2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage

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2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage
Season	2006–07 European Challenge Cup
Date	20 October 2006 – 20 January 2007
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Clermont
Seed 2	Saracens
Seed 3	Bath
Seed 4	Newport Gwent Dragons
Seed 5	Brive
Seed 6	Bristol
Seed 7	Glasgow Warriors
Seed 8	Newcastle Falcons
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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.

All times are local to the game location.

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newport Gwent Dragons (4)	6	5	0	1	29	10	19	211	79	132	4	1	25
Bristol (6)	6	5	0	1	26	6	20	168	69	99	4	1	25
București	6	1	0	5	15	35	−20	124	230	−106	3	1	8
Bayonne	6	1	0	5	14	33	−19	106	231	−125	2	1	7

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Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Saracens (2)	6	5	1	0	35	9	26	225	101	124	5	0	26
Glasgow Warriors (7)	6	4	1	1	25	10	15	204	72	132	3	1	22
Narbonne	6	2	0	4	16	20	−4	127	171	−44	1	1	10
Parma	6	0	0	6	6	43	−37	84	296	−212	0	1	1

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Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Brive (5)	6	5	0	1	32	11	21	225	79	146	3	1	24
Newcastle Falcons (8)	6	4	0	2	29	11	18	181	85	96	4	1	21
Montauban	6	3	0	3	13	13	0	107	98	9	1	0	13
Petrarca Padova	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39	47	298	−251	0	0	0

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Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath Rugby (3)	6	6	0	0	21	9	12	164	106	58	2	0	26
NEC Harlequins	6	4	0	2	18	13	5	171	109	62	3	2	21
Connacht Rugby	6	1	0	5	15	16	−1	119	150	−31	2	2	8
Montpellier	6	1	0	5	13	29	−16	116	205	−89	0	1	5

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Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Clermont (1)	6	6	0	0	27	13	14	210	107	103	4	0	28
Worcester Warriors	6	4	0	2	22	13	9	141	99	42	3	1	20
Rugby Viadana	6	2	0	4	12	20	−8	114	145	−31	1	2	11
Albi	6	0	0	6	7	22	−15	66	180	−114	0	0	0

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Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Clermont	28	27	+103
2	Saracens	26	35	+124
3	Bath	26	21	+58
4	Newport Gwent Dragons	25	29	+132
5	Brive	24	32	+146
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Bristol	25	29	+132
7	Glasgow Warriors	22	25	+132
8	Newcastle Falcons	21	29	+96
–	Harlequins	21	18	+62
–	Worcester Warriors	20	22	+42

• European Challenge Cup
• 2006–07 Heineken Cup