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2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage
Season	2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup
Date	8 October 2009 – 23 January 2010
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Connacht
Seed 2	Toulon
Seed 3	London Wasps
Seed 4	Newcastle Falcons
Seed 5	Cardiff Blues
Seed 6	Gloucester Rugby
Seed 7	Scarlets
Seed 8	Bourgoin
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The 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 14th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 October 2009 when Worcester Warriors hosted Montpellier and ended on 24 January 2010 with the match between Leeds Carnegie and Bourgoin.

Twenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The pool winners advanced to the knockout stage, where they were joined by three entrants from the Heineken Cup pool stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 23 May 2010.

Results

All times are local to the game location.

Key to colours

Winner of each pool advances to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bourgoin (8)	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	141	86	+55	2	1	23
Leeds Carnegie	6	4	0	2	19	6	+13	160	82	+78	3	0	19
Overmach Parma	6	2	0	4	5	17	−12	78	145	−67	0	0	8
București Oaks	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	70	136	−66	0	3	7

Bourgoin	29–19	Leeds Carnegie

București Oaks	21–9	Overmach Parma

București Oaks	19–21	Bourgoin

Leeds Carnegie	32–13	Overmach Parma

București Oaks	6–10	Leeds Carnegie

Overmach Parma	14–9	Bourgoin

Bourgoin	31–10	Overmach Parma

Leeds Carnegie	47–0	București Oaks

Bourgoin	33–15	București Oaks

Overmach Parma	16–38	Leeds Carnegie

Overmach Parma	16–9	București Oaks

Leeds Carnegie	9–18	Bourgoin

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Connacht (1)	6	6	0	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
Montpellier	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
Worcester Warriors	6	2	0	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
Olympus Madrid	6	0	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0

Worcester Warriors	17–22	Montpellier

Connacht	46–6	Olympus Madrid

Montpellier	19–22	Connacht

Olympus Madrid	5–38	Worcester Warriors

Montpellier	57–24	Olympus Madrid

Worcester Warriors	21–26	Connacht

Connacht	19–7	Worcester Warriors

Olympus Madrid	6–42	Montpellier

Connacht	20–10	Montpellier

Worcester Warriors	54–3	Olympus Madrid

Montpellier	8–3	Worcester Warriors

Olympus Madrid	0–66	Connacht

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Toulon (2)	6	5	0	1	27	7	+20	218	88	+130	3	0	23
Saracens	6	5	0	1	17	6	+11	184	83	+101	2	0	22
Castres Olympique	6	2	0	4	24	12	+12	173	127	+46	2	1	11
Rovigo	6	0	0	6	3	46	−43	41	318	−277	0	0	0

Castres Olympique	17–33	Toulon

Saracens	36–12	Rovigo

Toulon	31–23	Saracens

Rovigo	11–76	Castres Olympique

Castres Olympique	9–23	Saracens

Toulon	73–3	Rovigo

Saracens	18–14	Castres Olympique

Rovigo	7–30	Toulon

Saracens	28–9	Toulon

Castres Olympique	47–0	Rovigo

Rovigo	8–56	Saracens

Toulon	42–10	Castres Olympique

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
London Wasps (3)	6	5	0	1	21	3	+18	176	69	+107	2	1	23
Bayonne	6	4	0	2	23	4	−19	184	73	+111	2	1	19
Racing Métro	6	3	0	3	22	7	+15	177	85	+92	2	2	16
Rugby Roma Olimpic	6	0	0	6	1	53	−52	28	338	−310	0	0	0

Bayonne	61–3	Rugby Roma Olimpic

London Wasps	18–13	Racing Métro

Rugby Roma Olimpic	0–57	London Wasps

Racing Métro	16–20	Bayonne

London Wasps	22–18	Bayonne

Racing Métro	62–0	Rugby Roma Olimpic

Bayonne	3–12	London Wasps

Rugby Roma Olimpic	3–53	Racing Métro

London Wasps	50–16	Rugby Roma Olimpic

Bayonne	27–14	Racing Métro

Racing Métro	19–17	London Wasps

Rugby Roma Olimpic	6–55	Bayonne

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons (4)	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	146	77	+69	2	1	23
Montauban	6	5	0	1	13	9	+4	132	96	+36	1	0	21
Albi	6	2	0	4	13	14	−1	117	137	−20	2	2	12
Petrarca Padova	6	0	0	6	9	22	−13	95	180	−85	0	1	1

Albi	7–17	Montauban

Petrarca Padova	27–29	Newcastle Falcons

Montauban	27–10	Petrarca Padova

Newcastle Falcons	45–3	Albi

Newcastle Falcons	17–6	Montauban

Petrarca Padova	16–35	Albi

Montauban	24–19	Newcastle Falcons

Albi	38–16	Petrarca Padova

Albi	14–16	Newcastle Falcons

Petrarca Padova	23–31	Montauban

Montauban	27–20	Albi

Newcastle Falcons	20–3	Petrarca Padova

Seeding

• Bare numbers indicate Challenge quarterfinal seeding.
• Numbers with "HC" indicate Heineken Cup 3rd-5th Runners-Up.

Seeds	Top 4 Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Connacht	26	28	+136
2	Toulon	23	27	+130
3	London Wasps	23	21	+108
4	Newcastle Falcons	23	16	+69
Non-Seeds	(Worst Pool Winner and HC Runners-up)	Pts	TF	+/−
5HC	Cardiff Blues	18	14	+45
6HC	Gloucester	17	12	-10
7HC	Scarlets	17	12	-31
8	Bourgoin	23	15	+55

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 2009–10 Heineken Cup

References

• 2009–10 European Challenge Cup
• EPCR Challenge Cup pool stages