2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup
| 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup | |
|---|---|
The EPCR Challenge Cup | |
| Tournament details | |
| Countries | England France Georgia Ireland Italy Scotland South Africa Wales |
| Date | 6 December 2024 — 23 May 2025 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 22 |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Attendance | 377,322 (7,398 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 36,705 – Lyon v Bath 23 May 2025 |
| Lowest attendance | 1,450 – Zebre v Lyon 14 December 2024 |
| Tries scored | 367 (7.2 per match) |
| Top point scorer(s) | Léo Berdeu (Lyon) 66 points |
| Top try scorer(s) | Josh Adams (Cardiff) Paul Boyle (Connacht) Wes Goosen (Edinburgh) Josh Macleod (Scarlets) Jac Morgan (Ospreys) Chay Mullins (Connacht) Ben Murphy (Connacht) 4 tries |
| Final | |
| Venue | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| Attendance | 36,705 |
| Champions | Bath (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Lyon |
The 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup, known colloquially as the 2024-25 European Challenge Cupwas the eleventh edition of the EPCR Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs competing in elite European competition. Including the predecessor competition, the original European Challenge Cup, this is the 29th edition of European club rugby's second-tier competition.
The final was played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales.
The South African Durban-based team, Sharks, were the reigning champions, and qualified for the 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup as a consequence. Following the pool stages of that competition, the Sharks dropped back into the knockout phase of the Challenge Cup, becoming at that point the defending champions. The Sharks were eliminated in the Round of 16 by French team, Lyon Olympique.
Bath Rugby defeated Lyon in the final 37-12, to win their second title, and the thirteenth for an English club, a record for one nation and one league.