2007–08 European Challenge Cup

2007–08 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Romania  Spain
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Date	8 November 2007 – 25 May 2008
Tournament statistics
Top point scorer(s)	Olly Barkley (Bath) (91 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Ollie Phillips (Newcastle) (8 tries)
Final
Champions	Bath (1st title)
Runners-up	Worcester Warriors
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The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the

. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath Rugby	6	6	0	0	28	6	+22	203	65	+138	5	0	29
Auch	6	3	0	3	11	19	−8	109	147	−38	1	1	14
Albi	6	2	0	4	15	21	−6	130	177	−47	1	2	11
Overmach Parma	6	1	0	5	10	18	−8	104	157	−53	0	3	7

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Worcester Warriors	6	6	0	0	36	6	+30	245	49	+196	5	0	29
Montauban	6	3	0	3	28	12	+16	175	113	+62	3	1	16
București	6	2	1	3	7	22	−15	77	158	−81	0	0	10
Gran Parma	6	0	1	5	7	38	−31	82	259	−177	0	1	3

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons	6	5	0	1	34	3	+31	264	57	+207	3	1	24
Brive	6	4	0	2	21	5	+16	179	73	+106	3	2	20
Connacht	6	3	0	3	25	10	+15	172	97	+75	2	1	15
El Salvador	6	0	0	6	3	65	−62	26	414	−388	0	0	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Sale Sharks	6	5	1	0	34	8	+26	244	62	+182	5	0	27
Montpellier	6	4	1	1	12	14	−2	114	115	−1	1	0	19
Bayonne	6	1	0	5	16	20	−4	100	164	−64	2	2	8
Petrarca Padova	6	1	0	5	7	27	−20	73	190	−117	0	1	5

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	19	12	+7	160	105	+55	1	0	21
Leeds Carnegie	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	157	101	+56	2	1	19
Calvisano	6	2	0	4	13	29	−16	123	200	−77	1	0	9
Dax	6	1	0	5	15	14	+1	109	143	−34	1	3	7

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Worcester Warriors	29	36	+196
2	Bath	29	28	+138
3	Sale Sharks	27	34	+182
4	Newcastle Falcons	24	34	+207
5	Castres Olympique	21	19	+55
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Brive	20	21	+106
7	Leeds Carnegie	19	18	+56
8	Montpellier	19	12	−1
–	Montauban	16	28	+62
–	Auch	14	11	−38

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 2007-08 Heineken Cup

External links

• 2007/08 European Challenge results