Dates Confirmed For Next Season’s European Tournaments

The 16th season of European club rugby will kick-off over the second weekend of October, and climax with the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup finals staged between May 20 and 22 May, 2011.

ERC, the tournament organisers, have announced the confirmed weekends for the 2010/11 Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup competitions.

The pool stages will again be played out in three blocks of back-to-back weekends in October, December and January.

2010/11 HEINEKEN CUP & AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP:

2010 –

Round 1: October 7/8/9/10 
Round 2: October 14/15/16/17 
Round 3: December 9/10/11/12 
Round 4: December 16/17/18/19 

2011 – 

Round 5: January 13/14/15/16 
Round 6: January 20/21/22/23 

Quarter-Finals: April 8/9/10 
Semi-Finals: April 29/30, May 1 
Heineken Cup & Amlin Challenge Cup Finals: May 20/21/22