1997–98 Heineken Cup

1997–1998 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date October 1997 to 31 January 1998
Tournament statistics
Teams 20
Matches played 70
Attendance 462,958 (6,614 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Lee Jarvis (Cardiff)
(134 points)
Top try scorer(s) Kenny Logan (Wasps)
(7 tries)
Final
Venue Stade Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance 36,500
Champions England Bath (1st title)
Runner-up France Brive
Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/
1996–97 (Previous) (Next) 1998–99

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

England England Ireland Ireland Italy Italy France France Scotland Scotland Wales Wales

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received

Key to colours
     Winner of each pool advances to quarter-final stage
     Advance to quarter-final playoffs
For more details on this topic, see 1997-98 Heineken Cup pool stage.

Pool 1

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
France Toulouse 65012512132001217910
England Leicester 640216142163117468
Ireland Leinster 620415194137167304
Italy Milan 6105152611111206952

Pool 2

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
England Wasps 660031121924310413912
Scotland Glasgow 630314151132167356
Wales Swansea 62041516115716144
Ireland Ulster 610562317951951002

Pool 3

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
England Bath 6501121201411192210
France Brive 6411241311210146649
Wales Pontypridd 62131713415414775
Scotland Scottish Borders 6006142915129222930

Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
England Harlequins 640221129198141578
Wales Cardiff 640217152184146388
France Bourgoin 620414217141180394
Ireland Munster 6204711493149564

Pool 5

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
France Pau 640227819203891148
Wales Llanelli 64021518314414228
Italy Benetton Treviso 620418191146162164
Scotland Caledonia 620482315891891004

Seeding

Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/
1 England London Wasps 1231+139
2 France Toulouse 1025+79
3 England Bath 1012+22
4 France Pau 827+114
5 England Harlequins 821+57
Seed Pool Runners-up (and best third place) Pts TF +/
6 France Brive 924+64
7 Wales Cardiff 817+38
8 England Leicester Tigers 816+46
9 Wales Llanelli 815+2
10 Scotland Glasgow 61435
11 Wales Pontypridd 517+7

Knockout stage

Quarter final play-offs

1 November 1997
15:00
Leicester Tigers England 90 19 Scotland Glasgow
Welford Road
Attendance: 6,500
1 November 1997
16:30
Brive France 25 20 Wales Pontypridd
Parc Municipal des Sports
Attendance: 13,000
1 November 1997
17:15
Cardiff Wales 24 20 Wales Llanelli
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 8,000

Quarter finals

8 November 1997
14:15
Bath England 32 21 Wales Cardiff
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200
8 November 1997
15:30
Toulouse France 51 10 England Harlequins
Stade Municipal
Attendance: 18,000
9 November 1997
14:15
London Wasps England 18 25 France Brive
Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 10,481
9 November 1997
15:20
Pau France 35 18 England Leicester Tigers
Stade Municipal du Hameau
Attendance: 12,000

Semi finals

20 December 1997
14:00
Bath England 20 14 France Pau
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 8,200
21 December 1997
15:20
Toulouse France 22 22 France Brive
Stade Municipal
Attendance: 26,000

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

Final

31 January 1998
15:30
Bath England 19 18 France Brive
Try: Callard
Con: Callard
Pen: Callard (4)
Report Pen: Lamaison (5)
Drop: Penaud
Stade du Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Attendance: 36,500
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)
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