2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup
| 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Countries |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
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| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout | ||
| Date | 17 October 2014 – 2 May 2015 | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Teams | 20 | ||
| Matches played | 67 | ||
| Attendance | 985,717 (14,712 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 287 (4.28 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Ian Madigan (Leinster) (113 points) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
George North (Northampton Saints) (7 tries) |
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| Final | |||
| Venue | Twickenham Stadium, London | ||
| Champions |
Toulon (3rd title) |
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| Runner-up |
Clermont
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| Official website | http://www.epcrugby.com | ||
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The 2014–15 European Rugby Champions Cup was the first season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby, and the 20th season of professional European rugby union in total. It replaced the Heineken Cup as Europe's top-tier competition for rugby clubs. The competition got underway on the weekend of 17 October 2014 with the first round of the pool stage, and ended with the final on 2 May 2015 at Twickenham Stadium, London, England.
Toulon were the champions having beaten Clermont 24–18 in a repeat of the 2013 Heineken Cup Final. Toulon retained their title for the second consecutive year, the first team to win three European titles in a row.
20 clubs, from the three major European domestic leagues, will compete in the Champions Cup:
The following clubs qualified for the competition:
The following teams took part in the play-off for the final place in the Champions Cup, having finished 7th in their respective leagues.
This play-off took place over two legs, on the weekends of 17/18 May and 24/25 May, with a draw being used to determine home advantage for each leg. The draw took place on 6 May 2014, in Heathrow. Following the draw, the fixtures were announced as follows:
Wasps won the play-off 50–35 on aggregate and qualified for the Champions Cup.
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.
The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues.
For the purpose of creating the tiers, Aviva Premiership clubs were ranked only according to their finishing positions in the League table, and not based on performance in the knockout phase of the season, while Top 14 and Pro12 clubs were ranked based on their 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, even if they finished above them in the regular season.
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