Date set for semi-final draw

The six Pool winners and the two best runners-up will be being ranked 1-8. The quarter-final line-up will be 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5.

The format of the two best runners-up qualifying for the quarter-finals as the No 7 and No 8 ranked teams has been in operation since the 1999 / 2000 season - with bonus points coming into the equation in season 2003 / 2004.

Since then, no team has qualified as a best runner up with less than 19 points although in 2003 / 2004 Celtic Warriors discovered that even 20 points was not sufficient to make the knock-out stages.

The teams (with current names) to qualify as best runners-up have been:

Season	Team	Wins	Bonus Pts	Pts
99/00	London Wasps	5	-	10
	ASM Clermont Auvergne	4	-	8
00/01	Swansea	4	-	8
	Pau	4	-	8
01/02	Munster	5	-	10
	Llanelli Scarlets	4	-	8
02/03	Munster	4	-	8
	Biarritz Olympique	4	-	8
03/04	Gloucester Rugby	5	4 (T 4)	24
	Edinburgh	5	2 (T 2)	22
04/05	Northampton Saints	5	1 (T 1)	21
	Leicester Tigers	4	3 (T 2; L 1)	19
05/06	Sale Sharks	5	3 (T 3)	23
	Leinster	4	6 (T 4; L 2)	22