# 2007–08 European Challenge Cup

The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.

## Pool stage
### Pool 1

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Bath Rugby | 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 |

### Pool 2

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Worcester Warriors | 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 |

### Pool 3

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Newcastle Falcons | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | +31 | 264 | 57 | +207 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Brive | 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 |

### Pool 4

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Sale Sharks | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 244 | 62 | +182 | 5 | 0 | 27 |
| Montpellier | 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 |

### Pool 5

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Castres Olympique | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 160 | 105 | +55 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Leeds Carnegie | 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 |

## 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 |

## Knockout stage
### Quarter-finals

* 4 April 2008 19:30
| Sale Sharks | 49–24 | Brive |
* Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,192
* 5 April 2008 14:15
| Bath | 57–5 | Leeds Carnegie |
* Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,569
* 5 April 2008 15:00
| Worcester Warriors | 36–26 | Montpellier |
* Sixways Stadium Attendance: 5,210
* 5 April 2008 20:00
| Newcastle Falcons | 40–13 | Castres Olympique |
* Kingston Park Attendance: 6,005

### Semi-finals

* 25 April 2008 20:00
| Worcester Warriors | 31–16 | Newcastle Falcons |
* Sixways Stadium Attendance: 6,795
* 26 April 2008 12:30
| Bath | 36–14 | Sale Sharks |
* Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,216

### Final

* 25 May 2008 12:00
| Bath | 24–16 | Worcester Warriors |
| Tries: Fa'amatuainu 31' c Abendanon 35' m Con: Barkley (1/2) 32' Pen: Barkley 15', 53' James 75' Drop: Barkley 67' | Report | Try: Delport 79' c Con: Carlisle (1/1) 79' Pen: Drahm 23', 39', 45' |
* Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 16,157 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)