2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup

Twenty-four clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues will compete in the Champions Cup.

The expected distribution of teams is:

• England: eight clubs
  • The top eight clubs from Premiership Rugby
• France: eight clubs
  • The top seven clubs from the Top 14
  • Montpellier qualify as Challenge Cup champions despite not finishing in the top 8.
• Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales: eight clubs
  • The top four sides in each conference from the previous season's Pro14, now known as United Rugby Championship

The following teams have qualified for the tournament as of 12 June 2021.

Premiership	Top 14	United Rugby Championship (Pro14)
England	France	Ireland	Scotland	Wales
Bath Bristol Bears Exeter Chiefs Harlequins Leicester Tigers Northampton Saints Sale Sharks Wasps	Bordeaux Bègles Castres Clermont La Rochelle Montpellier Racing 92 Stade Français Toulouse	Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster	Glasgow Warriors	Cardiff Ospreys Scarlets

The twenty four teams are seeded based on their finishing position in end of season playoffs and league positions. This follows the format from the previous season with the number 1 and number 2 ranked clubs from each league in Tier 1, the number 3 and number 4 ranked clubs in Tier 2, the number 5 and 6 ranked clubs in Tier 3, and the number 7 and number 8 ranked clubs in Tier 4. [5]

Tier	Rank	Top 14	Premiership	United Rugby Championship (Pro14)
1	1	Toulouse	Harlequins	Leinster
	2	La Rochelle	Exeter Chiefs	Munster
2	3	Racing 92	Bristol Bears	Ulster
	4	Bordeaux Bègles	Sale Sharks	Connacht
3	5	Clermont	Northampton Saints	Scarlets
	6	Stade Français	Leicester Tigers	Ospreys
4	7	Castres	Bath	Cardiff
	8	Montpellier	Wasps	Glasgow Warriors

The draw took place on 21 July 2021 at the in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 24 teams were drawn into the two pools as follows, this also shows their opponents. Fixtures were announced on 10 September 2021.

Pool A

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Exeter Chiefs	1	1	0	0	42	6	+38	7	0	1	0	5
Racing 92	1	1	0	0	45	14	+31	5	2	1	0	5
Leinster	1	1	0	0	45	20	+25	7	2	1	0	5
Ulster	1	1	0	0	29	23	+6	2	2	0	0	4
Clermont	1	0	0	1	23	29	–6	2	2	0	1	1
La Rochelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glasgow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sale Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ospreys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bath	1	0	0	1	20	45	–25	2	7	0	0	0
Northampton Saints	1	0	0	1	14	45	–31	2	5	0	0	0
Montpellier	1	0	0	1	6	42	–38	0	7	0	0	0

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Pool B

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Toulouse	1	1	0	0	39	7	+32	5	1	1	0	5
Bristol Bears	1	1	0	0	28	0	+28	0	0	1	0	5
Leicester Tigers	1	1	0	0	16	13	+3	1	1	0	0	4
Bordeaux Bègles	1	0	0	1	13	16	–3	1	1	0	1	1
Harlequins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Munster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Castres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wasps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connacht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stade Français	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scarlets	1	0	0	1	0	28	–28	0	0	0	0	0
Cardiff	1	0	0	1	7	39	–32	1	5	0	0	0

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• 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup