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The 2005-06 Heineken Cup was the 11th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 different countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday 21st October 2005. Munster won the tournament, beating Biarritz in the final held at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 20 May 2006.

The teams were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualified 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

''Full results can be found at 2005-06 Heineken Cup Pool Stage .''

''All times are local to the match location.''

Pool 1



Pool 2



Pool 3



Pool 4



Pool 5



Pool 6



QUARTER-FINALS

  • 30 March-1 April




Results

  Date 2006-04-01 <br />1230
  Home Leicester Tigers
  Score 12 &ndash 15
  Report (Report)
  Away Bath Rugby
  Homescore '''Pen:''' Andy Goode (4) 2', 18', 33', 45'
  Awayscore '''Pen:''' Malone (5) 7', 28', 31', 51', 62'
  Stadium Walkers Stadium , Leicester
  Attendance 32,500



  Date 2006-04-01 <br />1600
  Home Toulouse
  Score 35 &ndash 41
  Report (Report)
  Away Leinster
  Homescore '''Tries:''' 50'
  Awayscore '''Tries:''' (5) 9', 16', 20', 39', 75'
  Stadium Stade De Toulouse , Toulouse
  Attendance 37,815



  Date 2006-04-01 <br />1730
  Home Munster
  Score 19 &ndash 10
  Report (Report)
  Away Perpignan
  Homescore '''Try:''' (4) 41', 46', 65', 68'
  Awayscore '''Try:''' 36'
  Stadium Lansdowne Road , Dublin
  Attendance 48,500



  Date 2006-04-02 <br />1800
  Home Biarritz Olympique
  Score 18 &ndash 9
  Report (Report)
  Away Sale Sharks
  Homescore '''Try:''' (2) 20', 26'
  Awayscore '''Pen:''' Hodgson (2) 25', 75'
  Stadium Estadio Anoeta , Donostia-San Sebastián
  Attendance 32,000




SEMI-FINALS


  • The draw to determine matchups was held 24 January at the Millennium Stadium. The venue will be chosen by the first team out of the hat, subject to the approval of the European Rugby Cup (ERC) Board under the following constraints:

  • ---The chosen venue cannot be the club's normal home ground.

  • ---It must have a capacity of at least 20,000.

  • ---It generally must be in the same country as the club, although the ERC Board has allowed exceptions, most notably allowing Biarritz to take their 2005-06 semi-final across the Spanish border to Estadio Anoeta in Donostia-San Sebastián , the nearest stadium to Biarritz with a suitable capacity.



Results

  Date 2006-04-22 <br />1500
  Home Biarritz Olympique
  Score 18 &ndash 9
  Report (Report)
  Away Bath Rugby
  Homescore '''Pen:''' 45'
  Awayscore '''Pen:''' Malone (3) 17', 23', 64'
  Stadium Estadio Anoeta , Donostia-San Sebastián
  Attendance 31,700



  Date 2006-04-23 <br />1500
  Home Leinster
  Score 6 &ndash 30
  Report (Report)
  Away Munster
  Homescore '''Pen:''' Contepomi (2) 22', 71'
  Awayscore '''Tries:''' (3) 2', 24', 32'
  Stadium Lansdowne Road , Dublin
  Attendance 47,800




FINAL

  Date 2006-05-20 <br />1500
  Home Biarritz Olympique
  Score 19 &ndash 23
  Report (Report)
  Away Munster
  Homescore '''Try:''' (4) 22', 48', 51', 70'
  Awayscore '''Tries:''' 7', 42', 73'
  Stadium Millennium Stadium , Cardiff
  Attendance 74,534




STATISTICS


Top point scorers



Top try scorers



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