Connacht, the top seeds and only unbeaten team left in the competition, have been handed a home match against French side Bourgoin in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
Bourgoin, runners-up last season and the inaugural winners of this competition, qualified by defeating Leeds Carnegie 18-9 in Leeds on Sunday.
It will be the first time that Connacht and Bourgoin have played each other.
The qualifiers and their rankings for the 2009/10 Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals are:
1. CONNACHT (top ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
2. Toulon (second ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
3. London Wasps (third ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
4. Newcastle Falcons (fourth ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
5. Cardiff Blues (third best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
6. Gloucester (fourth best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
7. Scarlets (fifth best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
8. Bourgoin (fifth ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
The quarter-final matches, to be played on April 8/9/10/11, 2010, will be:
1 CONNACHT (ACC 1) v Bourgoin 8 (ACC 5)
2 Toulon (ACC 2) v Scarlets 7 (Heineken Cup 3)
3 London Wasps (ACC 3) v Gloucester Rugby 6 (Heineken Cup 2)
4 Newcastle Falcons (ACC 4) v Cardiff Blues 5 (Heineken Cup 1)
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