2005–06 European Challenge Cup

The 2005–06 European Challenge Cup was the tenth year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between October 2005 and May 2006.

Group stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints	6	5	0	1	32	12	20	194	96	98	5	0	25
Template:Flagicon Narbonne	6	4	0	2	16	11	5	125	113	12	2	0	18
Template:Flagicon Bristol	6	3	0	3	26	21	5	203	150	53	3	1	16
Template:Flagicon Viadana	6	0	0	6	9	39	−30	81	244	−163	0	1	1

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon London Irish	6	6	0	0	32	11	21	239	81	158	3	0	27
Template:Flagicon Agen	6	3	0	3	23	15	8	163	143	20	3	0	14
Template:Flagicon Pau	6	2	0	4	12	19	−7	107	153	−46	2	1	11
Template:Flagicon Overmach Parma	6	1	0	5	8	30	−22	74	206	−132	0	0	4

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Gloucester	6	6	0	0	49	6	43	331	53	278	5	0	29
Template:Flagicon Bayonne	6	4	0	2	31	11	20	202	93	109	4	0	20
Template:Flagicon București	6	1	0	5	7	40	−33	71	253	−182	0	1	5
Template:Flagicon Toulon	6	1	0	5	9	39	−30	64	269	−205	0	1	5

Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons	6	6	0	0	44	10	34	324	81	243	4	0	28
Template:Flagicon Brive	6	3	0	3	30	19	11	203	169	34	4	2	18
Template:Flagicon Borders	6	3	0	3	19	23	−4	155	177	−22	2	1	15
Template:Flagicon L'Aquila	6	0	0	6	14	55	−41	103	358	−255	0	1	1

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Template:Flagicon Worcester Warriors	6	5	0	1	24	12	12	181	103	78	3	1	25
Template:Flagicon Connacht	6	4	0	2	25	14	11	190	119	71	3	1	20
Template:Flagicon Catania	6	2	0	4	15	41	−26	116	257	−141	1	1	8
Template:Flagicon Montpellier	6	1	0	5	26	23	3	170	178	−8	2	2	7

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Template:Flagicon Gloucester	29	49	+278
2	Template:Flagicon Newcastle Falcons	28	44	+243
3	Template:Flagicon London Irish	27	32	+158
4	Template:Flagicon Northampton Saints	25	32	+98
5	Template:Flagicon Worcester Warriors	25	24	+78
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Template:Flagicon Bayonne	20	31	+109
7	Template:Flagicon Connacht	20	25	+71
8	Template:Flagicon Brive	18	30	+34
–	Template:Flagicon Narbonne	18	16	+12
–	Template:Flagicon Agen	14	16	+20

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 2005–06 Heineken Cup