ERC can confirm that the Federation Fran\u00e7aise de Rugby (FFR) has withdrawn its application to host the 2014 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding the availability of the Stade de France.<\/p>\n
The Board of ERC will now seek proposals from the other participating nations in the tournaments and will aim to confirm the host city and venues by the end of June.<\/p>\n
Dublin 2013 was the third successive season that both the Amlin Challenge Cup and Heineken Cup finals were staged in the same city as a part of European club rugby\u2019s showpiece weekend. <\/p>\n
A total of 1,068,878 spectators have passed through the turnstiles at the 18 Heineken Cup finals to date. Since 2003, the venue for the Heineken Cup final has been selected before of the start of the tournament, while from 2005, tickets have been on sale from up to 12 months in advance with the objective of maximising attendances and building ERC\u2019s weekend festival of European club rugby.<\/p>\n
Following this week\u2019s pool draws for the 2013\/14 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup tournaments, ERC has now begun the process of confirming the fixtures for the 19th European season which is set to kick-off on the weekend of 10\/11\/12\/13 October 2013.<\/p>\n
The pool fixtures will be confirmed in mid-July following a scheduling process which includes consultation with the 44 participant European clubs, league bodies and broadcast partners across each territory.<\/p>\n
2013\/14 European club rugby weekends<\/p>\n
Round 1 10\/11\/12\/13 October 2013
\nRound 2 17\/18\/19\/20 October 2013<\/p>\n
Round 3 5\/6\/7\/8 December 2013
\nRound 4 12\/13\/14\/15 December 2013<\/p>\n
Round 5 9\/10\/11\/12 January 2014
\nRound 6 16\/17\/18\/19 January 2014<\/p>\n
Quarter-finals 3\/4\/5\/6 April 2014
\nSemi-finals 25\/26\/27 April 2014
\nFinals 23\/24\/25 May 2014<\/p>\n
2013\/14 Heineken Cup pools<\/p>\n
Pool 1 Leinster Rugby, Northampton Saints, Ospreys, Castres Olympique
\nPool 2 Toulon, Cardiff Blues, Glasgow Warriors, Exeter Chiefs
\nPool 3 Toulouse, Saracens, Connacht Rugby, Zebre
\nPool 4 ASM Clermont Auvergne, Harlequins, Scarlets, Racing Metro 92
\nPool 5 Ulster Rugby, Leicester Tigers, Montpellier, Benetton Treviso
\nPool 6 Munster Rugby, Perpignan, Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester Rugby<\/p>\n
2013\/14 Amlin Challenge Cup pools<\/p>\n
Pool 1 Biarritz Olympique, Sale Sharks, Worcester Warriors, Oyonnax
\nPool 2 Bath Rugby, Newport Gwent Dragons, Bordeaux-Begles, Mogliano Rugby
\nPool 3 Brive, Newcastle Falcons, Cammi Rugby Calvisano, Bucharest Wolves
\nPool 4 London Wasps, Rugby Viadana, Bayonne, Grenoble
\nPool 5 Stade Francais Paris, London Irish, I Cavalieri Prato, Olympus Rugby XV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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