2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup
The 2022–23 European Rugby Champions Cup will be the ninth season of the European Rugby Champions Cup, the annual club rugby union competition run by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for teams from the top six nations in European rugby and South Africa. It will be the 28th season of pan-European professional club rugby competition. The 2021-22 European Rugby Champions Cup was the final year, under the current sponsorship deal, with Dutch beer brand Heineken. No new headline sponsor or extension has yet been announced. This will be the first year that the  top teams from South Africa can qualify, following the inaugural United Rugby Championship season. Teams. Twenty-four clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues will compete in the Champions Cup. The expected distribution of teams is: Seeding. The twenty four teams are seeded based on their finishing position in end of season playoffs and league positions.