The Champions Cup 🏆 (known as the Investec Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a predominantly European league 🇪🇺. See below for our predictions for the Champions Cup – generated from our machine learning algorithm, and updated daily 🔥.
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Clubs qualify for the Champions Cup via their positions in their respective leagues or by winning the second-tier Challenge Cup. Those who do not qualify are instead eligible to compete in the second-tier Challenge Cup.
HISTORY
Between 1995 and 2014, the competition was known as the Heineken Cup. This was changed to European Rugby Champions Cup, following disagreements between its shareholders over the structure of the competition. However, Heineken returned as sponsor for the 2018–19 season, running the competition alongside the EPCR, resulting in the competition being known as the Heineken Champions Cup. 🏆
Although they are technically two separate competitions, run by different organisations, the European Rugby Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup are recognised as one title chain of elite club championships in Europe. Teams that have won multiple titles ranked, for example, by the aggregate of their wins in both versions.
French 🇫🇷 clubs have the most victories (12 wins), followed by England 🏴 (10 wins) and Ireland 🇮🇪 (7 wins). England has the largest number of winning teams, with six clubs having won the title. The competition has been won by thirteen different clubs. Eight have won it more than once. Five have successfully defended their title including a unique three-in-a-row made by Toulon between 2012–13 and 2014–15. Toulouse is the most successful club in the tournament’s history (6) including the first season in the 1995–96. Toulouse are the current European champions, having beaten Leinster 22–31 in the 2024 final in London, England.
See below for the latest Champions Cup predictions, results, rankings and tips for all the matches. All powered by the Algorithm and refreshed daily. 🤟
