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
Stade Français
Bègles-Bordeaux
Perpignan
Toulouse
Colomiers
Llanelli
Neath
Ebbw Vale
Pontypridd
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
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
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
Petrarca 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
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
Seeding
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Ravenhill Attendance: 11,500 Referee: B. Campbell
Perpignan 34–17 Llanelli
Stade Francais 71–14 Pontypridd
Colomiers 23–9 Munster
Semi-finals
Ravenhill Attendance: 20,000 Referee: J. Fleming
Colomiers 10–6 Perpignan
Final
References
^ Jim Stokes, "Oh la, la, magical Ulster", Belfast Telegraph , 12 December 1998
^ "Chance to remember a lost time" , Irish Times , 20 October 2000
^ Brendan Fanning, "Euro dream lives on", Sunday Independent , 10 January 1999
^ Chris Hewett, "Rugby Union: Ulster revel in magic of Europe" , The Independent , 11 January 1999
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