The draw for the composition of the pools for the 2014/15 European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup tournaments will take place at the Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland tomorrow at 12 noon. Here is everything you need to know about the format of the draw before it takes place.The draw for the composition of the pools for the 2014/15 European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup tournaments will take place at the Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland on Tuesday 10th June at 12 noon. Here is everything you need to know about the format of the draw before it takes place...
Ulster will be in the draw for the European Rugby Champions Cup competition after finishing fourth in the RaboDirect PRO12.
Saracens, Toulon and Leinster will be the top seeds with two of the three second-placed clubs from the Premiership, Top 14 and RaboDirect PRO12 also to be ranked.
A separate draw will determine which two from Glasgow Warriors, Northampton Saints and Castres will earn top seeding, with the two clubs guaranteed to avoid the respective top seeds in the draw to determine the make up of the five pools of four clubs.
The draw will be streamed live on epcrugby.com and there will be reaction to the draw from Ulster Rugby Chief Executive, Shane Logan on Tuesday afternoon.
European Rugby Champions Cup Draw
•The 20 clubs which have qualified on merit from the Aviva Premiership, Top 14 and PRO12 Leagues will compete in the 2014/15 European Rugby Champions Cup in five pools of four
•The clubs are divided into four tiers based on their qualification position from their respective leagues
•This will be done where necessary by a draw
•Each pool will have at least one club from each of the three Leagues
•Each of the five pools will have one club from each of the four tiers
•There will be no more than two clubs from the same League in a pool
•No pool will contain two PRO12 clubs from the same country
•Clubs from the same League will be kept apart until the allocation of the Tier 4 clubs
Qualification Explained
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Rank
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Aviva Premiership
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Top 14
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PRO12
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1
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Saracens
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RC Toulon
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Leinster Rugby
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2
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Northampton Saints
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Castres
Olympique
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Glasgow Warriors
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3
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Leicester Tigers
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Montpellier
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Munster Rugby
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4
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Harlequins
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Racing Metro
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