2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup
The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup was the second European Rugby Champions Cup championship (21st overall), the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby. The European Rugby Champions Cup replaced the Heineken Cup, which was Europe's top-tier competition for rugby clubs for the first nineteen years of professional European rugby union.
| 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Countries | England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Date | 13 November 2015 – 14 May 2016 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 20 |
| Matches played | 67 |
| Attendance | 955,647 (14,263 per match) |
| Tries scored | 321 (4.79 per match) |
| Top point scorer(s) | Owen Farrell (Saracens) (127 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) | Vereniki Goneva (Leicester Tigers) Thomas Waldrom (Exeter Chiefs) (6 tries) |
| Final | |
| Venue | Grand Stade de Lyon, Lyon |
| Champions | Saracens (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Racing 92 |
As a result of the 2015 Rugby World Cup being held in England, the tournament started slightly later than in previous seasons, with the opening round taking place on the weekend of 13/14/15 November 2015. The tournament was won for the first time by Saracens who beat Racing 92 in the final on the 14 May 2016, at Parc Olympique Lyonnais (called "Grand Stade de Lyon" by competition organiser European Professional Club Rugby) in the Lyon suburb of Décines.