Key 2019/20 Challenge and Champions Cup dates announced

The EPCR has announced the key dates for the 2019/20 Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup season.

As Rugby World Cup 2019 takes centre stage next autumn, EPCR’s tournaments will get underway later than usual with the kick-off scheduled for mid-November just under a fortnight after the World Cup final in Yokohama on 2 November 2019.

The tournaments will then revert to their customary weekends in December 2019 and January 2020 with the quarter-finals and semi-finals set for early April and early May respectively.

As previously confirmed, the 2020 finals celebrating the culmination of the 25^th season of European professional club rugby will be staged in Marseille on the weekend of 22/23 May.

EPCR weekends – 2019/20 season

Round 1: 15/16/17 November 2019
Round 2: 22/23/24 November 2019
Round 3: 6/7/8 December 2019
Round 4: 13/14/15 December 2019
Round 5: 10/11/12 January 2020
Round 6: 17/18/19 January 2020
Quarter-finals: 3/4/5 April 2020
Semi-finals: 1/2/3 May 2020

2020 finals – Stade de Marseille

Challenge Cup final – Friday 22 May
Heineken Champions Cup final – Saturday 23 May

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