2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage

Main article: 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup

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.

2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
Season	2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup
Date	8 October 2009 – 23 January 2010
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Connacht
Seed 2	Toulon
Seed 3	London Wasps
Seed 4	Newcastle Falcons
Seed 5	Cardiff Blues
Seed 6	Gloucester Rugby
Seed 7	Scarlets
Seed 8	Bourgoin
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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.

Key to colours

Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bourgoin (8)	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	141	86	+55	2	1	23
Leeds Carnegie	6	4	0	2	19	6	+13	160	82	+78	3	0	19
Overmach Parma	6	2	0	4	5	17	−12	78	145	−67	0	0	8
București Oaks	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	70	136	−66	0	3	7

9 October 2009 19:30

Bourgoin	29–19	Leeds Carnegie

Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin

10 October 2009 13:00

București Oaks	21–9	Overmach Parma

Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest

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17 October 2009 13:00

București Oaks	19–21	Bourgoin

Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest

18 October 2009 15:00

Leeds Carnegie	32–13	Overmach Parma

Headingley, Leeds

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12 December 2009 13:00

București Oaks	6–10	Leeds Carnegie

Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, Bucharest

12 December 2009 14:00

Overmach Parma	14–9	Bourgoin

Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma

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17 December 2009 19:30

Bourgoin	31–10	Overmach Parma

Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin

20 December 2009 15:00

Leeds Carnegie	47–0	București Oaks

Headingley, Leeds

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14 January 2010 19:30

Bourgoin	33–15	București Oaks

Stade Pierre Rajon, Bourgoin

16 January 2010 14:30

Overmach Parma	16–38	Leeds Carnegie

Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma

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23 January 2010 14:30

Overmach Parma	16–9	București Oaks

Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma

24 January 2010 15:00

Leeds Carnegie	9–18	Bourgoin

Headingley, Leeds

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Connacht (1)	6	6	0	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
Montpellier	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
Worcester Warriors	6	2	0	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
Olympus Madrid	6	0	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0

8 October 2009 19:45

Worcester Warriors	17–22	Montpellier

Sixways Stadium, Worcester

9 October 2009 18:30

Connacht	46–6	Olympus Madrid

Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway

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16 October 2009 20:00

Montpellier	19–22	Connacht

Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier

17 October 2009 16:30

Olympus Madrid	5–38	Worcester Warriors

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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11 December 2009 20:00

Montpellier	57–24	Olympus Madrid

Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier

11 December 2009 15:00

Worcester Warriors	21–26	Connacht

Sixways Stadium, Worcester

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18 December 2009 19:00

Connacht	19–7	Worcester Warriors

Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway

19 December 2009 16:00

Olympus Madrid	6–42	Montpellier

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

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15 January 2010 19:00

Connacht	20–10	Montpellier

Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway

16 January 2010 15:00

Worcester Warriors	54–3	Olympus Madrid

Sixways Stadium, Worcester

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22 January 2010 20:00

Montpellier	8–3	Worcester Warriors

Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier

23 January 2010 16:00

Olympus Madrid	0–66	Connacht

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Toulon (2)	6	5	0	1	27	7	+20	218	88	+130	3	0	23
Saracens	6	5	0	1	17	6	+11	184	83	+101	2	0	22
Castres Olympique	6	2	0	4	24	12	+12	173	127	+46	2	1	11
Rovigo	6	0	0	6	3	46	−43	41	318	−277	0	0	0

