This guide features details of all 63 European Rugby Champions Cup fixtures for the upcoming season.

The 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup will get underway on Friday 6 December as two-time winners La Rochelle kick off their campaign away to Bath, the 1998 champions.

Holders Toulouse will host 1999 champions Ulster as their bid for a seventh title gets underway on Sunday 8 December.

The Champions Cup features four pools of six – eight teams each from the Gallagher Premiership, URC and Top 14. Each club faces four different opponents in the pool stage.

The top four in each pool qualify for the knockout stage, while the four fifth-ranked teams step down to the EPCR Challenge Cup. The 2025 European finals will be played at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, 30 years on from the first final in the Welsh capital.

For details of other tournaments such as the Rugby Championship and Premiership Rugby, check out our comprehensive guide to rugby fixtures around the world.


Investec Champions Cup on TV

Premier Sports has become the lead broadcaster for both the Champions Cup and the EPCR Challenge Cup in the UK and Ireland, after securing a three-year contract that runs to the end of the 2026-27 season. Their coverage will include all 63 Champions Cup games.

It’s available in the UK on the Sky platform, channels 419 and 420, from £10.99 per month.

beIN Sports will also televise all matches live, while SuperSport will have extensive live coverage. Other broadcasters are given in the fixtures list below.


European Rugby Champions Cup Fixtures 2024-25

All kick-off times/dates UK and Ireland

ROUND 1

Friday 6 December

  • Bath v La Rochelle (8pm)

Saturday 7 December

  • Clermont Auvergne v Benetton (1pm)
  • Sharks v Exeter Chiefs (1pm)
  • Northampton v Castres (3.15pm)
  • Stormers v Toulon (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Munster v Stade Français (5.30pm) Live on RTÉ
  • Saracens v Bulls (5.30pm)
  • Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks (8pm)
  • Racing 92 v Harlequins (8pm)

Sunday 8 December

  • Bordeaux-Bègles v Leicester (1pm)
  • Toulouse v Ulster (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Bristol Bears v Leinster (5.30pm)

ROUND 2

Friday 13 December

  • Sale Sharks v Racing 92 (8pm)
  • Castres v Munster (8pm)

Saturday 14 December

  • Bulls v Northampton Saints (1pm)
  • Ulster v Bordeaux-Bègles (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Leinster v Clermont Auvergne (5.30pm) Live on RTÉ
  • Leicester Tigers v Sharks (5.30pm)
  • La Rochelle v Bristol Bears (8pm)
  • Harlequins v Stormers (8pm)

Sunday 15 December

  • Toulon v Glasgow Warriors (1pm)
  • Benetton v Bath (1pm)
  • Stade Français v Saracens (3.15pm)
  • Exeter Chiefs v Toulouse (5.30pm)

ROUND 3

Friday 10 January

  • Glasgow Warriors v Racing 92 (8pm)

Saturday 11 January

  • Stormers v Sale Sharks (1pm)
  • Exeter Chiefs v Bordeaux-Bègles (3.15pm)
  • Sharks v Toulouse (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Munster v Saracens (5.30pm) Live on RTÉ
  • Stade Français v Northampton (5.30pm)
  • Leicester Tigers v Ulster (8pm)
  • Castres v Bulls (8pm)

Sunday 12 January

  • Toulon v Harlequins (1pm)
  • La Rochelle v Leinster (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Bristol Bears v Benetton (3.15pm)
  • Bath v Clermont Auvergne (5.30pm)

ROUND 4

Friday 17 January

  • Ulster v Exeter Chiefs (8pm)

Saturday 18 January

  • Bulls v Stade Français (1pm)
  • Northampton Saints v Munster (3.15pm)
  • Clermont Auvergne v Bristol (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Benetton v La Rochelle (5.30pm)
  • Leinster v Bath (5.30pm) Live on RTÉ
  • Harlequins v Glasgow Warriors (8pm)
  • Racing 92 v Stormers (8pm)

Sunday 19 January

  • Bordeaux-Bègles v Sharks (1pm)
  • Saracens v Castres (3.15pm)
  • Toulouse v Leicester Tigers (3.15pm) Live on France TV
  • Sale Sharks v Toulon (5.30pm)

Round of 16

Friday 4 to Sunday 6 April 2025

Quarter-finals

Friday 11 to Sunday 13 April 2025

Semi-finals

Friday 2 to Sunday 4 May 2025

Grand final

Saturday 24 May 2025

Principality Stadium, Cardiff


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