List of European Rugby Champions Cup finals

List of European Rugby Champions Cup finals

Current season or competition: 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1995
Number of teams	24
Country	International club (European Professional Club Rugby)
Holders	La Rochelle (2022–23)
Most titles	Toulouse (5 titles)

The European Rugby Champions Cup is an annual rugby union competition for European clubs whose countries compete in the Six Nations Championship. Introduced in 2014, the competition replaced the Heineken Cup, which had been run by European Rugby Cup (ERC) since 1995, following disagreements between its shareholders over the structure and governance of the competition.

It is organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), with teams qualifying via their final positions in their respective national/cross-border leagues (Premiership, Top 14, and Pro14). The winners of the first final were French team Toulouse, who beat Welsh side Cardiff 21–18 after extra time.

20 teams initially compete in five separate pools. The top eight teams from the pools progress to the knockout stage. If the score in a knockout match is a draw after 80 minutes of regular play, an additional 20-minute period of play, called extra time, is added. If the score remains tied, an additional 10 minutes of sudden-death extra time are played, with the first team to score points immediately declared the winner. If no team is able to break the tie during extra time, the winner is ultimately decided by a penalty shootout. As well as the first final, the 2005 final between French teams Toulouse and Stade Français went to extra time, which Toulouse won 18–12. ^[1]

Toulouse are the most successful team in the history of the tournament, with five wins. Leinster have won the competition four times, while Toulon and Saracens are third with three wins. Toulon are the only team to have won three consecutive tournaments, from 2013 to 2015. Three teams have played in more than one final and failed to win any of them – Clermont three times, Racing 92, Stade Français and Biarritz twice. No teams from Scotland and Italy have progressed to the final.

The 2017–18 final was held in Bilbao, marking the first time that the final was contested in a country without a team participating in the competition. The 2020–21 final was relocated from Marseille to London. ^[2] and the 2021–22 final was held in Marseille instead. ^[3]

Finals

Key

†	Match was won during extra time

§	Team also won domestic league

Heineken Cup era
Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1995–96	Toulouse §	21–18 †	Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	21,800
1996–97	Brive	28–9	Leicester Tigers	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	41,664
1997–98	Bath	19–18	Brive	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	36,500
1998–99	Ulster	21–6	Colomiers	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	49,000
1999–2000	Northampton Saints	9–8	Munster	Twickenham, London	68,441
2000–01	Leicester Tigers §	34–30	Stade Français	Parc des Princes, Paris	44,000
2001–02	Leicester Tigers §	15–9	Munster	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,600
2002–03	Toulouse	22–17	Perpignan	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	28,600
2003–04	London Wasps §	27–20	Toulouse	Twickenham, London	73,057
2004–05	Toulouse	18–12 †	Stade Français	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	51,326
2005–06	Munster	23–19	Biarritz	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,534
2006–07	London Wasps	25–9	Leicester Tigers	Twickenham, London	81,076
2007–08	Munster	16–13	Toulouse	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	74,500
2008–09	Leinster	19–16	Leicester Tigers	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	66,523
2009–10	Toulouse	21–19	Biarritz	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	78,962
2010–11	Leinster	33–22	Northampton Saints	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	72,456
2011–12	Leinster	42–14	Ulster	Twickenham, London	81,774
2012–13	Toulon	16–15	Clermont	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	50,198
2013–14	Toulon §	23–6	Saracens	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	67,586
Champions Cup era
2014–15	Toulon	24–18	Clermont	Twickenham, London	56,622
2015–16	Saracens §	21–9	Racing 92	Grand Stade de Lyon, Lyon	58,017
2016–17	Saracens	28–17	Clermont	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	55,272
2017–18	Leinster §	15–12	Racing 92	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao	52,282
2018–19	Saracens §	20–10	Leinster	St James' Park, Newcastle	51,930
2019–20	Exeter Chiefs §	31–27	Racing 92	Ashton Gate, Bristol	0
2020–21	Toulouse §	22–17	La Rochelle	Twickenham Stadium, London	10,000
2021–22	La Rochelle	24–21	Leinster	Stade de Marseille, Marseille	59,682
2022–23	La Rochelle	27–26	Leinster	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	51,711

Performances

By club

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Years as champions	Years as runners-up
Toulouse	5	2	1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2020–21	2003–04, 2007–08
Leinster	4	3	2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18	2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
Saracens	3	1	2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19	2013–14
Toulon	3	0	2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15	—
Leicester Tigers	2	3	2000–01, 2001–02	1996–97, 2006–07, 2008–09
Munster	2	2	2005–06, 2007–08	1999–00, 2001–02
La Rochelle	2	1	2021–22, 2022–23	2020–21
Wasps	2	0	2003–04, 2006–07	—
Brive	1	1	1996–97	1997–98
Ulster	1	1	1998–99	2011–12
Northampton Saints	1	1	1999–00	2010–11
Bath	1	0	1997–98	—
Exeter Chiefs	1	0	2019–20	—
Clermont	0	3	—	2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17
Racing 92	0	3	—	2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20
Stade Français	0	2	—	2000–01, 2004–05
Biarritz	0	2	—	2005–06, 2009–10
Cardiff	0	1	—	1995–96
Colomiers	0	1	—	1998–99
Perpignan	0	1	—	2002–03

References

• Sports portal

1. "Stade Francais 12–18 Toulouse". BBC Sport. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. "Marseille to host 2021 European Champions Cup final". The Irish Times. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
3. "EPCR statement – 2021 Marseille finals and semi-final matches". European Professional Club Rugby. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

External links

• Official website