2001-02 Heineken Cup

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2001-02 Heineken Cup
Date	October 22 to May 25
Teams	24
Matches played	79
Attendance	656,382 (8,308 per match)
Final
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance	74,600
Champions	Leicester Tigers
Runner-up	Munster Rugby

The 2001-02 Heineken Cup was the seventh 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. Leicester Tigers won the cup, securing back-to-back titles and a third straight victory for the Midlands.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Pool Stages 2.1 Pool 1 2.2 Pool 2 2.3 Pool 3 2.4 Pool 4 2.5 Pool 5 2.6 Pool 6 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Quarter-finals 3.2 Semi-finals 3.3 Final

[edit] Teams

France	England	Wales	Scotland	Ireland	Italy
Perpignan Stade Français Biarritz Castres Montferrand Toulouse	Leicester Tigers London Wasps Bath Harlequins Northampton Newcastle Falcons	Llanelli Swansea Bridgend Cardiff Newport	Edinburgh Glasgow	Ulster Munster Leinster	Calvisano Treviso

[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 2001-02 Heineken Cup pool stage.

[edit] Pool 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Leicester Tigers	6	5	0	1	17	175	88	+87	10
Llanelli	6	4	0	2	22	187	99	+88	8
Perpignan	6	3	0	3	19	182	136	+46	6
L'Amatori & Calvisano	6	0	0	6	6	58	279	−221	0

[edit] Pool 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Stade Français	6	5	0	1	23	213	64	+149	10
Ulster	6	4	0	2	17	196	142	+54	8
Wasps	6	2	0	4	9	120	186	−66	4
Benetton Treviso	6	1	0	5	2	102	239	−137	2

[edit] Pool 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Bath	6	6	0	0	16	161	56	+105	12
Biarritz Olympique	6	2	1	3	11	104	95	+9	5
Swansea	6	2	0	4	2	92	142	−52	4
Edinburgh Reivers	6	1	1	4	6	82	146	−64	3

[edit] Pool 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Castres Olympique	6	5	0	1	19	179	125	+54	10
Munster	6	5	0	1	17	172	87	+85	10
Harlequins	6	2	0	4	14	119	187	−68	4
Bridgend	6	0	0	6	11	116	187	−71	0

[edit] Pool 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Montferrand	6	4	1	1	23	191	100	+91	9
Cardiff	6	3	0	3	16	154	154	0	6
Glasgow Caledonians	6	2	1	3	10	126	198	−72	5
Northampton	6	2	0	4	12	132	151	−19	4

[edit] Pool 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Leinster	6	5	0	1	15	139	104	+35	10
Newport	6	3	0	3	17	151	146	+5	6
Toulouse	6	3	0	3	16	158	141	+17	6
Newcastle	6	1	0	5	8	174	174	−57	2

[edit] Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	January 26 - Stade Pierre-Antoine
	Castres	22
					April 27 - Stade de la Mediterranee
	Montfernand	21
					Castres	17
	January 26 - Stade Jean-Bouin
					Munster	25
	Stade Français	14
									May 25 - Millennium Stadium
	Munster	16
									Leicester Tigers	15
	January 27 - Welford Road
									Munster	9
	Leicester Tigers	29
					April 28 - City Ground
	Leister	18
					Leicester Tigers	13
	January 26 - Recreation Ground
					Llanelli	12
	Bath	10
	Llanelli	27

[edit] Quarter-finals

2002-01-26 14:45
	Castres	22 – 21	Montferrand	Stade Pierre-Antoine Attendance: 9,500

2002-01-26 15:00
	Bath	10 – 27	Llanelli	Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,200

2002-01-26 16:15
	Stade Francais	14 – 16	Munster	Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 12,000

2002-01-27 15:00
	Leicester Tigers	29 – 18	Leinster	Welford Road Attendance: 16,249

[edit] Semi-finals

2002-04-27 15:00
	Castres	17 – 25	Munster	Stade de la Mediterranee Attendance: 20,400

2002-04-28 15:00
	Leicester Tigers	13 – 12	Llanelli	City Ground Attendance: 29,849

[edit] Final

2002-05-25 15:00
	Leicester Tigers	15 – 9	Munster	Millennium Stadium Attendance: 74,600
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