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2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage
Season	2007–08 European Challenge Cup
Date	8 November 2007 – 20 January 2008
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Worcester Warriors
Seed 2	Bath
Seed 3	Sale Sharks
Seed 4	Newcastle Falcons
Seed 5	Castres Olympique
Seed 6	Brive
Seed 7	Leeds Carnegie
Seed 8	Montpellier
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The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 12th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began on 8 November 2007 when Sale Sharks hosted Montpellier and ended with the Newcastle Falcons / El Salvador game on 20 January 2008.

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 Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester on 25 May 2008.

Results

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

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath Rugby (2)	6	6	0	0	28	6	+22	203	65	+138	5	0	29
Auch	6	3	0	3	11	19	−8	109	147	−38	1	1	14
Albi	6	2	0	4	15	21	−6	130	177	−47	1	2	11
Overmach Parma	6	1	0	5	10	18	−8	104	157	−53	0	3	7

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Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Worcester Warriors (1)	6	6	0	0	36	6	+30	245	49	+196	5	0	29
Montauban	6	3	0	3	28	12	+16	175	113	+62	3	1	16
București	6	2	1	3	7	22	−15	77	158	−81	0	0	10
Gran Parma	6	0	1	5	7	38	−31	82	259	−177	0	1	3

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Pool 3

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	34	3	+31	264	57	+207	3	1	24
Brive (6)	6	4	0	2	21	5	+16	179	73	+106	3	2	20
Connacht	6	3	0	3	25	10	+15	172	97	+75	2	1	15
El Salvador	6	0	0	6	3	65	−62	26	414	−388	0	0	0

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Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Sale Sharks (3)	6	5	1	0	34	8	+26	244	62	+182	5	0	27
Montpellier (8)	6	4	1	1	12	14	−2	114	115	−1	1	0	19
Bayonne	6	1	0	5	16	20	−4	100	164	−64	2	2	8
Petrarca Padova	6	1	0	5	7	27	−20	73	190	−117	0	1	5

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Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Castres Olympique (5)	6	5	0	1	19	12	+7	160	105	+55	1	0	21
Leeds Carnegie (7)	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	157	101	+56	2	1	19
Calvisano	6	2	0	4	13	29	−16	123	200	−77	1	0	9
Dax	6	1	0	5	15	14	+1	109	143	−34	1	3	7

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Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Worcester Warriors	29	36	+196
2	Bath	29	28	+138
3	Sale Sharks	27	34	+182
4	Newcastle Falcons	24	34	+207
5	Castres Olympique	21	19	+55
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Brive	20	21	+106
7	Leeds Carnegie	19	18	+56
8	Montpellier	19	12	−1
–	Montauban	16	28	+62
–	Auch	14	11	−38

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 2007–08 Heineken Cup

References