The 2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield is a rugby union competition, organised by European Professional Club Rugby, Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby, for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
The format of the Qualifying Competition remains similar to the previous season. As before, two places in the next year's Challenge Cup will be available for teams in the Continental Shield. Clubs from six countries will compete in the 2017/18 Continental Shield.
Four representatives from the Italian Eccellenza – Pataro Rugby Calvisano, Femi-CZ Rugby Rovigo, Rugby Petrarca and Rugby Viadana – will be joined by Romania's Timișoara Saracens, RC Batumi from Georgia, Heidelberger RK of Germany and Portugal's Centro Desportivo Universitario de Lisboa (CDUL Rugby) competing in two pools of four.
Following the pool stage matches, the winner of Pool A will play the runner-up in Pool B, and the winner of Pool B will play the runner-up in Pool A on a home and away basis.
The two clubs which advance will then play each other home and away with the winner securing a place in the Continental Shield final in Bilbao next May and also qualifying for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.
The other Continental Shield finalist will be decided by a home and away play-off between Russia's Enisei-STM and Krasny Yar who have both received a bye into the knockout stage of the competition due to their participation in this season's Challenge Cup and to their success in last season's Continental Shield.
The winner of the Enisei-STM v Krasny Yar play-offs will go through to the Continental Shield final in Bilbao and will also qualify for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.
The aim of the Continental Shield is to widen the footprint of club rugby across Europe and to give both emerging and established clubs in different territories the opportunity to qualify for the Challenge Cup.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2017 18 European Rugby Continental Shield news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2017 18 European Rugby Continental Shield is a rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup European Rugby Continental ShieldSportRugby unionOrganisersEPCRRugby EuropeFIRNumber of teams10 8 pools 2 play off Country Italy Georgia Romania Russia Portugal GermanyWebsiteEuropean Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition WebsiteRugby Europe WebsiteRelated competitionsEuropean Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Contents 1 Format 1 1 Fixtures 1 2 Pool play offs 1 3 Qualifying play offs 1 4 Continental Shield Final 2 ReferencesFormat editThe format of the Qualifying Competition remains similar to the previous season As before two places in the next year s Challenge Cup will be available for teams in the Continental Shield Clubs from six countries will compete in the 2017 18 Continental Shield Four representatives from the Italian Eccellenza Pataro Rugby Calvisano Femi CZ Rugby Rovigo Rugby Petrarca and Rugby Viadana will be joined by Romania s Timișoara Saracens RC Batumi from Georgia Heidelberger RK of Germany and Portugal s Centro Desportivo Universitario de Lisboa CDUL Rugby competing in two pools of four Following the pool stage matches the winner of Pool A will play the runner up in Pool B and the winner of Pool B will play the runner up in Pool A on a home and away basis The two clubs which advance will then play each other home and away with the winner securing a place in the Continental Shield final in Bilbao next May and also qualifying for the 2018 19 Challenge Cup The other Continental Shield finalist will be decided by a home and away play off between Russia s Enisei STM and Krasny Yar who have both received a bye into the knockout stage of the competition due to their participation in this season s Challenge Cup and to their success in last season s Continental