1996-97 Heineken Cup

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1996-97 Heineken Cup
Date	October 12 to January 25
Teams	20
Matches played	47
Attendance	317,987 (6,765 per match)
Final
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Attendance	41,664
Champions	CA Brive
Runner-up	Leicester Tigers

The 1996-97 Heineken Cup was the second edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales and for the first time England and Scotland, were divided into four pools of five, in which teams played each other only once, meaning two home and two away games per team. The pool winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Pool Stages 2.1 Pool 1 2.2 Pool 2 2.3 Pool 3 2.4 Pool 4 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Quarter finals 3.2 Semi finals 3.3 Final

[edit] Teams

France	Wales	England	Scotland	Ireland	Italy
Dax Paloise Brive Toulouse	Pontypridd Llanelli Neath Cardiff	Bath Leicester Tigers Harlequins London Wasps	Edinburgh Borders Caledonia	Leinster Munster Ulster	Treviso Rugby Milano

[edit] Pool Stages

In the pool matches teams received

• 2 points for a win
• 1 points for a draw

For more details on this topic, see 1996-97 Heineken Cup pool stage.

[edit] Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Dax	4	3	0	1	16	141	69	+72	6
Bath	4	3	0	1	15	136	88	+48	6
Pontypridd	4	3	0	1	7	97	60	+37	6
Benetton Treviso	4	1	0	3	13	106	135	-29	2
Edinburgh	4	0	0	4	6	71	199	-128	0

[edit] Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Leicester	4	4	0	0	14	114	43	+71	8
Llanelli	4	2	0	2	9	97	81	+16	4
Leinster	4	2	0	2	9	86	109	-23	4
Pau	4	1	0	3	19	137	103	+34	2
Scottish Borders	4	1	0	3	7	80	178	-98	2

[edit] Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Brive	4	4	0	0	13	106	65	+41	8
Harlequins	4	3	0	1	20	131	95	+36	6
Neath	4	2	0	2	10	83	109	-26	4
Ulster	4	1	0	3	6	75	87	-12	2
Caledonia	4	0	0	4	13	117	156	-39	0

[edit] Pool 4

Team	P	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Cardiff	4	3	0	1	21	135	97	+38	6
Toulouse	4	3	0	1	16	157	142	+15	6
London Wasps	4	2	0	2	17	156	115	+41	4
Munster	4	2	0	2	11	109	135	-26	4
Milan	4	0	0	4	6	73	141	-68	0

[edit] Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	November 17 - Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive
	Brive	35
					January 4 - Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive
	Llanelli	13
					Brive	37
	November 9 - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
					Cardiff	11
	Cardiff	22
									January 25 - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
	Bath	19
									Brive	28
	November 16 - Welford Road, Leicester
									Leicester Tigers	8
	Leicester Tigers	23
					January 5 - Welford Road, Leicester
	Harlequins	13
					Leicester Tigers	37
	November 16 - Parc Municipal des Sports, Brive
					Toulouse	11
	Dax	18
	Toulouse	26

[edit] Quarter finals

1996-11-09 14:30
	Cardiff	22 – 19	Bath	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 12,000

1996-11-16 15:00
	Leicester Tigers	23 – 13	Harlequins	Welford Road, Leicester Attendance: 10,263

1996-11-16 16:00
	Dax	18 – 26	Toulouse	Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 14,000

1996-11-17 14:45
	Brive	35 – 14	Llanelli	Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 14,000

[edit] Semi finals

1997-01-04 15:05
	Leicester Tigers	37 – 11	Toulouse	Welford Road Attendance: 16,300

1997-01-05 15:30
	Brive	37 – 11	Cardiff	Parc Municipal des Sports Attendance: 14,000

[edit] Final

1997-01-25 15:30
	Brive	28 – 9	Leicester Tigers	Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 41,664
		Report

Preceded by 1995-96 Heineken Cup

Heineken Cup 1996-1997

Succeeded by 1997-98 Heineken Cup

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