Overview
- EPCR, which announced Wednesday, named Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole, Aviva Stadium, Murrayfield, and Stadium MK as the potential semifinal venues.
- The semifinals are scheduled for May 2-3, with the final on May 23 at Bilbao’s San Mamés Stadium.
- Venues will be assigned once quarter-final results confirm which higher-seeded clubs from the pool stage earn home-country hosting rights.
- EPCR outlined likely match-ups tied to seedings, including Union Bordeaux Bègles in Bordeaux and Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield if those clubs progress.
- Organizers flagged logistics and demand pressures, with Bristol’s Ashton Gate ruled out by a football fixture and last year’s semifinals drawing crowds of more than 42,000.