Leinster will face Saracens and Ulster will take on Toulouse in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on the weekend of September 18th, 19th and 20th, the ECPR has confirmed. The semi-finals will take place the following weekend – September 25th, 26th and 27th – while the final will be played on Saturday October 17th with the Challenge Cup finale the night before. The quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Challenge Cup will be played on the same weekends as the quarters and semis of the Champions Cup. The ECPR has also been looking at potential changes to next season’s Champions Cup and Challenge Cup with Thursday’s statement saying that “a 24-club Heineken Champions Cup with eight representatives from each of Europe’s leading league competitions is one of the options under discussion.”Next season’s tournaments are due to start on the weekend of December 11th, 12th and 13th. New Champions Cup and Challenge Cup datesQuarter-finals: weekend of 18/19/20 SeptemberSemi-finals: weekend of 25/26/27 SeptemberChallenge Cup final: Friday, 16 OctoberHeineken Champions Cup final: Saturday, 17 OctoberStart of 2020/21 season: weekend of 11/12/13 December

Source: The Irish Times June 25, 2020 09:33 UTC