Leinster season ticket holders will receive just 3,000 tickets for the Champions Cup final – The Irish Times

The majority of Leinster’s 12,800 season ticket holders will likely experience frustration and disappointment if they have not already purchased a ticket for the Champions Cup final at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium later this month.

The two finalists (four-time winners Leinster and Toulouse, who have five wins) share an allocation of approximately 6,000 tickets, leaving each club with just 3,000 tickets each. Those tickets will be distributed directly by the clubs, with Leinster again using a lottery system to distribute their quota. The number of tickets allocated each year to the finalists is approximately five percent of the stadium’s capacity.

All teams in the competition sign a participation agreement before participating in the competition. The last two finals were played at the Aviva Stadium, with a capacity for 51,711 people, and at the Marseille Stadium, with a capacity for 59,682 people. The Tottenham Hotspur stadium has a capacity for 62,850 spectators.

Leinster, known for their loyal and well-traveled fan base, attracted the vast majority of the 82,300 fans in Croke Park last weekend for their semi-final match against Northampton Saints, when the tournament’s record number of seats were sold out in less than 48 hours.

“While there will always be disappointment, we are also aware that many Leinster Rugby fans have already purchased tickets through the public sale over the past few months and we are sure there will be plenty of Leinster fans in London in a few weeks’ time. ”Leinster explained in a statement.

“Any allocation Leinster Rugby receives will not be on general sale and will instead be available to season ticket holders, as has been the case in recent finals the club has been fortunate enough to be a part of.”

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) organizes both the semi-final and final of the Champions Cup and has put tickets for this year’s final on sale to the public in May 2023. Similarly, tickets for the 2025 final in Cardiff they will continue. sale next week.

This year’s final, on Saturday, May 25, is sold out and there are no tickets available to the public. Normally some tickets return from clubs who have to travel further afield, but even if Toulouse do not use their entire allocation, the number of tickets returning go back on public sale and would not cover a fraction of Leinster’s demand. .

“Like the semi-final, the Investec Champions Cup final is an EPCR-organised event and, as such, Leinster Rugby has no control over the number of entries received,” Leinster added.

“As a final destination, EPCR has been selling tickets since last year to ensure full capacity as much as possible and, as a result, the allocation received will not cover the demands of our 12,800 subscribers.”