1998–99 European Challenge Cup

The 1998–99 European Challenge Cup was the third year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between September 1998 and February 1999

Pool stage

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Template:Flagicon Narbonne	6	6	0	0	32	13	+19	228	98	+130	12
Template:Flagicon Caerphilly	6	4	0	2	16	19	−3	167	154	+13	8
Template:Flagicon Périgueux	6	3	0	3	23	13	+10	168	119	+49	6
Template:Flagicon Racing Club de France	6	3	0	3	17	23	−6	127	184	−57	6
Template:Flagicon Connacht	6	3	0	3	16	19	−3	129	156	−27	6
Template:Flagicon Newport	6	1	0	5	14	23	−9	123	183	−60	2
Template:Flagicon Rugby Rovigo	6	1	0	5	12	20	−8	108	156	−48	2

Pool 2

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Template:Flagicon Montferrand	6	5	0	1	43	9	+34	303	86	+217	10
Template:Flagicon Bourgoin	6	5	0	1	36	8	+28	222	86	+136	10
Template:Flagicon Dax	6	5	0	1	20	15	+5	163	124	+39	10
Template:Flagicon Castres	6	3	0	3	32	10	+22	229	101	+128	6
Template:Flagicon Rugby Roma	6	2	0	4	14	34	−20	117	213	−96	4
Template:Flagicon Aberavon	6	1	0	5	14	42	−28	86	287	−201	2
Template:Flagicon Spain XV	6	0	0	6	7	48	−41	65	288	−223	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Template:Flagicon Brive	6	5	0	1	35	14	+21	241	102	+139	10
Template:Flagicon Agen	6	4	0	2	30	11	+19	231	93	+138	8
Template:Flagicon Pau	6	4	0	2	25	8	+17	211	87	+124	8
Template:Flagicon Biarritz	6	4	0	2	30	14	+16	187	124	+63	8
Template:Flagicon Bridgend RFC	6	2	0	4	19	28	−9	158	206	−48	4
Template:Flagicon Dinamo București	6	2	0	4	19	31	−12	131	246	−115	4
Template:Flagicon Portugal XV	6	0	0	6	8	60	−52	73	374	−301	0

See also

• European Challenge Cup
• 1998–99 Heineken Cup