2022 European Rugby Champions Cup final

Both Leinster and La Rochelle entered the final on similar form, with both teams having won 7 out of their 8 games in the Championship, with both losses being a default result due to cancellations earlier in the campaign.

This was Leinster's sixth appearance in the Champions Cup Final, winning four and losing one, their last win being in 2018. If Leinster had won, it would have been a record equalling victory for them, joining Toulouse with five European titles to their name. For La Rochelle, this was the second time they have made the final, after they made the final in the previous year. They became the first team since Leinster to appear in back-to-back finals after the Irish side achieved this in 2018 and 2019. La Rochelle's victory was the first major trophy for the club.

The two sides had met just once before in the Champions Cup, with La Rochelle triumphing 32–23 in last season’s semi-finals and it was the fifth time that an Irish team faced a TOP 14 club in the European Cup final, with Irish sides having won on each of the previous four occasions.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

La Rochelle		Round	Leinster
Opponent	Result	Pool stage	Opponent	Result
Glasgow Warriors	20–13 (H)	Matchday 1	Bath	45–20 (H)
Bath	0–0 (A) (Cancelled)	Matchday 2	Montpellier	0–28 (A) (Cancelled)
Bath	39–21 (H)	Matchday 3	Montpellier	89–7 (H)
Glasgow Warriors	38–20 (A)	Matchday 4	Bath	64–7 (A)
		Final standings
Pool A Top 4 Team P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts Racing 92 4 4 0 0 126 24 +102 16 3 3 0 19 Ulster 4 4 0 0 114 96 +18 15 9 3 0 19 La Rochelle 4 3 1 0 97 64 +33 11 7 2 0 16 Leinster 4 3 0 1 198 62 +136 30 8 3 0 15
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Bordeaux	31–13 (A)	Round of 16 Leg 1	Connacht	26–21 (A)
Bordeaux	31–23 (H)	Round of 16 Leg 2	Connacht	56–20 (H)
Montpellier	31–19 (H)	Quarter-finals	Leicester Tigers	14–23 (A)
Racing 92	13–20 (A)	Semi-finals	Toulouse	40–17 (H)