1999–2000 Heineken Cup

Tournament details

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament format(s)

Round-robin and Knockout

Date

19 November 1999 - 27 May 2000

Tournament statistics

Teams

Matches played

Attendance

626,065 (7,925 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
(131 points)

Top try scorer(s)

Christophe Dominici (Stade Français)
Conan Sharman (Edinburgh)
Chris Wyatt (Llanelli)
(5 tries)

Final

Venue

Twickenham Stadium, London

Attendance

68,441

Champions

Northampton Saints (1st title)

Runner-up

Munster

Official website

https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/

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The 1999–2000 Heineken Cup was the fifth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.

Teams

France	England	Wales	Scotland	Ireland	Italy
Stade Français Toulouse Bourgoin Colomiers Montferrand Grenoble	Leicester Tigers Bath London Wasps Saracens Harlequins Northampton	Swansea Llanelli Pontypridd Cardiff Neath	Glasgow Edinburgh	Leinster Munster Ulster	Petrarca Treviso

Pool stage

In the pool matches teams received

2 points for a win
1 points for a draw

For more details on this topic, see 1999-00 Heineken Cup pool stage.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Stade Français	6	4	2	22	9	13	192	109	83	8
Leinster	6	4	2	12	17	−5	150	138	12	8
Glasgow Rugby	6	2	4	14	23	−9	130	179	−49	4
Leicester Tigers	6	2	4	12	11	1	127	173	−46	4

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	6	5	1	24	5	19	200	73	127	10
Bath	6	4	2	15	8	7	170	80	90	8
Swansea	6	3	3	14	13	1	126	137	−11	6
Petrarca Padova	6	0	6	11	38	−27	76	282	−206	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Llanelli	6	5	1	17	8	9	152	86	66	10
Wasps	6	5	1	16	9	7	163	99	64	10
Bourgoin	6	2	4	14	14	0	140	162	−22	4
Ulster	6	0	6	4	20	−16	71	179	−108	0

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Munster	6	5	1	19	14	5	188	132	56	10
Saracens	6	3	3	24	15	9	206	153	53	6
Colomiers	6	2	4	13	20	−7	144	194	−50	4
Pontypridd	6	2	4	13	20	−7	106	165	−59	4

Pool 5

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Cardiff	6	4	1	1	14	13	1	168	141	27	9
Montferrand	6	4	0	2	19	6	13	154	85	69	8
Benetton Treviso	6	2	0	4	6	16	−10	100	167	−67	4
Harlequins	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	120	149	−29	3

Pool 6

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Northampton	6	5	1	19	7	12	184	87	97	10
Grenoble	6	3	3	13	15	−2	110	140	−30	6
Edinburgh Reivers	6	3	3	13	19	−6	112	158	−46	6
Neath	6	1	5	13	17	−4	128	149	−21	2

Seeding

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Toulouse	10	24	+127
2	Northampton Saints	10	19	+97
3	Munster	10	19	+56
4	Llanelli	10	17	+66
5	Cardiff	9	14	+27
6	Stade Français	8	22	+83
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	London Wasps	10	16	+64
8	Montferrand	8	19	+69
-	Bath	8	15	+90
-	Leinster	8	12	+12
-	Saracens	6	24	+53
-	Edinburgh Reivers	6	13	−30

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

15 April 2000
13:00

Munster	27 – 10	Stade Francais
	Report

Thomond Park
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Steve Lander

15 April 2000
15:00

Llanelli	22 – 3	Cardiff
	Report

Stradey Park
Attendance: 11,000

15 April 2000
16:15

Toulouse	31 – 18	Montferrand
	Report

Stade Municipal
Attendance: 37,000

16 April 2000
15:00

Northampton	25 – 22	London Wasps
	Report

Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 9,685

Semi-finals

6 May 2000
15:45

Toulouse	25 – 31	Munster
	Report

Stade Chaban Delmas
Attendance: 28,000

7 May 2000
15:00

Northampton	31 – 28	Llanelli
	Report

Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,118

Final

Main article: 2000 Heineken Cup Final

27 May 2000
15:00

Northampton Saints	9 – 8	Munster
Pen: Grayson (3)	Report	Try: Wallace Drop: Holland

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 68,441
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

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