|
The Heineken Cup 24th place play-off was a single game play-off that was formerly used to determine the final qualifier for the subsequent season's Heineken Cup. This play-off was scrapped, effective with the 2009–10 season, due to changes in the Heineken Cup qualification format. ==Automatic qualification== Through the 2009–10 edition, the Heineken Cup was open to clubs in the Celtic League, Guinness Premiership, Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence) and the Top 14. The competition begins with six rounds of pool matches to determine the eight qualifiers for the knockout stages. 24 teams are arranged into six pools of four teams each, with the six pool winners and two best-placed runners-up entering the knockout stages. The 24 pool stage places were allocated as described below. The first 22 places were awarded as follows:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Heineken Cup – Key Tournament Rules )〕 *England: 6 teams (selected by performance in Guinness Premiership and Anglo-Welsh Cup) *France: 6 teams (selected by performance in Top 14 Championship) *Ireland: 3 teams (selected by performance in Celtic League) *Wales: 3 teams (selected by performance in Celtic League) *Scotland: 2 teams (selected by participation in Celtic League) *Italy: 2 teams (selected by performance in ''Eccellenza'') The 23rd team was chosen from either France, England or Italy and was allocated to the country whose team progressed further in the previous season's Heineken Cup.〔 The European Challenge Cup winner received an automatic place in the Heineken Cup, taken from its country's allocation. The final qualifier was determined from the result of the ''24th place'' or ''Italo-Celtic play-off''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heineken Cup Italo-Celtic play-off」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|