1998-99 Heineken Cup

(Redirected from 1998-1999 European Rugby Cup)

The 1998-1999 Heineken Cup (the rugby union club championship of Europe) is the fourth of the series. Competing teams, from France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales - apart from Cardiff and Swansea, who were in dispute with the union -(Teams from England did not compete due to a dispute between European Rugby and the RFU), were divided into four pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners and runners-up of the pools qualified for the knock-out stages.

Pool Stages

In the pool matches teams received

• 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Quarter finals

Home teams listed first.

• Ulster 15 - 13 Toulouse
• Stade Français 71 - 14 Pontypridd
• Perpignan 43 - 17 Llanelli
• Colomiers 23 - 9 Munster

Semi finals

Designated home teams listed first.

• Ulster 33 - 27 Stade Français
• Colomiers 10 - 6 Perpignan

Final

Played on 30 January 1999 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland

• Ulster 21 - 6 Colomiers

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