The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.
2007–08 European Challenge Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
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Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Date | 8 November 2007 – 25 May 2008 |
Tournament statistics | |
Top point scorer(s) | Olly Barkley (Bath) (91 points) |
Top try scorer(s) | Ollie Phillips (Newcastle) (8 tries) |
Final | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Pool stageEdit
Pool 1Edit
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Bath Rugby | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 203 | 65 | +138 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
Auch | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 109 | 147 | −38 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Albi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 130 | 177 | −47 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Overmach Parma | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 104 | 157 | −53 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Pool 2Edit
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Worcester Warriors | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 245 | 49 | +196 | 5 | 0 | 29 |
Montauban | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 175 | 113 | +62 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
București | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 77 | 158 | −81 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Gran Parma | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 38 | −31 | 82 | 259 | −177 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Pool 3Edit
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
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Newcastle Falcons | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | +31 | 264 | 57 | +207 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
Brive | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 179 | 73 | +106 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
Connacht | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10 | +15 | 172 | 97 | +75 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
El Salvador | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 65 | −62 | 26 | 414 | −388 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pool 4Edit
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sale Sharks | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 244 | 62 | +182 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
Montpellier | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 114 | 115 | −1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
Bayonne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 100 | 164 | −64 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Petrarca Padova | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 73 | 190 | −117 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Pool 5Edit
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Castres Olympique | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 160 | 105 | +55 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
Leeds Carnegie | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 157 | 101 | +56 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Calvisano | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 123 | 200 | −77 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Dax | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 109 | 143 | −34 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Seeding and runners-upEdit
Seed | Pool Winners | Pts | TF | +/- |
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1 | Worcester Warriors | 29 | 36 | +196 |
2 | Bath | 29 | 28 | +138 |
3 | Sale Sharks | 27 | 34 | +182 |
4 | Newcastle Falcons | 24 | 34 | +207 |
5 | Castres Olympique | 21 | 19 | +55 |
Seed | Pool Runners-up | Pts | TF | +/- |
6 | Brive | 20 | 21 | +106 |
7 | Leeds Carnegie | 19 | 18 | +56 |
8 | Montpellier | 19 | 12 | −1 |
– | Montauban | 16 | 28 | +62 |
– | Auch | 14 | 11 | −38 |
Knockout stageEdit
Quarter-finalsEdit
Semi-finalsEdit
FinalEdit
25 May 2008 12:00 |
Bath | 24–16 | Worcester Warriors |
Tries: Fa'amatuainu 31' c Abendanon 35' m Con: Barkley (1/2) 32' Pen: Barkley 15', 53' James 75' Drop: Barkley 67' | Report | Try: Delport 79' c Con: Carlisle (1/1) 79' Pen: Drahm 23', 39', 45' |
Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 16,157 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France) |