2013–14 European Challenge Cup

The qualifying teams were • England: 6 teams from the Aviva Premiership that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup • France: 7 teams from the Top 14 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup • Wales: 1 team from the Pro12 that did not qualify for the Heineken Cup • Italy: the 4 teams that finished in the top four places in the National Championship of Excellence • Portugal: one team formed to play in the Challenge Cup. ERC awarded the spot to Portugal after Olympus Rugby XV withdrew from the competition • Romania: one team that is formed every season to play in the Challenge Cup, consisting of rugby players playing in the domestic Romanian leagues ==Seeding==

Teams that did not qualify for the 2013–14 Heineken Cup were ordered into four tiers according to the European Rugby Club Ranking. Five pools of four teams were drawn comprising one team from each tier. The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2013–14 season. ==Pool stage==

The draw for the pool stage took place on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Lusitanos XV replaced Olympus Madrid on 2 September 2013. Seeding as it stands Quarter-final pairings • Seed 1 (ACC 1) v Seed 8 (ACC 5) • Seed 2 (ACC 2) v Seed 7 (Heineken Cup 3) • Seed 3 (ACC 3) v Seed 6 (Heineken Cup 2) • Seed 4 (ACC 4) v Seed 5 (Heineken Cup 1) A draw determined the semi-finals pairings. ==Knockout stage==

All kickoff times are local to the match location. Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ==See also==