From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1997–98 Heineken Cup
1997–98 Heineken Cup
England Ireland Italy France Scotland Wales
• Leicester • Leinster • Treviso • Toulouse • Glasgow • Swansea
Tigers • • Rugby • Brive • Borders •
• London Wasps Munster Milano • Pau • Pontypridd
• Bath • Ulster • Caledonia • Llanelli
• Harlequins Bourgoin • Cardiff
Key to colours
Winner of each pool advances to quarter-final stage
Advance to quarter-final playoffs
1997–1998 Heineken Cup Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into five
pools of four, in which teams played home and away
Tournament details matches against each other. The pool winners automati-
Countries England cally qualified for the knock-out stages. The five runners-
up and the best third placed team entered the play-offs,
France
where they competed for the remaining three quarter fi-
Ireland nal positions.
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date October 1997 to 31 January 1998
Teams
Tournament statistics
Teams 20
Pool stage
Matches played 70
In the pool matches teams received
Attendance 462,958 (6,614 per match) • 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw
Top point scorer(s) Lee Jarvis (Cardiff)
(134 points) For more details on this topic, see 1997-98 Heineken Cup
pool stage.
Top try scorer(s) Kenny Logan (Wasps)
(7 tries)
Final
Venue Stade Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance 36,500
Champions Bath (1st title)
Runner-up Brive
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
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The 1997–98 Heineken Cup was the third edition of the
Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland,
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Toulouse 6 5 0 1 25 12 13 200 121 79 10
Leicester 6 4 0 2 16 14 2 163 117 46 8
Leinster 6 2 0 4 15 19 −4 137 167 −30 4
Milan 6 1 0 5 15 26 −11 111 206 −95 2
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Wasps 6 6 0 0 31 12 19 243 104 139 12
Glasgow 6 3 0 3 14 15 −1 132 167 −35 6
Swansea 6 2 0 4 15 16 −1 157 161 −4 4
Ulster 6 1 0 5 6 23 −17 95 195 −100 2
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Bath 6 5 0 1 12 12 0 141 119 22 10
Brive 6 4 1 1 24 13 11 210 146 64 9
Pontypridd 6 2 1 3 17 13 4 154 147 7 5
Scottish Borders 6 0 0 6 14 29 −15 129 222 −93 0
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Harlequins 6 4 0 2 21 12 9 198 141 57 8
Cardiff 6 4 0 2 17 15 2 184 146 38 8
Bourgoin 6 2 0 4 14 21 −7 141 180 −39 4
Munster 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 93 149 −56 4
Pool 1 1 Novem- Brive 25 – Pon- Parc Munic-
ber 1997 20 typridd ipal des
Pool 2 16:30 Sports
Attendance:
Pool 3 13,000
1 Novem- Cardiff 24 – Cardiff
Pool 4 ber 1997 20 Llanelli Arms Park
17:15 Attendance:
Pool 5 8,000
Quarter finals
Seeding 8 Novem- Bath 32 – Recreation
ber 1997 21 Cardiff Ground
Knockout stage 14:15 Attendance:
8,200
Quarter final play-offs 8 Novem- Toulouse 51 – Har- Stade Mu-
1 Novem- Leicester 90 – Welford ber 1997 10 lequins nicipal
Glas-
ber 1997 Tigers 19 gow Road 15:30 Attendance:
15:00 Attendance: 18,000
6,500
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Pau 6 4 0 2 27 8 19 203 89 114 8
Llanelli 6 4 0 2 15 18 −3 144 142 2 8
Benetton Treviso 6 2 0 4 18 19 −1 146 162 −16 4
Caledonia 6 2 0 4 8 23 −15 89 189 −100 4
Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/−
1 London Wasps 12 31 +139
2 Toulouse 10 25 +79
3 Bath 10 12 +22
4 Pau 8 27 +114
5 Harlequins 8 21 +57
Seed Pool Runners-up (and best third place) Pts TF +/−
6 Brive 9 24 +64
7 Cardiff 8 17 +38
8 Leicester Tigers 8 16 +46
9 Llanelli 8 15 +2
10 Glasgow 6 14 −35
11 Pontypridd 5 17 +7
9 Novem- London 18 – Brive Loftus Road Final
ber 1997 Wasps 25 Stadium
Main article: 1998 Heineken Cup Final
14:15 Attendance:
31 Jan- Bath 19 – 18 Brive Stade du
10,481
uary Try: Cal- Report Pen: La- Parc Les-
9 Novem- Pau 35 – Le- Stade Mu- 1998 cure,
ber 1997 18 icester nicipal du lard maison (5)
15:30 Con: Cal- Drop: Pe- Bordeaux
15:20 Tigers Hameau Attendance:
Attendance: lard naud
Pen: Cal- 36,500
12,000 Referee: Jim
lard (4)
Fleming
Semi finals (Scotland)
20 De- Bath 20 – Pau Recreation
cember 14 Ground
1997 Attendance:
14:00 8,200
21 De- Toulouse 22 – Brive Stade Mu-
cember 22 nicipal
1997 Attendance:
15:20 26,000
Brive advance to final on try count (two tries to one)
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