Reaching the quarter-finals this year kept Tigers in the top six clubs who will be kept apart when the draw is performed at Twickenham on Tuesday (June 7).
Heineken Cup champions Leinster will be the first club allocated a pool for the 2011/12 tournament, while Toulouse, Munster, Cardiff Blues, Biarritz and Leicester Tigers complete the top tier.
No pool will have more than one club from the same country with the exception of England, as there are seven English teams in next year’s tournament.
The draw will be streamed live on www.ercrugby.com at noon. and we'll have all the reaction from Twickenham on the Tigers club website.
Heineken Cup qualifiers 2011/12
Tier 1: Leinster, Toulouse, Munster, Cardiff Blues, Biarritz Olympique, Leicester Tigers
Tier 2: Northampton Saints, ASM Clermont Auvergne, Ospreys, Bath Rugby, Harlequins, London Irish
Tier 3: Ulster Rugby, Saracens, Gloucester Rugby, Glasgow Warriors, Scarlets, Edinburgh
Tier 4: Connacht Rugby, Benetton Treviso, Castres Olympique, Montpellier, Racing Metro 92, Aironi Rugby
