European Rugby Champions Cup 2015-16 The European Rugby Champions Cup season kicks off with elite teams from the Aviva Premiership, the Top14 and the Pro12 all competing to be champions ----------------------------------------------------------------- POOL STAGE: Winners and three best runners-up advance to quarter-finals POOL 1 Saracens Ulster Toulouse Oyonnax POOL 2 Clermont Auvergne Ospreys Exeter Chiefs Bordeaux Begles POOL 3 Glasgow Warriors Northampton Saints Racing Metro Scarlets POOL 4 Stade Francais Munster Leicester Tigers Benetton Treviso POOL 5 Bath Toulon Leinster Wasps ----------------------------------------------------------------- MATCHDAYS November 13-15, 20-22, December 11-13, 18-20, January 15-17, 22-24 Quarter-finals Apr 8-10 Semi-finals Apr 22-24 Final May 14, Lyon ----------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT WINNERS: Dominant Toulon aiming for fourth successive European title to equal record of Toulouse (triumphant in 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010) 2015 Toulon 24-18 Clermont 2014 Toulon 23-6 Saracens 2013 Toulon 16-15 Clermont 2012 Leinster 42-14 Ulster 2011 Leinster 33-22 Northampton 2010 Toulouse 21-19 Biarritz 2009 Leinster 19-16 Leicester 2008 Munster 16-13 Toulouse 2007 Wasps 25-9 Leicester 2006 Munster 23-19 Biarritz ----------------------------------------------------------------- Source: ERCC Picture: Getty Images words 171