Premiership champions Wasps will face Heineken Cup holders Toulouse in the group stages of next season's competition.
The London side were placed alongside the crack French outfit in pool six when the draw for the 2005-06 tournament was made on Tuesday. They will be joined in that group by Llanelli Scarlets and Edinburgh.
Gloucester will be competing in the European Challenge Cup this season after losing to Saracens in the Zurich Wild Card final at Twickenham in May.
ERC, the tournament organisers, hope to confirm the details of the Challenge Cup tournament over the next few weeks.
Elsewhere in the Heineken Cup, Leicester, twice winners of the trophy, also face a demanding group schedule having been paired in pool three with this year's runners-up Stade Francais.
Celtic League champions Ospreys and Clermont Auvergne make up their group.
Elsewhere in the draw, Leeds Tykes and Cardiff Blues are in pool two with Calvisano and Perpignan and Saracens will play Ulster, Biarritz and Benetton Treviso in pool four.
Sale will face Newport Gwent Dragons, Castres and Munster while Glasgow, Bourgoin, Bath and Leinster are also put together.
Heineken Cup draw:
Pool 1: Munster, Castres Olympique, Sale Sharks, Newport Gwent Dragons
Pool 2: Rugby Calvisano, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes, Cardiff Blues
Pool 3: Ospreys, Stade Francais Paris, Leicester Tigers, Clermont Auvergne
Pool 4: Biarritz Olympique, Saracens, Ulster, Benetton Treviso
Pool 5: Glasgow Rugby, Bourgoin, Bath Rugby, Leinster
Pool 6: London Wasps, Toulouse, Llanelli Scarlets, Edinburgh Rugby
 |
 |