Shield The winner of the Enisei STM v Krasny Yar play offs will go through to the Continental Shield final in Bilbao and will also qualify for the 2018 19 Challenge Cup The aim of the Continental Shield is to widen the footprint of club rugby across Europe and to give both emerging and established clubs in different territories the opportunity to qualify for the Challenge Cup Advances to Pool play offsPool A P W D L PF PA Diff TB LB Pts nbsp Timișoara Saracens 4 3 0 1 106 68 38 1 1 14 nbsp Heidelberger RK 4 3 0 1 96 74 22 1 0 13 nbsp Rovigo 4 2 0 2 89 86 3 2 1 11 nbsp Viadana 4 1 0 3 66 128 62 1 1 6Pool B P W D L PF PA Diff TB LB Pts nbsp Calvisano 4 2 0 2 107 52 55 2 2 12 nbsp Batumi 4 2 0 2 107 95 12 2 2 12 nbsp Petrarca 4 2 0 2 99 69 30 1 2 11 nbsp CDUL 4 1 0 3 43 142 99 0 0 4Fixtures edit Matches14 October 201715 00Timișoara Saracens nbsp 29 25 nbsp Petrarca BP Dan Paltinisanu Stadium Timișoara Referee Lloyd Linton nbsp 14 October 201715 00 BP Rovigo nbsp 31 27 nbsp Batumi 2 BP Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini Rovigo Referee Maxime Burlet nbsp 14 October 201715 00Heidelberger RK nbsp 23 19 nbsp Calvisano BP Sportzentrum Sud Heidelberg Referee Inigo Atorrasagasti nbsp 14 October 201715 00 BP Viadana nbsp 14 19 nbsp CDULStadio Luigi Zaffanella Viadana Referee Nika Amashukeli nbsp 21 October 201715 00 BP Calvisano nbsp 41 14 nbsp ViadanaCentro Sportivo San Michele Calvisano Referee Sam Grove White nbsp 21 October 201715 00Petrarca nbsp 18 13 nbsp Rovigo BP Centro Sportivo Plebiscito Padua Referee Shota Tevzadze nbsp 21 October 201715 00 BP Batumi nbsp 33 16 nbsp Heidelberger RKRugby Arena Batumi Referee Maxime Burlet nbsp 21 October 201715 00CDUL nbsp 10 45 nbsp Timișoara Saracens BP Estadio Universitario de Lisboa Lisboa Referee Andrea Piardi nbsp 9 December 201715 00Heidelberger RK nbsp 19 15 nbsp Petrarca BP Sportzentrum Sud Heidelberg Referee Andrea Piardi nbsp 9 December 201715 00Timișoara Saracens nbsp 15 13 nbsp Calvisano BP Dan Paltinisanu Stadium Timișoara Referee Nika Amashukeli nbsp 9 December 201715 00 BP Viadana nbsp 31 27 nbsp Batumi BP Stadio Luigi Zaffanella Viadana Referee Inigo Atorrasagasti nbsp 9 December 201715 00 BP Rovigo nbsp 45 7 nbsp CDULStadio Comunale Mario Battaglini Rovigo Referee Ben Blain nbsp 16 December 201715 00 BP Calvisano nbsp 34 0 nbsp RovigoCentro Sportivo San Michele Calvisano Referee Lloyd Linton nbsp 16 December 201715 00CDUL nbsp 7 38 nbsp Heidelberger RK BP Estadio Universitario de Lisboa Lisboa Referee Shota Tevzadze nbsp 16 December 201712 00Batumi nbsp 20 17 nbsp Timișoara Saracens BP Rugby Arena Batumi Referee Keith Allen nbsp 16 December 201715 00 BP Petrarca nbsp 41 7 nbsp ViadanaImpianti Sportivi Memo Geremia Padua Referee Andrea Piardi nbsp Pool play offs edit 13 January 201815 00Batumi nbsp 6 11 nbsp Timișoara SaracensRugby Arena Batumi 13 January 201815 00Heidelberger RK nbsp 34 29 nbsp CalvisanoSportzentrum Sud Heidelberg 20 January 201814 00Timișoara Saracens nbsp 21 12 nbsp BatumiCluj Arena Cluj Timișoara Saracens won 32 18 on aggregate 20 January 201815 00Calvisano nbsp 13 17 nbsp Heidelberger RKCentro Sportivo San Michele Calvisano Heidelberger RK won 51 42 on aggregate Qualifying play offs edit 31 March 2018Enisey STM nbsp 47 22 nbsp Krasny YarTrud Stadium Krasnodar 31 March 2018Timișoara Saracens nbsp 26 20 nbsp Heidelberger RKStadionul Dan Păltinișanu Timișoara Attendance 3212 21 April 2018Krasny Yar nbsp 26 27 nbsp Enisey STMKrasny Yar Stadium Krasnoyarsk Enisey STM won 74 48 on aggregate 21 April 2018Heidelberger RK nbsp 27 15 nbsp Timișoara SaracensSportzentrum Sud Heidelberg Heidelberger RK won 47 41 on aggregate Continental Shield Final edit 12 May 2018Enisey STM nbsp 24 20 nbsp Heidelberger RKCampos Deportivos de Fadura Getxo BiscayReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 18 European Rugby Continental Shield amp oldid 1147905176, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
