2015 European Rugby Champions Cup final

The 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the firstEuropean Rugby Champions Cup, and the twentieth European club rugby final in general, as the competition replaces the Heineken Cup.

The final was played between the French clubs Clermont and Toulon at Twickenham Stadium on 2 May 2015.

Toulon won the final, beating Clermont by 24 points to 18.^[1] This was the third successive win by Toulon of the top European club rugby competition.^[2][3]

In the Heineken Cup (1995–2014), Toulon won twice, the two last editions of the tournament (2013 and 2014). The first of those finals was also Clermont's only final, and Toulon won 16–15 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.^[4] In 2014, Toulon won 23–6 against England's Saracens at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.^[5]

Following a competitive tendering process, the tournament organisers, European Professional Club Rugby, announced in August 2014 that the final would be held in the 82,000 capacity Twickenham Stadium, London on 2 May 2015.^[6] The scheduling makes it the earliest in the season that the European final has been held since the 1999 Heineken Cup Final, and is two weeks after the semi-finals are held, providing limited opportunity for supporters of the two finalists to make arrangements to attend.^[7] Around 8000 supporters of the two clubs involved in the final travelled to Twickenham, with part of their allocations being returned.^[8]

Efforts were made to try and boost attendance by offering free tickets to the final to those that purchased tickets to the Aviva Premiership final that was to be held in the same venue later in the month. However, a technical issue meant that the requirement to purchase the Premiership final tickets was not initially enforced, meaning customers could order only the free ticket and pay just a booking fee.^[9]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Clermont Auvergne		Round	Toulon
Opponent	Result	Pool stage	Opponent	Result
Saracens	23–30 (A)	Matchday 1	Scarlets	28–18 (H)
Sale Sharks	35–3 (H)	Matchday 2	Ulster	23–13 (A)
Munster	16–9 (A)	Matchday 3	ليستر تايجرز	21-25 (أ)
مونستر	26–19 (ح)	الجولة الرابعة	ليستر تايجرز	23–8 (ح)
أسماك القرش البائعة	22–13 (أ)	الجولة الخامسة	أولستر	60–22 (H)
السراسنة	18–6 (H)	الجولة السادسة	القرمزي	26-3 (أ)
الفائز في المجموعة الأولى فريق P نقاط كليرمونت 6 22 السراسنة 6 17 مونستر 6 15 أسماك القرش البائعة 6 2		الترتيب النهائي	الفائز في المجموعة الثالثة فريق P نقاط تولون 6 22 ليستر تايجرز 6 13 أولستر 6 12 القرمزي 6 8
الخصم	نتيجة	مرحلة خروج المغلوب	الخصم	نتيجة
نورثامبتون ساينتس	37-5 (ح)	ربع النهائي	الدبابير	32–18 (ح)
السراسنة	13–9 (ح)	نصف النهائي	لينستر	25–20 (H) ( AET )