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- The tournament was won for the first time by Saracens who beat Racing 92 in the final on the 14 May 2016, at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (called "Grand Stade de Lyon" by competition organiser European Professional Club Rugby) in the Lyon suburb of Décines.
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The 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-first European club rugby final in general. It was contested by French side Racing 92, and Saracens of England, at the Grand Stade de Lyon, in the Lyon suburb of Décines, France, on Saturday 14 May 2016.
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.
May 13, 2016 · Saracens became champions of Europe for the first time as they ground out victory in the rain against Racing 92 in the Champions Cup final in Lyon.
The 2016 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-first European club rugby final in general. It was contested by French side Racing 92, and Saracens of England, at the Grand Stade de Lyon, in the Lyon suburb of Décines, France, on Saturday 14 May 2016.
- Teams
- Seeding
- Pool Stage
- Knock-Out Stage
Twenty clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues competed in the Champions Cup. Nineteen of these qualified directly as a result of their league performance. The distribution of teams was: 1. England: 6 clubs 1.1. The top 6 clubs in the English Premiership. (6 clubs) 2. France: 7 clubs 2.1. The top 6 clubs in the Top 14. (6 ...
The 20 competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing 5 teams. For the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, ...
The draw took place on 29 June 2016, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Teams will play each other twice, both at home and away, in the group stage, that will begin on weekend of 14/15/16 October 2016, and continue through to 20/21/22 January 2017, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter-finals. Teams will be awarded com...
Format
The eight qualifiers are ranked according to their performance in the pool stage and compete in the quarter-finals which were held on the weekend of 31 March, 1/2 April 2017. The four top teams hosted the quarter-finals against the four lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format. The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 22/23 April 2017. In lieu of the draw that was used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and th...
May 14, 2016 · European Rugby Champions Cup14th May 2016 17:45Grand Stade de LyonReferee: Nigel OwensRacing 92 rugby club vs Saracens rugby club.
May 14, 2016 · W elcome to our live coverage of the Champions Cup final between Racing 92 and Saracens. Both teams are looking to etch their name on the major European prize for the first time.
