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1997–98 Heineken Cup

International rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1997–1998 Heineken Cup
imagesize	100px
caption	Official logo
countries	England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
date	October 1997 to 31 January 1998
teams	20
matches	70
attendance	462958
top point scorer	Lee Jarvis (Cardiff)
(134 points)
top try scorer	Kenny Logan (Wasps)
(7 tries)
venue	Stade Lescure, Bordeaux
attendance2	36,500
champions	ENG Bath
count	1
runner-up	FRA Brive
previous year	1996–97
previous tournament	1996–97 Heineken Cup
next year	1998–99
next tournament	1998–99 Heineken Cup

France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales (134 points) (7 tries) | runner-up = FRA Brive The 1997–98 Heineken Cup was the third edition of the Heineken Cup European rugby union club competition. Competing professional club teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into five pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners automatically qualified for the knock-out stages. The five runners-up and the best third placed team entered the play-offs, where they competed for the remaining three quarter final positions.

Teams

ENG England	Ireland Ireland	ITA Italy	FRA France	SCO Scotland	WAL Wales

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received

2 points for a win
1 points for a draw

	Advance to quarter-final playoffs

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Toulouse	6	5	1	25	12	13	200	121	79	10
ENG Leicester	6	4	2	16	14	2	163	117	46	8
Ireland Leinster	6	2	4	15	19	−4	137	167	−30	4
ITA Milan	6	1	5	15	26	−11	111	206	−95	2

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Wasps	6	6	0	31	12	19	243	104	139	12
SCO Glasgow	6	3	3	14	15	−1	132	167	−35	6
WAL Swansea	6	2	4	15	16	−1	157	161	−4	4
Ireland Ulster	6	1	5	6	23	−17	95	195	−100	2

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Bath	6	5	0	1	12	12	0	141	119	22	10
FRA Brive	6	4	1	1	24	13	11	210	146	64	9
WAL Pontypridd	6	2	1	3	17	13	4	154	147	7	5
SCO Scottish Borders	6	0	0	6	14	29	−15	129	222	−93	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
ENG Harlequins	6	4	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
WAL Cardiff	6	4	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
FRA Bourgoin	6	2	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Ireland Munster	6	2	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
FRA Pau	6	4	2	27	8	19	203	89	114	8
WAL Llanelli	6	4	2	15	18	−3	144	142	2	8
ITA Benetton Treviso	6	2	4	18	19	−1	146	162	−16	4
SCO Caledonia	6	2	4	8	23	−15	89	189	−100	4

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	ENG London Wasps	12	31	+139
2	FRA Toulouse	10	25	+79
3	ENG Bath	10	12	+22
4	FRA Pau	8	27	+114
5	ENG Harlequins	8	21	+57
6	FRA Brive	9	24	+64
7	WAL Cardiff	8	17	+38
8	ENG Leicester Tigers	8	16	+46
9	WAL Llanelli	8	15	+2
10	SCO Glasgow	6	14	−35
11	WAL Pontypridd	5	17	+7

Knockout stage

Quarter-final play-offs

date = 1 November 1997 15:00 | home = Leicester Tigers ENG | score = 90 – 19 | report = | away = SCO Glasgow | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Welford Road | attendance = 6,500| referee = }}

date = 1 November 1997 16:30 | home = Brive FRA | score = 25 – 20 | report = | away = WAL Pontypridd | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Parc Municipal des Sports | attendance = 13,000| referee = }}

date = 1 November 1997 17:15 | home = Cardiff WAL | score = 24 – 20 | report = | away = WAL Llanelli | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff Arms Park | attendance = 8,000| referee = }}

Quarter-finals

date = 8 November 1997 14:15 | home = Bath ENG | score = 32 – 21 | report = | away = WAL Cardiff | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Recreation Ground | attendance = 8,200| referee = }}

date = 8 November 1997 15:30 | home = Toulouse FRA | score = 51 – 10 | report = | away = ENG Harlequins | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Municipal | attendance = 18,000| referee = }}

date = 9 November 1997 14:15 | home = London Wasps ENG | score = 18 – 25 | report = | away = FRA Brive | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Loftus Road Stadium | attendance = 10,481| referee = }}

date = 9 November 1997 15:20 | home = Pau FRA | score = 35 – 18 | report = | away = ENG Leicester Tigers | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Municipal du Hameau | attendance = 12,000| referee = }}

Semi-finals

date = 20 December 1997 14:00 | home = Bath ENG | score = 20 – 14 | report = | away = FRA Pau | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Recreation Ground | attendance = 8,200| referee = }}

date = 21 December 1997 15:20 | home = Toulouse FRA | score = 22 – 22 | report = | away = FRA Brive | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Municipal | attendance = 26,000| referee = }}

Brive advance to final on try count (two tries to one)

Final

Main article: 1998 Heineken Cup Final

Con: Callard Pen: Callard (4) Drop: Penaud

References

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