Investec Champions Cup – Everything you need to know

Your Sharks kick off our challenge for a first ever Investec Champions Cup title this weekend with a visit to URC champions Glasgow Warriors, followed by a home clash with French Top 14 side Racing 92 and a return to Manchester for Sam James. 

But how does club rugby’s premier competition work, and what does our route to the Principality Stadium final look like? Here’s our handy guide! 

• 24 clubs – eight from the TOP 14, eight from the BKT United Rugby Championship (URC), and eight from the Gallagher Premiership – have been drawn in four pools of six. 

• There can only be a maximum of two clubs from the same league in each pool. 

• Clubs from the same URC Shield cannot be in the same pool. 

• There will be no matches between clubs from the same league, so for the purposes of creating the fixtures, each club will play four matches against four different clubs who are not from the same league, either home or away during the pool stage. 

• Sale Sharks are in Pool 4 with Glasgow Warriors, Racing 92, DHL Stormers, RC Toulon and Harlequins. 

• The Investec Champions Cup will be played over eight weekends with four pool stage rounds and four knockout stage rounds. 

• At the conclusion of the pool stage, the four highest-ranked clubs from each pool will qualify for the Round of 16 and the clubs ranked number five in each of the pools will qualify for the knockout stage of the EPCR Challenge Cup. 

• The competition culminates with the Cardiff 2025 final which will be staged at the Principality Stadium next May. 

• The Investec Champions Cup will, for the first time, be broadcast live on Premier Sports. 

Sale Sharks fixtures 

Glasgow Warriors v Sale Sharks 

Saturday 7^th December, 2024, 8pm KO 

Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow – click here to find out how to get there 

Sale Sharks v Racing 92 

Friday 13^th December, 2024, 8pm KO 

Salford Community Stadium 

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DHL Stormers v Sale Sharks 

Saturday 11^th January, 1pm KO (UK time) 

DHL Stadium, Cape Town – click here to find out how to get there  

Sale Sharks v RC Toulon 

Sunday 19^th January, 5.30pm KO 

Salford Community Stadium 

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2024/25 INVESTEC CHAMPIONS CUP POOLS 

2024/25 WEEKENDS 

Round 1 – 6/7/8 December 2024 
Round 2 – 13/14/15 December 2024 
Round 3 – 10/11/12 January 2025 
Round 4 – 17/18/19 January 2025 
Round of 16 – 4/5/6 April 2025 
Quarter-finals – 11/12/13 April 2025 
Semi-finals – 2/3/4 May 2025 
EPCR Challenge Cup final – Friday 24 May 2025, Principality Stadium 
Champions Cup final – Saturday 25 May 2025, Principality Stadium