- 2024/25 Pool Draws to take place on Tuesday 2 July in Cardiff
- 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup to kick off on first weekend in December
- Cardiff’s iconic Principality Stadium to host 2025
Finals weekend Following the recent announcement of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as the venue for the 2025 Finals weekend, EPCR is pleased to confirm that the EPCR Challenge Cup final will be played on Friday 23 May next year with the showpiece Investec Champions Cup final set to go ahead the following day on Saturday 24 May.
Cardiff has a long and illustrious connection with the tournaments having staged high-profile Heineken Cup/Champions Cup deciders on seven previous occasions – the last being in 2014 – and next year’s event at the 74,000-capacity stadium will celebrate the 30th edition of the elite final.
The Challenge Cup decider has been held in the Welsh capital on two previous occasions – 2011 and 2014 – and 2025 will be the first time that the two Cardiff finals are played at the same venue.
Tickets for the matches are currently on sale via EPCRugby.com
The 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup tournaments will continue with the same pool stage format as last season and will kick off in December with two consecutive rounds of action, followed by Rounds 3 and 4 on consecutive weekends in January 2025 (See dates below).
The pool draws for the 2024/25 tournaments will take place in Cardiff on Tuesday 2 July and will be live streamed on EPCRugby.com.
The broadcast will start with the draw for the EPCR Challenge Cup pools at 11.00am UK-Irish / 12.00 Italian-South African time and will be followed at approximately 11.20am UK-Irish / 12.20 Italian-South African time by the draw for the Investec Champions Cup pools.
*2024/25 EPCR CHALLENGE CUP QUALIFIERS
TOP 14: Section Paloise, USAP, Lyon, Aviron Bayonnais, Montpellier Hérault Rugby or Grenoble Rugby, RC Vannes
United Rugby Championship: Ospreys, Emirates Lions, Edinburgh Rugby, Connacht Rugby, Cardiff Rugby, Scarlets, Dragons RFC, Zebre Parma
Gallagher Premiership: Gloucester Rugby, Newcastle Falcons
**Invited: Two clubs to be confirmed
2024/25 weekends
- Round 1 – 6/7/8 December
- Round 2 – 13/14/15 December
- Round 3 – 10/11/12 January 2025
- Round 4 – 17/18/19 January 2025
- Round of 16 – 4/5/6 April 2025
- Quarter-finals – 11/12/13 April 2025
- Semi-finals – 2/3/4 May 2025
- EPCR Challenge Cup final – Principality Stadium, Cardiff; Friday 23 May 2025
- Investec Champions Cup final – Principality Stadium, Cardiff; Saturday 24 May
*The full list of EPCR Challenge Cup clubs will be confirmed in advance of the pool draws.
** Invited clubs to be announced shortly
The pool draws for the 2024/25 tournaments will take place in Cardiff on Tuesday 2 July and will be live streamed on EPCRugby.com.
