2007–08 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Romania  Spain
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Date	8 November 2007 – 25 May 2008
Tournament statistics
Top point scorer(s)	Olly Barkley (Bath) (91 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Ollie Phillips (Newcastle) (8 tries)
Final
Champions	Bath (1st title)
Runners-up	Worcester Warriors
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The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath Rugby	6	6	0	0	28	6	+22	203	65	+138	5	0	29
Auch	6	3	0	3	11	19	−8	109	147	−38	1	1	14
Albi	6	2	0	4	15	21	−6	130	177	−47	1	2	11
Overmach Parma	6	1	0	5	10	18	−8	104	157	−53	0	3	7

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Worcester Warriors	6	6	0	0	36	6	+30	245	49	+196	5	0	29
Montauban	6	3	0	3	28	12	+16	175	113	+62	3	1	16
București	6	2	1	3	7	22	−15	77	158	−81	0	0	10
Gran Parma	6	0	1	5	7	38	−31	82	259	−177	0	1	3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Newcastle Falcons	6	5	0	1	34	3	+31	264	57	+207	3	1	24
Brive	6	4	0	2	21	5	+16	179	73	+106	3	2	20
Connacht	6	3	0	3	25	10	+15	172	97	+75	2	1	15
El Salvador	6	0	0	6	3	65	−62	26	414	−388	0	0	0

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Sale Sharks	6	5	1	0	34	8	+26	244	62	+182	5	0	27
Montpellier	6	4	1	1	12	14	−2	114	115	−1	1	0	19
Bayonne	6	1	0	5	16	20	−4	100	164	−64	2	2	8
Petrarca Padova	6	1	0	5	7	27	−20	73	190	−117	0	1	5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	19	12	+7	160	105	+55	1	0	21
Leeds Carnegie	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	157	101	+56	2	1	19
Calvisano	6	2	0	4	13	29	−16	123	200	−77	1	0	9
Dax	6	1	0	5	15	14	+1	109	143	−34	1	3	7

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/-
1	Worcester Warriors	29	36	+196
2	Bath	29	28	+138
3	Sale Sharks	27	34	+182
4	Newcastle Falcons	24	34	+207
5	Castres Olympique	21	19	+55
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/-
6	Brive	20	21	+106
7	Leeds Carnegie	19	18	+56
8	Montpellier	19	12	−1
–	Montauban	16	28	+62
–	Auch	14	11	−38

4 April 2008 19:30

Sale Sharks	49–24	Brive

Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,192

5 April 2008 14:15

Bath	57–5	Leeds Carnegie

Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,569

5 April 2008 15:00

Worcester Warriors	36–26	Montpellier

Sixways Stadium Attendance: 5,210

5 April 2008 20:00

Newcastle Falcons	40–13	Castres Olympique

Kingston Park Attendance: 6,005

25 April 2008 20:00

Worcester Warriors	31–16	Newcastle Falcons

Sixways Stadium Attendance: 6,795

26 April 2008 12:30

Bath	36–14	Sale Sharks

Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,216

25 May 2008 12:00

Bath	24–16	Worcester Warriors
Tries: Fa'amatuainu 31' c Abendanon 35' m Con: Barkley (1/2) 32' Pen: Barkley 15', 53' James 75' Drop: Barkley 67'	Report	Try: Delport 79' c Con: Carlisle (1/1) 79' Pen: Drahm 23', 39', 45'

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 16,157 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

• European Challenge Cup
• 2007-08 Heineken Cup

• 2007/08 European Challenge results