1998–99 European Challenge Cup

1998–1999 European Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries  France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Portugal
 Romania
 Spain
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date 19 September 1998 to 27 February 1999
Tournament statistics
Teams 21
Top point scorer(s) Christophe Lamaison (Brive)
Gérald Merceron (Montferrand)
(109 points)
Top try scorer(s) Renaud Calvel (Narbonne)
Eremodo Tuni (Bourgoin)
(7 tries)
Final
Venue Stade de Gerland
Attendance 31,986
Champions AS Montferrand (1st title)
Runner-up Bourgoin
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
1997–98 (Previous) (Next) 1999–2000

The 1998–99 European Challenge Cup was the third year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between September 1998 and February 1999

Contents

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Narbonne 6 6 0 0 32 13 +19 228 98 +130 12
Caerphilly 6 4 0 2 16 19 −3 167 154 +13 8
Périgueux 6 3 0 3 23 13 +10 168 119 +49 6
Racing Club de France 6 3 0 3 17 23 −6 127 184 −57 6
Connacht 6 3 0 3 16 19 −3 129 156 −27 6
Newport 6 1 0 5 14 23 −9 123 183 −60 2
Rugby Rovigo 6 1 0 5 12 20 −8 108 156 −48 2

Pool 2

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Montferrand 6 5 0 1 43 9 +34 303 86 +217 10
Bourgoin 6 5 0 1 36 8 +28 222 86 +136 10
Dax 6 5 0 1 20 15 +5 163 124 +39 10
Castres 6 3 0 3 32 10 +22 229 101 +128 6
Rugby Roma 6 2 0 4 14 34 −20 117 213 −96 4
Aberavon 6 1 0 5 14 42 −28 86 287 −201 2
Spain XV 6 0 0 6 7 48 −41 65 288 −223 0

Pool 3

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Brive 6 5 0 1 35 14 +21 241 102 +139 10
Agen 6 4 0 2 30 11 +19 231 93 +138 8
Pau 6 4 0 2 25 8 +17 211 87 +124 8
Biarritz 6 4 0 2 30 14 +16 187 124 +63 8
Bridgend RFC 6 2 0 4 19 28 −9 158 206 −48 4
Dinamo Bucureşti 6 2 0 4 19 31 −12 131 246 −115 4
Portugal XV 6 0 0 6 8 60 −52 73 374 −301 0

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

12 December 1998
15:30
Narbonne 30 – 13 Pau Parc des Sports et de l'Amitie
12 December 1998
19:30
Brive 43 – 12 Caerphilly Parc Municipal des Sports
Attendance: 4,000
13 December 1998
15:00
AS Montferrand 66 – 13 Dax Stade Marcel Michelin
Attendance: 3,872
13 December 1998
15:00
Bourgoin 29 – 19 SU Agen Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 6,000

Semi finals

10 January 1999
15:15
AS Montferrand 27 – 21 Narbonne Stade Marcel Michelin
Attendance: 10,500
10 January 1999
15:15
Bourgoin 26 – 23 Brive Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 12,000

Final

27 February 1999
16:00
Bourgoin 16 – 35 AS Montferrand Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 31,986

See also