Teh pool stages of the Champions Cup have concluded so who are the 16 teams still in the competition…
The Investec Champions Cup pool stages are over and the 16 teams who have made the knockout rounds have been confirmed.
The knockouts will work with single-legged matches in the last 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and than final. the final will take place on Saturday 23 May in Bilbao.
The current holders are Union Bordeaux Bègles. The French side beat Northampton Saints 28-20 in the final.
The draw for who will play who in the first knockout round of this year’s tournament has already been decided.
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The draw for the Champions Cup last 16 was made on Sunday but how did it work? Well the clubs were seeded and the top seed was drawn against the 16th seed, the second seed was drawn against the 15th seed and so on.
The top seed was the defending champions Bordeaux after an impressive group stage. They won all four of their games,including an impressive 50-28 victory over the in-form Northampton Saints.
The French club will play Leicester Tigers in the last 16 after the English outfit were seeded 16th. Leicester only won one of their four pool matches which came in a 57-14 win over Bayonne.
Glasgow warriors will host the bulls in their last 16 clash. Glasgow had a perfect group stage,beating Sale Sharks,Toulouse,Clermont and Saracens.The Bulls, meanwhile, had a tougher run of results with three losses and a narrow 26-24 win against Pau.
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leinster are desperate to win this competition and have come so close over the last few seasons.They will look to further their campaign when they host Edinburgh in the knockout phase.
The Irish club won all four of their pool matches, while Edinburgh registered two wins and two losses. The Scottish outfit will have to bounce back from a tough final result in the pool stage where they were trounced 63-10 by Bath.
Ther is a re-igniting of a Premiership rivalry in the next last 16 game with English champions Bath hosting Saracens. Bath only lost to Toulon away during the pool stage, while Saracens tallied two wins from two.The west contry side will be the favourites but Saracens have a lot of talent in their ranks to possibly upset the waters.
