Winner of QF | Winner of QF | Semi-Final 1 (Home v Away) |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 1 v 4 |
| 1 | 5 | 5 v 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 8 v 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 v 8 |
| Winner of QF | Winner of QF | Semi-Final 2 (Home v Away) |
| 3 | 2 | 2 v 3 |
| 3 | 7 | 7 v 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 6 v 2 |
| 6 | 7 | 6 v 7 |

The winners of the semi-finals contested the final at Murrayfield on 12 May 2017.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Edinburgh | 22 | | | | | | |
| 6 | La Rochelle | 32 | | | | | | |
| 6 | La Rochelle | 32 | 3 | La Rochelle | 14 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Gloucester | 16 | | | |
| 2 | Gloucester | 46 | 2 | Gloucester | 16 | | | |
| 7 | Cardiff Blues | 26 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Cardiff Blues | 26 | | | | 2 | Gloucester | 17 |
| | | | | | | 8 | Stade Français | 25 |
| 1 | Ospreys | 21 | | | | | | | 8 | Stade Français | 25 |
| 8 | Stade Français | 25 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stade Français | 25 | 8 | Stade Français | 28 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Bath | 25 | | | |
| 4 | Bath | 34 | 4 | Bath | 25 | | | |
| 5 | Brive | 20 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 31 March 2017 20:00

| Edinburgh (3) | 22–32 | (6) La Rochelle |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Burleigh 19' c Ford 39' m Watson 46' c Con: Tovey (1/2) 20' Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) 48' Pen: Weir (1/1) 65' | Report | Try: Maurouard (2) 5' c, 11' c Retiere 24' m Barry 35' c Con: James (3/4) 6', 13', 35' Pen: James (2/3) 69', 79' |

* Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 5,489 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)
* 1 April 2017 12:45

| Bath (4) | 34–20 | (5) Brive |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Faletau (2) 21' c, 43' c Homer 27' m Rokoduguni (2) 31' m, 75' c Con: Priestland (3/5) 22', 44', 77' Pen: Priestland (1/1) 9' | Report | Try: Sanconnie (2) 49' c, 55' c Con: Germain (2/2) 50', 56' Pen: Germain (2/2) 14', 19' |

* Recreation Ground Attendance: 11,677 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
* 1 April 2017 20:05

| Gloucester (2) | 46–26 | (7) Cardiff Blues |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Moriarty 10' c Marshall (2) 25' c, 58' c May 54' c Atkinson 65' c Purdy 78' m Con: Burns (1/1) 10' Twelvetrees (4/5) 26', 55', 60', 66' Pen: Burns (1/1) 17' Twelvetrees (1/1) 23' | Report | Try: Cuthbert (2) 4' c, 34' c Con: Shingler (2/2) 5', 35' Pen: Shingler (3/3) 14', 21', 49' Drop: Anscombe (1/1) 39' |

* Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 11,206 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)
* 2 April 2017 17:45

| Ospreys (1) | 21–25 | (8) Stade Français |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Matavesi 47' m Ardron 76' c Con: Biggar (1/2) 76' Pen: Biggar (3/3) 13', 33', 53' | Report | Try: Zhvania 30' m Lakafia 54' c Arias 59' c Con: Plisson (2/3) 54', 59' Pen: Plisson (2/2) 28', 44' |

* Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 12,127 Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

### Semi-finals

* 22 April 2017 21:00

| La Rochelle | 14–16 | Gloucester |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Lagrange 66' m Pen: James (3/5) 24', 40', 65' | Report | Try: Burns 59' c Con: Burns (1/1) 59' Pen: Burns (3/3) 9', 18', 56' |

* Stade Marcel-Deflandre Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
* 23 April 2017 13:30

| Stade Français | 28–25 | Bath |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Doumayrou 12' c Plisson 48' m Pyle 78' c Con: Plisson (2/3) 12', 78' Pen: Plisson (2/2) 5', 17' Drop: Plisson (1/1) 80' | Report | Try: Rokoduguni 63' c Fruean 68' m Stooke 71' c Con: Ford (2/3) 63', 71' Pen: Ford (2/2) 10', 34' |

* Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,175 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

### Final

* 12 May 2017 20:00

| Gloucester | 17–25 | Stade Français |
| - | - | - |
| Try: May 14' c Moriarty 79' c Con: Burns (2/2) 15', 79' Pen: Burns (1/1) 22' | Report | Try: Parisse 32' c Danty 57' m Doumayrou 71' c Con: Plisson (1/2) 32' Steyn (1/1) 72' Pen: Plisson (1/1) 27' Steyn (1/1) 75' |

* Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 24,494 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

| FB | 15 | Tom Marshall |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Charlie Sharples |
| OC | 13 | Matt Scott | | 62' |
| IC | 12 | Mark Atkinson | | 72' |
| LW | 11 | Jonny May |
| FH | 10 | Billy Burns |
| SH | 9 | Willi Heinz (c) | 33' to 43' | 43' |
| N8 | 8 | Ben Morgan |
| OF | 7 | Lewis Ludlow |
| BF | 6 | Ross Moriarty |
| RL | 5 | Jeremy Thrush | | 75' |
| LL | 4 | Tom Savage | | 60' |
| TP | 3 | John Afoa | | 22' |
| HK | 2 | Richard Hibbard | | 73' |
| LP | 1 | Josh Hohneck | | 63' |
| Substitutes: ||
| HK | 16 | Darren Dawidiuk | | 73' |
| PR | 17 | Yann Thomas | | 63' |
| PR | 18 | Paddy McAllister | | 22' |
| LK | 19 | Mariano Galarza | | 60' |
| LK | 20 | Freddie Clarke | | 75' |
| SH | 21 | Greig Laidlaw | | 43' |
| CE | 22 | Billy Twelvetrees | | 62' |
| CE | 23 | Henry Trinder | | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| David Humphreys ||
| FB | 15 | Hugo Bonneval |
| RW | 14 | Waisea Nayacalevu |
| OC | 13 | Geoffrey Doumayrou |
| IC | 12 | Jonathan Danty | 73' |
| LW | 11 | Djibril Camara |
| FH | 10 | Jules Plisson | 67' |
| SH | 9 | Will Genia | 70' |
| N8 | 8 | Sergio Parisse (c) |
| OF | 7 | Jono Ross |
| BF | 6 | Antoine Burban | 59' |
| RL | 5 | Paul Gabrillagues |
| LL | 4 | Hugh Pyle | 67' |
| TP | 3 | Rabah Slimani | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Rémi Bonfils | 73' |
| LP | 1 | Heinke van der Merwe | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Laurent Panis | 73' |
| PR | 17 | Zurabi Zhvania | 69' |
| PR | 18 | Paul Alo-Emile | 41' |
| LK | 19 | Willem Alberts | 67' |
| FL | 20 | Raphaël Lakafia | 59' |
| SH | 21 | Julien Dupuy | 70' |
| FH | 22 | Morné Steyn | 67' |
| CE | 23 | Jérémy Sinzelle | 73' |
| Coach: ||
| Gonzalo Quesada ||

## Attendances

* Does not include final as this is held at a neutral venue.

| Club | Home Games | Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bath | 4 | 49,570 | 12,393 | 13,257 | 11,677 | 85% |
| Bayonne | 3 | 8,703 | 2,901 | 5,005 | 1,498 | 17% |
| Benetton Treviso | 3 | 4,100 | 1,367 | 1,900 | 700 | 25% |
| Bristol | 3 | 28,988 | 9,663 | 13,140 | 7,559 | 36% |
| Brive | 3 | 11,500 | 3,833 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 24% |
| Cardiff Blues | 3 | 21,752 | 7,251 | 7,569 | 6,960 | 60% |
| Edinburgh | 4 | 20,105 | 5,026 | 5,489 | 4,055 | 29% |
| Enisey-ETM | 3 | 2,800 | 933 | 1,500 | 300 | 18% |
| Gloucester | 4 | 39,367 | 9,842 | 11,206 | 9,265 | 61% |
| Grenoble | 3 | 20,607 | 6,869 | 7,003 | 6,754 | 42% |
| Harlequins | 3 | 29,692 | 9,897 | 11,820 | 8,230 | 67% |
| La Rochelle | 4 | 56,910 | 14,228 | 15,000 | 13,123 | 95% |
| Lyon | 3 | 27,472 | 9,157 | 12,080 | 6,500 | 77% |
| Newcastle Falcons | 3 | 10,448 | 3,483 | 3,551 | 3,390 | 34% |
| Newport Gwent Dragons | 3 | 11,766 | 3,922 | 4,126 | 3,544 | 46% |
| Ospreys | 4 | 33,504 | 8,376 | 12,127 | 6,986 | 30% |
| Pau | 3 | 23,635 | 7,878 | 9,212 | 6,050 | 57% |
| Stade Francais | 4 | 31,363 | 7,841 | 10,175 | 6,511 | 39% |
| Timișoara Saracens | 2 | 6,500 | 3,250 | 3,500 | 3,000 | 10% |
| Worcester Warriors | 3 | 20,474 | 6,825 | 7,209 | 6,097 | 57% |

* ↑ Timișoara Saracens only played 2 home games as their final home game was cancelled due to a frozen pitch.
