Bath have been dumped out of Europe as Julien Arias' brace of tries earned Stade Francais a hard-fought victory in Paris.
The West Country side needed to win to remain in with a chance of qualifying for the latter stages of either the Heineken Cup or its sister competition, the Amlin Challenge Cup.
But they slipped to their fourth Pool Four defeat in five matches to stay bottom of the pile, with Arias scoring both his tries in the first half to give Stade a 15-3 lead by the 34th minute.
The match was played in dreadful weather conditions, with rain having come down in Paris hours before kick-off.
There was not a try-scoring opportunity worthy of the name as Stade held out comfortably to go four points clear at the top of the pool.
They need to avoid defeat in Edinburgh next week to progress.
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