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	Bath (1st title)
Runners-up	Brive
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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.

England	Ireland	Italy	France	Scotland	Wales
Leicester Tigers London Wasps Bath Harlequins	Leinster Munster Ulster	Treviso Rugby Milano	Toulouse Brive Pau Bourgoin	Glasgow Borders Caledonia	Swansea Pontypridd Llanelli Cardiff

In the pool matches teams received

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

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool advances to quarter-final stage
	Advance to quarter-final playoffs

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	6	5	0	1	25	12	13	200	121	79	10
Leicester	6	4	0	2	16	14	2	163	117	46	8
Leinster	6	2	0	4	15	19	−4	137	167	−30	4
Milan	6	1	0	5	15	26	−11	111	206	−95	2

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

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

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Harlequins	6	4	0	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
Cardiff	6	4	0	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Munster	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Pau	6	4	0	2	27	8	19	203	89	114	8
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	15	18	−3	144	142	2	8
Benetton Treviso	6	2	0	4	18	19	−1	146	162	−16	4
Caledonia	6	2	0	4	8	23	−15	89	189	−100	4

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	London Wasps	12	31	+139
2	Toulouse	10	25	+79
3	Bath	10	12	+22
4	Pau	8	27	+114
5	Harlequins	8	21	+57
Seed	Pool Runners-up (and best third place)	Pts	TF	+/−
6	Brive	9	24	+64
7	Cardiff	8	17	+38
8	Leicester Tigers	8	16	+46
9	Llanelli	8	15	+2
10	Glasgow	6	14	−35
11	Pontypridd	5	17	+7

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