Here Are The 2025-2026 Investec Champions Cup Pools
Here Are The 2025-2026 Investec Champions Cup Pools
Here are the 24 teams and their pools in the 2025-2026 Investec Champions Cup, including Leinster Rugby, Bath Rugby, UBB and Toulouse.
There were 157 days to go until the return of the Investec Champions Cup. And now rugby fans know the matchups and pools.
The pools are set for the 2025-2026 Investec Champions Cup, as 24 teams are vying for spots in the 2026 Final in Balboa, Spain, next May.
The Tier 1 teams of the draw were Union Bordeaux Begles, Toulouse, Leinster Rugby and Bath Rugby, so rugby fans won't get those matchups in pool play.
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UBB Rugby, the defending Investec Champions Cup winner, was automatically given a Tier 1 draw. The three other clubs were the domestic league champions of the URC, Top 14 and the Gallagher Premiership. Because they were champions, they also were automatically Tier 1.
The biggest loser of the pool draw, and the days leading up to it, was the Champions Cup runners-up, the Northampton Saints. The club was moved to Tier 2 after Toulouse won the epic Top 14 Final on June 28. Had UBB Rugby won, the Saints would have been a Tier 1 club.
Now, they'll face UBB Rugby in one of the most anticipated matches of pool play, as the two clubs were sent to Pool 4.
Once again, Leinster Rugby and French rival La Rochelle will meet in pool play, this time as Pool 3 members.
In Pool 1, a Shark attack will happen with the Sale Sharks and the Hollywoodbets Sharks in the same pool, which is headlined by Toulouse, the club with the most Champions Cup titles at six.
Here are the Investec Champions Cup Pools:
Investec Champions Cup Pools For 2025-2026
Here's each pool of six teams.
Clubs from the same domestic league will not play each other in the four pool-round matches that start in December.
Investec Champions Cup Pool 1
- Toulouse: Top 14 (France)
- Clermont Auvergne: Top 14 (France)
- Hollywoodbets Sharks: United Rugby Championship (South Africa)
- Saracens: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- Glasgow Warriors: United Rugby Championship (Scotland)
- Sale Sharks: Gallagher Premiership (England)
Investec Champions Cup Pool 2
- Bath Rugby: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- Toulon: Top 14 (France)
- Munster Rugby: United Rugby Championship (Ireland)
- Castres Olympique: Top 14 (France)
- Edinburgh Rugby: United Rugby Championship (Scotland)
- Gloucester Rugby: Gallagher Premiership (England)
Investec Champions Cup Pool 3
- Leinster Rugby: United Rugby Championship (Ireland)
- Leicester Tigers: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- Harlequins: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- La Rochelle: Top 14 (France)
- Bayonne: Top 14 (France)
- DHL Stormers: United Rugby Championship (South Africa)
Investec Champions Cup Pool 4
- Bordeaux-Bègles: Top 14 (France)
- Scarlets: United Rugby Championship (Wales)
- Bristol Bears: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- Pau: Top 14 (France)
- Northampton Saints: Gallagher Premiership (England)
- Vodacom Bulls: United Rugby Championship (South Africa)
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Every match of the Investec Champions Cup is streaming live on FloRugby and the FloSports app starting in December.
Match replays, highlights and breaking news will be on both platforms.
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In the USA, FloRugby will broadcast some of the best international rugby fixtures of 2025.
South Africa, England, New Zealand and France will play matches on FloRugby and the FloSports app.
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July 4
July 5
- 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
- 11:10 a.m. ET: South Africa vs. Italy
- 3:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. England
July 12
- 12:30 a.m. ET: NZ Black Ferns vs. Wallaroos
- 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
- 11:10 a.m. ET: South Africa vs. Italy
- 3:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. England
July 18
July 19
- 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
- 11:10 a.m. ET: South Africa vs. Georgia
- 3:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. Uruguay
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Aug. 23
Sept. 5
Sept. 6
Sept. 13
Sept. 27
Oct. 4
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
Nov. 15
Nov. 22
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