1998–99 Heineken Cup
1998–99 Heineken Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Countries | France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Date | 18 September 1998 to 30 January 1999 |
Tournament statistics | |
Teams | 16 |
Matches played | 55 |
Attendance | 322,340 (5,861 per match) |
Top point scorer(s) | (Ulster) (144 points) |
Top try scorer(s) | Thomas Lombard (Stade Français) (Toulouse) Émile Ntamack (Toulouse) (7 tries) |
Final | |
Venue | Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
Attendance | 49,000 |
Champions | Ulster (1st title) |
Runners-up | Colomiers |
The 1998–99 Heineken Cup was the fourth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, and Scotland, were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. Cardiff and Swansea did not compete due to a dispute with their union, the Welsh Rugby Union, whereas teams from England did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the Rugby Football Union. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.
Teams[]
France | Wales | Scotland | Ireland | Italy |
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Pool stage[]
In the pool matches teams received 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat.
Pool 1[]
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Stade Français | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 219 | 117 | 102 | 10 |
Llanelli | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 113 | 180 | −67 | 6 |
Leinster | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 141 | 124 | 17 | 4 |
Bègles-Bordeaux | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 127 | 179 | −52 | 4 |
Pool 2[]
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Perpignan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 22 | 238 | 108 | 130 | 10 |
Munster | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 144 | 108 | 36 | 9 |
Neath | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 118 | 194 | −76 | 3 |
Safilo Petraca Rugby Padova | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 79 | 169 | −90 | 2 |
Pool 3[]
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Ulster | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 197 | 168 | 29 | 9 |
Toulouse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 234 | 103 | 131 | 8 |
Edinburgh Reivers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 179 | 146 | 33 | 5 |
Ebbw Vale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 41 | −30 | 114 | 307 | −193 | 2 |
Pool 4[]
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | Pts |
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Colomiers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 176 | 121 | 55 | 8 |
Pontypridd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 160 | 141 | 19 | 6 |
Benetton Treviso | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 142 | 150 | −8 | 6 |
Glasgow Caledonians | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 121 | 187 | −66 | 4 |
Seeding[]
Seed | Pool winners | Pts | TF | +/− |
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1 | Perpignan | 10 | 35 | +130 |
2 | Stade Français | 10 | 27 | +102 |
3 | Ulster | 9 | 23 | +29 |
4 | Colomiers | 8 | 22 | +55 |
Seed | Pool runners-up | Pts | TF | +/− |
5 | Munster | 9 | 17 | +36 |
6 | Toulouse | 8 | 31 | +131 |
7 | Pontypridd | 6 | 13 | +19 |
8 | Llanelli | 6 | 12 | −67 |
Knockout stage[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
3 | Ulster | 15 | ||||||||||||
6 | Toulouse | 13 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ulster | 33 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stade Français | 27 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stade Français | 71 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pontypridd | 14 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ulster | 21 | ||||||||||||
4 | Colomiers | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Colomiers | 23 | ||||||||||||
5 | Munster | 9 | ||||||||||||
4 | Colomiers | 10 | ||||||||||||
1 | Perpignan | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Perpignan | 34 | ||||||||||||
8 | Llanelli | 17 |
Quarter-finals[]
Semi-finals[]
Final[]
References[]
Categories:
- 1998–99 Heineken Cup
- Heineken Cup seasons
- 1998–99 in European rugby union
- 1998–99 in French rugby union
- 1998–99 in Irish rugby union
- 1998–99 in Italian rugby union
- 1998–99 in Scottish rugby union
- 1998–99 in Welsh rugby union