2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage

The 2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 11th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began with five matches on 20 October 2006 and ended with the final seven pool games on 20 January 2007.

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 five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Twickenham Stoop in London on 19 May 2007.

Results All times are local to the game location.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Key to colours |- | style="background: #ccffcc;" |      | Winner of each pool, advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses |- | style="background: #ccccff;" |      | Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses

Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Newport Gwent Dragons (4)6501291019211791324125 Bristol (6)65012662016869994125 București61051535−20124230−106318 Bayonne61051433−19106231−125217

Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Saracens (2)6510359262251011245026 Glasgow Warriors (7)6411251015204721323122 Narbonne 62041620−4127171−441110 Parma 6006643−3784296−212011

Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Brive (5)6501321121225791463124 Newcastle Falcons (8)640229111818185964121 Montauban6303131301079891013 Petrarca Padova6006645−3947298−251000

Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Bath Rugby (3)660021912164106582026 NEC Harlequins640218135171109623221 Connacht Rugby61051516−1119150−31228 Montpellier61051329−16116205−89015

Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Clermont (1)66002713142101071034028 Worcester Warriors64022213914199423120 Rugby Viadana62041220−8114145−311211 Albi6006722−1566180−114000

Seeding and runners-up SeedPool WinnersPtsTF+/-1 Clermont2827+1032 Saracens2635+1243 Bath 2621+584 Newport Gwent Dragons2529+1325 Brive2432+146 SeedPool Runners-upPtsTF+/-6 Bristol2529+1327 Glasgow Warriors2225+1328 Newcastle Falcons2129+96 – Harlequins2118+62 – Worcester Warriors2022+42

See also European Challenge Cup 2006–07 Heineken Cup

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