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2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage

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2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage
Season	2006–07 European Challenge Cup
Date	20 October 2006 – 20 January 2007
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Clermont
Seed 2	Saracens
Seed 3	Bath
Seed 4	Newport Gwent Dragons
Seed 5	Brive
Seed 6	Bristol
Seed 7	Glasgow Warriors
Seed 8	Newcastle Falcons
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The 2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 11th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began with five matches on 20 October 2006 and ended with the final seven pool games on 20 January 2007.

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 five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Twickenham StoopinLondon on 19 May 2007.

Results[edit]

All times are local to the game location.

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses

Pool 1[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newport Gwent Dragons (4)	6	5	0	1	29	10	19	211	79	132	4	1	25
Bristol (6)	6	5	0	1	26	6	20	168	69	99	4	1	25
București	6	1	0	5	15	35	−20	124	230	−106	3	1	8
Bayonne	6	1	0	5	14	33	−19	106	231	−125	2	1	7

Newport Gwent Dragons	50–3	Bayonne

București	3–27	Bristol Rugby

Bristol Rugby	11–7	Newport Gwent Dragons

București	32–27	Bayonne

Bayonne	17–38	Bristol Rugby

Newport Gwent Dragons	66–10	București

Bristol Rugby	48–6	Bayonne

București	29–39	Newport Gwent Dragons

Bayonne	38–31	București

Newport Gwent Dragons	17–11	Bristol Rugby

Bristol Rugby	33–19	București

Bayonne	15–32	Newport Gwent Dragons

Pool 2[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Saracens (2)	6	5	1	0	35	9	26	225	101	124	5	0	26
Glasgow Warriors (7)	6	4	1	1	25	10	15	204	72	132	3	1	22
Narbonne	6	2	0	4	16	20	−4	127	171	−44	1	1	10
Parma	6	0	0	6	6	43	−37	84	296	−212	0	1	1

GRAN Parma	16–19	Narbonne

Saracens	28–23	Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Warriors	69–7	GRAN Parma

Narbonne	20–37	Saracens

Glasgow Warriors	51–7	Narbonne

Saracens	71–16	GRAN Parma

GRAN Parma	16–36	Saracens

Narbonne	7–8	Glasgow Warriors

GRAN Parma	17–47	Glasgow Warriors

Saracens	47–20	Narbonne

Glasgow Warriors	6–6	Saracens

Narbonne	54–12	GRAN Parma

Pool 3[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Brive (5)	6	5	0	1	32	11	21	225	79	146	3	1	24
Newcastle Falcons (8)	6	4	0	2	29	11	18	181	85	96	4	1	21
Montauban	6	3	0	3	13	13	0	107	98	9	1	0	13
Petrarca Padova	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39	47	298	−251	0	0	0

Montauban	13–26	Brive

Newcastle Falcons	50–5	Petrarca Padova

Brive	41–12	Newcastle Falcons

Petrarca Padova	5–53	Montauban

Montauban	16–10	Newcastle Falcons

Brive	78–18	Petrarca Padova

Petrarca Padova	6–48	Brive

Newcastle Falcons	35–0	Montauban

Montauban	19–7	Petrarca Padova

Newcastle Falcons	24–17	Brive

Brive	15–6	Montauban

Petrarca Padova	6–50	Newcastle Falcons

Pool 4[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath Rugby (3)	6	6	0	0	21	9	12	164	106	58	2	0	26
NEC Harlequins	6	4	0	2	18	13	5	171	109	62	3	2	21
Connacht Rugby	6	1	0	5	15	16	−1	119	150	−31	2	2	8
Montpellier	6	1	0	5	13	29	−16	116	205	−89	0	1	5

Connacht Rugby	18–19	NEC Harlequins

Montpellier	14–21	Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby	21–19	Connacht Rugby

NEC Harlequins	57–10	Montpellier

Connacht Rugby	26–13	Montpellier

NEC Harlequins	18–24	Bath Rugby

Montpellier	35–22	Connacht Rugby

Bath Rugby	20–14	NEC Harlequins

Connacht Rugby	24–36	Bath Rugby

Montpellier	27–37	NEC Harlequins

Bath Rugby	42–17	Montpellier

NEC Harlequins	26–10	Connacht Rugby

Pool 5[edit]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Clermont (1)	6	6	0	0	27	13	14	210	107	103	4	0	28
Worcester Warriors	6	4	0	2	22	13	9	141	99	42	3	1	20
Rugby Viadana	6	2	0	4	12	20	−8	114	145	−31	1	2	11
Albi	6	0	0	6	7	22	−15	66	180	−114	0	0	0

Worcester Warriors	25–7	Rugby Viadana

Albi	21–30	Clermont

Rugby Viadana	26–13	Albi

Clermont	29–23	Worcester Warriors

Worcester Warriors	29–0	Albi

Viadana	9–14	Clermont

Clermont	57–29	Rugby Viadana

Albi	12–23	Worcester Warriors

Worcester Warriors	22–35	Clermont

Albi	17–27	Rugby Viadana

Clermont	45–3	Albi

Rugby Viadana	16–19	Worcester Warriors

Seeding and runners-up[edit]

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Clermont	28	27	+103
2	Saracens	26	35	+124
3	Bath	26	21	+58
4	Newport Gwent Dragons	25	29	+132
5	Brive	24	32	+146
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Bristol	25	29	+132
7	Glasgow Warriors	22	25	+132
8	Newcastle Falcons	21	29	+96
–	Harlequins	21	18	+62
–	Worcester Warriors	20	22	+42

See also[edit]

• European Challenge Cup
• 2006–07 Heineken Cup

References[edit]