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The 2005-6 Heineken Cup (the Rugby Union club championship of Europe ) is the eleventh of the series. Competing teams, from England , France , Ireland , Italy , Scotland and Wales , have been divided into six pools of four, in which teams will play home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualify for the knock-out stage.


FORMAT

In the pool matches, teams receive:
  • four points for a win

  • two points for a draw

  • a bonus point for scoring four or more tries

  • a bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points


Ties between two teams are broken in the following order:
# Match points earned in head-to-head matches. For example, if tied teams are in the same pool, and split their head-to-head matches, but one team earned a bonus point and the other failed to do so, the team that earned the bonus point will win. Munster won a tiebreaker over Sale Sharks in Pool 1 in this very manner.
# Tries scored in head-to-head matches.
# Point difference in head-to-head matches.
# Tries scored in all pool matches. This is the first tiebreaker between teams in different pools, which can come into play for determining seeding among first-place teams, or breaking ties among second-place teams.
# Point difference in all pool matches.
# Best disciplinary record in pool play. The team with the fewest players sent off or sin-binned during pool play wins.
# Coin toss.

The quarterfinals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.


POOL STAGES


Pool 1




Pool 2


  • Saturday 22 October Cardiff Blues 40–13 Leeds Tykes

  • Saturday 22 October Calvisano 6–25 Perpignan

  • Friday 28 October Leeds Tykes 33–16 Calvisano

  • Friday 28 October Perpignan 37–14 Cardiff Blues

  • Saturday 10 December Calvisano 10–25 Cardiff Blues

  • Sunday 11 December Leeds Tykes 21–20 Perpignan

  • Saturday 17 December Cardiff Blues 43–16 Calvisano

  • Saturday 17 December Perpignan 12–8 Leeds Tykes

  • Saturday 14 January Cardiff Blues 3–21 Perpignan

  • Calvisano 0–20 Leeds Tykes - Leeds Tykes walkover, awarded 4 tries and 5 competition points

  • Sunday 22 January Leeds Tykes 48–3 Cardiff Blues

  • Sunday 22 January Perpignan 45–0 Calvisano



Pool 3


  • Saturday 22 October Leicester Tigers 57–23 Clermont Auvergne

  • Sunday 23 October Ospreys 13–8 Stade Français

  • Saturday 29 October Stade Francais 12–6 Leicester Tigers

  • Sunday 30 October Clermont Auvergne 34–14 Ospreys

  • Saturday 10 December Clermont Auvergne 12–16 Stade Français

  • Sunday 11 December Leicester Tigers 30–12 Ospreys

  • Saturday 17 December Stade Français 47–28 Clermont Auvergne

  • Sunday 18 December Ospreys 15–17 Leicester Tigers

  • Saturday 14 January Ospreys 26–12 Clermont Auvergne

  • Sunday 15 January Leicester Tigers 29–22 Stade Français

  • Friday 20 January Clermont Auvergne 27–40 Leicester Tigers

  • Friday 20 January Stade Français 45–10 Ospreys



Pool 4


  • Friday 21 October Ulster 27–0 Benetton Treviso

  • Sunday 23 October Saracens 22–10 Biarritz Olympique

  • Saturday 29 October Benetton Treviso 17–30 Saracens

  • Saturday 29 October Biarritz Olympique 33–19 Ulster

  • Friday 9 December Ulster 19–10 Saracens

  • Sunday 11 December Biarritz Olympique 34–7 Benetton Treviso

  • Saturday 17 December Saracens 18–10 Ulster

  • Saturday 17 December Benetton Treviso 38–24 Biarritz Olympique

  • Friday 13 January Ulster 8–24 Biarritz Olympique

  • Sunday 15 January Saracens 35–30 Benetton Treviso

  • Saturday 21 January Benetton Treviso 26–43 Ulster

  • Saturday 21 January Biarritz Olympique 43–13 Saracens



Pool 5




Pool 6


  • Saturday 22 October Toulouse 57–28 Llanelli Scarlets

  • Sunday 23 October Edinburgh Gunners 32–31 London Wasps

  • Sunday 29 October Llanelli Scarlets 15–13 Edinburgh Gunners

  • Sunday 30 October London Wasps 15–15 Toulouse

  • Saturday 10 December Edinburgh Gunners 13–20 Toulouse

  • Sunday 1 December Llanelli Scarlets 21–13 London Wasps

  • Friday 16 December Toulouse 35–13 Edinburgh Gunners

  • Sunday 8 December London Wasps 48–14 Llanelli Scarlets

  • Saturday 14 January Edinburgh Gunners ''33–32''' Llanelli Scarlets

  • Saturday 14 January Toulouse 19–13 London Wasps

  • Saturday 21 January Llanelli Scarlets 42–49 Toulouse

  • Saturday 21 January London Wasps 53–17 Edinburgh Gunners



KNOCK-OUT STAGES


Quarterf-inals

The knockout phase is bracketed in the typical manner for an eight-team tournament, with the 1-8 and 4-5 matchups in one bracket and the 2-7 and 3-6 matchups in the other.

1/2 Apr

Toulouse 35-41 Leinster (at Stadium De Toulouse )

Munster 19-10 Perpignan (at Lansdowne Road , Dublin )

Leicester Tigers 12-15 Bath (at Walkers Stadium )

Biarritz Olympique 11-6 Sale Sharks (at Estadio Anoeta , Donostia/San Sebastián , Spain )


Semi-finals

The nominal "home" team in each semifinal was determined in a draw held on 24 January at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , the site of the final. The team drawn as the "home" team in each semifinal chose the semifinal venue, subject to the following restrictions:
  • The venue must be a neutral venue, defined as any venue apart from the team's regular home ground.

  • It must also be in the same country as the "home" team, although the Board of ERC (European Rugby Cup) may allow exceptions, such as allowing Biarritz, located in a city less than 20 km from the Spanish border, to hold matches in Spain.

  • Finally, it must have a minimum capacity of 20,000.


Biarritz 18–9 Bath (Estadio Anoeta, 22nd April)

Leinster 6–30 Munster (Lansdowne Road, 23rd April)


FINAL

Sat 20 May Millennium Stadium 15:00

Biarritz v Munster


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