[1] The quarter-finalists will then participate in a knockout tournament that ultimately ends with the final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 24 May 2014.

[3] The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2012–13 season.

The draw for the pool stage took place on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

[4] Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, tiebreakers within each pool are as follows.

[5] ERC has four additional tiebreakers, used if tied teams are in different pools, or if the above steps cannot break a tie between teams in the same pool: All kickoff times are local to the match location.