Similarly, if Leinster, for example, were to lose against Munster on Friday but win the Champions Cup outright, they would assume the Tier 1 spot of the beaten finalist in the Pro14 decider. "The decision to alter the formats for next season on an exceptional basis has been made against the backdrop of the Covid-19 public health crisis and its ongoing impact on the professional club game in Europe. "We know ourselves we didn't look like a quarter-final team today," McFarland told BT Sport after the game. The venue maun be able tae haud at least 20,000. Places in the Heineken Cup is allocate tae the sax competin nations on the follaein basis: 6 England (tap 5 in Guinness Premiership, an winner o the Anglo-Welsh Cup an aw if English), 3 Ireland (tap 3 Irish sides in the Celtic League), 3 Wales (tap 3 Welsh sides in the Celtic League), 2 Scotland (tap 2 Scots sides in the Celtic League). Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge, https://sco.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heineken_Cup&oldid=609579, Commons category wi page teetle different than on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, It maun be in the same kintra as the designatit "hame" team. The final Pro14 spot for the Champions Cup was decided after a play-off match between the two fourth-placed teams after the South African side the Cheetahs were omitted. Syne Toulouse wan the 2004-05 cup, thare wis sieven French teams in the 2005-06 competeetion. There will be two pools of 12 teams, with the top four from each qualifying for the knock-out stages. The revamped format includes home and away quarter-finals with the aggregate score over the two ties deciding the winner.
The 2019/20 competition, which is now at quarter-final stage, was made up of 20 teams with the Pro14 providing seven of that number.

Ilk o the twa hauf feenal venues is in the kintra o the foremaist team oot o the hat whan the draw is makkit. Racing 92 will face Saracens at home in the Heineken Champions Cup semi-finals after they kept Clermont Auvergne at bay in their all-French last-eight tie. The tournament wis lenched in the European simmer o 1995 on the ineetiative o the auld Five Nations Comattee for tae mak a new level o profeesional cross mairch competeetion. RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media.
The ither twa places in the 24 team tournament is allocate as follaes: Ane frae Fraunce, England or Italy; the place is allocate tae the kintra that's team progressed faurer in the afore gane saison's cup. Should Leinster and Ulster qualify for the Pro14 final, they would make up Tier 1 from Pro14, be placed in separate pools and play against the French and English teams in Tier 4 of the same pool. Fower pynts is awairdit for a win an twa pynts for a draw.