1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage

The 1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage took place in September and October 1997. The winner of each pool advanced to the quarter-finals, with the runners-up and best third placed team entering the quarter-final play offs for the final three quarter final places.

1997–98 Heineken Cup pool stage
Season	1997–98 Heineken Cup
Date	5 September 1997 - 12 October 1997
Qualifiers
Seed 1	London Wasps
Seed 2	Toulouse
Seed 3	Bath
Seed 4	Pau
Seed 5	Harlequins
Seed 6	Brive
Seed 7	Cardiff
Seed 8	Leicester Tigers
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Pool 1

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

6 September 1997 15:00

Leinster	25 – 34	Toulouse

Donnybrook Attendance: 6,300

7 September 1997 15:00

Leicester Tigers	26 – 10	Milan

Welford Road Attendance: 9,300

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12 September 1997 17:30

Leinster	16 – 9	Leicester Tigers

Donnybrook Attendance: 7,000

13 September 1997 16:00

Milan	14 – 19	Toulouse

Stadio Comunale Giuriati Attendance: 2,000

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20 September 1997 16:00

Milan	33 – 32	Leinster

Stadio Comunale Giuriati Attendance: 1,100

20 September 1997 18:05

Toulouse	17 – 22	Leicester Tigers

Les Sept Deniers Attendance: 11,000

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27 September 1997 15:00

Leicester Tigers	47 – 22	Leinster

Welford Road Attendance: 10,392

27 September 1997 18:00

Toulouse	69 – 19	Milan

Les Sept Deniers Attendance: 7,000

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4 October 1997 14:15

Leicester Tigers	22 – 23	Toulouse

Welford Road Attendance: 10,600

4 October 1997 15:00

Leinster	23 – 6	Milan

Donnybrook Attendance: 5,500

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11 October 1997 15:20

Toulouse	38 – 19	Leinster

Les Sept Deniers Attendance: 7,000

12 October 1997 15:00

Milan	29 – 37	Leicester Tigers

Stadio Comunale Giuriati Attendance: 2,000

Pool 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

7 September 1997 15:15

Swansea	25 – 31	London Wasps

St. Helen's Attendance: 5,000

8 September 1997 19:00

Ulster	12 – 18	Glasgow

Ravenhill Attendance: 2,100

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13 September 1997 14:00

Swansea	33 – 16	Ulster

St. Helen's Attendance: 3,000

14 September 1997 15:00

Glasgow	22 – 46	London Waps

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 3,500

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21 September 1997 15:00

Glasgow	35 – 21	Swansea

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 3,000

21 September 1997 15:00

London Wasps	56 – 3	Ulster

Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 4,120

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27 September 1997 14:30

Ulster	28 – 20	Swansea

Ravenhill Attendance: 2,500

28 September 1997 15:00

London Wasps	43 – 5	Glasgow

Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 3,825

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3 October 1997 19:30

Ulster	21 – 38	London Wasps

Ravenhill Attendance: 3,250

4 October 1997 14:15

Swansea	30 – 22	Glasgow

St. Helen's Attendance: 3,000

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12 October 1997 15:00

Glasgow	30 – 15	Ulster

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 4,000

12 October 1997 15:00

London Wasps	29 – 28	Swansea

Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 3,500

Pool 3

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

7 September 1997 14:15

Brive	56 – 18	Borders

Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 8,000

7 September 1997 14:15

Pontypridd	15 – 21	Bath

Sardis Road Attendance: 7,000

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14 September 1997 14:30

Borders	17 – 31	Bath

Mansfield Park Attendance: 5,000

14 September 1997 15:30

Brive	32 – 31	Pontypridd

Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 4,500

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20 September 1997 14:15

Bath	27 – 25	Brive

Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,500

20 September 1997 19:00

Borders	16 – 23	Pontypridd

Poynder Park Attendance: 4,000

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27 September 1997 14:15

Pontypridd	29 – 29	Brive

Sardis Road Attendance: 7,800

27 September 1997 15:00

Bath	27 – 23	Borders

Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,000

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4 October 1997 14:15

Pontypridd	46 – 26	Borders

Sardis Road Attendance: 4,500

5 October 1997 14:20

Brive	29 – 12	Bath

Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 10,000

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11 October 1997 14:15

Bath	23 – 10	Pontypridd

Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,500

12 October 1997 14:30

Borders	29 – 39	Brive

Netherdale Attendance: 4,000

Pool 4

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
Munster	6	2	0	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

5 September 1997 16:05

Bourgoin	26 – 25	Cardiff

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,000

7 September 1997 14:00

Harlequins	48 – 40	Munster

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,682

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13 September 1997 14:15

Harlequins	45 – 7	Bourgoin

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,700

13 September 1997 14:30

Cardiff	43 – 23	Munster

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,500

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20 September 1997 15:00

Munster	17 – 15	Bourgoin

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,000

21 September 1997 14:15

Cardiff	21 – 28	Harlequins

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,000

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27 September 1997 15:00

Munster	32 – 37	Cardiff

Musgrave Park Attendance: 5,000

27 September 1997 18:05

Bourgoin	18 – 30	Harlequins

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 7,500

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4 October 1997 15:00

Bourgoin	21 – 6	Munster

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,000

4 October 1997 15:00

Harlequins	31 – 32	Cardiff

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 8,000

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11 October 1997 14:30

Cardiff	26 – 6	Bourgoin

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 5,928

12 October 1997 14:30

Munster	23 – 16	Harlequins

Thomond Park Attendance: 10,000

Pool 5

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

6 September 1997 20:00

Benetton Treviso	18 – 19	Pau

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 4,000

7 September 1997 15:00

Caledonia	18 – 23	Llanelli Scarlets

McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,300

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13 September 1997 18:05

Pau	44 – 12	Llanelli Scarlets

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 5,000

14 September 1997 15:00

Caledonia	17 – 9	Benetton Treviso

McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,000

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20 September 1997 14:00

Llanelli	39 – 18	Benetton Treviso

Stradey Park Attendance: 3,000

20 September 1997 18:00

Pau	50 – 8	Caledonia

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,500

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27 September 1997 15:00

Benetton Treviso	52 – 6	Caledonia

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,500

28 September 1997 14:15

Llanelli	14 – 10	Pau

Stradey Park Attendance: 3,500

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4 October 1997 15:00

Benetton Treviso	42 – 25	Llanelli

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 4,000

5 October 1997 15:00

Caledonia	30 – 24	Pau

McDiarmid Park Attendance: 3,000

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11 October 1997 14:00

Llanelli	31 – 10	Caledonia

Stradey Park Attendance: 3,000

11 October 1997 19:30

Pau	56 – 7	Benetton Treviso

Stade du Hameau Attendance: 7,500

See also

• 1997-98 Heineken Cup

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