9 October 2009 19:00

Castres Olympique	17–33	Toulon

Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres

11 October 2009 15:00

Saracens	36–12	Rovigo

Vicarage Road, Watford

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15 October 2009 20:45

Toulon	31–23	Saracens

Stade Mayol, Toulon

17 October 2009 15:00

Rovigo	11–76	Castres Olympique

Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

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11 December 2009 19:00

Castres Olympique	9–23	Saracens

Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres

11 December 2009 19:30

Toulon	73–3	Rovigo

Stade Mayol, Toulon

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19 December 2009 20:00

Saracens	18–14	Castres Olympique

Vicarage Road, Watford

20 December 2009 14:00

Rovigo	7–30	Toulon

Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

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14 January 2010 19:45

Saracens	28–9	Toulon

Vicarage Road, Watford

15 January 2010 19:00

Castres Olympique	47–0	Rovigo

Stade Pierre-Antoine, Castres

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23 January 2010 15:00

Rovigo	8–56	Saracens

Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

23 January 2010 20:45

Toulon	42–10	Castres Olympique

Stade Mayol, Toulon

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
London Wasps (3)	6	5	0	1	21	3	+18	176	69	+107	2	1	23
Bayonne	6	4	0	2	23	4	−19	184	73	+111	2	1	19
Racing Métro	6	3	0	3	22	7	+15	177	85	+92	2	2	16
Rugby Roma Olimpic	6	0	0	6	1	53	−52	28	338	−310	0	0	0

9 October 2009 19:30

Bayonne	61–3	Rugby Roma Olimpic

Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne

11 October 2009 15:00

London Wasps	18–13	Racing Métro

Adams Park, High Wycombe

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17 October 2009 15:00

Rugby Roma Olimpic	0–57	London Wasps

Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome

17 October 2009 20:45

Racing Métro	16–20	Bayonne

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

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12 December 2009 15:00

London Wasps	22–18	Bayonne

Adams Park, High Wycombe

12 December 2009 20:45

Racing Métro	62–0	Rugby Roma Olimpic

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

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17 December 2009 20:45

Bayonne	3–12	London Wasps

Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne

19 December 2009 14:30

Rugby Roma Olimpic	3–53	Racing Métro

Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome

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14 January 2010 20:00

London Wasps	50–16	Rugby Roma Olimpic

Adams Park, High Wycombe

16 January 2010 20:45

Bayonne	27–14	Racing Métro

Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne

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21 January 2010 20:45

Racing Métro	19–17	London Wasps

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

23 January 2010 14:30

Rugby Roma Olimpic	6–55	Bayonne

Stadio delle Tre Fontane, Rome

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons (4)	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	146	77	+69	2	1	23
Montauban	6	5	0	1	13	9	+4	132	96	+36	1	0	21
Albi	6	2	0	4	13	14	−1	117	137	−20	2	2	12
Petrarca Padova	6	0	0	6	9	22	−13	95	180	−85	0	1	1

9 October 2009 20:00

Albi	7–17	Montauban

Stadium Municipal, Albi

10 October 2009 15:00

Petrarca Padova	27–29	Newcastle Falcons

Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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16 October 2009 20:30

Montauban	27–10	Petrarca Padova

Stade Sapiac, Montauban

18 October 2009 15:00

Newcastle Falcons	45–3	Albi

Kingston Park, Newcastle

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10 December 2009 19:45

Newcastle Falcons	17–6	Montauban

Kingston Park, Newcastle

12 December 2009 15:00

Petrarca Padova	16–35	Albi

Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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18 December 2009 20:30

Montauban	24–19	Newcastle Falcons

Stade Sapiac, Montauban

20 December 2009 14:00

Albi	38–16	Petrarca Padova

Stadium Municipal, Albi

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15 January 2010 20:00

Albi	14–16	Newcastle Falcons

Stadium Municipal, Albi

16 January 2010 15:00

Petrarca Padova	23–31	Montauban

Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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22 January 2010 19:30

Montauban	27–20	Albi

Stade Sapiac, Montauban

22 January 2010 20:00

Newcastle Falcons	20–3	Petrarca Padova

Kingston Park, Newcastle

Seeding

• Bare numbers indicate Challenge quarterfinal seeding.
• Numbers with "HC" indicate Heineken Cup 3rd-5th Runners-Up.

Seeds	Top 4 Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Connacht	26	28	+136
2	Toulon	23	27	+130
3	London Wasps	23	21	+108
4	Newcastle Falcons	23	16	+69
Non-Seeds	(Worst Pool Winner and HC Runners-up)	Pts	TF	+/−
5HC	Cardiff Blues	18	14	+45
6HC	Gloucester	17	12	-10
7HC	Scarlets	17	12	-31
8	Bourgoin	23	15	+55

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 2009–10 Heineken Cup