2025 European Rugby Champions Cup final

The 2025 European Rugby Champions Cup final was the final match of the 2024–25 European Rugby Champions Cup campaign, and the 30th European club rugby final in general. It was contested by Bordeaux Bègles and Northampton Saints on 24 May 2025.^[1]

The Millennium Stadium was the host venue, the sixth time the European final has been at the stadium, matching Twickenham Stadium's record of six finals.^[2]

Bordeaux Bègles won the final, beating Northampton Saints 28–20.^[3][4]

For Bordeaux, this was the first time that side had made a European final, and just their second major final (having only made a domestic final once), in their history. Northampton Saints, on the other hand, was making their fourth appearance in a European final, though their first since their 2014 Challenge cup title, and their first Champions Cup final since 2011.

The two sides had only met once before in their history, coming during the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup, where Bordeaux won 16–12 at Franklin's Gardens.^[5]

The two sides entered the final on different domestic forms; Bordeaux were sitting comfortably in the top 4 of the table in the 2024–25 Top 14 season, whilst Northampton Saints had already dropped out of the Premiership Rugby title race and therefore unable to retain their title. However, their European form had seen Northampton Saints only lose one game; a 45–35 loss to Stade Français in the pool stages.^[6] Whilst for Bordeaux, they entered the final as top seed after winning all their games in the pool stage with a bonus points before their run in the knockouts saw them progress to the final.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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