2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (January 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  South Africa  Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Date	2022 – 2023
Tournament statistics
Teams	24
Final
Venue	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
← 2021–22 (Previous) (Next)  →

The 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the ninth season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for teams from the top six nations in European rugby and South Africa. It will be the 28th season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.

The 2021-22 European Rugby Champions Cup was the final year, under the current sponsorship deal, with Dutch beer brand Heineken.^[1] No new headline sponsor or extension has yet been announced.

This will be the first year that the top teams from South Africa can qualify, following the inaugural United Rugby Championship season.

Teams[]

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 eight clubs from the Top 14
• Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Wales: eight clubs
  • The top side in each of the four regional shields from the United Rugby Championship, along with the remaining top four ranked clubs, within the league, that didn't win their respective shield.^[2]

Seeding[]

The twenty four teams are seeded based on their finishing position in end of season playoffs and league positions.

References[]