{"id":11476,"date":"2026-01-12T02:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2026-01-12T02:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T02:06:59","slug":"investec-champions-cup-key-moments-in-round-three-and-qualification-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=11476","title":{"rendered":"Investec Champions Cup: Key moments in round three and qualification standings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The penultimate round of pool matches in this season&#8217;s European Champions Cup brought high-scoring games, last-minute heroics and more teams qualifying for the knockout stages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glasgow Warriors, Sale Sharks, Leinster, Harlequins, Bordeaux, Bristol Bears and Northampton Saints are all into the last 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But with the likes of six-time winners Toulouse, three-time champions Saracens,  English champions Bath and United Rugby Championship leaders Stormers yet to secure their places, the final round of pool fixtures next weekend should feature plenty more drama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">What were the key moments from round three? And how do things currently stand?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The top four teams from each pool qualify for the last 16, with the top two qualifying with home advantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifth in each pool drops down to the Challenge Cup, while the bottom side are eliminated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And a reminder that it&#8217;s four points for a win, with bonus points available for scoring four tries and losing by seven points or fewer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cn40gzkz1xjo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The penultimate round of pool &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}