Joining/connector piece for corrugated pipes

Joining and connecting element (1) for corrugated pipes (2) with at least one hollow core space (4) encompassed by a housing (3) for receiving a pipe end, a connecting portion (5) on the end of the housing (3) facing away from the hollow core space (4), an abutment shoulder (6) developed in the region of the connecting portion (5) on the housing (3) with a sealing face (8), and a sealing configuration, characterized in that a seal (7) of the sealing configuration is fixedly connected with the sealing face (8), directed toward the connecting portion (5), of the abutment shoulder (6), that at this sealing face (8) on the housing (3) are structured at least two staying elements (9, 10), that these staying elements (9, 10) have a width in the radial direction which is less than the width of the seal (7), and that the height of these staying elements (9, 10) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (11) of the housing is less than the thickness of the seal (7).