Overview
- Bordeaux beat Bristol 27-15 at a wet Ashton Gate, with Louis Bielle-Biarrey scoring a hat-trick to secure the No 1 seeding and leave Bristol facing an away round-of-16 tie.
- Glasgow overpowered Saracens 28-3 to finish with four bonus-point wins and secure home advantage through the semi-finals, sending Saracens to a round-of-16 trip to Bath.
- Harlequins won 27-17 at La Rochelle thanks to a late Marcus Smith penalty, eliminating the two-time champions and earning Quins a home tie after a top-two finish in Pool 3.
- The Bulls squeezed into the last 16 despite just one pool win, edging Pau 26-24; confirmed fixtures include Glasgow vs Bulls, Bath vs Saracens, and Toulon vs Stormers.
- Perpignan advanced from the Challenge Cup with a 20-20 draw against the Lions that eliminated the South Africans on points difference, while injury-hit Gloucester exited Europe after a 31-14 loss to Toulon.