1999–2000 Heineken Cup

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 24
Matches played 79
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 http://www.ercrugby.com/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.

Contents

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

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

Pool 1

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Stade Français 6 4 0 2 22 9 13 192 109 83 8
Leinster 6 4 0 2 12 17 −5 150 138 12 8
Glasgow Rugby 6 2 0 4 14 23 −9 130 179 −49 4
Leicester Tigers 6 2 0 4 12 11 1 127 173 −46 4

Pool 2

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

Pool 3

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

Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Munster 6 5 0 1 19 14 5 188 132 56 10
Saracens 6 3 0 3 24 15 9 206 153 53 6
Colomiers 6 2 0 4 13 20 −7 144 194 −50 4
Pontypridd 6 2 0 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 D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff Pts
Northampton 6 5 0 1 19 7 12 184 87 97 10
Edinburgh Reivers 6 3 0 3 13 15 −2 110 140 −30 6
Grenoble 6 3 0 3 13 19 −6 112 158 −46 6
Neath 6 1 0 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 Thomond Park
Attendance: 13,400
15 April 2000
15:00
 Llanelli 22 – 3 Cardiff Stradey Park
Attendance: 11,000
15 April 2000
16:15
 Toulouse 31 – 18 Montferrand Stade Municipal
Attendance: 37,000
16 April 2000
15:00
 Northampton 25 – 22 London Wasps Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 9,685

Semi-finals

6 May 2000
15:45
 Toulouse 25 – 31 Munster Stade Chaban Delmas
Attendance: 28,000
7 May 2000
15:00
 Northampton 31 – 28 Llanelli Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,118

Final

Main article: 2000 Heineken Cup Final
27 May 2000
15:00		 Northampton Saints 9 – 8 Munster Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 68,441
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)
Pen: Grayson (3) Report Try: Wallace
Drop: Holland
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