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Both Champions and Challenge Cup restart scheduled for end of September

Shane O'Keeffe by Shane O'Keeffe
Thursday 25 June, 2020
in Rugby
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EPCR have announced new dates for the postponed knockout stage matches of the Champions Challenge Cup.

Subject to government guidelines and with the health and welfare of players, club staff, match officials, supporters and the wider rugby community to the fore, it is now planned that the quarter-finals of both tournaments will be played on the weekend of 18/19/20 September with the semi-finals scheduled for the weekend of 25/26/27 September.

Exact fixture dates, venues, kick-off times and TV coverage will be announced in the near future.

The European season will conclude with the Challenge Cup final on Friday, 16 October followed by the Champions Cup final on Saturday, 17 October.

EPCR and the local organising committee in Marseille intend to clarify the position regarding the finals, with the situation under review in light of public gathering and international travel restrictions which might be in place at the time of the finals.

New Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournament formats for the 2020/21 season are being considered as a consequence of widespread fixture disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A 24-club Heineken Champions Cup with eight representatives from each of Europe’s leading league competitions is one of the options under discussion.

Any changes would apply to next season’s tournaments, which are scheduled to start on the weekend of 11/12/13 December, only on an exceptional basis. An official announcement regarding formats will be made once all discussions are concluded.

New EPCR dates
Quarter-finals: weekend of 18/19/20 September
Semi-finals: weekend of 25/26/27 September
Challenge Cup final: Friday, 16 October
Heineken Champions Cup final: Saturday, 17 October
Start of 2020/21 season: weekend of 11/12/13 December

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