The following draw for the European Challenge Cup and Challenge Shield have been announced
ROUND 1 (unseeded teams at home in the first leg on October 22, 23 or 24 and seeded teams at home in the second leg on October 29,30 or 31).
Game 1: Catania v Sale
Game 2: L'Aquila v Agen
Game 3: UCM Madrid v Viadana
Game 4: Grenoble v Leeds
Game 5: Petrarca Padova v Beziers
Game 6: Rovigo v Montpellier
Game 7: Narbonne v Connacht
Game 8: Auch v London Irish
Game 9: GRAN Parma v Pau
Game 10: Leonessa v Montferrand
Game 11: AA Coimbra v Borders
Game 12: Bayonne v Saracens
Game 13: El Salvador v Rugby Parma
Game 14: Worcester v Brive
ROUND 2 (first named winner/lucky loser home in first leg on December 3, 4 or
5, and second named winner/lucky loser home in second leg on December 10, 11 or
12.
Game 15: Lucky Loser v Winner Game 1
Game 16: Winner Game 2 v Winner Game 3
Game 17: Winner Game 5 v Winner Game 4
Game 18: Winner Game 7 v Winner Game 6
Game 19: Winner Game 9 v Winner Game 8
Game 20: Winner Game 10 v Winner Game 11
Game 21: Winner Game 13 v Winner Game 12
Game 22: Winner Game 14 v Lucky Loser
QUARTER-FINALS
First named winner home in first leg on January 7, 8 or 9, 2005 and second
named winner home in second leg on January 14, 15 or 16.
Game 23: Winner Game 15 v Winner Game 16
Game 24: Winner Game 17 v Winner Game 18
Game 25: Winner Game 19 v Winner Game 20
Game 26: Winner Game 21 v Winner Game 22
:: The 12 first-round losers who do not qualify as lucky losers will enter the
first round of the European Shield - with Spanish sides Atletico Bera Bera and
VRAC, Portuguese side Clube Rugby and Romanian outfit Steaua Bucharest making it a 16-team draw.