| Event | 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 28 May 2022 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade Vélodrome,Marseille | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Dillyn Leyds (La Rochelle) | ||||||
| Referee | Wayne Barnes (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,682 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||||
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The2022 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match of the2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-seventh European club rugby final in general. The final was contested betweenLa Rochelle andLeinster with La Rochelle winning the game with a late try.[1][2][3][4][5]
Despite having hosted a number of Champions Cup semi-finals, theStade Vélodrome hosted its first European final, two years later than expected after it was rearranged from2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Both Leinster and La Rochelle entered the final on similar form, with both teams having won 7 out of their 8 games in the Championship, with both losses being a default result due to cancellations earlier in the campaign.[citation needed]
This was Leinster's sixth appearance in the Champions Cup Final, winning four and losing one, their last win being in2018. If Leinster had won, it would have been a record equalling victory for them, joiningToulouse with five European titles to their name. For La Rochelle, this was the second time they have made the final, after they made the final inthe previous year. They became the first team since Leinster to appear in back-to-back finals after the Irish side achieved this in 2018 and 2019. La Rochelle's victory was the first major trophy for the club.[citation needed]
The two sides had met just once before in the Champions Cup, with La Rochelle triumphing 32–23 in last season's semi-finals and it was the fifth time that an Irish team faced aTOP 14 club in the European Cup final, with Irish sides having won on each of the previous four occasions.[citation needed]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
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 Glasgow Warriors | 20–13 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Bath | 45–20 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bath | 0–0 (A) (Cancelled) | Matchday 2 | Montpellier | 0–28 (A) (Cancelled) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bath | 39–21 (H) | Matchday 3 | Montpellier | 89–7 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glasgow Warriors | 38–20 (A) | Matchday 4 | Bath | 64–7 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | 31–13 (A) | Round of 16 Leg 1 | Connacht | 26–21 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | 31–23 (H) | Round of 16 Leg 2 | Connacht | 56–20 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montpellier | 31–19 (H) | Quarter-finals | Leicester Tigers | 14–23 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racing 92 | 13–20 (A) | Semi-finals | Toulouse | 40–17 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
         La Rochelle |  Leinster |
| 28 May 2022 17:45 |
| La Rochelle | 24–21 | Leinster |
| Try:Rhule 9' c Bourgarit 60' c Retière 79' c Con:West (3/3) 11', 61', 80' Pen:West (1/1) 41' | Report | Pen:Sexton (6/6) 4', 8', 22', 40+2', 47', 53' R. Byrne (1/1) 64' |
| Stade Vélodrome,Marseille Attendance: 59,682 Referee:Wayne Barnes: (England) |
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